Tuesdata: A set of ratings that makes killing season decisions harder


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Below, we look at a set of ratings that make decisions harder rather than easier for programmers deep into radio’s killing season.
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Hi Tim. I think I can help explain the ABC conundrum.
The ‘radio survey’ spans many weeks and calculates the average across that period of time. The survey sample’s respondents report for one week, and then the six weeks of responses are accumulated and then averaged. The Hottest 100 is based on the one day of July 26.