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Public Radio’s News/Talk Its Dominant Format

Arbitron’s recently released Public Radio Today 2007 offers an analysis of audience listening patterns and demographics of eight leading public radio formats, reports MarketingCharts.

The analysis covers the News/Talk, News-Classical, Classical Music, Jazz, News-Music, Adult Album Alternative (AAA)/Eclectic, News-Jazz and Variety Music segments of public radio:

  • News/Talk still commands nearly half of Public Radio listening:
    • News/Talk generates nearly as much listening (43.6 percent as of fall 2006) as all other formats together, with nearly 14 million listeners.
    • It has almost twice the weekly reach of the second-strongest format, News-Classical.

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  • News-Classical tightens grip as No. 2 format:
    • News-Classical, with a 21.1 percent share, registered growth in every daypart - and a 14 percent cume increase.
    • News-Classical is the No. 1 format in both the South Atlantic and South Central regions.

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  • AAA/Eclectic sees strong growth:
    • Adult Album Alternative/Eclectic, at 5.1 percent of public radio listening, registered a 17 percent improvement in weekly reach—the second-largest growth of all public radio formats.
    • Time Spent Listenting (TSL) was up one hour among adults 18-34 and improved 30 minutes among 25-54s.
  • News-Music enjoys gains across all dayparts: With weekly share of public radio listening at 6.0 percent, the News-Music format scored growth in each daypart, as well as on weekends.
  • Variety Music scores big cume increase: Audience reach grew 20 percent between fall 2005 and 2006—the largest percentage of all public radio formats, accounting for 2 percent of public radio listening.

The Arbitron report (pdf) also examines top trends in public radio, including its expanding reach (weekly reach=11.2 percent of US population).

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