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News Ô Affairs Ô Info Ô Sport Ô Educate Ô Drama
Ô Culture Ô Science Ô Varied Ô Pop M Ô Rock M
Ô Easy M Ô Light M Ô Classics Ô Other M Ô
Weather Ô Finance Ô Children Ô Social Ô Religion
Ô Phone In Ô Travel Ô Leisure Ô Jazz Ô Country Ô
Nation M Ô Oldies Ô Folk M Ô Document Ô TEST Ô
Alarm ! Ô None Ô (Back to the beginning)
• For details about each code, see "Description of the PTY
codes" below.
7 Description of the PTY codes
News:
News.
Affairs:
Topical program expanding or
enlarging upon the news—debate or
analysis.
Info:
Programs the purpose of which is to
impart advice in the widest sense.
Sport:
Programs concerned with any aspect
of sports.
Educate:
Educational programs.
Drama:
All radio plays and serials.
Culture:
Programs concerning any aspect of
national or regional culture, including
language, theatre, etc.
Science:
Programs about natural sciences and
technology.
Varied:
Used for mainly speech-based
programs such as quizzes, panel games
and personality interviews.
Pop M:
Commercial music of current popular
appeal.
Rock M:
Rock music.
Easy M:
Current contemporary music
considered to be "easy-listening."
Light M:
Instrumental music, and vocal or choral
works.
Classics:
Performances of major orchestral
works, symphonies, chamber music,
etc.
Other M:
Music not fitting into any of the other
categories.
Weather:
Weather reports and forecasts.
Finance:
Stock Market reports, commerce,
trading, etc.
Children:
Programs targeted at a young
audience.
Social:
Programs about sociology, history,
geography, psychology and society.
Religion:
Religious programs.
Phone In:
Involving members of the public
expressing their views either by phone
or at a public forum.
Travel:
Travel information.
Leisure:
Programs about recreational activities.
Jazz:
Jazz music.
Country:
Songs which originate from, or
continue the musical tradition of the
American Southern States.
Nation M:
Current popular music of the nation or
region in that country's language.
Oldies:
Music from the so-called "golden age"
of popular music.
Folk M:
Music which has its roots in the musical
culture of a particular nation.
Document:
Programs concerning factual matters,
presented in an investigative style.
TEST:
Broadcasts for testing emergency
broadcast equipment or unit.
Alarm !:
Emergency announcement.
None:
No program type, unidentified
program, or difficult to categorize into
particular types.
Classification of the PTY codes for some FM stations may
be different from the above list.
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