Country music stations were most frequent radio formats in 2022, with 2,178 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 2022, by number of stations
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Digital radio
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Radio Advertising Bureau. (November 7, 2023). Leading radio formats in the United States as of June 2022, by number of stations [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 10, 2024, 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 2022, by number of stations." Chart. November 7, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/252230/top-radio-formats-in-the-us-by-number-of-stations/
Radio Advertising Bureau. (2023). Leading radio formats in the United States as of June 2022, by number of stations. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. 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 2022, by Number of Stations." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Nov 2023, 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 2022, by number of stations Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/252230/top-radio-formats-in-the-us-by-number-of-stations/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
Leading radio formats in the United States as of June 2022, by number of stations [Graph], Radio Advertising Bureau, November 7, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/252230/top-radio-formats-in-the-us-by-number-of-stations/