Adult album alternative
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Adult Album Alternative (also Triple-A, AAA, or adult alternative) is a radio format broadcast mostly on FM. A spin off of the Album-oriented rock format, its roots may have been established sometime during the 60's from what was called underground music and later progressive. The radio format has a broader, more diverse playlist than most other formats and tends to appeal more to adults than to teenagers. Less played tracks are also common. Musical selection tends to be on the fringe of mainstream popular music and rock music as well as many other music genres such as alternative rock, alternative country, jazz, folk music, world music and blues. The musical selections tend to shy away from hard rock and rap music. Some Triple-A stations bill themselves under the slogan "World Class Rock". "Quality Rock", or "Finest Rock" Music selection also includes tracks from albums that are not singles, which leads to the enhanced and larger playlist.
Billboard magazine does not carry a Triple-A chart, so songs which are very successful in this format may not ever chart in the United States. However, Triple-A songs sometimes do manage to chart on the Adult Top 40, Modern Rock, or an Adult Contemporary chart, since they may be the first to play a first breakout on AAA. Additionally, Radio and Records, a news magazine devoted to radio and the music industry, charts stations in various formats including Triple A.
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[edit] Radio stations
[edit] United States
[edit] Terrestrial radio
- KWRP 101.5 Pecos/Santa Fe, New Mexico "Indie 101.5 - The Clear Alternative"
- KUMD 103.3 Duluth, Minnesota non-commercial "Duluth Independent Public Radio"
- KBAC 98.1 Las Vegas/Santa Fe, New Mexico "Radio Free Santa Fe"
- KBCO 97.3 Boulder/Denver
- KBXR 102.3 Columbia, Missouri
- KCMP 89.3 Minneapolis/St. Paul, "The Current" (noncommercial, service of Minnesota Public Radio)
- KDEC 100.5 Decorah, Iowa "FM 100.5"
- KFJM 90.7 Grand Forks, North Dakota (noncommercial, service of North Dakota Public Radio)
- KFOG 104.5 San Francisco, San Jose, California, Los Altos, California
- KGSR 107.1 Austin
- KHUM 104.7 Humboldt County, California
- KINK 101.9 Portland, Oregon
- KKRM 96.7 Montevideo, Minnesota "KRAM 96 FM"
- KMTT 103.7 Seattle, "The Mountain"
- KPRI 102.1 San Diego
- KPTL 106.3 Des Moines, Iowa "Capital 106.3"
- KQMT 99.5 Denver, "The Mountain"
- KRSH 95.9 Santa Rosa, California, "The Krush"
- KSPN 103.1 Aspen, Colorado
- KTAO 101.9 Taos, New Mexico
- KTBG 90.9 Warrensburg, Missouri, "The Bridge"
- KTCZ 97.1 Minneapolis/St. Paul, "Cities 97"
- KWMT 92.9 Tucson, "The Mountain"
- KXLY 99.9 Spokane/Coeur d'Alene, "The River"
- WAPS 91.3 Akron, Ohio "The Summit"
- WBOS 92.9 Boston, Massachusetts,
- WDOD 96.5 Chattanooga, Tennessee, "96.5 The Mountain"
- WDST 100.1 Poughkeepsie, New York "Radio Woodstock"
- WEBK 105.3 Rutland, Vermont "105.3 The Peak"
- WEEM 91.7 Pendleton, IN "Student Run Radio for your busy life"
- WFIV [1] 105.3 Farragut, Tennessee Independent Radio
- WFPK 91.9 Louisville, Kentucky
- WFUV 90.7 New York City (noncommercial)
- WGVX 105.1/105.3/105.7 Minneapolis/St. Paul, "Drive 105"
- WLKK 107.7 Buffalo, New York, "The Lake"
- WMMM 105.5 Madison, Wisconsin "Triple M"
- WMVY 92.7 Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts "mvyradio"
- WNCW 88.7 Spindale, North Carolina
- WNRN 91.9 Charlottesville / 88.1 Shenandoah Valley / 103.1 Richmond / 95.1 Harrisonburg / 95.9 Lexington, Virginia (noncommercial)
- WNTI 91.9 Hackettstown, NJ "Where Great Music Lives"
- WOCM 98.1 Ocean City, Maryland "Ocean 98"
- WQKL 107.1 Ann Arbor, Michigan, "Ann Arbor's 107one"
- WRLT 100.1 Nashville, Tennessee "WRLT Lightning 100"
- WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, Maryland "WRNR
- WRNX 100.9 Amherst, Massachusetts "WRNX"
- WRSI 93.9 and 101.5 Northampton, Massachusetts "WRSI the River"
- WRUR 88.5 Rochester, New York "Different Radio"
- WTGB 94.7 Washington, DC, "The Globe",
- WTIP 90.7 Grand Marais, Minnesota "A Member of Independent Public Radio"
- WTTS 92.3 Bloomington-Indianapolis
- WUKY 91.3 Lexington, Kentucky
- WVJW 94.1 Wheeling, West Virginia, "The Voice of Dissent" (noncommercial)
- WVOD 99.1 Outer Banks, North Carolina, "99.1 The Sound"
- WWVV-FM 104.9 Savannah, Georgia "Wave 104.9"
- WXPK 107.1 White Plains, New York, "The Peak"
- WXPN 88.5 Philadelphia (noncommercial)
- WXRT 93.1 Chicago, "93-XRT, Chicago's Finest Rock"
- WXRV 92.5 Boston, "The River"
- WXRY-LP 99.3 Columbia, "The Independent Alternative"
- WYCE 88.1 Grand Rapids, Michigan (noncommercial)
- WYEP-FM 91.3 Pittsburgh (noncommercial)
- WZEW 92.1 Fairhope/Mobile, Alabama
- WZGC 92.9 Atlanta, "Dave FM"
- WHFC 91.1 Bel Air, Maryland, "The Crossroads," (noncommercial)
- WDMT 102.3 Pittston, Pennsylvania, "102.3 The Mountain"
- WBSD-FM 89.1 Burlington, Wisconsin, "Great Rock, Real Variety, 89 BSD"
[edit] Internet radio
- SlothRadio Internet radio Salt Lake City, UT
- K4NP Internet radio, [2] Washington, "The Summit"
- Omemo Radio Tel Aviv, Israel
- Radio Paradise Paradise, CA
- Radio Pig (99.3 The PIG) Memphis, TN
[edit] Satellite radio
- The Spectrum (18), and The Coffeehouse (30) on Sirius Satellite Radio
- XM Cafe (45), The Loft (50) and Hear Music (75) on XM Satellite Radio
The syndicated program World Cafe, carried on non-commercial radio stations across the US, airs a Triple-A format.
[edit] Canada
- CFML 107.9 Burnaby, British Columbia, "Evolution 107-9"
- CIDR 93.9 Windsor, Ontario, "939 The River"
[edit] See also
- List of Adult Alternative artists
- Key songs of the Adult Alternative scene
- Adult contemporary, a format with a much more pop-oriented playlist, that is much softer and not too adventurous.
[edit] External links
- triplearadio.com - website devoted to the Triple-A format
- RadioAndRecords.com - Radio and Records website, complete format news and charts
- Rock Jocks tell their stories
