A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. The radio format emerged mainly in the United States in the 1950s, at a time when radio was compelled to develop new and exclusive ways to programming by competition with television. The formula has since spread as a reference for commercial radio programming worldwide.
WMNY is a commercial radio station licensed to New Kensington, Pennsylvania and serving the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. It is owned by Gagan Deep, through licensee Radio 1150 Limited Liability Company. It airs a South Asian radio format featuring Bollywood music and talk, known as "Radio Dhoom."
WEAF is an Urban contemporary gospel formatted radio station in Camden, South Carolina, United States. The station is owned by Jeff Andrulonis. Much of the programming is featured from the Rejoice! Musical Soul Food satellite feed.
WEHA is a Stellar Award winning radio station broadcasting an Urban Gospel format. Licensed to the suburb of Port Republic, New Jersey, it serves the Atlantic City metropolitan area. It first began broadcasting in 2003 under the call sign WIBF. The station is currently owned by Spread The Gospel Inc.
WRJD is a radio station based in Durham, North Carolina, which currently broadcasts a Spanish Christian format. It was a heritage radio station that went by WSRC for over half a century.
WSRB is an urban adult contemporary radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan area and Northwest Indiana. It is licensed to the Southland suburb of Lansing, Illinois. Weekdays begin with the nationally syndicated Rickey Smiley Morning Show with local DJs heard the rest of the day. The station is owned by Crawford Broadcasting with studios and offices in Hammond, Indiana.
WENN is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama. It simulcasts the urban contemporary gospel radio format heard on co-owned WAGG. It is owned by SummitMedia, which also owns six other Birmingham stations, and all share studios and offices in the Cahaba neighborhood in southeast Birmingham, but is not related to the fictional radio WENN in the American Movie Classics sitcom Remember WENN, which ran from 1996 to 1998.
WMKM is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Inkster, Michigan, and serving the Detroit metropolitan area. Owned by Timothy Gallagher, through licensee Great Lakes Radio—Detroit, LLC, the station airs an Urban Gospel radio format branded as Gospel 1440 AM. The radio studios and offices are on East Grand Boulevard in Detroit.
WJXL-FM is a commercial radio station licensed to Jacksonville Beach, Florida, and serving the Jacksonville metropolitan area. WJXL-FM is owned by River City Broadcasting, LLC.
WMIR "Rejoice 1200" is an Urban contemporary gospel radio station at 1200 AM and 103.5 FM licensed to Atlantic Beach, South Carolina and targeting a primarily Black audience.
WKVG is a radio station in Greenville, South Carolina, serving Upstate South Carolina including the Greenville-Spartanburg radio market. WKVG is owned and operated by the Educational Media Foundation, and is an affiliate of K-Love.
WWCK is a commercial AM radio station in Flint, Michigan. It is owned by Cumulus Media and it broadcasts a classic hits radio format. Its studios are south of the Flint city limits and the AM transmitter is east of downtown Flint near the intersection of Dort Highway and I-69. WWCK carries Michigan State Spartans college football and men's basketball.
WFMI is a radio station broadcasting an Urban Gospel format from the Rejoice! Musical Soul Food satellite feed. Licensed to Southern Shores, North Carolina, United States, it serves Northeast North Carolina along with the Hampton Roads, Virginia area. The station is currently owned by Communications Systems, Inc.
KZTS is a commercial radio station in Little Rock, Arkansas. The station is owned by Salem Media Group, and broadcasts a gospel music radio format.
WCZZ is a daytimer AM radio station licensed to Greenwood, South Carolina, and serving the Lakelands area. It airs an urban adult contemporary format and is owned by Broomfield Broadcasting, Inc. The studios are on Montague Avenue in Greenwood.
KTTP is a radio station broadcasting a Gospel format. Licensed to Pineville, Louisiana, United States, the station serves the Alexandria area. The station is currently owned by Martin Johnson and Anthony Brown, through licensee Radio Two, LLC. Much of the programming featured is from the Rejoice! Musical Soul Food satellite feed.
Singing News Radio is a radio format programmed and produced by Salem Radio Networks. It targets the 25-54 adult Christian listener demographic. This radio format has a carefully selected mix of Southern gospel music from artists such as The Blackwood Brothers, Gold City, Kurt Young, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Hoppers and Young Harmony. The format was originally named Solid Gospel until September 2017 when it was renamed for a periodical devoted to Southern gospel music, The Singing News, now published by Salem Media Group.
WKTX is a commercial AM radio station in Cortland, Ohio, serving the Youngstown metropolitan area. It broadcasts an urban gospel radio format in the daytime, along with some Black talk and Christian talk and teaching programs. At night it switches to Classic R&B music. The on-air identity is known as the "Drum 99.7 FM."
Urban/contemporary gospel is a modern subgenre of gospel music. Although the style developed gradually, early forms are generally dated to the 1970s, and the genre was well established by the end of the 1980s. The radio format is pitched primarily to African-Americans. Christian hip hop can be considered a subtype of this genre.
WERC-FM is a commercial radio station licensed to Hoover, Alabama, and serving Greater Birmingham. It is owned by iHeartMedia and it simulcasts a talk radio format with sister station WERC 960 AM. The studios and offices are in Beacon Ridge Tower on First Avenue South in Birmingham, off Interstate 65.
