• by Jack Loechner , Staff Writer @mp_research, March 6, 2002

For the week of February 18 to 24, here's the leading internet radio network and station stats.

The Warp Radio group of on-line AM and FM stations streamed a total of 634,294 hours, making it the number one streaming radio network measured by MeasureCast. Radio Free Virgin was the third-ranked network, and the leading Internet-only/digital music network. It was one of four Top 10 networks that streamed more hours during the week of Feb. 18 than they did the week prior. RadioCentral Networks (#6) enjoyed the largest increase in total time spent listening (TTSL) over the previous week – 15%.

JazzFM held on to the top spot in the Weekly Top 25 chart of Web radio stations (ranked by TTSL). This marks the fifth week this year that JazzFM has topped the MeasureCast chart. The total time spent listening to streaming radio stations measured by MeasureCast has increased 123% since Jan. 1. 78% of all listening occurred during traditional work hours – 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific. The peak listening day was Friday Feb. 22, with 19% of all listening occurring this day. 28% of Internet radio listeners were between the ages of 25 and 34. 57% were younger than 35, 29% were younger than 25, and 6% were older than 55. Just 32% of Web radio listeners were women.

The MeasureCast Top 10 Internet Radio Networks (Feb. 18 to Feb. 24, 2002)

The MeasureCast Weekly Top 10 Radio Stations(Feb. 18 to Feb. 24, 2002) 

Source: MeasureCast, Inc.
*Cume Persons is an estimate of the total number of unique listeners who had one or more listening sessions lasting five minutes or longer during the reported time period.