Where are the 6+ ratings?

[tall_guy1]

I follow them every month, and usually by now they are published. It should be time for Holiday '24 ratings.

 

[Gregg.]

Remember there are 13 "monthly" ratings reports, since "Holiday" comes after "December." So maybe due to the holidays, there's a lag for the "Holiday" ratings.

This ratings report will show us the answer to an interesting question. Is the All-Christmas format just as strong as ever? The Christmas format wasn't as much of a ratings factor in December 2024 as in past Decembers. But that may be due to how many days before the switch to All-Christmas music that the December ratings period began.

 

[lanceventa]

I follow them every month, and usually by now they are published. It should be time for Holiday '24 ratings.

Day 1 published today. The December monthlies came out in the week between Christmas and New Years so these are right on schedule every four weeks.

Holiday 2024 (12/5 – 1/8) Nielsen Audio PPM Ratings Day 1: Christmas Bells Ring Not As Bright

Nielsen begins its monthly release of PPM ratings with today's Day 1 update including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San

radioinsight.com

 

[lanceventa]

But that may be due to how many days before the switch to All-Christmas music that the December ratings period began.

The difference between 2023 and 2024 was not the days before the switch, but rather that Thanksgiving was a week later this year. Stations usually do not see a massive jump in their Christmas music numbers until Thanksgiving.

 

[Mediafrog+]

Day 1 published today. The December monthlies came out in the week between Christmas and New Years so these are right on schedule every four weeks.

The last major market monthlies came out December 23, so it has been five weeks. Presumably this keeps the release calendar lined up, a sort of “leap week” for the ratings.