2000s radio stations

The 2000s brought changes to popular music without giving the decade a single sound. Pop, guitar-led recordings, dance music, hip hop and R&B all reached radio audiences during those years. A service devoted to the period can follow any of those strands or bring several together. Its decade identity tells a listener when the music comes from, while its genre and selection explain what kind of noughties programme it actually offers. A station centred on the 2000s makes the era a substantial rule of its output. An occasional record from the years within a broader schedule does not have the same purpose. The distinction is helpful because memories of a decade can cross musical boundaries: one listener may associate it with a particular alternative scene, another with mainstream hits. The time label connects them without flattening their differences. Programme descriptions give the further detail needed to choose among services that share the same years.