Active rock

Active rock is a radio format. It is used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Its stations play a balance of new hard rock songs with valued classic rock favorites, normally with an emphasis on the harder edge of mainstream rock and album-oriented rock.

There is no concrete definition of the format. Sean Ross, editor of Airplay Monitor, described active rock in the late 1990s as album-oriented rock (AOR) with a greater emphasis on the harder end of the spectrum. Radio & Records defined the format as based on current rock hits in frequent rotation and targeted to males ages 18–34, akin to the approach of contemporary hit radio stations.

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