Friday, July 10, 2015

JUNE PPM RATINGS: KUOW & KPLU BOTH UP; OpenAir MOJO RISING IN DENVER


Today we have Nielsen Audio PPM data June 2015 compared to June 2014 in five very interesting npncom markets:  Seattle-Tacoma, Denver-Boulder, Boston, Washington DC and Minneapolis-St. Paul.

As you scroll down, first is the Weekly Cumulative listener data. I think Cume is an important metric to watch.  To me, Cume is the closest estimate we have to a “head count” of the entire 6+ population regardless of whether they listened to radio during the survey period.

Scroll down further to see AQH data for all reported stations.

SEATTLE-TACOMA
Nielsen Audio Market #13

STATION
FORMAT
JUNE
2014
WEEKLY CUME
JUNE
2015
WEEKLY CUME
ONE YEAR TREND
KBCS
Talk & Eclectic Music
36,100
58,100
+ 22,000
KEXP
Triple A
140,600
159,000
+ 18,400
KING
Classical
298,800
290,600
- 8,200
KNHC
Urban Contemporary
269,800
200,600
- 69,200
KPLU
NPR News
& Jazz
274,900
297,200
+ 22,300
KUOW
NPR News
298,000
348,500
+ 50,500

NPR News listening in Seattle continues to rise. KUOW and KPLU (which also airs Jazz) saw notable increases in Weekly Cumulative listeners.  Spunky suburban KBCS seems to have gained since they added talker Thom Hartmann.

DENVER-BOULDER
Nielsen Audio Market #20

STATION
FORMAT
JUNE
2014
WEEKLY CUME
JUNE
2015
WEEKLY CUME
ONE YEAR TREND
KCFR
NPR News
234,800
248,100
+ 13,300
KLDV
CCM
286,100
322,800
+ 36,700
KUNC*
NPR News
& Triple A
79,900
79,100
- 800
KUVO
Jazz
97,200
108,400
+ 11,200
KVOD
Classical
121,500
114,800
- 6,700
KVOQ-FM
Triple A
16,000**
67,200
+ 51,200
 * Fort Collins-Greeley Metro Station
** KVOQ-AM

Like Stacy’s Mom, KVOQ-FM aka OpenAir has something going on. If you look at their website [link] you can feel the MOJO RISING

In June 2014 OpenAir was only on a beat-up old AM frequency. When they debuted OpenAir on 102.3 FM in February 2015 [click to see our earlier coverage] listeners flocked to the new Triple A voice.
  
WASHINGTON DC
Nielsen Audio Market #7

STATION
FORMAT
JUNE
2014
WEEKLY CUME
JUNE
2015
WEEKLY CUME
ONE YEAR TREND
WAMU
NPR News
642,800
568,600
- 74,200
WETA
Classical
390,400
414,700
+ 24,300
WGTS
CCM
417,800
404,200
- 13,600
105.5
WAMU HD2
Bluegrass & Country
NA
38,200
NA

BOSTON
Nielsen Audio Market #10

STATION
FORMAT
JUNE
2014
WEEKLY CUME
JUNE
2015
WEEKLY CUME
ONE YEAR TREND
WBUR
NPR News
419,300
407,200
- 12,100
WCRB
Classical
198,000
234,600
+ 36,600
WERS
College Rock
192,400
207,000
+ 14,600
WGBH
NPR News
265,300
294,700
+ 29,400
WUMB
Triple A
41,000
41,700
- 700

Things are back to as they were for WBUR.  WGBH continues to add new listeners.

MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL
Nielsen Audio Market #16

STATION
FORMAT
JUNE
2014
WEEKLY CUME
JUNE
2015
WEEKLY CUME
ONE YEAR TREND
KBEM
Jazz
55,900
63,700
+ 7,800
KCMP
Triple A
295,200
287,300
- 7,900
KCMP stream
Triple A
28,100
15,800
- 12,300
KMOJ
Urban Contemporary
152,400
124,000
- 28,400
KNOW
NPR News
297,500
294,200
- 3,300
KNOW stream
NPR News
NA
24,600
NA
KSJN
Classical
161,800
147,700
- 14,100
KTIS-AM
Christian Talk
23,800
42,300
+ 18,500
KTIS-FM
CCM
490,600
495,000
+ 4,400
KUOM AM/FM
College Rock
15,800
NA
NA

Commercial Triple A KTWN Go 96.3 got a BASEBALL BOUNCE with broadcasts of the Minnesota Twins games. The weekly cume went up a lot but the AQH share was up only a little. Go 96.3 doesn’t appear to be effecting listening to 89.3 The Current.

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SEATTLE-TACOMA

 DENVER-BOULDER

 WASHINGTON DC

BOSTON
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL