Tom Betz wrote:
Quoth "Stinger" in news:UhZKc.407$NQ5.156
@bignews4.bellsouth.net:
So then Air America won the
12-and-under demo?

See http://www.crainsny.com/news.cms?newsId=8414.

http://www.nyradioguide.com/index.shtml suggests they're not doing so
hot: "Ill-fated WNEW-FM (102.7) again fared poorly, earning only a 1.5
share, while the Air America format on WLIB (1190 AM) remained flat at
1.3."

Other newsgroup articles have said that AA is beating Limbaugh, as judged
by WLIB having had higher ratings than WABC. The July 16 ratings have WABC
tied for 7th place with 3.7, while WLIB is in 24th place. The article you
cite admits Limbaugh's station is doing better.

Sorta hokey that Crain's compares WLIB's ratings to WOR's for O'Reilly
and someone else I never heard of. The last time I saw a list of
conservative talk show hosts in order of popularity, O'Reilly was
somewhere around tenth place. If Crain's wants to play that way,
perhaps they should compare to the ratings of Percy Dovetonsils, who
isn't on the air at all and has a solid zero rating. "WLIB beats the
pants off Dovetonsils!"

http://www.nyradioguide.com/ratings.htm lists only five stations doing
worse than WLIB; two of them are religious programming. It also shows
WOR no less than 1.8 for fall/winter/spring, with WLIB no higher than
1.3 during the same three ratings periods.

And when it comes down to it, you're talking about New York City,
arguably the biggest bastion of leftism in the country. Even liberal
Chicago couldn't support AA. (Did WNTD ever get paid?)

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