Country music stations were most frequent radio formats in 2021, with 2,200 unique stations in the United States that year, 2 stations less than the previous year. Also popular were news and talk shows, with over 2,000 stations falling in this category for the first time in 2020.
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Radio Advertising Bureau. (August 18, 2022). Leading radio formats in the United States from 2015 to 2021, by number of stations [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/964067/top-radio-formats-number-of-stations/
Radio Advertising Bureau. "Leading radio formats in the United States from 2015 to 2021, by number of stations." Chart. August 18, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/964067/top-radio-formats-number-of-stations/
Radio Advertising Bureau. (2022). Leading radio formats in the United States from 2015 to 2021, by number of stations. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/964067/top-radio-formats-number-of-stations/
Radio Advertising Bureau. "Leading Radio Formats in The United States from 2015 to 2021, by Number of Stations." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/964067/top-radio-formats-number-of-stations/
Radio Advertising Bureau, Leading radio formats in the United States from 2015 to 2021, by number of stations Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/964067/top-radio-formats-number-of-stations/ (last visited July 03, 2024)
Leading radio formats in the United States from 2015 to 2021, by number of stations [Graph], Radio Advertising Bureau, August 18, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/964067/top-radio-formats-number-of-stations/