RADIO ONLINE | Wednesday, December 24, 2014
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According to a report from Nielsen, Country is America’s number one overall format (ages 12 and over) in the 48 Portable People Meter (PPM) markets. In June, the format reached its all-time high in audience share, before ending the year with four straight months of declines. News/Talk remained the top-ranked overall format with listeners ages 6 and over, while Hot AC gained both listeners young and old moving from number five to number three among audiences ages 18-34.
Top 10 Audio Formats of 2014 (Ages 6+)
- News/Talk, 8.8%
- CHR, 8.3%
- Country, 8.2%
- AC 7.1%
- Hot AC, 6.2%
- Classic Hits, 5.2%
- Urban AC, 4.9%
- Classic Rock, 4.7%
- Sports, 4.4%
- Regional Mexican, 3.7%
Top 10 Audio Formats of 2014 (Ages 18-34)
- CHR, 12.3%
- Country, 9.8%
- Hot AC, 7.1%
- Rhythmic CHR, 6.7%
- AC, 5.9%
- Urban, 5.8%
- Regional Mexican 5.2%
- Alternative, 5%
- Classic Rock, 3.9%
- News/Talk, 3.5%
Top 10 Audio Formats of 2014 (Ages 25-54)
- CHR, 9.0%
- Country, 8.0%
- AC, 6.9%
- Hot AC, 6.8%
- News/Talk, 6.2%
- Classic Rock, 5.3%
- All Sports, 5.0%
- Urban AC, 4.8%
- Regional Mexican, 4.6%
- Classic Hits, 4.5%
.Source: Nielsen AQH (average quarter hour) data from January-November, 2014, across all 48 PPM markets, Mon-Sun 6am-12 midnight.
