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country | What genre of music has soft AC found common ground with? |
indie rock | What genre of music are bands like Feist and Wilco? |
Imagine Dragons | Along with Mumford & Sons, Of Monsters & Men, Ed Sheeran and The Lumineers, what indie artist has had adult contemporary success? |
2000s | In what decade did indie musicians first began getting attention from the adult contemporary audience? |
the 2005-2007 economic downturn | Along with the recession, what broad economic trend marked the decline of adult contemporary radio stations? |
urban | Along with CHR, Top 40 and Latino, what format have former AC stations transitioned to? |
hot AC | What AC format is still viable? |
physical record | Declining sales of what items harmed the adult contemporary genre? |
1960s | Generally speaking, what is the earliest decade represented by the "oldies" on soft AC stations? |
jazz | Along with R&B, pop and rock, what genre of music is represented on modern soft AC stations? |
"easy listening" | What genre of music do new songs on soft AC stations often belong to? |
the late 2000s/early 2010s | During what period did soft AC stations attempt to reinvent themselves? |
soft adult contemporary | What radio format was described as being "the acoustic equivalent to Prozac"? |
1970s | What decade saw the birth of the soft adult contemporary format? |
WEEI-FM | What radio station introduced the term "soft rock"? |
Boston | Where was the station that introduced the term "soft rock" based? |
baloney | What processed meat, featured in WEEI-FM's ad slogan, rhymes with Joni? |
Canada | In what country is soft adult contemporary called "EZ Rock"? |
beautiful music | Along with MOR, easy listening and soft rock, what format is soft adult contemporary a successor to? |
office workers | What occupation is stereotypical held by soft adult contemporary listeners? |
females aged 25–54 | What advertising demographic is soft adult contemporary marketed towards? |
KOST | What station first introduced the tagline "everyone at work can agree on"? |
raising children | Along with romantic and sexual relationships, family and work, what do soft adult contemporary songs sometimes discuss? |
1960s and 1970s | Music from what two decades is notably featured on the soft AC format? |
soul | Along with classic R&B, what genre is notably featured on soft AC stations? |
hot AC | What radio station format is soft AC often contrasted with? |
jazz and big band | What radio station formats faced demographic pressures in the 1960s and 70s? |
oldies | What radio station format is facing demographic pressures in the present day? |
adult standards | What radio station format have many of the former soft AC artists moved to? |
incorporating more oldies | Certain soft AC stations have found a niche on the radio by doing what? |
aging demographics | Why are adult standards format radio stations declining? |
Frank Sinatra | Along with Andy Williams, Johnny Mathis, Nana Mouskouri, Celine Dion, Julio Iglesias, Barry Manilow, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Marc Anthony, what notable artist is featured on the soft AC format? |
contemporary mainstream music | Along with classic hits, what type of music do hot adult contemporary stations feature? |
adult | What is the primary audience of hot adult contemporary format stations? |
Generation Z | What demographic do hot AC stations featuring more pop and alternative rock focus on? |
teen pop | Along with urban and rhythmic dance tracks, what genre is featured on hot AC stations with a younger audience? |
dance-pop | Madonna, Cher, Gloria Estefan and Kylie Minogue are artists in what genre of music? |
boybands | What type of band are Backstreet Boys and Westlife? |
power pops | What genre of music is played by Westlife? |
soft rock | What genre of music is played by The Eagles? |
18-54 | What is the target age range of Hot AC stations? |
KMXB | What station did Mike Marino work for in 1997? |
Las Vegas | Where was the radio station KMXB based in 1997? |
18-34 | What age demographic is modern rock radio focused on? |
men | What is the sex of the listeners modern rock radio is geared towards? |
women | Unlike modern rock radio, what sex is adult contemporary radio said to appeal to? |
adult | What age group is Urban AC focused towards? |
African-American | What race is the target demographic of Urban AC radio? |
Des'ree | Who is an example of an artist played on Urban AC format radio stations? |
I Ain't Movin' | What is the name of the popular album released by Des'ree? |
black | What is the ethnicity of artists commonly played on urban adult contemporary radio? |
