• by Jack Loechner , Staff Writer @mp_research, August 25, 2003

Arbitron Web Broadcast Ratings for July

According to Arbitron Internet Broadcast Ratings MUSICMATCH was ranked the top non-commercial Internet Broadcast Network with 7,224,323 hours of Total Time Spent Listening for the month of July. Radio@AOL Network and LAUNCH were the top ranked commercial Internet broadcasters with 26,211,800 and 10,285,403 hours of TTSL, respectively. The Adsertion Network was the top sales network with 5,170,467 hours of TTSL. The top Content Delivery Networks (CDN) were Live365 with 10,212,666 TTSL and StreamGuys with 2,287,024 hours of TTSL.

Top Internet Broadcasters and Sales Networks (July 2003)

Rank	Company	TTSL	CUME
1	AOL Radio@Network	26,211,800	4,257,805
2	LAUNCH	10,285,403	1,541,995
3	MUSICMATCH	7,224,323	1,321,045
4	The Adsertion Network	5,170,467	352,416
5	Warp Radio	3,390,111	380,403
6	Virgin Radio	2,305,129	259,942
7	Moontaxi	2,197,435	183,163
8	ABC Radio Network	1,325,227	199,603
9	Standard Broadcasting	1,128,082	55,440
10	New York Times	955,006	84,685
11	JazzFM	795,533	75,697
12	AccuRadio	697,101	198,577
13	Beethoven.com	622,071	78,310
14	KillerOldies.com	525,169	69,503
15	3WK	375,666	83,605
16	WXPN-FM	361,302	27,688
17	KING-FM	319,304	30,191
18	WOXY-FM	275,067	31,126
19	KPLU	272,031	22,396
20	Clear Channel Worldwide	149,142	26,834

Arbitron Internet Broadcast Top 25 (July 2003)

Rank	Station	Format	URL	TTSL	CUME
1	MUSICMATCH Artist Match	Miscellaneous	www.musicmatch.com	2,348,767	601,887
2	Virgin Radio/1215 AM & 105.8 FM	Adult Contemp.	www.virginradio.co.uk	1,333,099	181,778
3	AOL Top Country	Country	music.netscape.com/radio/	1,181,453	410,916
4	AOL Top Pop	Top 40	music.netscape.com/radio/	1,178,664	632,924
5	AOL Smooth Jazz	Smooth	Jazzmusic.netscape.com/radio/	1,113,546	206,684
6	AOL Awesome 80s	80s	music.netscape.com/radio/	973,395	267,386
7	AOL Top Jams	Miscellaneous	music.netscape.com/radio/	967,041	672,342
8	AOL Lite Rock	Soft Rock	music.netscape.com/radio/	962,568	138,023
9	WQXR-FM/96.3	Classical	www.wqxr.com	955,006	84,685
10	AOL Classic Rock	Classic Rock	music.netscape.com/radio/	874,524	233,838
11	AOL Love Songs	Love Songs	music.netscape.com/radio/	825,065	219,573
12	JazzFM/102.2 FM & 100.4 FM	Jazz	www.jazzfm.com	795,533	75,697
13	AOL Oldies	Oldies	music.netscape.com/radio/	760,180	250,656
14	WLS-AM/890	News / Talk	music.netscape.com/radio/	723,176	72,685
15	AOL Pop Rock	Rock	music.netscape.com/radio/	679,914	202,051
16	MUSICMATCH Artist On Demand	Miscellaneous	www.musicmatch.com	679,899	190,232
17	MUSICMATCH Top Hits	Cont. Hit Radio	www.musicmatch.com	663,980	260,227
18	AOL Super 70s	70s	music.netscape.com/radio/	639,153	170,090
19	Beethoven.com	Classical	www.beethoven.com	622,071	78,671
20	Virgin Radio Classic Rock	Classic Rock	www.virginradio.co.uk	614,585	74,354
21	AOL Top Alternative	Alternative	music.netscape.com/radio/	538,893	293,059
22	Killer Oldies	Adult Alternative	www.killeroldies.com	525,169	69,503
23	AOL 90s Country	90s	music.netscape.com/radio/	514,690	211,588
24	AOL R&B Fresh	R&B	music.netscape.com/radio/	458,771	203,708
25	AOL R&B SlowJams	R&B	music.netscape.com/radio/	456,176	180,919
26	AOL New Age	New Age	music.netscape.com/radio/	453,709	101,128

Notes: 1) TTSL (Total Time Spent Listening), is the total number of hours tuned to a given station or network in the reported time period. 2) Cume Persons is the total number of unique listeners who had one or more listening sessions lasting five minutes or longer during the reported time period.