Who's Got the Biggest Cume of All? Swift Closes
June 7, 2010 Issue 195 Who’s Got The Biggest Cume Of All? Country programmers and sales staffs have been absolutely giddy in recent years as they’ve watched cumes for most Country radio stations double once Arbitron’s PPM becomes currency in a market and replaces the diary. (We’ll fight over TSL’s plunge from diary to PPM another time.) Prior to PPM’s arrival, no Country outlet had ever cracked the one million listener barrier. Only a handful of stations exceeded 500,000 cumers. Now this format boasts four or five stations at one million plus on a regular basis, with another handful posting audience levels in excess of 900,000. The exuberance is, of course, tempered by the fact that all of the other format cumes have ballooned as well. Proving that size does indeed matter, the top 23 cuming stations in America are in either New York or Los Angeles. The You Belong With Me: WKLB/Boston’s Ginny Rogers (l) and daughter top five cuming stations are: Lauren bookend Taylor Swift in the vibe room backstage Saturday (6/5). 1. WLTW/New York, AC, 5,859,400 2. WKTU/New York, Rhythmic AC, 4,900,200 Swift Closes Fearless Tour Taylor Swift wrapped her international Fearless Tour Saturday 3. WHTZ/New York, Top 40, 4.740,800 night (6/5) at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA, and WKLB/Boston 4. WCBS/New York, Classic Hits, 4,134,400 MD Ginny Rogers was in the sellout crowd of nearly 57,000. She has 5. KIIS/Los Angeles, Top 40, 4,040,100 a unique perspective on the 15-month, 110-date tour.
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