Posted by chicagomedia.org on April 24, 2009 at 14:39:32:
CBS Radio Tops March Web Radio Rankings
April 24, 2009 FMQB
Ando Media has released its Internet radio rankings for March, with CBS Radio on top for both weekday listenership and total listenership during the week in both AQH and Cume. CBS was #1 for listenership Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. - 8 p.m. EST, followed by Clear Channel Online Music and Radio, Digitally Imported Inc., 977Music.com and Citadel Broadcasting. Some notable terrestrial broadcasters whose simulcasts ranked in the top 15 included Entercom (#7), Cox Radio (#8), ESPN Radio (#9), Bonneville (#12), Greater Media (#13), Salem (#14) and Radio One (#15).
Rankings were essentially the same for 6 a.m.-midnight from Monday-Sunday, with CBS Radio at #1, followed by Clear Channel, Digitally Imported, 977Music.com and Citadel in the top five.
In related news, Arbitron reports that a dozen digital stations reached minimum reporting standards in March and appeared in nine markets' PPM ratings. Stations streaming in Atlanta, Chicago (WLS-AM's stream with a 0.6 rating / WVAZ-FM's stream with a 0.5 rating), Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Middlesex, Nassau, San Jose and Washington, DC. appeared in Cume and AQH ratings for persons 6+ last month.