"One top sports executive telling Jon Ourand that the assuming is the merger could be a "bloodbath" with more sports rights than the newly merged company needs."
Certainly, the radio industry has changed quite a bit in the last ten years. I’ll offer some thoughts and it’s a question you may want to ponder as well.
I don’t want to contradict what many programmers and consultants have been doing for the last 15 years or so, but consider that much of your audience may be listening longer than you think.
Weighting is done because the rating services want to reflect the population. The weighting variables should have a direct correlation with what is being measured.
"One top sports executive telling Jon Ourand that the assuming is the merger could be a "bloodbath" with more sports rights than the newly merged company needs."
"None of them are going to say a damn thing about it. They're all afraid if I go after Stephen A. [Smith], he'll have my job. If I go after him, he'll get me fired. What a shame that is."