Air America Radio Making Huge Gains In Colorado

[SHRED]

The conservative echo-chamber believed Air America Radio would be dead quicker than George Bush’s Social Security privatization plan, but new recent data is proving otherwise. Barely a year after its formation, and contrary to conservative spin, Air America Radio is building an audience at a rate that any radio station would envy.

In the Colorado market, which encompasses Denver and Boulder, KKZN 760-AM reached a milestone in its young life, gathering a 2.0 share in the spring 2005 Arbitron rankings. A year ago, the station's rating was a paltry 0.4. "The Al Franken / Ed Schultz duo in the middle of the day is kicking butt," said Jerry Bell, the station's program director. This marks yet another increase, in yet another market, for the newly formed and rapidly expanding liberal radio enterprise.

In the previous quarter, KKZN received a 1.6 rating. Thus, KKZN has shown an increase of 25% in just 3 months. By contrast, KOA, which broadcasts conservative talkers such as Rush Limbaugh has registered a drop in the last 6 months from a 6.9 rating to a 5.5 rating. Thus, while conservative talkers are still at a structural advantage, the station’s audience has dropped by over 20% in just 6 months.

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/08/01/141706.php

[merwin]

1. And yet the freeps still say AAR is doing terrible...

[Teaser]

3. At worst the ratings are static.

It's either stable or growing. Significant declines have only occurred in a tiny number of cities.

Unfotunately, it's not registering on the ratings at all in Philly, because the transmitter for WHAT works for about 2 blocks.

[rockymountaindem]

2. But I thought Franken was boring and Schultz was a DINO.

Just goes to show that you can't believe everything you read on DU.

[jean]

4. Way to go Al and Ed! The march will continue