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I think he's referring to the "cash for gold" episode since Fox News is always running advertisements for gold.Originally posted by Dinner View PostComment
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You realize even the ratings agencies have admitted to being just a guess, a guess which is wrong (even wildly wrong) most of the the time, right? The recently admitted that many, many programs (such as Limbaugh's show) probably have less then half the numbers they had previously guess-timated simply because their methodology was wrong. This was in the news a month or two back wrt radio ratings.Originally posted by The Mad Monk View PostTry http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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What makes you think that because I've read Rand that I agree with everything she says? On the contrary, I thought the protagonist in the Fountainhead was entirely unsympathetic. Idiot.Originally posted by kentonio View PostAHAH! A rand-****! Now it all makes sense.
Oh yeah, and there's also the fact that I only read it because the girl I was semi-dating at the time said it was her favorite book. In my defense, she was really hot.If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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Lies upon lies!
“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
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Because you exhibit exactly the same callous, unsympathetic traits as any other Rand-****?Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
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Is this what you're talking about?
Today: PPM Radio Ratings Shakeup No Laughing Matter
Hearne Christopher Jr.
Apr 13, 2011
Radio will never be the same...
The advent of PPMs, portable people meters - electronic devices replacing handwritten diaries used by Arbitron to gage radio listener's actual habits - have turned the media world upside down these past two years.
Stations and personalities that loomed large and walked tall have been humbled.
While wallflowers mired in Cinderella-like shadows have been tongue-kissed like frogs, rising to star-like status.
The winners, KCFX FM, KCMO FM and 97.5 The Vibe - love PPMs. They're on Cloud 9, doing fine.
The opposite being the case for Urban stations like KPRS FM.
So with millions of dollars on the local line, let's take a look...the good and the bad (I'll leave the ugly to commenters) of today's PPM radio ratings world....
"The good side is it really does record real listening," says one local radio exec. "So in reality, it's real listening, not recalled listening. In a diary you usually fill it out and you kind of recall. And if you have a favorite station, you just write down that station. So it's not real listening."
Trouble is, with diaries, Arbitron participants loosey-goosey ways can result in startling results.
"You could literally see a station go from a 10 share in one month to a 2 share the next, depending on the way people filled out their diaries. I had it happen to me. And it wasn't going from Christmas music to something else - it was going from the same thing to the same thing."
Here's what critics claim is wrong with PPMs.
"The problem with the PPMs is you get real listening but the sample is much smaller because they're so expensive. So you don't get those wobbles like you used to and that's the good news."
Now the bad.
"We used to think people listened to just 3 radio stations. But what we found out (with PPMs) was they listen to 5 to 6 stations. So it's had a negative impact on ratings. A ratings point is 1 percent of the population. A share is 1 percent of the radio listenership."
Translation: a station may pull a 10 share - 10 percent of people listening - but if they're listening to twice as many stations it can cut the time they spending listening by half.
"So it's dilluted the time spent by listeners, and air personalities don't seem as important as music formats."
The big losers in PPM ratings are Hispanic and urbans stations and air personalities.
Example: the PPM ratings for the morning show on one local station - under the diary system - plunged from double that of other day parts on the station to approximately the same.
It's a brave new world out there, folks...
Speaking of brave, a ratings surprise appears likely for the new 24/7 Comedy 102.5 FM.
Where past KC comedy stations on the AM band languished at 1 shares or less, the early returns on 24/7 Comedy point to a 4.5 share in adults ages 25 to 54. That's a full point above News Radio 980 KMBZ, the second-higest billing station in the marketplace!
Stay tuned...
Picked cuz it's my market.No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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You alone make up more than half of Rush's listeners.
“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
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What does semi-dating mean?Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostWhat makes you think that because I've read Rand that I agree with everything she says? On the contrary, I thought the protagonist in the Fountainhead was entirely unsympathetic. Idiot.
Oh yeah, and there's also the fact that I only read it because the girl I was semi-dating at the time said it was her favorite book. In my defense, she was really hot.Comment
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I think he meant semi-dated, because she reads Ayn Rand. However, I'd just call that dated.“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
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It means I went on like two dates and realized she was crazy.Originally posted by gribbler View PostIf there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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I thought it meant that he knew they were dating but she didnt.Comment
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With guys usually it means he didn't date her but she agreed to do one or two non-date like activities with him a couple of times but he never got any action.Originally posted by gribbler View Post
TMM: Yeah, that looks like what I remember reading. The same topic anyway.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Just checking.
Entire article here....
One in eight Americans listened to news/talk/information radio in 2010, close behind the No. 1 genre — country music — but down slightly from 2008 and 2009, according to Arbitron.
When asked why the Pew numbers show a decline, Rehm said it’s “nearly impossible to point to a single factor, but it does appear that there was some softness in news and information in 2011, particularly in those markets measured by PPM.”
Rehm is referring to Portable People Meters, which represent a sea change in the way radio listenership is measured. The small devices, meant to be worn on the hip throughout the day, listen for hidden tones embedded in broadcasts. Arbitron has gradually introduced the meters to the 44 largest U.S. markets over the past few years.
Public broadcasters in some markets saw sizable drops in ratings after the switch to meters. Previously, Arbitron relied on weekly diary entries from participants, placing a lot of importance on the forgetful human mind. As the thinking goes, people tend to exaggerate their own public radio listening in diaries, because, well, it makes them look smarter, but in reality they’re listening to more Delilah than they let on. The People Meters also capture incidental exposure — that is, contemporary soft favorites overheard in the doctor’s office — which hurts the news/talk stations.
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If you went on two dates then you were actually dating. Also, you should have realized that the moment she agreed to date you.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
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