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Is It Really a Tie?

January 6, 2022

There is a saying in sports: “A tie is like kissing your sister.” Forget the political (in)correctness – it demonstrates how we all feel about a tie. However, is a tie always a tie?

I was recently looking at a San Francisco ranker and the number one station in the market had an Adult 25-54 AQH rating of a 0.2. So did the #2 through #11 stations. Does that mean all of these stations are tied, and therefore equal?

Obviously, the answer is NO!

So what is the difference?

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Damn This Traffic Jam

December 16, 2021

In today’s modern PPM-encoded world, radio programmers can garner a lot of granular information on their listeners. However, one data point that eludes us is location. We can know if listening is “at home” or “away from home” but have lost the “at work” and “in car” distinctions.

How can we compensate for that missing insight?

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Selling with New Scarborough Categories

December 14, 2021

Are you looking for new ways to prospect and pitch local business? Are you wondering how you will hit your sales goal?

The answer is Scarborough’s new data.

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How to Find Local Content

December 9, 2021

The world is hungry for content. This is especially true for radio stations. They need content to cascade out of the speakers, on every single social media platform, on the website, in podcasts, etc. The beast must constantly be fed.

Radio stations are also focused on being local. Getting a million views on a TikTok video is great for the ego, but does it boost the local brand? Is it what your fans really care about?

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On the Third Book of Christmas …

December 2, 2021

This year Christmas is a lot different. I’m not talking about the pandemic or supply chain issues. In a normal year, the onslaught of Christmas music on the radio affects two PPM surveys – December and Holiday.

However, Nielsen adjusted the schedule this year so the recently-released or soon-to-be-released (depending on your market) November book began later than normal. The survey ran from 10/14 through 11/10. In many markets across the country, the flip to all Saint Nick began during the first 10 days of November. That means that weeks three and four will be affected by those format changes.

Furthermore, that means, for this season, the stain of Christmas music will affect three surveys. The entire December book will be blanketed by the haunting melodies of Burl Ives, while about half of the holiday book will be similarly affected.

What does this mean for broadcasters?

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