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class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Adult R&B" redirects here. For the music chart, see <a href="/wiki/Adult_R%26B_Songs" title="Adult R&B Songs">Adult R&B Songs</a>.</div> <p><b>Urban adult contemporary</b>, often abbreviated as <b>urban AC</b> or <b>UAC</b>, (also known as <b>adult R&B</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-RI_2020-06-05_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RI_2020-06-05-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is the name for a <a href="/wiki/Radio_format" title="Radio format">format</a> of radio music, similar to an <a href="/wiki/Urban_contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban contemporary">urban contemporary</a> format. <a href="/wiki/Radio_broadcasting" title="Radio broadcasting">Radio stations</a> using this format usually would not have <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">hip hop music</a> on their playlists, and generally include some mix of <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B">contemporary R&B</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">traditional R&B</a> (while <b>urban oldies</b> stations emphasize only the latter). Urban adult contemporary playlists generally consist of many different genres that originated amongst <a href="/wiki/Black_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Americans">Black Americans</a> including <a href="/wiki/R%26B" class="mw-redirect" title="R&B">R&B</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Funk" title="Funk">funk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Disco" title="Disco">disco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hip-hop_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Hip-hop music">hip-hop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electro_(music)" title="Electro (music)">electro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quiet_storm" title="Quiet storm">quiet storm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_jack_swing" title="New jack swing">new jack swing</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hip-hop_soul" class="mw-redirect" title="Hip-hop soul">hip-hop soul</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Urban_adult_contemporary&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The format usually plays some classic <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">R&B</a> hits, as well as hits that are ten years old or more. Classic dance music also has a great impact in this format. <a href="/wiki/Disc_jockey" title="Disc jockey">Disc jockeys</a> use a more relaxed sound than their younger counterparts. News and current events have a major impact on the older audience. Around the evening, urban AC stations play <a href="/wiki/Smooth_jazz" title="Smooth jazz">smooth jazz</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Quiet_Storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Quiet Storm">Quiet Storm</a> program. Many of the urban AC radio stations implement slogans such as "Classic Soul & Today's R&B", "(City/Region)'s Old School and R&B Station", "The Best Mix of R&B", and "(City/Region)'s R&B Leader." Some popular nicknames for urban oldies stations include "Magic" (borrowed from the <a href="/wiki/Adult_contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Adult contemporary">adult contemporary</a> format), "Mix" and "Star" (both borrowed from the <a href="/wiki/Hot_AC" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot AC">Hot AC</a> format), and "<a href="/wiki/KISS-FM" title="KISS-FM">KISS-FM</a>" (borrowed from <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_hit_radio" title="Contemporary hit radio">top 40/CHR</a>). <a href="/wiki/WBLS" title="WBLS">WBLS</a> in New York City, which is the flagship station of the <a href="/wiki/Urban_contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban contemporary">urban contemporary</a> format, was one of the first stations to introduce the urban AC format in 1994. <a href="/wiki/WEPN-FM" title="WEPN-FM">WRKS-FM</a> (also in New York City) introduced the first 24-hour classic soul radio station in the country. Urban AC stations usually target the 18-49 and 25-54 age groups. </p><p>Many urban AC stations rely heavily on syndicated programming such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Steve_Harvey_Morning_Show" title="The Steve Harvey Morning Show">The Steve Harvey Morning Show</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/D._L._Hughley" title="D. L. Hughley">The D. L. Hughley Show</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Cumulus_Media_Networks" title="Cumulus Media Networks">Cumulus Media Networks</a> also operates a 24/7 urban AC format delivered to affiliated stations via satellite, called "<a href="/wiki/The_Touch_(radio_network)" title="The Touch (radio network)">The Touch</a>", which is common on smaller- and medium-market stations featuring the urban AC format. </p><p><a href="/wiki/KJLH" title="KJLH">KJLH</a> in Los Angeles is one urban AC station whose playlist heavily emphasizes current material. </p><p>While artists were once reluctant to be on urban AC because it made them look "old", by 2024, young people had become a major part of the format. With <a href="/wiki/Mainstream_urban" class="mw-redirect" title="Mainstream urban">mainstream urban</a> becoming more of a hip-hop format, R&B was less of a factor there. Urban AC played more of a role in introducing records and artists than it had been. It was also more popular than mainstream urban.