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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

February PPMs – Which Stations Top the Urban Formats?

Urban 1's Once again we return with a look at the top Urban and Urban AC stations in the nation, in terms of PPM performance in the month of February, by top shares and cume. We also look at which companies are performing well by share, how many listeners they are reaching with their top stations, as well as which stations have the greatest gains in share.Al… Read More

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Arbitron loses accreditation in five PPM markets

Arbitron Read the full Arbitron press release here. Cleveland, Portland (Oregon), Riverside, Salt Lake City and Tampa are no longer accredited by the Media Rating Council. Read More

Monday, January 30, 2012

Holiday 2011 PPM: The All Christmas Music Leaders

Holiday music graphic With the fourth Christmas season in the PPM era under our belt, the huge shares and increases seen during the Holiday book every year are no longer a great surprise. However, it can be difficult to get a true sense of these stations’ performance in the light of their dramatic moves. Read More

Monday, January 30, 2012

Holiday 2011 PPM: The News/Talk National Recaps

WLW Cincinnati Cincinnati remains one of the few markets where all-Christmas has never topped the Holiday book. WLW (700) remains steadfastly on top of the market (where it has been since the Winter 2000 diary book), and on top of the format nationwide (for the third survey this year.)The largest gainer for the month was San Diego’s KPBS. Read More

Monday, January 30, 2012

Holiday 2011 PPM: The Country National Recaps

Excluding KFKF Kansas City, whose 11 share was generated primarily by the station’s all-Christmas format during the survey, the top country station during the Holiday book was Columbus, Ohio's WCOL. The format’s largest gainer was KASE Austin, whose 0.7 of a share increase was enough to propel it from 23rd in December up to ninth for the Holiday bo… Read More

Monday, January 30, 2012

Holiday 2011 PPM: The Hot AC National Recaps

WKRQ WKRQ Cincinnati tops the Hot AC list for the third survey this year. It’s evident to see how challenging the Holiday book is for the format when you consider that WKRQ also had the largest increase in the nation among Hot ACs with a rise of just half a share.HOLIDAY BOOK’S TOP 10 PPM SHARES – Hot AC DEC HOL Calls Market DEC HOL … Read More

Monday, January 30, 2012

Holiday 2011 PPM: The Urban and Urban AC National Recaps

WJMH-FM While most formats are happy to just remain flat through the Holiday book, several urban stations saw huge gains in the survey. Greensboro’s WJMH “102 Jamz” saw the biggest share increase of any non-Christmas music station in the nation, rising 1.6 shares. Read More

Monday, January 30, 2012

Holiday 2011 PPM: CHR and Rhythmic National Recaps

CHR shares were particularly vulnerable during the Holiday book. Despite losing a full share, WPRO Providence maintains the format’s highest share for the 11th consecutive survey. Read More

Monday, January 30, 2012

Holiday 2011 PPM: The National Recaps

Just as in each PPM market—the national overview sees wild jumps and huge shares from the weeks around Christmas. The top ten stations by share for the Holiday book were all ACs that were in all-Christmas music mode. Read More

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Christmas comes to Arbitron Holiday books, for NYC, L.A., Chicago, Philly, etc.

Holiday music graphic 11.5 is the Holiday-book share for New York's "Lite 106.7" WLTW. Since the November book, it improved 6.0–8.2–11.5, with age 6+ AQH shares. Read More

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

December 2011 PPM: The Hot AC National Recaps

WRMF WRMF West Palm Beach tops all Hot ACs for only the second time this year.DECEMBER’S TOP 10 PPM SHARES – Hot AC NOV DEC Calls Market NOV DEC 4t 1 WRMF-FM West Palm Beach 6.3 7.0 3 2t WQAL-FM Cleveland 6.7 6.9 1 2t KSTP-FM Minneapolis 7.8 6.9 2 4 WKRQ-FM Cincinnati 7.2 6.4 4t 5 WTIC-FM Har… Read More

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

December 2011 PPM: News/Talk and Sports National Recaps

WLW Cincinnati WTMJ Milwaukee is knocked out of the top spot—making way for Cincinnati’s WLW. The remaining stations in the top ten jump around in rank. Read More

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

December 2011 PPM: The Country National Recaps

WCOL Sure, the No. 1 station in terms of share remains Columbus, Ohio’s WCOL, but take a look at the jump that Jacksonville’s WGNE made—from No. Read More

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

December 2011 PPM: The CHR and Rhythmic National Recaps

Still on top for this month—Providence, RI’s WPRO “92 Pro FM.” But making a huge jump into the top ten from No. 15 last month, is WXSS Milwaukee, which is tied for No. Read More

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

December 2011 PPM: The Urban and Urban AC National Recaps

WQOK The huge jump made by WQOK Raleigh/Durham unseats WVEE “V103” Atlanta from the top of the urban list for the first time this year, with almost a 3 share increase. Both WPEG Charlotte and WEDR Miami had nice jumps into the top 10.DECEMBER’S TOP 10 PPM SHARES – Urban NOV DEC Calls Market NOV DEC 5 1 WQOK-FM Raleigh/Durham 6… Read More

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

December 2011 PPM: The National Recaps

The onset of all-Christmas music stations not surprisingly leads to a great deal of tumult in the rankings for Arbitron’s December book—when else can you see a station jump from 155th to 9th, as is the case with Tampa’s WWRM?DECEMBER’S TOP 10 PPM SHARES NOV DEC Calls Market Format NOV DEC 1 1 WRCH-FM Hartford Christmas (… Read More

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

December 2011 PPM: The All-Christmas Format

happy Holidays Since the vast majority of AC stations were all-Christmas for all or most of the December book, this year-to-year ranker of all-Christmas stations takes the place of the usual AC national rankers. Read More

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

November 2011 PPM: The Sports National Recaps

Nashville’s WGFX continues to lead the format in the share department. The top ten sees two new entries this month: Pittsburgh’s KDKA-FM and Kansas City’s WHB.NOVEMBER’S TOP 10 PPM SHARES – Sports OCT NOV Calls Market OCT NOV 1 1 WGFX-FM Nashville 8.9 8.1 3 2t WBNS-FM Columbus, OH 6.7 6.8 2 2t WXYT-FM … Read More

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

November 2011 PPM: The News/Talk National Recaps

WTMJ WTMJ may have been knocked out of the top of the all-format top ten, but it holds on to the format’s top spot in its format for the sixth consecutive month. Right behind it are a trio of legendary Ohio call letters, representing all three of the state’s PPM markets.NOVEMBER’S TOP 10 PPM SHARES – News/Talk OCT NOV Calls Market OCT Read More

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

November 2011 PPM: The Country National Recaps

While most formats have had one or two leaders over the course of the year, WCOL becomes the fourth different station to top the country format by share this year, joining WFMS Indianapolis, WQDR Raleigh/Durham, and WWYZ Hartford (all three of which remain entrenched in the top ten.)NOVEMBER’S TOP 10 PPM SHARES – Country OCT NOV Calls M… Read More

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