2010s radio stations

Music from the 2010s has already developed a recognisable place in radio schedules, but the decade contains more than one approach to a hit. Vocal pop, dance-influenced production, alternative songwriting and slower songs all reached listeners in those years. A station choosing the period as its central idea can move among these sounds or focus on one of them. The date of release provides the link without claiming that every recording shares a tempo, genre or audience. This is a meaningful period label when a service repeatedly draws its identity from the 2010s. It should not be attached merely because one song from the decade appears in a general contemporary programme. The years also differ from both the preceding 2000s and the music being released now. Stations can make those distinctions audible through the balance of familiar selections, deeper choices and their preferred musical styles. An account of the individual programme explains that balance more clearly than the decade alone.