0 a type of music that is not complicated, serious, or difficult: --
[ before noun ] easy-listening classics
1 quiet music that does not need much of your attention --
The station broadcast beautiful music, an easy listening format with mostly instrumentals and a couple of soft vocal songs per hour.
The songs are described as balearic ambient, easy listening music.
Since its inception, it has been focused on the easy listening genre, with some news on mornings and afternoons on weekdays.
The new station aired an easy listening format.
The station's original format was a mix of adult contemporary and easy listening music.
He is content to lounge around watching old movies and listening to classical or easy listening music.
In the late 1970s, the current call letters were adopted, initially broadcasting an easy listening format.
The label issued easy listening and light classical music.