Posted by Formerly Employed on April 29, 2008 at 16:11:07:
In Reply to: Re: Chicago's Arbitron Winter Ratings posted by e on April 29, 2008 at 12:43:32:
That's great. Angela Ingram is gonna have a cow.
: I look forward to seeing which clear channel chicago employee is wished the best in their future endeavours after this post.
: : From the internal Clear Channel memo issued by very own Queen Chief Darren Davis. It's always fun to compare it to actual reality.
: : So without further ado..............
: : Clear Channel Radio Winter 2008 Chicago Metro Arbitron Highlights
: : Ratings based on Monday-Sunday 6am-12m daypart, unless otherwise noted.
: : WGCI-FM 107.5 (Urban Contemporary)
: : WGCI reaches 956,200 radio listeners weekly (Persons 12+ Cume).
: : WGCI has the number one Share of Adults 18-34, Adults 18-49, Adults 25-54 and Teens 12-17.
: : WGCI continues to lead the Urban Contemporary arena by a wide margin in general, and in key demos. It is also the number one Music station in Chicago (Persons 12+ Share).
: : Steve Harvey continues to grow and now ranks 2nd with Adults 18-34 and Adults 25-54, Monday-Friday 6am-10am.
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: : WNUA-FM 95.5 (Smooth Jazz)
: : WNUA reaches 763,000 radio listeners weekly (Persons 12+ Cume).
: : WNUA�s Share of Adults 25-54 ranks 10th, Women 25-54 rank 6th, Adults 35-64 rank 3rd, and Women 35-64 rank 2nd (tied).
: : WNUA is the exclusive Smooth Jazz radio station in Chicago. Its Share of Adults 35-64 is tied 1st, Monday-Friday 10am-3pm (during the workday).
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: : WVAZ-FM 102.7 (Urban Adult Contemporary) �V-103�
: : V-103 reaches 645,200 radio listeners weekly (Persons 12+ Cume).
: : V-103�s Share of Adults 25-54 ranks 3rd (tied), Women 25-54 rank 2nd, and Adults 35-54, Women 35-54, Adults 35-64, and Women 35-64 all rank 1st.
: : V-103 continues to have an enormous lead in the Urban Adult Contemporary arena in general, and in key demos (Persons 12+ Share).
: : In his debut book, Doug Banks ranks 2nd with Adults 25-54, Monday-Friday 3pm-7pm.
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: : WKSC-FM 103.5 (Mainstream Top 40 CHR) �1035 KISS FM�
: : 1035 KISS FM reaches a �record-breaking� 1,278,700 radio listeners weekly (Persons 12+ Cume). This is the highest number reached by any Chicago radio station in the Winter 2008 Arbitron survey.
: : 1035 KISS FM�s Share of Adults 18-34 ranks 5th, Women 18-34 rank 2nd, Women 18-49 rank 5th, and Teens 12-17 rank 2nd.
: : 1035 KISS is the exclusive Mainstream Top 40 CHR station in Chicago. It has a 7.4 Share of Women 18-34 (#2) compared to WTMX-FM (Modern AC) with a 5.9 Share (#4) and WBBM-FM (B96 Rhythmic CHR) with a 5.8 Share (#5).
: : WLIT-FM 93.9 (Mainstream Adult Contemporary) �The Lite�
: : WLIT reaches 669,000 radio listeners weekly (Persons 12+ Cume).
: : WLIT has the number one Share of Women 25-54, Monday-Friday 10am-3pm (during the workday).
: : WLIT maintains the lead with Women in key demos over the following stations: WLIT ranks 5th with Women 25-54 while newcomer WCFS-FM (Fresh 105.9) ranks 7th and WILV-FM (Love FM) is tied 16th; WLIT is tied 3rd with Women 35-54 while WCFS ranks 8th and WILV ranks 16th; and, WLIT ranks 4th with Women 35-64 while WCFS is tied 11th and WILV is tied 17th. WLIT is, clearly, the preferred choice over WCFS and WILV by Baby Boomer women�by a wide margin.
: : Melissa Forman posted significant Share increases with women over Whoopi Goldberg�s performance on WLIT a year ago. Melissa increased the WLIT�s Share of Women 25-54, Monday-Friday 6am-10am, by 18%, Women 35-54 by 23% and Women 35-64 by 24% (Winter 2007 to Winter 2008 Arbitron).
: : WGRB-AM 1390 (Urban Inspirational) �INSPIRATION 1390AM�
: : Inspiration 1390AM reaches 227,500 radio listeners weekly (Persons 12+ Cume).
: : Inspiration 1390AM is the number one Urban Inspirational radio station in Chicago, delivering a much larger audience than FM Gospel station WYCA.
: : Inspiration 1390AM�s Share of Women 35-54 and Women 35-64 are both tied 14th. This surpasses or meets the Shares of stations like News/Talk/Information WLS-AM, for example. WLS-AM�s Share of Women 35-54 is tied 20th and its Share of Women 35-64 is tied 14th.