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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Christmas comes to NYC on "Lite-FM" WLTW

WLTW The expected move to Christmas for Clear Channel's WLTW-FM (106.7) happened on Friday, much like its sister-station WASH-FM (97.1) in Washington, DC. Adult contemporary WLTW has been consistently rated #1 in the Arbitron PPM's, with a cume of over 5.3 million, and the holidays have usually been even better for Lite. Read More

Monday, August 8, 2011

Latest July PPMs for NYC, L.A., Chicago and more

In New York City: AC "Lite" WLTW slips but holds first place, 6.6 to 6.6 to 6.0 since the May monthly PPMs. Its Clear Channel sister station rhythmic AC WKTU now ranks second, 4.9-5.1-5.1. Read More

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Day 3 June PPMs: Portland, Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Orlando and more...

In Portland, Oregon, Arbitron metro #23: Clear Channel's AC "K103" KKCW (7.7-8.1) reasserts its usual dominance and re-takes first place from sister classic hits KLTH (8.1-7.2). Another Clear Channel station rises to third place. Read More

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Orlando's WNUE drops Spanish for Christmas, and staffers too

WNUE Not only did Entravision's WNUE-FM (98.1) in Titusville, Florida abandon Spanish music for Christmas music, but it may be planning ahead for changes after the holidays. The Radio-Info Orlando board is buzzing about the apparent purge of the on-air staff. Read More

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Ratings cost the U. of Minnesota's "Radio K" its federal funding

KUOM The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has slashed $50,000 in funding for non-commercial KUOM-AM/FM (770/100.7/104.5), citing low ratings. The funding was cut following recent Arbitron PPM ratings for Minneapolis- St. Read More

Monday, March 15, 2010

At Canadian Music Week, Cautious Optimism

The Radioactive conference, held March 10-13 in Toronto as part of Canadian Music Week, was marked by the same cautious optimism that has characterized all radio gatherings this year. On the dais, industryites congratulated Canadian radio for never making the same draconian increases in spotload or use of network radio as their American counterpart… Read More

Monday, August 31, 2009

Arbitron's PPM powers TV ratings in Canada's electronic markets, radio ratings in 5 big markets

Arbitron says the result, administered by Canada’s BBM consortium of broadcasters and other users, is “the world’s largest combined TV and radio media measurement panel”, and it’s keyed to the People Meter device pioneered by Arbitron. As Arbitron CEO Michael Skarzynski says, “the PPM technology is designed to measure exposure to all audible media.… Read More

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