Editing Music radio (section)

===Alternative and modern rock===
[[Rock music]] has a long and honorable radio tradition going back to DJs like [[Wolfman Jack]] and [[Alan Freed]], and as a result variations on rock radio are fairly common. The [[classic rock]] and oldies formats are discussed above; in addition to those, however, there are several genres of music radio devoted to different aspects of modern rock music. Alternative rock grew out of the grunge scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s and is particularly favored by college radio and [[adult album alternative]] stations; there is a strong focus on songwriters and bands with an outsider sound or a more sophisticated sound than the "three chord wonder" cliché. Meanwhile, other stations focus on [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[punk rock]], or the various post-punk and pop-influenced sounds known collectively as "modern rock".

Narrow-interest rock stations are particularly common on the Internet and satellite radio scenes, broken down into genres such as punk, metal, classic rock, [[independent rock|indie music]], and the like. There is a general feeling among radio connoisseurs that rock radio is becoming badly watered down by big corporate ownership, leading to a considerable do-it-yourself spirit.