Album-oriented rock (AOR, originally called album-oriented radio) is an FM radio format created in the United States in the late 1960s that focuses on...

rock (also known as AOR, melodic rock and stadium rock), a style of commercially oriented rock music Album-oriented rock (AOR), a radio format created in...

performance to crowds and major concerts. Arena rock also developed from their use of more commercially oriented sounds that were intended for radio play. The...

format), a format with a much more pop-oriented playlist, that is much softer and not too adventurous Album-oriented rock (FM radio format) List of adult alternative...

standard ways of selecting the music, such as free-form, top-40, album-oriented rock, and Jack. These can be applied to all types of music. Because dead...

played on album-oriented rock radio in the United States, and later the classic rock format established there during the 1980s. Blues rock can be characterized...

The album era (sometimes, album-rock era) was a period in popular music during the latter half of the 20th century in which the album—a collection of...

new hard rock songs with valued classic rock favorites, normally with an emphasis on the harder edge of mainstream rock and album-oriented rock. There is...

Classic rock is a radio format that developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, it comprises rock music...

lyrics with a hard rock/heavy metal style, then went in a more pop-rock oriented direction following Dio's departure from the group. In 1979, Blackmore...