Some of the songs that first aired on the Triple-A format have later found additional popularity on the
Adult Top 40,
modern rock, or
adult contemporary charts months after their initial Triple-A chart runs. The format is often seen as a "test market" for emerging artists. The format has gone off and on in the Los Angeles radio market. Currently
KCSN and simulcast partner
KSBR broadcast a Triple A format in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas respectively. The format still exists in New York City (
WFUV); Chicago (
WXRT); Philadelphia (
WXPN); Minneapolis (
KCMP); Boston (
WXRV,
WERS, and Americana leaning
WUMB-FM); Baltimore (WTMD); Aspen, Colorado (
KSPN-FM); Ann Arbor, Michigan (
WQKL); Boise, Idaho (
KRVB); Denver (
KBCO and
KVOQ); Fort Collins (
KJAC); Pittsburgh (
WYEP); Astoria (
KBGE); Bend (
KLRR); Eugene (
KRVM); Portland, Oregon (
KINK); Portland, Maine (
WCLZ); Indianapolis (
WTTS); Nashville (
WRLT,
WNXP, and Americana leaning
WMOT); Conway, New Hampshire (
WMWV); Burlington, Vermont (
WNCS); Seattle, Washington (
KMIH); Spokane (
KPND); Turners Falls-Northampton, Massachusetts (
WRSI);
Bozeman, Montana (
KMMS-FM);
Missoula, Montana (
KDTR); Woodstock, New York (
WDST); Austin (
KGSR-HD2,
KUTX, and
KTSN); Columbia, Missouri (
KBXR); and Dallas (
KKXT). The now-defunct
KFOG was a legendary Triple A station in the
San Francisco Bay Area. On July 10, 2008
Billboard began a Triple-A chart (using information from sister-publication
Radio and Records, a news magazine devoted to the radio and the music industries that has since ceased publication). Rival
Mediabase 24/7 also compiles a Triple A chart. As of mid-2009,
Radio and Records publications and accompanying charts were discontinued. As of 2010,
Billboard publishes
Triple A charts in the magazine and for its premium members on its website. Mediabase also publishes Triple A charts on a daily basis. Additional Triple-A charts were published by
CMJ and
FMQB (each now defunct). FMQB also produced the annual Triple A Conference in
Boulder, Colorado, USA, an event that grew out of the Gavin Report's Triple A Summit, first held in 1993. FMQB took over production of the event, rebranding it as the Triple A Conference, after the closing of
Radio & Records in 2009. At the end of 2019, FMQB closed and all Triple A services were absorbed by Jack Barton Entertainment, LLC (JBE), helmed by Jack Barton, former VP/Triple A at FMQB. JBE has rebranded the Boulder convention as the Triple A SummitFest and continues to publish weekly Triple A charts, including a Non-Commercial album chart, as well as a weekly newsletter (JBE Triple A Report) covering Triple A radio and the music it plays. ==See also==