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Radio Advertising Bureau’s Top 10 radio formats
San Antonio Express-News ^ | 07/21/2010

Posted on 07/22/2010 10:07:16 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

1. Country

2. News/talk

3. Oldies

4. Adult contemporary

5. Hispanic

6. Adult standards

7. Top 40

8. Soft adult contemporary

9. Religion

10. Classic rock

Source: www.radio.about.com/cs/funradiothings/f/faqradio6.htm


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: radio
Bogus.

Which category does cRap fall in? And pop music like Lady Gaga? There's nothing adult about that.

And I think Jack-FM should have its own serparate category.

1 posted on 07/22/2010 10:07:18 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

John-Boy and Billy show really took off after they formatted to play on Country stations...and Rush all by himself would put news/talk in the top 10, I believe...


2 posted on 07/22/2010 10:09:21 AM PDT by stefanbatory (Weed out the RINOs! Sign the pledge. conservativepledge.org)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Lady Ga-Ga is “Top 40”. “Hispanic” at #5 is totally alarming and sends chills up my spine.

Some of my 16 year olds friends like Country, Top 40 and rap. I like all kinds of music. My wife likes country AND western.:) NOBODY likes hispanic music except hispanics.


3 posted on 07/22/2010 10:12:14 AM PDT by albie
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Hard to believe sports talk isn’t in the top ten.

And how is Country and other formats above Top 40 if the main billboard chart that includes airplay is loaded with the popular crap and the Country/AC songs don’t dominate that chart? The only thing I can think of is that young people who are in to the new gagakatyperryrapkesha crap buy a lot more single downloads and the sales figures of the single is what pushes it over the top? I would also guess the top 40 station plays the popular songs more often than the Country station does.


4 posted on 07/22/2010 10:15:09 AM PDT by Crimson Elephant
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Hard to believe sports talk isn’t in the top ten.

It dominates here in Dallas with the 24-50 Male demographic, with The Ticket.

5 posted on 07/22/2010 10:17:03 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Responsibility2nd

Rememeber, it’s not based on audience or content but how much money it attracts from advetisers.


6 posted on 07/22/2010 10:19:19 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (* This thread is useless without her phone number!)
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Are they including it in “news/talk”?

We’ve got WJOX and Finebaum who can be heard on FIVE different stations at the same time driving through Tuscaloosa....crazy.


7 posted on 07/22/2010 10:22:24 AM PDT by Crimson Elephant
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I think it’s the effect of “block voting”

Just like essentially all black people voted for Baraq, essentially all Hispanics listen to Hispanic.


8 posted on 07/22/2010 10:23:32 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Responsibility2nd

Here is Souh East Wisconsin ratings, sports is way down on the list

1 WTMJ-AM 10.7 9.8 9.3 10.1 News/Talk Journal Broadcast Group Inc.
2 WISN-AM 6.2 7.5 7.9 8.0 News/Talk Clear Channel Radio
3 WXSS-FM 6.9 7.1 7.2 7.5 CHR Entercom Inc.
4 WMIL-FM 6.2 7.0 6.1 6.3 Country Clear Channel Radio
5 WKKV-FM 6.6 6.5 5.4 5.4 Urban Clear Channel Radio
6 WRIT-FM 4.2 4.0 4.4 4.3 Oldies Clear Channel Radio
7 WMYX-FM 3.5 3.5 3.6 4.1 Hot AC Entercom Milwaukee LLC

8 WLWK-FM 3.5 3.2 2.6 3.7 AC Journal Broadcast Corporation
9 WLUM-FM 3.8 2.4 2.8 2.7 Alternative Milwaukee Radio Alliance LLC
10 WLDB-FM 2.3 2.4 2.8 2.4 AC Milwaukee Radio Alliance LLC
11 WRNW-FM N/A N/A 2.4 2.3 Classic Rock Clear Channel Radio
11 WRNW-FM N/A N/A 2.4 2.3 Classic Rock Clear Channel Radio
13 WMCS-AM 1.4 1.0 1.5 1.3 Talk Milwaukee Radio Alliance LLC
14 WOKY-AM 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.2 Classic Country Clear Channel Radio
15 WAUK-AM 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.0 Sports Good Karma Broadcasting
16 WSSP-AM 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 Sports Entercom Milwaukee LLC
17 WDRV-FM 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.6 Classic Hits Bonneville International Corp.
18 WGN-AM N/A N/A N/A 0.5 News/Talk WGN Radio

Totals are Persons 12+, Mon-Sun, 6am-midnight


9 posted on 07/22/2010 10:38:39 AM PDT by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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