Country music stations were most frequent radio formats in 2021, with 2,200 unique stations in the United States that year. Also popular were news and talk shows, with over 2,000 stations falling in this category.
Leading radio formats in the United States as of June 2021, by number of stations
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Radio Advertising Bureau. (June 29, 2021). Leading radio formats in the United States as of June 2021, by number of stations [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 04, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/252230/top-radio-formats-in-the-us-by-number-of-stations/
Radio Advertising Bureau. "Leading radio formats in the United States as of June 2021, by number of stations." Chart. June 29, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 04, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/252230/top-radio-formats-in-the-us-by-number-of-stations/
Radio Advertising Bureau. (2021). Leading radio formats in the United States as of June 2021, by number of stations. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 04, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/252230/top-radio-formats-in-the-us-by-number-of-stations/
Radio Advertising Bureau. "Leading Radio Formats in The United States as of June 2021, by Number of Stations." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jun 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/252230/top-radio-formats-in-the-us-by-number-of-stations/
Radio Advertising Bureau, Leading radio formats in the United States as of June 2021, by number of stations Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/252230/top-radio-formats-in-the-us-by-number-of-stations/ (last visited July 04, 2022)