Format Background
Mainstream rock stations are between classic rock and active rock on the programming spectrum, in that they play more classic rock focusing in on the 1970's, 1980's and the 1990's than active rock stations, but play more Current and Newer Rock than classic rock stations. In many ways, mainstream rock is a successor to the widespread album-oriented rock (AOR) format created in the 1970s.
As of 2011, some examples of mainstream rock stations in terrestrial radio include: KEGL/Dallas, TX, KRXQ/Sacramento, CA, WEBN/Cincinnati, OH, WMMS/Cleveland, OH, KISS/San Antonio, TX, KDKB/Phoenix, AZ, KBER/Salt Lake City, UT, WDVE/Pittsburgh, PA, WHQG/Milwaukee, WI, WFYV/Jacksonville, FL, WAPL/Appleton, WI, KZRR/Albuquerque, NM, KEZO/Omaha, NE, WHJY/Providence, RI, KICT Wichita, KS, KMOD Tulsa, OK, and KTUX/Shreveport, LA. Most have a very long heritage that dates back to the 1970s as AOR stations, which is why several trades like Billboard and R&R will refer these stations as "Heritage Rock".
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