May PPM's

[Miguelito]

Very few tidbits of interest but the bits that are interesting are quite interesting. lol. With few exceptions, the top 10 was very stable.

• While remaining at the top of the 6+ pack, WDAS dropped 1.4 points for some reason.
• KYW dropped half-a-point to a recent low of 5.0.
• WBEB also managed a recent low, dropping 0.6 to land at 4.4.
• BEN-FM bopped up 0.4 to a recent high of 4.2, as they tied with WOGL (which bopped 0.3 in the other direction).

Regarding our...uh...raging "Top 40 War:" Q102 sits in 11th place with 3.7. WTDY is way down the list in 20th place (1.6, tied with non-comm WRTI and out-of-market WKXW [New Jersey 101.5--ding!]).

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[TheBigA]

[*]WBEB also managed a recent low, dropping 0.6 to land at 4.4.

On the other hand, it's #1 in cume, closing in on a million.

WXTU has nearly doubled its share since the holidays. Not an easy thing to do.

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

I find it amusing as a quirk that Ben and OGL were tied also back at the holiday book, and have taken different paths to wino up tied, such as the numbers are, again. Well, that and that Ben is a shade behind the B at this point. Also, such as the numbers are. 🙂

 

[CassChopper96]

I think WBEB could be over a million in cume come the next book in july

 

[Miguelito]

I think WBEB could be over a million in cume come the next book in july

Important to keep in mind that no station has reached a million since the Holiday Book (and that station was of course B101.1). Will be interesting to see if that is the new normal.

 

[atthestars]

Another amazing nugget:

WKMK Despite having a cume approximately 1/10th that of WRNB, and broadcasting from MONMOUTH COUNTY, had a bigger share than WRNB.

That... is embarrassing.

 

[Miguelito]

Another amazing nugget:

WKMK Despite having a cume approximately 1/10th that of WRNB, and broadcasting from MONMOUTH COUNTY, had a bigger share than WRNB.

That... is embarrassing.

For that matter, WPST from Trenton landed higher than WRNB--despite the fact that we have two full-power in-market Top 40 stations. As did a Tropical station on the AM band. (Does anyone know if PPM picks up listening to the 105.7 FM translator and, if so, whether that gets combined with the WEMG-AM numbers?)

 

[atthestars]

For that matter, WPST from Trenton landed higher than WRNB--despite the fact that we have two full-power in-market Top 40 stations. As did a Tropical station on the AM band. (Does anyone know if PPM picks up listening to the 105.7 FM translator and, if so, whether that gets combined with the WEMG-AM numbers?)

I would ASSUME that for both WHAT and WEMG, since they simulcast 100% on their respective translators, that any listening on either signal is combined into the one line (like KYW-AM and WPHI-FM).

Again, that's an assumption. Someone else very well may correct me.

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

And before long we’re heading into something approximating a normal, pre-2020 summer. Shifts in when and where people listen. Travel. More time away from work. It would be interesting to look at 2021 vs 2019 summer patterns.