KCRW tops, again. (Media).KCRW-FM (89.9) continues to rank No. 1 among L.A.'s public radio stations, 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. the latest ratings. The Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. station posted a 1.6 rating in the spring period, which ran from March into June. That's a significant increase from the 1.3 KCRW KCRW Kansas City Roller Warriors (women's roller derby league; Kansas City, Missouri) reported from the like year-earlier period. But station officials consider the numbers to be an anomaly Abnormality or deviation. Pronounced "uh-nom-uh-lee," it is a favorite word among computer people when complex systems produce output that is inexplicable. See software conflict and anomaly detection. . "We got lucky," said KCRW management consultant Will Lewis. "It's nothing that we did." Lewis points out that one period doesn't say much about a station's performance because there can be major shifts within the group of listeners Arbitron Inc. uses to track ratings. Classical KUSC-FM (91.5) came in with a 1.2, which is even with last spring. News and talk station KPCC-FM (89.3) was also even but with a 1.0. Jazz station KLON-FM (88.1) fell to a 0.8 rating, down from a 1.0 last spring. |
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