• February 20, 2001

MeasureCast, Inc. announced today that 34% of Internet radio listening during the week of February 12 - 18 occurred midday -- between Noon EST (9 a.m. PST) and 4 p.m. EST (1 p.m. PST). The peak listening time was 3 p.m. EST (Noon PST), when 9% of all listening occurred.

Eighty-four percent of all listening for the week occurred between 8 a.m. EST (5 a.m. PST) and 8 p.m. EST (5 p.m. PST). As is the case almost every week, Thursday was the most popular day for Internet radio listening, capturing 19% of all listening for the week. And 11 stations on the MeasureCast Internet Radio Top 25(tm) list recorded an increase in the total number of hours streamed compared to the previous week.

The top 10 formats for the week of February 12-18 were: (1) Talk Radio; (2) Spanish; (3) News/Talk; (4) Contemporary Hit Radio/Top 40; (5) Classic Rock; (6) Contemporary Christian; (7) Listener Formatted; (8) Adult Contemporary; (9) Alternative Rock; (10) Jazz.