Did you know you can read Arbitron ratings on the net? The site to do so is http://www.rrconline.org after that you're on your own. There's a box to pull own, and a procedure that reminds me of my days at Wang Laboratories; to run a query you have to populate a box and click on 'Run' just as in the minicomputer days! Anyway, the Boston Arbs for non-comms appeared today (10/21) and after the many changes WGBH-FM and WBUR made, they're pretty much back to where they were last May. I won't quote any proprietry figures except to say that WGBH got the slightest bump in cumulative persons along with a slight uptick in time spent listening. WBUR showed a 5-figure loss in cumulative persons but its own uptick in time spent listening. People may have spent the summer adjusting to the loss of "The Connection" on WBUR; the
diminished amount of classical music on WGBH could bother some people simply because it appears they're playing shorter, more familiar fare mornings.
diminished amount of classical music on WGBH could bother some people simply because it appears they're playing shorter, more familiar fare mornings.