Contemporary Hit Rankings from Radio-info

[recto101]

http://www.radioinfo.com/2012/11/19/contemporary-hit-rankings-2/#more-4223

 

[Thomps2525]

Thank you for posting that, Mister recto. I didn't see very many stations with an audience share of 10% or higher. In the late 1950s and early '60s, KFWB's top-40 format often attracted a share of 40% or higher (back in the days of Pulse and Hooper ratings) but today, of course, there are many more stations and many more different ways to listen to music. Most managers are happy with a measly 5% share. I wonder---What U.S. music station (any type of music) has the highest audience share? Somebody tell me!

 

[recto101]

Thank you for posting that, Mister recto. I didn't see very many stations with an audience share of 10% or higher. In the late 1950s and early '60s, KFWB's top-40 format often attracted a share of 40% or higher (back in the days of Pulse and Hooper ratings) but today, of course, there are many more stations and many more different ways to listen to music. Most managers are happy with a measly 5% share. I wonder---What U.S. music station (any type of music) has the highest audience share? Somebody tell me!

WNCI of Columbus gets an 11.4 in the ratings.

But the Highest CHR's on average tend to get as high as an 7.x to 8.x.

 

[michael hagerty]

Thank you for posting that, Mister recto. I didn't see very many stations with an audience share of 10% or higher. In the late 1950s and early '60s, KFWB's top-40 format often attracted a share of 40% or higher (back in the days of Pulse and Hooper ratings) but today, of course, there are many more stations and many more different ways to listen to music. Most managers are happy with a measly 5% share.

It's been a long time in L.A. KHJ's last double-digit book was fall 1969 (a 12.8...down from their peak the year before of a 13.0). And they fell below a 6 only a couple of years later. After that, it wasn't until KIIS-FM scored a 9.7 in spring '84 and a 9.8 in spring '85 that any music station even got close to double-digits.

 

[Huff]

Thank you for posting that, Mister recto. I didn't see very many stations with an audience share of 10% or higher. In the late 1950s and early '60s, KFWB's top-40 format often attracted a share of 40% or higher (back in the days of Pulse and Hooper ratings) but today, of course, there are many more stations and many more different ways to listen to music. Most managers are happy with a measly 5% share.

It's been a long time in L.A. KHJ's last double-digit book was fall 1969 (a 12.8...down from their peak the year before of a 13.0). And they fell below a 6 only a couple of years later. After that, it wasn't until KIIS-FM scored a 9.7 in spring '84 and a 9.8 in spring '85 that any music station even got close to double-digits.

KIIS did hit double-digits in one book: an even 10 share in the Summer 1984 survey. (And Spring 1985 was a 9.0 share)

One of the biggest reasons you're unlikely to see double-digit shares again in LA is compression. (KOST has come closest in the PPM era with a 9.3 in the Holiday 2010 book.)
There are simply more stations going after a piece of the pie. In the late 60s, about 20-30 stations would regularly show up in the LA Pulse or ARB. In the October 2012 book, nearly 70 stations registered.