KCRW, KXT & WYEP GAIN LISTENING IN TRIPLE A TREND COMPARISONS

KKXT, Dallas and WYEP, Pittsburgh had significantly more estimated weekly listeners in a comparison of August 2014 and recently released August 2015 Nielsen Audio PPM reports.  

 KCRW, Los Angeles gained over 80,000 new weekly listeners.  Because KCRW also carries the major NPR News magazines, proprietary hour-by-hour data is needed to see if the gains can be attributed to music or news programming.   

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WSGE, Charlotte more than doubled its AQH and grew its weekly listeners by more than a third. Overall 9 of the 22 stations gained AQH Share, 9 lost AQH Share, 3 remained steady.  One station, KVOQ OpenAir in Denver was not on FM in August 2014.

The estimated number of Weekly Cumulative listeners was higher on 9 of the 22 stations and declined on 12.

TRIPLE A NONCOMMERCIAL STATIONS

NIELSEN AUDIO PPM MARKETS • AUGUST 2015 & 2014

WEEKLY AVERAGE-QUARTER-HOUR (AQH) LISTENING SHARES

RK	MARKET	CALLS	AUGUST 2014 AQH (%)	AUGUST 2015 AQH (%)	ONE YEAR TREND
35	Austin	KUTX	1.4	1.5	+0.1
35	Austin	KDRP	0.4	0.6	+0.2
21	Baltimore	WTMD	0.6	0.7	+0.1
10	Boston	WERS	0.8	0.8
10	Boston	WUMB	0.2	0.3	+0.1
24	Charlotte	WSGE	0.2	0.5	+0.5
30	Cincinnati	WNKU	0.5	0.4	-0.1
37	Columbus	WCBE*	1.4	0.9	-0.5
5	Dallas	KKXT	0.8	1.5	+0.7
18v	Denver	KVOQ	NEW STATION	0.3
18	Denver	KUNC*	0.5	0.3	-0.2
34	Kansas City	KTBG	0.5	0.4	-0.1
2	Los Angeles	KCRW*	1.3	1.6	+0.3
40	Milwaukee	WMSE	0.3	0.3
40	Milwaukee	WYMS	0.8	0.8
16	Minneapolis	KCMP	4.2	3.1	-1.1
16	Minneapolis	KCMP stream	0.4	0.1	-0.3
1	New York	WFUV	0.6	0.5	-0.1
8	Philadelphia	WXPN	1.1	1.4	+0.3
26	Pittsburgh	WYEP	0.9	1.1	+0.2
29	Salt Lake City	KRCL	0.8	0.4	-0.4
13	Seattle	KEXP	1.1	0.8	-0.3

* Station also airs Morning Edition & ATC

These data are provided for use by Nielsen subscribers ONLY, in accordance with RRC's limited license with Nielsen Inc.
Monday-Sunday 6AM-Midnight Persons 6+
Data Copyright Nielsen Inc. Format distinctions are the sole responsibility of Ken Mills Agency, LCC, the publisher of SPARK!

TRIPLE A NONCOMMERCIAL STATIONS

NIELSEN AUDIO PPM MARKETS • AUGUST 2015 & 2014

WEELY CUMULATIVE LISTENERS • RANKED BY WEEKLY CUME

RK	MARKET	CALLS	AUGUST 2014 WEEKLY CUME	AUGUST 2015 WEEKLY CUME	ONE YEAR TREND
2	Los Angeles	KCRW*	460,700	543,000	+82,300
16	Minneapolis	KCMP	353,800	329,500	- 24,300
1	New York	WFUV	415,000	296,900	-118,400
5	Dallas	KKXT	255,500	275,000	+20,500
8	Philadelphia	WXPN	233,600	234,900	+1,300
10	Boston	WERS	203,300	186,800	-16,500
13	Seattle	KEXP	142,300	130,700	-11,600
26	Pittsburgh	WYEP	97,900	109,100	+11,200
35	Austin	KUTX	88,100	75,300	-12,800
37	Columbus	WCBE*	78,800	70,200	-8,600
18	Denver	KUNC*	55,300	66,300	+11,000
40	Milwaukee	WYMS	68,600	65,900	-2,700
30	Cincinnati	WNKU	58,200	59,500	+1,300
21	Baltimore	WTMD	61,600	59,100	-2,500
10	Boston	WUMB	55,000	50,000	-5,000
29	Salt Lake City	KRCL	52,200	44,300	-7,900
18	Denver	KVOQ	NEW STATION	42,700
34	Kansas City	KTBG	30,900	38,500	+7,600
40	Milwaukee	WMSE	36,900	35,800	-1,100
35	Austin	KDRP	32,000	32,700	+700
24	Charlotte	WSGE	22,900	31,300	+8,400
16	Minneapolis	KCMP stream	21,400	18,100	-3,300

* Station also airs Morning Edition & ATC

These data are provided for use by Nielsen subscribers ONLY, in accordance with RRC's limited license with Nielsen Inc.
Monday-Sunday 6AM-Midnight Persons 6+
Data Copyright Nielsen Inc. Format distinctions are the sole responsibility of Ken Mills Agency, LCC, the publisher of SPARK!