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It is hard to believe that this is likely our final ratings column in ALL ACCESS. For nearly 11 years, The Ratings Experts from RESEARCH DIRECTOR, INC. – along with our cohorts at XTRENDS – have been cranking out this recap every 28 days. It has truly been a labor of love. We cannot emphasize enough our appreciation for JOEL DENVER and his incredible staff for allowing us to grace these pages.Quick anecdote: In one of our early columns, I wrote something like: “Station X had .....

The Ratings Experts from RESEARCH DIRECTOR, INC. – along with our partners in data from XTRENDS – are back to analyze and comment on the Sturm und Drang of the MARCH survey. We bring you the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat – all in less than 3,000 words. What a deal! This particular survey ran from MARCH 2ND through MARCH 29TH. As previously noted, but worth repeating, this book featured the time change many mispronounce, the beginning of the season of renewal, a ...

So far we have witnessed the carnage foisted upon market after market by MARIAH CAREY’s annual emergence from hibernation. The Ratings Experts from RESEARCH DIRECTOR, INC. – along with the covert operatives from XTRENDS – stand ready to analyze our final batch of markets for the DECEMBER survey. We are fairly certain that the radio landscape will be littered with reindeer droppings. This “month” began on NOVEMBER 11th and concluded on DECEMBER 10th. Besides all ...

If The Ratings Experts from RESEARCH DIRECTOR, INC. – in a tight formation with the numbers runners from XTRENDS – seem a little off, it is likely we are suffering through a KIT KAT-induced coma. Sure, the sugar high is exhilarating but that crash is inevitable and steep. We are sure this is still the OCTOBER survey which kicked off on SEPTEMBER 15th and ended its run on OCTOBER 12th. What we have seen so far is that – in most markets – cume was up from the previous ...

Catching up on our JUNE recaps we realized we did not completely lay out the events that could have affected this survey. This book began on MAY 25th and concluded on JUNE 22nd. That means there were two federally-mandated three-day weekends: Memorial Day and Juneteenth. What does that mean for you? Well, the possibility exists that 50% of your weekend listening was affected IF your listeners got out of Dodge for those weekends. It also means that two Mondays were compromised, though your ...

APRIL is a time of hope and renewal. Baseball fans across the nation believe in the possibility of their teams’ success (sit down, ORIOLES fans). The EASTER BUNNY spreads her bounty for children of all ages to discover and devour. And radio stations soldier on with the hope that this latest survey will be the one that makes all the difference. It is a LUCY/CHARLIE BROWN/football situation that is repeated 13 times a year. Why does APRIL stand out? Frankly, it doesn’t. This is just .....

Before The Ratings Experts from RESEARCH DIRECTOR, INC. – along with our partners in data from XTRENDS – round out our coverage of the third book from CHRISTMAS, we have a question. Why does Santa get all the credit? Sure, he works his butt off for one day a year. But what about the elves? They work doggedly (and tirelessly) all year in sweatshop-type conditions. Have you ever seen their living quarters? No. What kind of benefits do they receive? Is there a union? It’s ...

This whole CHRISTMAS music thing is kind of odd. Think about it. We have a song about a kid seeing her Mom cheating on her Dad with an intruder, Nana being involved in a reverse roadkill incident, and some poor waif wishing for dental work. Not to mention the gold digger who wants bling and animal skins. And don’t get us started on the “true love” who gifts a farm menagerie. Somehow, though, it all seems to work. The Ratings Experts from RESEARCH DIRECTOR, INC. – along .....

The Ratings Experts from RESEARCH DIRECTOR, INC. along with the old cowhands from XTRENDS are back in the saddle again. It’s time for our third and final radio rodeo as we lasso the numbers from the NOVEMBER survey. This time we’ll see that several of the markets jumped the gun on this Santa nonsense and started playing holiday music towards the end of the survey. For accounting purposes, this one ran from OCTOBER 14th through NOVEMBER 10th. Here we go …SEATTLE-TACOMA: 5 ...

As you come down from your Halloween-induced sugar high, The Ratings Experts from RESEARCH DIRECTOR, INC. are here to pick you up with some scintillating details about the October survey. We usually include our friends from XTRENDS, but they are still in a deep funk over the DODGERS playoff exit. This survey is OCTOBER-ish as it began on SEPTEMBER 16th and concluded on OCTOBER 13th. It featured a second-tier federal holiday weekend, heavy traffic, and loads o’ football. It will also ...