Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site terak.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!hao!noao!terak!doug From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Commercial Radio Message-ID: <267@terak.UUCP> Date: Thu, 17-Jan-85 13:06:51 EST Article-I.D.: terak.267 Posted: Thu Jan 17 13:06:51 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 21-Jan-85 02:37:36 EST References: <2639@dartvax.UUCP> <> <234@nmtvax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Terak Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ, USA Lines: 29 > I hope that radio stations will consider the consequences of > program changes very carefully. Since when does an area need three > top 40 stations in the same area (One can be found in the Modesto/ > Stockton area of California...)? Whatever happened to a good old > ROCK (Boy George is not what I consider ROCK!) stations like WKRP? I'm sure that radio stations do consider the consequences. But an interesting sidelight (well, I think it's interesting, and I'm in control here :-) ... If you were to take an informal poll to establish radio station ratings, you would probably be way off from the official ratings. On Monday the Arizona Republic had the nerve to report the current Arbitrons for the Phoenix radio market (one which is overloaded -- too many stations and not enough listeners). The results floored me. The number 1 station in Phoenix was a News/Talk station, on AM! By a mile! Number 2 was an elevator-music FM. Well back in 3rd spot was a country-music FM. The rock stations that everyone THINKS are popular didn't even make the overall top 5. The local Espanol stations did quite well, coming in 3rd and 5th on the AM band. The religious stations did poorly, with the best of the six coming in 18th overall, and four not even getting one mention. Just goes to show you never can tell... No wonder the Arbitrons are supposed to be confidential. -- Doug Pardee -- Terak Corp. -- !{hao,ihnp4,decvax}!noao!terak!doug