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Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations in Canada and the United States. This article is about Broadcast radio, for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Active rock plays current rock artists with a mix of classic rock songs. Classic rock was originally conceived as a Radio station programming format which evolved from the Album oriented rock (AOR format in the early-1980s An active rock station would include songs by artists such as Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin or AC/DC in its playlist, for example, whereas a modern rock station would not. Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" Led Zeppelin were AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. Modern rock is a term commonly used to describe a Rock music format found on American commercial Radio. Similar to active rock stations, mainstream rock stations play current rock music, but concentrate more on classic rock than active rock stations do. Mainstream rock is a Radio format used by many commercial Radio stations in the United States and Canada.

A pioneering station of this format in the late 1980s was WIYY "98Rock" in Baltimore, Maryland. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. WIYY (979 FM, "98 Rock" is a Radio station in Baltimore Maryland, owned by the Hearst Corporation. Other early adopters of this format by the beginning of the 1990s include stations KISS "99. 5 KISS Rocks" in San Antonio, TX, WAAF in Boston, Massachusetts, WXTB "98Rock" in Tampa, Florida and KEGL, "97. WAAF (1073 FM, simulcast on WKAF 977 FM is a Boston Massachusetts, area commercial Album Oriented Rock / Active rock Radio WXTB 979 FM is a Tampa Florida area commercial Album Oriented Rock / Active rock Radio station that mixes music that is popular KEGL, branded as "The Eagle", is an Active rock Radio station transmitting on 97 1 The Eagle ", in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. The Dallas – Fort Worth – Arlington metropolitan area, a title designated by the U


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