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describes radio programming encompassing diverse music genres. Unlike freeform radio, the eclectic radio format involves prescribed playlists. While freeform radio stands in contrast to commercial radio formats, a number of commercial radio stations offer programs showcasing an eclectic variety of
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The most notable adult hits station brand is Jack FM, which has many affiliates across the world. Several imitators of the Jack brand and its associated slogan "Playing What We Want" have also emerged. These imitators often use the name of a person, place or a historical site and can include: Mac
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tend to form the bulk of the music on a full-service station, and the vast majority of full-service stations focus primarily on mainstream, popular music (whereas freeform stations often put the emphasis on less widely known or more exotic selections).
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where corporate radio signals dominate, but at the same time have enough of a population density to cover enough people to support such a station), a problem that has caused numerous broadcasters to transition to
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The adult hits brand can be considered a "sequel" of sorts to the freeform format. Many of these stations play a wide variety of music ranging from many formats that includes, but is not limited to:
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until it was sold and the new owners were not interested. WNEW-FM was a leader in introducing new music and making household names of a good deal of the bands we know from the 1960s and '70s.
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are sanctuaries of the free-form format (although even the latter has lost much of its independence as stations begin modeling corporate stations in their presentation). On
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host radio programs and choose the playlist. Indie 103.1 recently left the FM airwaves, but currently continues on the internet.
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format can be seen as a variant of the free-form format, though since most full-service stations are located in rural areas,
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respectively resemble attempts at a similar broader format with both having a wide range of music played.
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Many shows claim to be the first free-form radio program, but the earliest on record is "Nightsounds" on
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or commercial interests. Freeform radio stands in contrast to most commercial radio stations, in which
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Commercial free-form radio stations were common in the late 1960s and early '70s, particularly on the
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was one of the most notable freeform DJs. Tom Petty wrote a song about Jim Ladd called "
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Radio format in which the disc jockey is given total control over what music to play
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is given wide or total control over what music to play, regardless of
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music. While Eclectic radio, like free-form is mainly limited to
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featured a freeform format, as do several specialty programs on
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is currently the longest-running freeform radio station in the
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have little or no influence over programming structure or
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Some eclectic radio stations in the United States are:
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Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies
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