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Category: Data

Data Dump: Where Twin Cities DTV Channels Are Now Coming From

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Jon Ellis

The launch of ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV) has caused another change to the frequencies that Twin Cities TV channels use to reach viewers.

Data Dump: When Were People in High School and College?

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Jon Ellis

A radio station that says its songs are for people who attended high school or college in the 1980s raises the question of what demographic that group is now in.

Data Dump: What Formats Run on Major FM Signals?

Posted on May 18, 2023 by Jon Ellis

Broadcasters put their top-priority formats on the biggest signals. Here’s a ranking of which formats are running on major FM stations.

Data Dump: iHeart, i3G Top North Dakota Radio Owners

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Jon Ellis

There are only five groups that have ten or more radio licenses in North Dakota, and three of them are non-commercial.

Data Dump: Top Nebraska Radio Station Owners

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Jon Ellis

After earlier listings of top radio group owners in Minnesota and Wisconsin, there’s a notable difference in Nebraska: only one of the top four group owners in the state is a commercial,…

Data Dump: MPR, Leighton, Townsquare Top Minn. Radio Ownership

Posted on April 6, 2023 by Jon Ellis

Did you know Minnesota’s top radio group owner has more than twice as many stations as the second-place group, but the top owner has no AM stations?

Data Dump: Upper Midwest Newspapers Publishing TV Listings

Posted on March 23, 2023 by Jon Ellis

A review of dozens of Upper Midwest newspapers could only find four that still publish daily TV listings. Only one publishes both weekly and daily listings.

Data Dump: Biggest Wisconsin Radio Group Owners

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Jon Ellis

The rapid change to Wisconsin’s radio ownership landscape has prompted big moves in how group owners rank in the state.

Data Dump: Nerdy Things You Might Not Have Known About Legal ID’s

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Jon Ellis

For as often as the subject of legal identification comes up in radio and TV discussions, there still a lot of obscure provisions that get little attention.

Data Dump: When Stations Flipped to All-Christmas

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Jon Ellis

The perception that Christmas gets earlier and earlier every year isn’t true, at least when it comes to radio. Check out how this year’s All-Christmas radio flips in the Upper Midwest compare with last year.

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