Four Jazz Stations Rank in the Top 25 of the May Arbitron Webcast Ratings.Business Editors & Entertainment WritersNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2002 Arbitron Arbitron (NYSE: ARB) is a radio audience research company in the United States which collects listener data on radio audiences similar to that collected by Nielsen Media Research on television audiences. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ARB) today announced that four Jazz stations - Jazz FM Jazz FM may refer to:
Jazz FM UK was ranked number two with 927,800 aggregate tuning hours (ATH), the sum total of all hours that listeners tune to a given station. KPLU-Jazz was ranked number five with 413,500 ATH; new to the rankings, JazzRadio.net, was ranked number 18 with 168,300 ATH and KKSF-FM ranked number 21 with 156,700 ATH. Virgin Radio maintained its top channel ratings spot with 1,321,500 ATH. WQXR-FM WQXR-FM is an FM radio station licensed to New York City. It broadcasts on 96.3 MHz from the top of the Empire State Building, and is the most listened-to classical music station in the United States, with an average quarter-hour audience of 63,000. ranked number three with 819,400 ATH. Also new to the webcast ratings, Radioio radioIO (read as "radio i/o") is one of the worlds largest Internet radio services. It was started in 1999 by Michael R. Roe, known to listeners as the "radioioGuy". In November of 2005, it became the world's first publicly traded internet radio operation through a reverse merger was ranked at number 10 with 260,800 ATH. Network Ratings Maintaining its top spot in the network ratings, Live365 was ranked number one with 8,420,800 ATH. Clear Channel Worldwide ranked number two with 7,582,500 ATH and ChainCast/StreamAudio ranked number three with 2,605,100 ATH. Webcast networks are defined as radio station owners that stream their content online or companies that aggregate online audio programming. Webcast networks are ranked according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. their total monthly ATH. Background and Methodology The rankings included in the May 2002 Arbitron Webcast Ratings(SM) are based on those stations and channels that have provided Arbitron with access to their server data. The ratings may not reflect all tuning for the measured stations or channels, since Arbitron may have received incomplete or unusable server data. Arbitron Webcast Ratings debuted with October October: see month. 1999 data as the world's first streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. ratings service Ratings Service A company, such as Moody's or Standard & Poor's, that rates various debt and preferred stock issues for safety of payment of principal, interest, or dividends. . Arbitron Webcast Ratings provides ratings for streamed media because webcasters need objective, third-party audience measurement to demonstrate the value of their audiences to agencies and advertisers. Arbitron Webcast Ratings is a server-side Refers to any operation that is performed at the server. Contrast with client-side. 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Arbitron Webcast Network Ratings Report
May 2002 - Top 10
Rank Network Current ATH
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1 Live 365 8,420,800
2 Clear Channel Worldwide 7,582,500
3 ChainCast/StreamAudio 2,605,100
4 SMG PLC 1,774,500
5 MLB Internet Network 1,121,200
6 New York Times 819,400
7 Public Interactive 806,800
8 Classic Radio, Inc. 593,800
9 ABC Radio 580,200
10 Entercom Communications 486,200
Arbitron Webcast Channel Ratings Report
May 2002 - Top 25
Channel URL (Corporate Affiliate)
1 Virgin Radio www.virginradio.co.uk (SMG plc)
2 Jazz FM UK www.jazzfm.com (Clear Channel Worldwide)
3 WQXR-FM www.wqxr.com (New York Times)
4 KING-FM www.king.org (Classic Radio, Inc.)
5 KPLU - Jazz www.kplu.org (Pacific Lutheran University)
6 Radio Margaritaville www.radiomargaritaville.com
(Radio Margaritaville, LLC)
7 KNAC.COM www.knac.com (KNAC.COM)
8 Ministry of Sound www.ministryofsound.com (Ministry of Sound)
9 WHTZ-FM www.z100.com (Clear Channel Worldwide)
10 Radioio www.radioio.com (Radioio.com)
11 MEDIAmazing www.mediaamazing.com (MEDIAmazing)
12 WGMS-FM www.wgms.com
(Bonneville International Corp.)
13 Ultimate - 80s www.ultimate80s.com (Discombobulated, LLC)
14 Tom Joyner Morning www.tomjoyner.com (ABC Radio Networks)
Show
15 Killer Oldies www.killeroldies.com (Royal Programs, Inc.)
16 KYSR-FM www.star987.com (Clear Channel Worldwide)
17 KFI-AM www.kfi640.com (Clear Channel Worldwide)
18 JazzRadio.net www.jazzradio.net (JazzRadio Berlin)
19 Virgin Radio Classic www.virginradio.co.uk (SMG plc)
Rock
20 ClubRadioMix www.clubradiomix.com
(ClubRadioMix Cybermedia)
21 KKSF-FM www.kksf.com (Clear Channel Worldwide)
22 WEEI-AM www.weei.com (Entercom Communications)
23 KBCO-FM www.kbco.com (Clear Channel Worldwide)
24 KCRW - Simulcast www.kcrw.org (KCRW/Santa Monica College)
25 WTOP News www.wtopnews.com
(Bonneville International Corp.)
Arbitron Webcast Channel Ratings Report
May 2002 - Top 25
Channel Format ATH
1 Virgin Radio Hot Adult Contemporary 1,321,500
2 Jazz FM UK Jazz 927,800
3 WQXR-FM Classical 819,400
4 KING-FM Classical 593,800
5 KPLU - Jazz Jazz 413,500
6 Radio Margaritaville Adult Contemporary 359,000
7 KNAC.COM Album Oriented Rock 339,900
8 Ministry of Sound Electronica 266,100
9 WHTZ-FM Contemporary Hit Radio 263,000
10 Radioio Album Adult Alternative 260,800
11 MEDIAmazing Variety 235,300
12 WGMS-FM Classical 219,500
13 Ultimate - 80s Other 214,600
14 Tom Joyner Morning Talk/Personality 177,500
Show
15 Killer Oldies Oldies 177,000
16 KYSR-FM Modern Adult Contemporary 173,400
17 KFI-AM News Talk Information 171,300
18 JazzRadio.net Jazz 168,300
19 Virgin Radio Classic
Rock Classic Rock 163,200
20 ClubRadioMix Spanish Contemporary 159,200
21 KKSF-FM Jazz 156,700
22 WEEI-AM All Sports 153,200
23 KBCO-FM Album Adult Alternative 148,300
24 KCRW - Simulcast Variety 147,000
25 WTOP News News Talk Information 144,100
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