Editing Playlist (section)

==Radio==
The term originally came about in the early days of [[Top 40]] [[radio format]]s in the 1950s when stations would devise (and, eventually, publish) a limited list of songs to be played.{{citation needed|date=April 2011}} The term would go on to refer to the entire catalog of songs that a given radio station (of any format) would draw from.{{fact|date=November 2023}} Additionally, the term was used to refer to an ordered list of songs played during a given time period.<ref>{{citation |title=Collaborative Radio Community|author1=Paolo Avesani |author2=Paolo Massa |author3=Michele Nori |author4=Angelo Susi  |name-list-style=amp |publisher=ITC irst|location=Italy}}</ref> Playlists are often adjusted based on time of day, known as [[dayparting]].{{fact|date=November 2023}}