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==Programming== Most radio formats are based on a select, tight rotation of [[hit single]]s. The best example is [[Top 40 (radio format)|Top 40]], though other formats, like [[Country music|country]], [[smooth jazz]], and [[Urban contemporary|urban]], all utilize the same basic principles, with the most popular songs repeating every two to six hours, depending on their rank in the [[Spin (radio)|rotation]]. Generally, there is a strict order or list to follow, and the DJ does not decide playlist selections. While still based on the rotation concept, AOR focused on the album as a whole rather than singles. In the early 1970s, many [[DJ]]s were free to choose which track(s) to play off a given album and the latitude to decide the playlist order. Consequently, AOR radio gave mainstream exposure to album tracks that never became hits on the record charts limited to singles; ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', for instance, did not establish an [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|airplay chart]] for album tracks until 1981. Later in the 1970s, AOR stations shifted song selection to a [[program director]] or music director rather than the DJ. Still, when an AOR station added an album to rotation, they often focused on numerous tracks simultaneously rather than playing the singles as they were individually released.
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