Rhythmic Adult Contemporary
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Rhythmic Adult Contemporary is a format used on stations in the United States and Canada, similar to Rhythmic Top 40 radio. Like many Adult Contemporary radio stations, Rhythmic AC stations often would not play rap. It usually gears toward an older audience ages 25 to 54. Often stations using this format play a great deal of Disco music from the 1970s and early 1980s, Dance/Pop music, Dance/Freestyle music of the 1980s and house music of the late 80's/early 1990s. These stations often compete with Rhythmic Top 40 stations as well as other Adult Contemporary stations. The first rhythmic AC station debuted in 1999 with CFGL-FM in Montreal, Quebec, Canada by using the "Rythme FM" name. Recently, there has been a trend of several stations in the United States switching to the Rhythmic AC format using the brand Movin.
Rhythmic AC stations also play "Classic Dance Flashbacks" of Dance music ten years or older. Some radio stations usually play Soft Dance music on weeknights. News and weather announcements play a major part in this format unlike their younger counterparts. Also, many radio stations using this format often play a great deal of Disco music heavily on weekend nights.
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[edit] List of Recording Artists whose records are played on Rhythmic AC radio stations
- Destiny's Child
- Britney Spears
- Shannon (singer)
- Bee Gees
- Gloria Gaynor
- Ace of Base
- Patti LaBelle
- Donna Summer
- Loleatta Holloway
- Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
- Expose
- Jomanda
- Nolan Thomas
- Paula Abdul
- The Jets
- Brenda K. Starr
- Taylor Dayne
- Real McCoy
- Nayobe
- SOS Band
- CHIC
- Michael Jackson
- Janet Jackson
- Mary J. Blige
- Christina Aguilera
- Justin Timberlake
- Junior
- Cheryl Lynn
- Blondie
- Carrie Lucas
- Timex Social Club
- Touch
- CeCe Peniston
- Amber
- La Bouche
- Coro
- ABBA
- Lisette Melendez
- Deniece Williams
- Madonna
- Mariah Carey
- Whitney Houston
- Freeez
- KC and the Sunshine Band
[edit] See also
[edit] List of radio stations in the United states using this format
- WKTU - New York
- KBIG - Los Angeles (Technically Adult Top 40 but leans Rhythmic)
- KMVN - Los Angeles
- WILV - Chicago
- WISX - Philadelphia
- KFRC - San Francisco
- KISQ - San Francisco (Technically Urban Adult Contemporary but leans Rhythmic)
- KMVK - Dallas-Ft. Worth
- XHRM - San Diego
- KQMV - Seattle
- KMVA - Phoenix
- WMVN - St. Louis
- KHYL - Sacramento
- KVMX - Portland
- KPTT - Denver
- WNRJ - Norfolk
- KYMV - Salt Lake City
- KPLV - Las Vegas
- WKSL - Raleigh, North Carolina
- WSNA - Memphis
- WDVW - New Orleans (Their Rhythmic Dance direction would fall in this category, but only by default)
- WMUV - Jacksonville
- WSNP - Rochester
- KFYE - Fresno
- KQBT - Albuquerque
- WKXB - Wilmington, North Carolina
- WOLF/WWLF - Syracuse, New York
- KFMK - Austin
- KBZD - Amarillo, Texas
- KENR - Missoula, Montana
- WMKK-HD2 - Boston (HD2 subcarrier of WMKK;Former format of predecessor WQSX)
[edit] List of radio stations in Canada using this format
- Rythme FM - Montreal, Quebec City, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Quebec
- CHQM - Vancouver, British Columbia (Technically Adult Contemporary but leans Rhythmic)
[edit] Internet stations
- VIP Radio
- PWL Radio - London, England (Currently inactive)
[edit] Former stations that used this format
- WDRQ - Detroit - late 1990s; now Variety Hits
- WQSX - Boston (See above)
- KIBB - Los Angeles
- WHBT - Milwaukee
