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August 9, 2012
Filed Under: Ask the Experts
Duplicated audience refers to the percentage of one station’s cumulative audience that also listens to another station during a specified daypart. Simply put, duplication can be thought of as shared listeners between two stations.
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August 2, 2012
Filed Under: Ask the Experts
As we’ve been learning and seeing, radio listening is not diminishing, but it is shifting. Radio listening is shifting to other media such as online, cell phones, digital, etc. Heavy radio listeners tend to be heavy digital consumers. By showing the value of your online users, advertisers can get the best of both worlds by advertising to terrestrial listeners and online users.
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July 26, 2012
Filed Under: Hot Topics
At last month’s Morning Show Boot Camp, Arbitron presented a benchmark study on the top 25 successful morning shows according to PPM. You can see the full presentation here but we thought there were a few points worthy of your attention.
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July 19, 2012
Filed Under: Hot Topics
Media buyers can be divided into two groups: Those who want to make quality buys at the lowest cost per point. And, those who want to buy at the lowest cost per point. It is our hope that making a quality buy should always be the buyer’s goal.
You have just received a Request for Proposal (RFP). So now where do you start? How are you going to show the value of your station(s) and have it/them stand above the rest?
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July 12, 2012
Filed Under: Ask the Experts
As we discussed last time, you need to make sure you understand the fundamentals of AQH before devising a strategy to build ratings. Two things impact your AQH: cume (how many people come to your radio station) and time spent listening (how long they listen).
Today’s post addresses the second component of AQH…
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June 28, 2012
Filed Under: Hot Topics
Charlie Sislen, President of Research Director, Inc., recently spoke at the annual conference of the New Jersey Broadcasters Association. His presentation was entitled “Radio: Alive and Kicking,” and was a review of the present state of radio listening in the United States.
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June 22, 2012
Filed Under: Ask the Experts
If there was an easy way to boost your ratings, every station would be doing it (duh). That said, start by making sure you understand the fundamentals of your Average Quarter-Hour audience. Two things impact your AQH: cume (how many people come to your radio station) and time spent listening (how long they listen). To grow your AQH, you need to either have more people come to your radio station, or get those who are already listening to stay tuned longer.
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June 19, 2012
Filed Under: Hot Topics
We have been impressed with the variety of impactful new sales materials that Arbitron has been adding to its website, demonstrating the power of radio. Have you seen these and added them to your arsenal of pro-radio stories?
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