soft AC | What other adult contemporary radio format is urban AC similar to? |
hip-hop | What genre of music is not played frequently on urban AC? |
R&B and soul music | What two genres of music are popular on urban AC? |
Luther Vandross | Along with Trey Songz, Patti LaBelle, Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Frank Ocean, Craig David and Mariah Carey, who is a well-known urban AC artist? |
hot AC | What adult contemporary radio format is urban AC not similar to? |
rhythmic oldies | What radio format is similar to urban AC but features older soul and R&B songs? |
1960s | What is the earliest decade of music typically featured on the rhythmic oldies format? |
1990s | What is the most recent decade music from which music can be heard on a rhythmic oldies station? |
African-Americans | What is the target demographic of the rhythmic oldies format? |
quiet storm | What radio format consists of ballads and slow jams? |
quiet storm | What is the name of the radio format that is a mixture of urban and soft adult contemporary? |
the evening | At what time of day is the quiet storm format played? |
Black and Latino | What is the typical ethnicity of artists played on quiet storm stations? |
Vanessa L. Williams | Along with Freddie Jackson, Johnny Gill, Teena Marie, Lalah Hathaway, Toni Braxton, and En Vogue, what artist is popular on quiet storm stations? |
mainstream AC | Along with urban adult contemporary and smooth jazz, what station format might feature music from Sade? |
smooth jazz | What other format is sometimes played on urban AC stations? |
the weekends | When might you hear smooth jazz on a soft AC station? |
Smooth AC | What is a more recent name for the smooth jazz format? |
to lure younger listeners | What was the smooth jazz format renamed? |
urban AC | Along with soft AC, on what station format might adult contemporary R&B be featured? |
songcraft and sophistication | What features are emphasized in adult contemporary R&B music? |
Philly soul | Along with smooth soul and quiet storm, what genre influenced adult contemporary R&B? |
1970s | During what decade was smooth soul popular? |
sequencers | Along with drum machines and synthesizers, what electronic instruments are often found in modern R&B-based music? |
jazz-R&B fusion | What genre of music did Patti Austin perform? |
crossover R&B | Of what genre was the musician Keith Sweat? |
1980s | During what decade were musicians like Al Jarreau and Luther Vandross notably successful? |
ballads | What type of songs was Leona Lewis known for? |
Babyface | Who wrote Boyz II Men's I'll Make Love to You? |
Contemporary Christian music | What is CCM an acronym of? |
Christian AC | What genre of music is performed by MercyMe? |
Radio & Records | What publication includes Christian AC with its format charts? |
hot AC | Along with mainstream AC, what format has also featured Christian AC artists on a crossover basis? |
soft AC | What AC format is especially known for playing Christmas music in the Christmas season? |
November and December | During what two months does the Christmas season take place? |
Johnny Mathis | Along with Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, The Carpenters, Percy Faith and Andy Williams, who is an artist played on AC stations around Christmastime but not otherwise? |
the week before Thanksgiving Day | When does Christmas music on AC format stations usually begin? |
after Christmas Day | When is the earlier of the two times that Christmas music on adult contemporary stations typically ends? |
New Year's Day | When is the later of the two times that Christmas music on adult contemporary stations usually ends? |
the beginning of November | When is the earliest an AC station will switch to a Christmas format? |
beautiful music and easy listening | What two formats pioneered the Christmas music tradition in the 1960s? |
20th | In what century was the term matter defined excluding energy phenomena like light and sound? |
matter | What term is used for the substance that composes all observable physical objects? |
interaction energies | The mass of an object can come from the motion of its constituents or what other source? |
universal | What term is used to describe the type of definition that matter would have if all scientists could agree on its definition? |
at rest | Prior to the 20th century, the definition of matter included any object that had mass even when it was in what state? |
atoms | What kind of particles make up every object in the world that can be touched? |
subatomic | The smaller particles that make up atoms, like protons and neutrons, are what kind of particles? |
photons | What subatomic particle has no volume or rest mass? |
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