Arbitron Releases RADAR September 2013 Radio Network Ratings Network Radio Reaches Nearly 180 Million Persons 12 and Older On a Weekly Basis COLUMBIA, MD, September 16, 2013 Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) reported in its September 2013 RADAR (Radio's All Dimension Audience Research) Radio Network Ratings that nearly 180 million Persons 12 and older, or approximately 68 percent of this demographic, heard one or more network radio commercials in an average week of the survey period.
RADAR reports estimated audiences to network commercials broadcast by affiliates of the subscribing networks. RADAR audience estimates do not account for listening to all network radio programming.
Selected Audience Results from RADAR September 2013 include:
The RADAR September 2013 survey period demonstrates network radio's power in reaching a mass audience in all demographics. Commercials aired on the 45 radio networks measure reached:
67.8 percent of Persons aged 12+ (178,640,000 Persons)
70.6 percent of Persons aged 18-49 (94,607,000 Persons)
71.3 percent of Persons aged 25-54 (89,200,000 Persons) The
RADAR September 2013 survey period also demonstrates network radio's extensive reach in the Top 25 DMA's (designated market areas).
70.4 percent of Persons aged 12+ (92,512,00 Persons)
73.6 percent of Persons aged 18-49 (50,560,000 Persons)
74.4 percent of Persons aged 25-54 (48,270,000 Persons)
*Editor's Note: The number of networks and their affiliates vary over time as the networks adjust to meet marketplace needs. These fluctuations affect the audience estimates for a particular RADAR report but are not indicative of a change in network radio as a whole because not all network radio is reported in RADAR.
About RADAR September 2013 Arbitron RADAR (Radio's All Dimension Audience Research) September 2013 is the standard currency for national network radio ratings and measures 45 individual radio networks. These networks are operated by American Urban Radio Networks, Crystal Media Networks, Cumulus Media Networks, Premiere Radio Networks, United Stations Radio Networks and WestwoodOne.
The sample size for the RADAR September 2013 is 395,897 persons aged 12 and older. This sample is designed to provide stability for key demographic estimates, dayparts, and Market-by-Market Analysis reports, which report all individual DMAs .
The RADAR September 2013 Report includes data from all 48 Arbitron PPM markets. The survey period for RADAR 118 covers June 21, 2012 to June 19, 2013.
About Arbitron Inc. Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) is an international media and marketing research firm serving the media radio, television, cable, and out-of-home the mobile industry, as well as advertising agencies and advertisers around the world. Arbitrons businesses include: measuring network and local market radio audiences across the United States; surveying the retail, media, and product patterns of U.S. consumers; providing mobile audience measurement and analytics in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia; and developing application software used for analyzing media audience and marketing information data.
The Company has developed the Portable People Meter (PPM ) and the PPM 360 , new technologies for media and marketing research.
Portable People Meter , PPM , and PPM 360 are marks of Arbitron Inc.
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RADAR is a registered trademark of Arbitron Inc. DMA is a registered service mark of Nielsen Media Research, Inc., and is used pursuant to a license from Nielsen Media Research, Inc. PPM ratings are based on audience estimates and are the opinion of Arbitron and should not be relied on for precise accuracy or precise representativeness of a demographic or radio market.
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Arbitron Releases RADAR September 2013 Radio Network Ratings Network Radio Reaches Nearly 180 Million Persons 12 and Older On a Weekly Basis COLUMBIA, MD, September 16, 2013 Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) reported in its September 2013 RADAR (Radio's All Dimension Audience Research) Radio Network Ratings that nearly 180 million Persons 12 and older, or approximately 68 percent of this demographic, heard one or more network radio commercials in an average week of the survey period.
