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New York City Radio Wars Between Hot 97 and Power 105.1

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A group of “broadcasters” calling themselves Hip Hop Politics have created a YouTube video on the topic of the battle between Hot 97 (WQHT) and Power 105.1 (WWPR) for ratings in New York City. (Nice suits and production by the way…) They do use some **adult** language in the piece while discussing the debate. (But we’re all grown folks here, right?)  Charlamagne added fuel to the fire with a recent video of his own he called ‘What if Funkmaster Flex Told The Truth.’ (Watch it below) But the Hip Hop Politics crew’s last statement is pretty telling in what listeners … Continue reading New York City Radio Wars Between Hot 97 and Power 105.1

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>A U.S. House Committee puts PPM and Arbitron on the Hot Seat

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> Has PPM affected urban radio ratings and the jobs of former radio personalities like Toshamakia? The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (who even knew there was such a committee) is calling in Arbitron as a chief witness as it seeks to examine the decline in ratings being experienced by minority radio stations. The hearing will be held Wednesday 12/2/09. Arbitron immediately welcomed the opportunity to testify. The committee is under the gavel of Edolphus Towns (D-NY), who said, “With an unprecedented decline in ratings among popular minority television and radio stations, we must explore the possibility of … Continue reading >A U.S. House Committee puts PPM and Arbitron on the Hot Seat

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>Black Radio Has Great Value Especially the Urban AC Format

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> There’s “relatively little duplication” between urban and urban AC formats, says The Media Audit – and both formats generate strong listener loyalty. The August “FYI” update from researcher Media Audit says “urban formats offer value beyond ratings data.” Its specialty is qualitative, and here are some snippets – Urban AC listeners “earn an average household income of $61,255, while the median age is 40 and 59% are female.” Not only that, “more than half consider themselves to be ‘financial optimists.’” 14% of them plan to make a domestic vehicle purchase in the next 12 months, “a figure that is … Continue reading >Black Radio Has Great Value Especially the Urban AC Format

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>The Spring Ratings Are In!

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>Let’s see how Urban Radio DID across the nation: Here are the urban stations who kept their position or reached the number one status. Number One Stations for Spring 2008: New York – 98.7 Kiss FM WRKSWashington, DC – 96.3 WHURAtlanta – V103 WVEEHouston 97.9 – The Box KBXX Baltimore – 92Q WERQNew Orleans – Q93 WQUE Miami – Hot 105 WHQTThe ratings here are for listeners 12+, which means everybody, of course it does take in account special subcategories in the population like these folks: I wonder if they heard the new LUDACRIS song? Continue reading >The Spring Ratings Are In!