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Frank Dresser wrote:
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Guess I caught you in a lie. The Arbitron ratings don't support your
claim, but you're not willing to admit you got caught in alie.

I overstated my arguement when I said:
"In most markets most listeners are listening to a few stations."
I'm sure we can agree on:
"Many people listen to a few top rated stations, and a
few people listen to many bottom rated stations."
Is there really an important difference between the two statements?



Yeah it's false. The ratings show there are at least 20 channels with
near-identical numbers of listeners. That's more than a "few"



I thought I've heard every possible claim about the Arbitron numbers here,
but this is the first time I've heard that a 5.8 share is nearly identical
to a 1.9 share.

And that supports your arguement as well as it can be supported.

It's all a matter of semantics, I suppose. What do words such as many, top
rated, bottom rated and few mean?

By the way, Chicago's a big market. At least a few stations didn't make the
list. And those stations really do have "near identical numbers".

Frank Dresser