Puerto Rico Radio Today examines listening in Puerto Rico to paint a fascinating picture of the radio audience by region and across the entire island. The study, available in both English and Spanish, looks at listening by age, sex, listening time, listening location and formats to illustrate the role radio plays in the daily life of the 14th most populous market in the U.S.
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Woodie named President of Lotus Entravision Reps.
Phil Woodie has been named President of Lotus Entravision Reps (LER) and will be based out of the LER office in New York. Mary Hawley who was the President of the company, assumes the important role of Western Regional Sales Manager based in the LER Los Angeles office to maximize the opportunities in the region and the Los Angeles office to the company.
Hispanic Homes in U.S. show largest growth for 2009-2010 TV Season.
Nielsen estimates a continued increase of Hispanic TV homes (2.3%) in comparison to total U.S. TV homes (0.3%) for the 2009-2010 TV season. Similar to Total TV homes, modest growth is estimated among African American and Asian homes as both will increase by less than 1% over last year.
Polito Vega celebrates 50 years on the Radio in NYC.
Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) announced that Polito Vega, better known as the “King of Radio,” will be honored for his 50 years on radio with a two day concert series organized by WPAT- 93.1 FM Amor and WSKQ- 97.9 FM Mega.
Arbitron launches PPM commercialization in Miami despite legal challenge.
Arbitron Inc. announced that it has commercialized its Portable People Meter radio ratings service in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida market and is releasing radio audience estimates for the June 2009 PPMTM survey month to its subscribers in Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood.
Florida AG sues Arbitron over PPM.
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum filed a lawsuit against Arbitron, Inc., seeking to block the release of flawed radio station ratings. The lawsuit states that Arbitron’s sampling methodology produces unreliable ratings that significantly undercount minority listeners and has thus failed to achieve accreditation in most markets.
Station swaps give Univision Radio a Big Stick in NYC.
Univision Radio will pay the Times Company $33.5 million to exchange the FCC 105.9 FM broadcast license and transmitting equipment for the Times Company’s license, equipment and stronger signal at 96.3 FM.
