radiosaur said:
OK, answer this from an old-timer...WHY aren't 12-17 and 12+ numbers important anymore? CHR's used to fight for the high school crowd at night to boost 12+...and they have a lot more buying power now then they did back in the day. What's different?
apparently (from what i've gleaned and/or been told from previous employers - my interpretation could be completely wrong, as it has happened before ;-) ) - too much niche formatting, hence the "wall of women" over at the B98/Alice camp, for example...and others along that lane of thinking. know what i mean? apparently, the 25-34's and 25-54 women are "the" target, since they have been known to be the ones controlling the purse-strings...and the radio dials. there really isn't a broad-based format...anywhere that i can think of that really is a "top-40" station like a lot of us grew up with. it's things like that, and the fact that most teens don't fill out diaries due to all that "other" competition radio has with video games, TV, ipods, computers or whatever. i know all about trying to get teens at night on the radio - when i was doing nights, i had higher numbers than the morning show...12+ of course.
but what are disney-radio's 12+ numbers? and gosh, how do they stay on the air with just the teen listeners? or do the mommies (and/or daddies) in the mini-vans and SUVs listen too?