More than seven million different people, age 12 and older, tuned to the online radio during an average week in December, Monday to Sunday from 6AM – 12 midnight.
This is the first time the Cume audience for the five measured networks surpassed seven million listeners during an average week in a given month. (What is Cume?)
The midday Average Quarter-Hour (AQH) audience – listening Monday through Friday from 10AM-3PM – for the online radio networks being measured reached a new high of 1,832,300 people, age 12 and older. (What is Average Quarter Hour?)
The December ratings analysed listenership on Yahoo Music, American Online's AOL Radio Network, Microsoft's MSN Radio and WindowsMedia.com, and Live365
Ratings for all services can be viewed below.
Persons 12+ Average Weekly Audience - December, 2005
| Listener Measurement | |||||
| Networks | Monday-Friday 6AM-7PM Cume Persons | Monday-Friday 6AM-7PM - Average Quarter - Hour Persons | Monday-Sunday 6AM-Midnight - Cume Persons | Monday-Sunday 6AM-Midnight - Average Quarter- Hour Persons | |
| America Online's AOL Radio Network | 1,169,000 | 359,500 | 1,877,900 | 228,500 | |
| Clear Channel Online Music and Radio | 663,700 | 106,000 | 797,300 | 58,600 | |
| Live365 | 523,900 | 79,400 | 721,200 | 47,800 | |
| Microsoft’s MSN Radio and WindowsMedia.com | 935,200 | 223,200 | 1,116,900 | 121,100 | |
| Yahoo Music/LAUNCHcast | 1,788,900 | 466,500 | 2,759,100 | 280,900 | |
| TOTAL: All Five Networks | 4,849,500 | 1,234,500 | 7,000,500 | 736,900 | |
What is Cume?
What is Average Quarter Hour?
