No news station in the top 5.
When was the last time that happened ?
-) WBUR beats WBZ in overall ratings? Wow! (6+)
For the 4th month in a row. No surprise. The fact that there's still an AM station in the Top 10 is the surprise.
Has WXLO made any inroad into the Boston market with their added "booster" transmitters?
Red Sox won the World Series. That doesn't happen every year either. The curse is over.
I'd love to have access to detailed numbers for WODS
Granted it is Entercom's ship to sail, but when CBS blew out the staff in 2012 they had better 6+ "beauty queen" numbers than what they have posted in the last year.
Cripes WRKO, the home of angry white conservatives in the 55 to dead demo are ahead of them in the 6+ numbers.
They must be billing really well to the 18 to 34 females.
PS look at the Tampa #'s, WRBQ where Paula Street ended up ( it was still CBS when she landed there, now Beasley) , is very close to what WODS was or could have been ( their playlist moves with the aging demographic) and in the 6+ they are #5 with over a 5 share
I think it was a mistake for them to shoot their WODS with amp radio. A WOGL WCBS KRTH classic hits or even adult hits would do much better for them. Upbeat and 80s focused hits would get some nice 25-54 numbers in Boston.
Have any of them actually made it onto the air yet?
I honestly don’t know. They’ve actually been down in the ratings over the last couple months, so I doubt it. They have made more appearances in the Boston area lately, so maybe?
The music of the old WODS format as of just before the flip to AMP, '60s, '70s and '80s hits along with "Oldies 103.3" jingles, still plays on its HD2 channel, but without the great DJ's it had before.
WXLO's boosters are not listed in Radio-Locator, but the five boosters and one translator for WXRV "The River" are, and those are definitely on the air. I've heard them.
