Active rock

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Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations in Canada and the United States. Active rock plays current rock artists with a mix of classic rock songs. An active rock station would include songs by artists such as Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin or AC/DC in its playlist, whereas a modern rock station would not. Similar to active rock stations, mainstream rock stations play current rock music, but concentrate more on classic rock than what active rock stations do.

A pioneering station of this format in the late 1980s was WIYY "98Rock" in Baltimore, Maryland. Other early adopters of this format by the beginning of the 1990s include stations WAAF in Boston, Massachusetts, WXTB "98Rock" in Tampa, Florida, KISW in Seattle, Washington, KEGL, the former "Eagle 97.1", in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, CFPL "FM96" In London, Ontario Canada and KIBZ "The Blaze" in Lincoln, Nebraska.


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