A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. Radio formats are frequently employed as a marketing tool, and constantly evolve. In popular usage "marketing" is the promotion of products especially Advertising and Branding However in professional usage the term has a wider meaning of Music radio; Old Time Radio, All-news radio; Sports radio; Talk radio and Weather radio describe the operation of different genres of radio format and each format can often be sub-divided into many speciality formats. Music radio is a radio format in which Music is the main broadcast content Old-Time Radio (OTR and the Golden Age of Radio refer to a period of Radio programming lasting from the proliferation of radio broadcasting in the early 1920s until All-news radio is a Radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcast of News. Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a Radio format devoted entirely to Discussion and Broadcasting of sporting events. Talk radio is a Radio format containing discussion about topical issues A weather radio service is a broadcast service which airs special weather-related emergency broadcasts and announcements

Further information: List of music radio formats

See also

• Television format

Sub-list of broadcasting station categories

• College radio
• Commercial radio
• Community radio
• Pirate radio
• Public radio
• Internet radio

Music radio formats constantly evolve and each format can often be sub-divided into many speciality formats A television format describes the overall content broadcast on a Television station. Campus radio (also known as college radio, university radio or student radio) is a type of Radio station that is run by the students of a college Community radio is a type of Radio service that caters to the interests of a certain area broadcasting material that is popular to a local audience but is overlooked by more The term pirate radio usually refers to illegal or unregulated radio transmissions Public broadcasting refers to radio television and other electronic media outlets that receive some or all of their funding from the public Internet radio (also known as web radio, net radio, streaming radio and e-radio) is an audio Broadcasting service transmitted via

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