<sup id="cite_ref-Leight_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leight-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Urban_oldies">Urban oldies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Urban_adult_contemporary&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Urban oldies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Urban oldies" refers to <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">R&B</a> music dating back to the late 1950s/early 1960s through the early 1990s. Although <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African Americans</a> are the primary audience, <a href="/wiki/Radio_broadcasting" title="Radio broadcasting">radio stations</a> playing this type of music often attract <a href="/wiki/White_people" title="White people">White</a> listeners because R&B is one of the roots of <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a>. A more mass-appeal version of the format is <a href="/wiki/Rhythmic_oldies" title="Rhythmic oldies">rhythmic oldies</a>, which attracts both white and black listeners, as well as Latino listeners (particularly in the <a href="/wiki/Southwest_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Southwest United States">Southwest United States</a>). One of the first stations to play this type of music was <a href="/wiki/WEPN-FM" title="WEPN-FM">WRKS-FM</a> (98.7 Kiss FM). In December 1994, <a href="/wiki/Emmis_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmis Broadcasting">Emmis Broadcasting</a> transformed Kiss FM into the first station to play urban oldies music on a regular basis. The format was an instant hit with black and white listeners around the <a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">Greater New York area</a>, reaching to number two on the <a href="/wiki/Arbitron" class="mw-redirect" title="Arbitron">Arbitron</a> ratings.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Before WRKS, many of the stations playing this music were on <a href="/wiki/AM_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="AM radio">AM radio</a>. Primary artists included <a href="/wiki/The_Isley_Brothers" title="The Isley Brothers">The Isley Brothers</a>, <a href="/wiki/McFadden_%26_Whitehead" title="McFadden & Whitehead">McFadden & Whitehead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" title="Aretha Franklin">Aretha Franklin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Gaye" title="Marvin Gaye">Marvin Gaye</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Temptations" title="The Temptations">The Temptations</a>. One of the first stations to try the format was <a href="/wiki/WOLB" title="WOLB">WSID</a> in Baltimore in the late 1950s/1960s/1970s. WDGS in the Louisville market had a full-range urban AC format, with no rap music, as early as 1985. WDGS neatly substituted jazz, blues and urban/soul gold for the 35% of the playlists that were rap/hip-hop at the time, while playing 65% non-rap urban currents, to wide acclaim. <a href="/wiki/WJMO" title="WJMO">WJMO</a> in Cleveland and <a href="/wiki/WVOL" title="WVOL">WVOL</a> in Nashville were some of the early converts. <a href="/wiki/KTJM" title="KTJM">KHYS</a> in Houston switched to the format in 1999. KCJZ in San Antonio followed suit 7 months later. Early in 1994, <i>M Street Journal</i> reported 33 radio stations in the format, compared to 14 a year earlier. Many of these were affiliates of the <a href="/wiki/Citadel_Media" class="mw-redirect" title="Citadel Media">Satellite Music Network</a> format Urban Gold, which had 27 stations six months after starting October 1, 1993. Steve Harris, the SMN manager for urban radio, said no black radio stations had targeted adults over 35. Consultant Tony Gray said older adults did not like contemporary music, which had few tunes that had proved they could stand the test of time. And <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">hip hop</a> was becoming a bigger part of contemporary radio. Another factor was the availability of older records in <a href="/wiki/Remastered" class="mw-redirect" title="Remastered">remastered</a> form. Hurricane Dave Smith of <a href="/wiki/WPGB-FM" class="mw-redirect" title="WPGB-FM">WJJJ</a> in Pittsburgh, which had switched from <a href="/wiki/Smooth_jazz" title="Smooth jazz">smooth jazz</a>, doubted the format would succeed on <a href="/wiki/FM_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="FM radio">FM radio</a>, but he believed listeners who enjoyed older songs were used to AM. Sean Ross of <a href="/wiki/WGRB" title="WGRB">WGCI</a> in Chicago believed the format could work either place, but stations that selected it would be those desiring something different. The satellite format focused on the years 1967 to 1978, but also played songs from as far back as 1963 and as recent as the early 1980s. Included were both <a href="/wiki/Ballad_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballad (music)">ballads</a> and uptempo songs. WGCI even played songs from the 1950s, including <a href="/wiki/Unforgettable_(Nat_King_Cole_song)" title="Unforgettable (Nat King Cole song)">Unforgettable</a> by <a href="/wiki/Nat_King_Cole" title="Nat King Cole">Nat King Cole</a>, though Ross said even <a href="/wiki/Teenagers" class="mw-redirect" title="Teenagers">teenagers</a> liked the station because they had learned about older songs from their parents, and because newer versions of old songs were being recorded.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other stations included <a href="/wiki/WRBO" title="WRBO">WRBO</a> 103.5 in Memphis, <a href="/wiki/WNFN" title="WNFN">WNPL</a> in Nashville, <a href="/wiki/KKND_(FM)" title="KKND (FM)">KMEZ</a> in New Orleans and <a href="/wiki/WKJS" title="WKJS">WPLZ</a> in <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to WRBO, urban oldies stations include <a href="/wiki/WATV_(AM)" title="WATV (AM)">WATV (AM)</a> in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a>, and <a href="/wiki/KAJM" title="KAJM">KAJM</a> in Phoenix.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some urban oldies stations refer to this format as "old school,"<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for example, <a href="/wiki/WOSL" title="WOSL">WOSL</a> in Cincinnati. