This radio format connotes light background music that is unintrusive and inoffensive. These stations often bear names such as the Breeze, the Beach, the Feather, or Lite-FM. Often the play lists can include orchestral pop and soft rock, but otherwise consist largely of ballads and slow, soothing music from the last 40 years. The targeted audience is people over 35 old.
Barbara Striesand, Barry Manilow, Harry Conick Jr., Gloria Estefan, Kenny G, Whitney Houston, Kenny Rogers, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, Aaron Neville, Carly Simon, James TaylorSee also: Smooth Jazz