24 May 2012 / #media #radio

Spring 2012 radio ratings: CBC, Hot, CFRA are on top

Here’s a chart of the BBM Spring 2012 ratings for anglophone radio listeners in Ottawa, with comparisons from recent ratings period. Each station’s shares are included here, defined as “the estimated total hours tuned to that station expressed as a percentage of total hours tuned to all radio”. ( More data is available in this PDF file from BBM. )

Rank	Station		spring 2012	fall 2011	spring 2011	fall 2010	spring 2010
1	CBO	CBC Radio 1	21.8	20.5	17.7	19.9	17.2
2	CIHT	Hot 89.9	10.4	9.4	13.3	11.5	11.7
3	CFRA	CFRA	7.3	10.6	11.2	12.4	11.6
4	CHEZ	CHEZ 106	7	6.2	5.1	5.9	7.2
5	CKBY	Y101	5.9	5.4	4.3	4.1	4.5
6	CBOQ	CBC Radio 2	5.9	4.7	3.9	4.3	3.4
7	CJMJ	Majic 100	5.4	7	7.3	7.3	8.2
8	CILV	Live 88.5	4.7	4.2	4.2	3.4	3
9	CJWL	The Jewel	4.2	3.2	3.6	3.3	4.5
10	CISS	KISS FM	3.7	4.9	4.8	3.8	3.8
11	CKQB	The Bear	3.5	3.5	4	4.3	5
12	CKKL	BOB FM	3	3.7	4.2	5.2	4
13	CFGO	Team 1200	2.8	2.2	3	2.7	3.6
14	CJOT	boom 99.7	1.9	1.5	1.8	1	n/a
15	CBOX	Espace Musique	1.4	1.1	1	0.6	0.9
16	CIDG	DAWG FM	1	1.3	1.2	1.8	n/a
17	CIWW	1310News	1	0.9	0.9	0.6	1.9
18	CBOF	Radio-Canada	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.6
19	CIMF	Rock-Détente	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.8	0.7
20	CKTF	Energie 104.1	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.1
21	CHLX	Planete 97,1	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.5	1
22	CKOF	CKOI 104,7	0	0	0.2	0	0.1
23	CFTX	Capitale Rock	0	0	0.2	0	0

Here are the top french radio stations among francophone listeners. (Interesting to note that english station Hot 89.9 has a 7.6 share among all francophone listeners.)

Rank	Station		spring 2012	fall 2011	spring 2011	fall 2010	spring 2010
1	CIMF	Rock-Détente	24.7	22	21.5	22.9	21.2
2	CKTF	Energie 104.1	15	16	97.5	87.6	84.6
3	CBOF	Radio-Canada	14.1	11.8	12	12.9	12.3
4	CHLX	Planete 97,1	5.3	6.9	6.2	8	7.8
5	CKOF	CKOI 104,7	4.1	4.3	34.2	31.5	28.3
6	CBOX	Espace Musique	4	4	4	3.5	4.3
7	CFTX	Capitale Rock	0.9	1	0.8	0.8	1.2

** See also: ** Ottawa Radio Guide

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