[2][3][4][5] Its roots trace to both the "classic album stations of the ’70s as well as the alternative rock format that developed in the ’80s.
Music selection also includes tracks from albums that are not singles, which leads to the enhanced and larger playlist.
Currently KCSN and simulcast partner KSBR broadcast a Triple A format in the Los Angeles and Orange Country areas respectively.
The format still exists in New York City (WFUV); Chicago (WXRT); Philadelphia (WXPN); Minneapolis (KCMP); Boston (WXRV, WERS, and Americana leaning WUMB-FM); Baltimore (WTMD); Aspen, Colorado (KSPN-FM); Boise, Idaho (KRVB); Denver (KBCO and KVOQ); Fort Collins (KJAC); Pittsburgh (WYEP); Astoria (KBGE); Bend (KLRR); Eugene (KRVM); Portland, Oregon (KINK); Portland, Maine (WCLZ); Indianapolis (WTTS); Nashville (WRLT, WNXP, and Americana leaning WMOT); Conway, New Hampshire (WMWV); Burlington, Vermont (WNCS); Seattle, Washington (KMIH); Spokane (KPND); Turners Falls-Northampton, Massachusetts (WRSI); Bozeman, Montana (KMMS-FM); Missoula, Montana (KDTR); Woodstock, New York (WDST); Austin (KGSR-HD2, KUTX, and KTSN); Columbia, Missouri (KBXR); and Dallas (KKXT).
[9][10][11][12] The now-defunct KFOG was a legendary Triple A station in the San Francisco Bay Area.