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Description of the PTYcodes:
NEWS:
News.
AFFAIRS:
Topical
program
expanding
or enlarging
upon
the news -- debate,
or analysis.
INFO:
Program
the purpose
of which
is to impart
advice in the widest sense,
SPORT:
Program
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
like
quizzes,
panel games and personality
interviews,
POP M:
Commercial
music of current popular
appeal,
ROCK
M:
Rockmusic.
M.O.R.
M:
Current contemporary
music considered
to be
"easy-lislening."
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 al 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 lradition 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:
Program concerning factual matters,
presented in an investigative style.
Classification
of the PTY codes for some FM stations
may be different from the above list,
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