Who is this fall’s “Hardest Working Act In Station Shows”? Here’s a hint: they come with their own transportation.

Every year, we take a look at the roster of acts who are playing radio station holiday shows and other artist events, looking for the artists who are most actively making themselves available for those shows. In the past, those acts have ranged from Justin Bieber, whose year as the teen superstar accompanied a series of constant station appearances, to Train, who continued to play station shows even after “Hey! Soul Sister” had become a career record, and even when they were on the road with non-station dates.

We tabulated artist appearances at Mainstream Top 40, Rhythmic Top 40, and Hot AC stations between now and the end of the year as seen in Radio-Info.com’s Stations On Stage listing. Most of the events seen here are station show appearances, but we also count station artist events that go beyond a meet-and-greet. (A standard backstage meet-and-greet doesn’t count, but a "Dinner With…" event would.)

“Stations On Stage” is based on shows reported by stations themselves, or found on station Websites. Our tally doesn’t reflect appearances in previous weeks; (otherwise, Breathe Carolina would likely be higher than the six station events captured here). It also doesn’t include Rock format appearances by acts like Foster The People who are playing both Rock and Pop shows this fall. Watch this space for a similar tally of Country, Rock, and R&B shows this season. We don’t claim our count is definitive, but it does give you an overall sense of which acts are out there this year.

Perhaps because there are more paid station dates these days, as well as more stations branding major tours as a station show, there are a lot of major acts on the holiday circuit this year, at least for a few shows. Drake is the headliner of four Rhythmic Top 40 shows this fall. Lady Gaga is playing the Jingle Ball for WHTZ (Z100) New York and KIIS Los Angeles.

Rihanna isn’t playing station shows this year in the U.S., but she is on the bill for Capital FM London’s two night Jingle Bell Ball, where she’s appearing with collaborator Calvin Harris (who has several years’ worth of his own hits in the U.K.). It’s not like Rihanna is still a developing act in the U.K.; “We Found Love” is the current U.K. No. 1 and gives her a total of seven weeks in the top slot this year, more than even Adele so far.

The most shows by a “big name” act award goes to Kelly Clarkson, who showed up early on the bill at Z100’s Jingle Ball and WTMX (Mix 101.9) Chicago’s Miracle On State Street, but is also playing shows for KDWB Minneapolis and WTIC-FM Hartford, Conn., among at least seven appearances this season.

Bieber’s mantle, meanwhile, goes to Big Time Rush, who are in that unusual place of being well known enough (via Nickelodeon) to appear on the KIIS and WIOQ (Q102) Philadelphia shows, but also enough of a developing act that they’re on the bill at WHKF (Kiss FM) Harrisburg, Pa., and WKRZ Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Hot AC WSTR (Star 94) Atlanta also has BTR on its station show.

But the No. 1 road warrior act for this year’s station show circuit, with 12 confirmed shows, is Cobra Starship—which will land everywhere from WXKS (Kiss 108) Boston to WKQI Detroit to KHOP Modesto, Calif. As Mainstream and Rhythmic Top 40 move closer together, they’ll also be appearing at WBBM-FM (B96) Chicago’s holiday show. (Otherwise, it’s notable that they’re the winners on Mainstream Top 40 shows alone.)

It’s not surprising that a teen punk/emo act is the most present at radio shows this year. That genre has always had a robust touring base and it’s not unusual for stations to claim existing package shows as their own. (WFLY Albany, N.Y., has an upcoming bill of teen punk acts, for instance, although KBKS [Kiss 106.1] Seattle is looking beyond those acts for the first time this year.) Gym Class Heroes and Hot Chelle Rae are close behind Cobra Starship this year.

The No. 2 act, with 11 station shows is The Fray, celebrating the surprise acceptance of “Heartbeat” with shows at both Hot AC (WTIC, WTMX, KYKY [Y98] St. Louis) and CHR (WXXL [XL106.7] Orlando, Fla.).

We’ve noticed this year that some stations that weren’t in the holiday show business recently are more active this year. Several years ago, Detroit was rarely part of the station show circuit; this year, both Top 40 stations WKQI and WDZH (Amp 98.7) are offering shows. There are also more stations doing a suite of shows on multiple nights; it’s more common in Alternative, but XL106.7 is doing several nights—reflecting both the station’s role in a lot of pop/rock crossovers, but also, perhaps, Orlando’s desirability as a Q4 travel destination.

Here’s the list of holiday concert appearances as they currently stand:

12 – Cobra Starship
11 – The Fray
9 – Big Time Rush
9 – Gym Class Heroes
8 – Andy Grammer
8 – Demi Lovato
8 – Hot Chelle Rae
8 – Jason DeRulo
7 – Joe Jonas
7 – Karmin
7 – Kelly Clarkson
7 – LMFAO
7 – Parachute
7 – The Cab

See our full list of Stations On Stage events here. And if we’re not listing your station show yet, let us know.