NRSC-4-A Program Type (PTY) Codes

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1 NRSC-4-A Program Type (PTY) Codes DHL 12/15/2009 Source: Appendix F, NRSC-4-A Standard Formats in RED have an exact Arbitron Radio Station Format match Formats in BLUE are RDS definitions that differ from NRSC-4-A definitions Code NRSC-4-A Arbitron format RDS definitions 0 No program type or unidentified Other No programme type or undefined 1 News All News, News/Talk/Information News 2 Information News/Talk/Information, Talk/Personality Current Affairs 3 Sports All Sports Information 4 Talk News/Talk/Information, Talk/Personality, Sport Educational 5 Rock Active Rock, Album Oriented Rock Education 6 Classic Rock Classic Rock Drama 7 Adult Hits Adult Hits, Adult Contemporary (AC), Hot AC, Pop Culture Contemporary Hit Radio, New AC (NAC)/Smooth Jazz 8 Soft Rock Album Oriented Rock (AOR), Easy Listening Science 9 Top 40 Adult Contemporary (AC), Variety, Adult Varied Standards/MOR 10 Country Country, Classic Country, New Country Pop Music 11 Oldies Oldies Rock Music 12 Soft Soft AC, Smooth AC, Rhythmic AC, Modern AC, Classic Hits, Family Hits, 80s Hits, Easy Listening Easy Listening Music 13 Nostalgia Nostalgia Light classical 14 Jazz Jazz, New AC (NAC)/Smooth Jazz Serious classical 15 Classical Classical Other Music 16 Rhythmn and Blues Blues, Rhythmic AC, Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Weather Radio, Rhythmic Oldies 17 Soft Rhythmn and Blues Blues, Rhythmic AC, Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Finance Radio, Rhythmic Oldies 18 Foreign Language Children's programmes 19 Religious Music Gospel, Religious, Southern Gospel, Contemporary Christian, Contemporary Inspirational Social Affairs 20 Religious Talk Religious, Contemporary Christian, Contemporary Religion Inspirational 21 Personality Talk/Personality Phone In 22 Public Educational Travel 23 College Educational Liesure 24 Unassigned Jazz Music 25 Unassigned Country Music 26 Unassigned National Music 27 Unassigned Oldies Music 28 Unassigned Folk Music 29 Weather News/Talk/Information Documentary 30 Emergency Test Alarm Test 31 Emergency Alarm Comparison of RDS PTY Codes.xls

2 Arbitron Radio Station Formats DHL 12/15/2009 Source: Formats in RED have an exact NRSC-4-A Program Type match NRSC-4-A NRSC-4-A No. Arbitron format Code Program Type No. Arbitron format Code Program Type 1 80s Hits 12 Soft 35 Pop Contemporary Hit Radio 7 Adult Hits 2 Active Rock 5 Rock 36 Religious 19, 20 Religious Music, Religious Talk 3 Adult Contemporary (AC) 7, 9 Adult Hits, Top Rhythmic AC 12, 16, 17 Soft, Rhythm and Blues, Soft Rhythm and Blues 4 Adult Hits 7 Adult Hits 38 Rhythmic Contemporary Hit 16, 17 Rhythm and Blues, Soft Rhythm and Blues Radio 5 Adult Standards/MOR 9 Top Rhythmic Oldies 16, 17 Rhythm and Blues, Soft Rhythm and Blues 6 Album Adult Alternative (AAA) 40 Smooth AC 12 Soft 7 Album Oriented Rock (AOR) 5, 8 Rock, Soft Rock 41 Soft AC 12 Soft 8 All News 1 News 42 Southern Gospel 19 Religious Music 9 All Sports 3 Sports 43 Spanish Adult Hits 10 Alternative 44 Spanish Contemporary 11 Blues 16, 17 Rhythm and Blues, Soft Rhythm and Blues 45 Spanish Contemporary Christian 12 Children s Radio 46 Spanish News/Talk 13 Classic Country 10 Country 47 Spanish Oldies 14 Classic Hits 12 Soft 48 Spanish Religious 15 Classic Rock 6 Classic Rock 49 Spanish Sports 16 Classical 15 Classical 50 Spanish Tropical 17 Contemporary Christian 19, 20 Religious Music, Religious Talk 51 Spanish Variety 18 Contemporary Inspirational 19, 20 Religious Music, Religious Talk 52 Talk/Personality 2, 4, 21 Information, Talk, Personality 19 Country 10 Country 53 Tejano 20 Easy Listening 8, 12 Soft Rock, Soft 54 Urban AC 21 Educational 4, 22, 23 Talk, Public, College 55 Urban Contemporary 22 Family Hits 12 Soft 56 Urban Oldies 23 Gospel 19 Religious Music 57 Variety 9 Top Hot AC 7 Adult Hits 58 World Ethnic 25 Jazz 14 Jazz 26 Latino Urban 27 Mexican Regional 28 Modern AC 12 Soft 29 New AC (NAC)/Smooth Jazz 7, 14 Adult Hits, Jazz 30 New Country 10 Country 31 News/Talk/Information 1, 2, 4, 29 News, Information, Talk, Weather 32 Nostalgia 13 Nostalgia 33 Oldies 11 Oldies 34 Other 0 No program type or unidentified Comparison of RDS PTY Codes.xls

3 Page 97 U.S. RBDS Standard ANNEX F (normative) Program Type codes (North America) Table F.1 Number Code Program type 8-Character Display 1 16-Character Display No program type or undefined None None 1 1 News News News 2 10 Information Inform Information 3 11 Sports Sports Sports Talk Talk Talk Rock Rock Rock Classic Rock Cls_Rock Classic_Rock Adult Hits Adlt_Hit Adult_Hits Soft Rock Soft_Rck Soft_Rock Top 40 Top_40 Top_ Country Country Country Oldies Oldies Oldies Soft Soft Soft Nostalgia Nostalga Nostalgia Jazz Jazz Jazz Classical Classicl Classical Table F.1 is continued overleaf 1 These terms are recommended for 8-character and 16-character radio displays, respectively.

4 Page 98 U.S. RBDS Standard Table F.1 (continued from previous page) Number Code Program type 8-Character Display 1 16-Character Display Rhythm and Blues R_&_B Rhythm_and_Blues Soft Rhythm and Blues Soft_R&B Soft_ R_&_B Foreign Language Language Foreign_Language Religious Music Rel_Musc Religious_Music Religious Talk Rel_Talk Religious_Talk Personality Persnlty Personality Public Public Public College College College Unassigned Weather Weather Weather Emergency Test Test Emergency_Test Emergency ALERT! ALERT!_ALERT! 1 These terms are recommended for 8-character and 16-character radio displays, respectively.

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