Country Stays Top Ranked Format...
Nov 11, 2024
Inside Radio recently conducted their Precision Trak monthly format count. Overall, the
rankings remained unchanged from each of the past 12 months with Country on top, while Contemporary Christian, which finished fourth had a big month, adding 23 new stations...
Top ranked stations
number of stations
under each date
Oct 23 Jan 24 Oct 24
1) Country 2,176
2,163 2,170
2) Religion 2036
2,037 2,052
(Teaching, Variety)
3) News/Talk 2,006
2,000 1,975
4) Contemporary 1,358 1,366
1,389
Christian
5) Spanish 1,287
1,283 1,291
6) Variety 1,229
1,222 1,187
7) Classic Hits 1,206 1,197
1,176
8) Classic Rock 637
633 635
9) Sports 627
626 617
10) Top 40 592
595 574
Year-to-date, five of these 10 formats are in the plus column in terms of added stations. In
addition to Contemporary Christian, Religion and fifth-ranked Spanish, Country has brought in seven and eighth-ranked Classic Rock two. Of the remaining five, sixth-place Variety has lost the most
with 35 gone, followed by News/Talk's 25, seventh-ranked Classic Hits' and 10th-ranked Top 40's 21, and ninth-ranked Sports having lost nine...
The year-over-year trends show no formats adding new stations aside from the aforementioned
top three. Losing the most are Variety (42), News/Talk (31), Classic Hits (30), Top 40 (18) and Sports (10)...
Whether looking at 2024 alone or taking the longer view, none of the three formats just below
the top 10 - Adult Contemporary, Hot AC, and Alternative Rock, in the order - has added any stations, with Hot AC shedding the most, losing 17 year-over-year and 15 year-to-date. AC has lost three
since October 2023 and two since January 2024, while Alternative Rock is down eight from a year ago and three since January...
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