WHO DOES RADIO BETTER...L.A. OR NEW YORK?

[Jeffrey]

clearly but are there more underperforming stations in LA or NY?

LA has more in-the-Metro Class A's which do not cover the whole market. while some are comboed or tromboed, a number underperform. In NYC, the A's are either at the fringe of the MSA or outside it, so there are very few marginal FMs.

NY has 23 viable FMs while LA has 30, so the shares are more fragmented.

Actually, that's only partly true. 92.7 is in Queens and the White Plains and Stamford, CT Class A stations are about to move into NYC as well.
What NYC does have that L.A. does not is a top 15 market imbedded within it-Nassau/Suffolk, NY (Long Island). That market is where a lot of the class A stations are.

You have to realize that most of the FM's in Los Angeles are grandfathered class B stations which run FAR more power then the 650 watts they would be running fron Mount Wilsion as conforming class B stations. The NYC FM's are pretty much ALL conforming class B stations.

why do LA class B stations run more power in LA than in NY.? Does it have to do with terrain issues or LA's metro area being more vast than New York's?

 

[davideduardo]

why do LA class B stations run more power in LA than in NY.? Does it have to do with terrain issues or LA's metro area being more vast than New York's?

They are grandfathered.

 

[Chris_Rose]

New York does radio better than any other market in the country. It's not even a contest.