> Why the big jump between the Winter and Spring books?
> K-Love took over on June 30.
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Because ARB does not "weight" the books for CHRISTIAN homes.
They "weight" the books for the various Ethnic households that get them, so that these kinds of disparities are corrected. Because there is no wieghting for Christian homes, the numbers can vary wildly.
So, one year, let's say 10 books land in Christian homes. Another year, 25 books land in Christian homes. Let's say that 1/3 of those homes log that they listened to Christian radio. That means in one survey, let's say 3 books list the Christian station(s). The following survey, 8 books list it (them). That means that the ratings can swing wildly from year-to-year, even while listenership remains relatively constant.
We've seen it, ourselves... while listener responses to various ministries remained virtually unchanged, book-by-book numbers jumped up and down quite a bit.
Willie...