KKJZ & KSDS LEAD ONE-YEAR JAZZ STATION LISTENER TRENDS

Jazz vibes are rocking in Southern California! KKJZ, Los Angeles and KSDS, San Diego had major gains in estimated weekly listeners according to Nielsen Audio PPM ratings for Fall 2015 compared with Fall 2014.

KSDS had the largest percentage gain – 33% - and KKJZ had the numerical gain – up 138,000       weekly cumulative listeners.  Congratulations to the folks at both stations.

We are now tracking 16 jazz format stations in the PPM markets.  Three are dual formats; 13 are fulltime jazz. Of the 13 fulltime jazz stations, 9 (69%) were up and 4 (31%) lost weekly listeners. (Scroll down to see the results for all 16 stations.

JAZZ NONCOMMERCIAL STATIONS

NIELSEN AUDIO PPM MARKETS • FALL 2015 & FALL 2014

WEELY CUMULATIVE LISTENERS • RANKED BY WEEKLY LISTENERS

STATION	NIELSEN AUDIO MARKET	FALL 2014 WEEKLY LISTENERS	FALL 2015 WEEKLY LISTENERS	ONE YEAR TREND
KKJZ	Los Angeles	380,000	518,300	+ 26%
WBGO	New York	308,100	331,800	+ 7%
KPLU**	Seattle/Tacoma	299,600	313,500	+ 4%
WRTI*	Philadelphia	195,000	197,500	+ 1%
WCLK	Atlanta	163,500	177,100	+ 4%
KMHB	Portland OR	131,700	132,500	+ >1%
WRCJ*	Detroit	159,900	121,300	- 24%
WDCB	Chicago	174,300	115,300	- 33%
WHOV	Norfolk	85,700	98,600	+ 13%
KUVO	Denver	110,100	86,900	- 21%
KSDS	San Diego	48,300	73,200	+ 33%
WUCF	Orlando	73,500	71,100	- 1%
WICR*	Indianapolis	42,100	68,300	+ 28%
KBEM	Minneapolis/St. Paul	64,400	68,200	+ 5%
WNSC	Charlotte	36,100	44,000	+ 13%
WNCU	Raleigh/Durham	20,000	14,700	- 24%

* Dual format, also airs classical music

** Dual format, also airs Morning Edition & ATC

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