That is, the Nielsen data released free is just share (percentage of actual radio users). But clients get share, rating (percentage of all persons) and AQH persons (actual number of people).
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The insanity that is . . . the August ratings
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The Ticket's biggest problem is the P1's have aged along with the hosts and now they've aged out of the demographic. The Musers are all now pushing 60 and Sturm, Corby and Gen-X Dave are getting long in the tooth too.
Sadly I am one of them.
Sadly I am one of them.
KSPF was KLUV 98.7, that's one of the major changes that happened.
The call change and rebranding happened in June 2023, so not a recent event.
It’s not going to matter. New sports fans will take over in its place. There’s no age limit for sports hosts
A morning show who’s namesake died more than 11 years ago.
So?
About the most popular tourist destinations in Washington, D.C., are the Washington and Lincoln monuments. They died well over 100 years ago.
It's not about the name; it is about the content.
12 minute stopsets are way too long, IMO. For listeners who are used to immediate content, they probably cannot tolerate a stop set of more than 5 minutes. JMO.
I think KRTH 101 has long stopsets at :15 and :45 past the hour, and those are about 6-7 minutes.
Couldn’t have said it better myself about kegl lol, that was good, I got a good laugh out of it!Quick observations:
• Eagle in 25th place. The Woody morning Show on for over a month, had zero affect (as I predicted) on the awful performance of "The Eagle". The promos for the morning show are awful. "Get a woody in the morning." - hello 1982. The station is playing KINGS OF LEON, IMAGINE DRAGONS, PANIC! AT THE DISCO, WEEZER, SUM 41 and other bands that are so unbelievably bewildering - throw in that awful afternoon show and the 12 minute stopsets and well, there's your answer as to why a 1.6. Are they gonna play format spin again in about 12 months? Might I suggest a rain sfx.
• KERA - shining bright at NUMBER ONE with NPR and PBS. lol.
• iHeart has ONE station in the top ten, and that's Mix 102.9 - which is now beating KISS FM. (Hell has frozen over.) Mix continues an upward trend.
• KSPF dropped almost 2 full points 12+. I know nothing about this station, so does anyone know what the major shift was?
Dallas/Fort Worth
Nielsen Audio PPM Monthly Ratings Dallas/Fort Worth (Market #4) Population: 7,039,700 Black: 1,254,200 – Hispanic: 2,039,600 Average Quarter Hour Share for Persons 6+, Mon-Sun 6AM-Mid All ratings are Copyright © 2005-2024 The Nielsen Company. All rights reserved. Nielsen radio audience estimates...radioinsight.com
It's not done for the listeners. It's done for the advertisers. If it was up to them, all you'd hear would be commercials.
Radio programmers are often asked how long commercial breaks should last, and they all say agree with you. But they don't make that decision.
People want radio to do a lot of things and play a lot of different music, but nobody ever volunteers to pay for it.
At least the Eagle makes money
Absolutely, and it's important to be realistic about the fact that radio is a business, with bills and talent that have to be paid and a bottom line which needs attending to.
KERA Dallas that was not shocking to hear that an NPR News/talk affiliate took 1st place in August. We mentioned about the factors in the other threads like certain politicians wanting to "Defund NPR" and yes the famous example of former California residents and corporations moving their main offices to the major cities in Texas. When we talked about Public radio in another thread we showed data like KUT and KUHF the public radio affiliates in Austin and Houston having their radio ratings at the top five spots. That argument partially disproved that radio listeners in the major cities in Texas listen to talk shows that are aligned with Ted Cruz's politics.
www.insideradio.com
Sen. Cruz Seeks Answers From CPB About Taxpayer Funding Of NPR.
With a fresh effort underway to defund NPR, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is questioning the Corporation for Public Broadcasting about its funneling of taxpayer dollars to the public radio network.
How do you know that it is profitable? The figures we have on revenue are gross sales figures, not P&L data which is usually not released on an individual station basis. And even the gross sales data, which comes from BIA usually, is an estimate and can be off by considerable amounts.
KERA Dallas that was not shocking to hear that an NPR News/talk affiliate took 1st place in August. We mentioned about the factors in the other threads like certain politicians wanting to "Defund NPR" and yes the famous example of former California residents and corporations moving their main offices to the major cities in Texas. When we talked about Public radio in another thread we showed data like KUT and KUHF the public radio affiliates in Austin and Houston having their radio ratings at the top five spots. That argument partially disproved that radio listeners in the major cities in Texas listen to talk shows that are aligned with Ted Cruz's politics.
Sen. Cruz Seeks Answers From CPB About Taxpayer Funding Of NPR.
With a fresh effort underway to defund NPR, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is questioning the Corporation for Public Broadcasting about its funneling of taxpayer dollars to the public radio network.
I don't understand your post. I've read it multiple times.
Are you trying to create a political flame war? KUT has had great numbers for as long as I can remember. KERA and KUHF have been strong as well for years.
While I think the August numbers seem a little odd, KERA regularly beats WBAP, not only in AQH but also in cume. I think everyone knows Texas is a big place with lots of people and many diverse opinions (the same is true about California as well).
The link about Cruz isn't that recent but the success of NPR affiliates in major city's in Texas to attract very large audiences, substantially larger in some cases than equivalent commercial rivals, seems to mesh with Cruz's questioning of taxpayer funds flowing to CPB and ultimately NPR/affiliates.
His question about the funding isn't because they're successful. Stations like KERA could probably survive without federal funding. But there are a lot of other stations in the system in poorer areas of Texas and poorer states that couldn't. That's what the federal funding is for.
I believe in some of Ted Cruz arguments in the past but that's not the case today. Change in median demographics is one of them that I had to consider.
Not sure what you meant:
"Demographics are statistics that describe populations and their characteristics. Demographic analysis is the study of a population-based on factors such as age, race, and sex."
So, to use "median" and "demographics" you'd have to say, "let's look at the demographics and see what the median age in the market is".
You can look at demographics and find percentages of the population by age, gender, ethnicity, education, area of residence, income and more. Or you can look at a specific age range and subdivide it on all those factors. But there are no "median demographics".
All true thanks.
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