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name_controversy">Name controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Urban_adult_contemporary&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Name controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is disagreement in the music industry over the use of the term <i>urban</i> in describing music genres and formats. In June 2020, <a href="/wiki/Republic_Records" title="Republic Records">Republic Records</a> and artist management company Milk & Honey stated that they would drop the use of the word in relation to music of a black origin. These decisions came in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_George_Floyd" title="Murder of George Floyd">murder of George Floyd</a> at the hands of police and the subsequent <a href="/wiki/George_Floyd_protests" title="George Floyd protests">protests</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RI_2020-06-05_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RI_2020-06-05-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UrbanDrop_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UrbanDrop-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lance Venta of radio industry publication <i>RadioInsight</i> claimed that the term <i>urban</i> is outdated in that R&B and hip hop music have gained massive popularity outside the inner cities and the descriptor should not serve as a euphemism for "black music". He recommended substituting the terms <i>adult R&B</i> for the urban adult contemporary format and <i>hip hop</i> for <a href="/wiki/Urban_contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban contemporary">urban contemporary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RI_2020-06-05_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RI_2020-06-05-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Myron Fears, operations manager and program director of the black owned Carter Broadcast Group in Kansas City, defended the use of the <i>urban</i> tag. Responding to Republic's elimination of the term, he expressed concern that the action diminishes the status of black music executives within record companies and the industry as a whole: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I do not think it’s a great idea because it nullifies all the hard work that past African American music executives built. This potentially leads to the dissolving of people and positions within the Urban music division. Hip Hop and R&B is leading the way for the surge in music sales and usage of streaming. Are the other positions, titles and departments within a record company going to change or dissolve? ... Do they realize the cultural power of Urban Music?</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Myron Fears, Carter Broadcast Group operations manager/program director<sup id="cite_ref-" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>In 2024, <i>Billboard</i> quoted P Music Group founder Michael Paran, who said of the magazine's Adult R&B chart, "the chart is named wrong ... Let's call it what it is: It's just R&B."<sup id="cite_ref-Leight_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leight-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More younger people were showing up on a chart that had been dominated by "legacy acts".<sup id="cite_ref-Leight_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leight-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Urban_adult_contemporary&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Urban_contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban contemporary">Urban contemporary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B">Contemporary R&B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">Rhythm and blues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">Soul music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Classic_soul" class="mw-redirect" title="Classic soul">Classic soul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adult_R%26B_Songs" title="Adult R&B Songs">Adult R&B Songs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adult_contemporary_music" title="Adult contemporary music">Adult contemporary music</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Urban_adult_contemporary&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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title="Art pop">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avant-pop" title="Avant-pop">Avant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beach_music" title="Beach music">Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beat_music" title="Beat music">Beat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brill_Building_(genre)" title="Brill Building (genre)">Brill Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bubblegum_music" title="Bubblegum music">Bubblegum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamber_pop" title="Chamber pop">Chamber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_Christian_music" title="Contemporary Christian music">Contemporary Christian music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_pop" title="Country pop">Country</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bro-country" title="Bro-country">Bro-country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowboy_pop" title="Cowboy pop">Cowboy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cringe_pop" title="Cringe pop">Cringe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dancehall_pop" title="Dancehall pop">Dancehall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dance-pop" 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ola">Nueva ola</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arabic_pop" title="Arabic pop">Arabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assyrian_folk/pop_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Assyrian folk/pop music">Assyrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_pop_music" title="Azerbaijani pop music">Azerbaijani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-pop" title="C-pop">Chinese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cantopop" title="Cantopop">Cantopop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakka_popular_music" title="Hakka popular music">Hakka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hokkien_pop" title="Hokkien pop">Hokkien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandopop" title="Mandopop">Mandopop</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/French_Mandopop" title="French Mandopop">French</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xinyao" title="Xinyao">Xinyao</a></li> <li><a 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