Clear Channel Debuts 75 Niche Formats

Clear Channel Radio’s format lab and Premiere Radio Networks are set to market an eclectic mix of 75 radio formats to other broadcasters for HD radio or internet broadcasts including 7 country formats from classic to new to rock to artist-driven. Rock has 18 including indie, metal, new alternative, classic alternative, soft, hard, mainstream, active, and an updated free-form FM.  There are 7 ACs, 7 top 40s, 10 flavors of R&B/hip-hop and 5 jazz and blues. Others break ground not heard on broadcast or satellite including a workout channel, a make-out channel, and a party channel billed as “a never-ending bar mitzvah.” (Radio Monitor)