Editing Music radio (section)

===AOR (album-oriented rock)===
[[album-oriented rock|AOR]] ([[album-oriented rock]]) developed as a commercial compromise between top-forties-style formulas and progressive rock radio/freeform.  A program director or music consultant would select some set of music "standards" and require the playlist to be followed, perhaps in an order selected by the jock.  The jock would still introduce each selection, but the jock would have available a scripted introduction to use if he was not personally familiar with a particular piece of music and its artist.  Obviously a computer helps a lot in this process.

A useful, relatively safe compromise with the artistic freedom of the jocks is that a few times each hour, usually in the least commercially valuable slots of the hour, the disc-jockey can highlight new tracks that he or she thinks might interest the audience.  The audience is encouraged to comment on the new tracks, allowing the station to track audience tastes. The freedom to introduce new artists can help a station develop its library.

Significant [[album-oriented rock|AOR]] offshoots include [[classic rock]] and [[adult album alternative]].