Program Types
The following table lists the RDS and RBDS program type (PTY) codes and their meanings:
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PTY code RDS program type (EU) RBDS program type (North America) 0 No programme type or undefined No program type or undefined 1 News News 2 Current affairs Information 3 Information Sports 4 Sport Talk 5 Education Rock 6 Drama Classic rock 7 Culture Adult hits 8 Science Soft rock 9 Varied Top 40 10 Pop music Country 11 Rock music Oldies 12 Easy listening Soft 13 Light classical Nostalgia 14 Serious classical Jazz 15 Other music Classical 16 Weather Rhythm and blues 17 Finance Soft rhythm and blues 18 Children’s programmes Language 19 Social affairs Religious music 20 Religion Religious talk 21 Phone-in Personality 22 Travel Public 23 Leisure College 24 Jazz music Unassigned 25 Country music Unassigned 26 National music Unassigned 27 Oldies music Unassigned 28 Folk music Unassigned 29 Documentary Weather 30 Alarm test Emergency test 31 Alarm Emergency
The later RBDS standard made no attempt to match the original RDS plan, therefore several identical radio formats were given different numbers, including jazz, weather, sports, and rock. Other similar formats such as varied/college and phone-in/talk are also mismatched. This is mainly a problem for portable radios taken overseas.
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