December 1, 2015

The Components of Tuning Occasions – Switching vs. Turning

Coleman Insights and Media Monitors present a major new study of Nielsen Audio Portable People Meter (PPM) data revealing that nearly two-thirds of radio station listening occasions consist of listeners “turning on” a station and end with them “turning off” a station, as opposed to “switching in” from and “switching out” to other stations. It is based on an analysis of nearly 37 million listening occasions captured in all 48 United States radio markets measured by Nielsen Audio’s PPM measurement system in October 2014, January 2015, April 2015 and July 2015.

Nielsen subscribers can access the study here.