Christian CHR Also known as Christian CHR/pop or Christian teen CHR. Plays
Christian pop, and
Christian dance, and sometimes
urban gospel,
Christian alternative,
Christian rock, and
Christian country crossover as well. Often referred as "
Christian Top 40"; in terms of incorporating a variety of genres of Christian music, Christian CHR/pop is the successor to the original concept of Christian top 40 radio which originated in the 1960s.
Christian adult CHR These stations typically are hybrids of the contemporary Christian hit radio (CHR/pop) and
Christian hot AC formats. This format contains a strong focus on current Christian charts, contemporary and recurrent Christian hits as well as placing a minority of older, classic Christian hits from the 2000s and early to mid 2010s onto the playlist. Christian adult CHR stations play pop-friendly Christian rhythmic, Christian dance and Christian hip hop titles alongside standard Christian pop and pop rock fare, and often shying away from the most rhythmic Christian CHR titles until they are established hits on the format.
Christian rhythmic CHR Also known as Christian CHR/rhythmic, or Christian CHR/urban. These stations focus on
Christian hip hop and
Christian dance-pop. There are differences between Christian CHR/rhythmic and the
urban contemporary gospel format; urban gospel stations will often play
Christian R&B and
gospel songs that Christian CHR/rhythmic stations will not, and Christian CHR/rhythmic stations, despite playlists heavy with urban gospel product, sometimes have white disc jockeys and will include
CEDM and rhythmic Christian pop music that urban gospel outlets will not.
Bilingual Christian CHR Bilingual Spanish Christian CHRs combine current and recent Christian and rhythmic CHR hits with recent Latin Christian pop hits, targeting young Latina listeners. Similarly, bilingual French Christian CHRs are common in some Canadian markets, and combine anglophone and French Christian pop hits. Filipino-based Christian CHR stations are also common in major Philippine market areas, which feature current Christian and rhythmic CHR hits with recent
Christian OPM and
P-Pop hits.
Gold-based Christian CHR Gold-based Christian CHRs combine a more limited base of currents and recurrents from the Christian, rhythmic and/or adult CHR formats with a broader playlist of gold from the 2000s and 2010s. Similar to gold-based mainstream CHR, stations from this format may also be called
Christian rhythmic hot AC if their library is particularly rhythmic-leaning.
Christian CHR/dance Playing
Christian dance remixes of popular Christian songs with perhaps current Christian hits from the dance charts. As with pure mainstream dance-music radio stations (as opposed to CHR/rhythmic and
rhythmic AC formats), pure Christian dance-music radio stations (as opposed to Christian CHR/rhythmic and
Christian rhythmic AC formats) are not very common but tend to have loyal audiences in the markets where they do exist.
Christian CHR/rock Stations with this format, a modernized
Christian Rock 40 format, are similar in some ways to the Christian Adult CHR and Christian CHR/pop formats, but also incorporate
Christian modern rock/
Christian alternative/
Christian active rock and
Christian modern AC titles in an upbeat presentation.
Other variations There are also variations targeting minority ethnic groups, such as
Christian CHR/español (
Latin Christian pop), and
Christian CHR/Tejano (
Christian Tex-Mex and Tejano) which are commonly found in
Arizona,
Texas,
California, and
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