Archive for August, 2009
Memphis Radio Ratings – Spring 09
Memphis Spring 2009 Arbitron radio ratings have been released. The chart below lists many of the radio stations in Memphis with format and the average quarter hour rating for 5 demographics during the Monday-Friday 6am-7pm time period. There have been subtle changes since the last book. To compare, here’s a link to the post from May 27 with the Winter 09 ratings.
| Memphis Radio Monday-Friday 6am-7pm | ||||||
| Adults | Women | Men | Adults | Adults | ||
| 25-54 | 25-54 | 25-54 | 18-49 | 35-64 | ||
| Station | Format | AQH RTG | AQH RTG | AQH RTG | AQH RTG | AQH RTG |
| WRBO-FM | Urban Oldies | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| KJMS-FM | Urban AC | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| WHAL-FM | Gospel | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| WDIA-AM | Urban AC | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| WHRK-FM | Urban | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.8 |
| WGKX-FM | Country | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| WREC-AM | Talk | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| WEGR-FM | Classic Rock | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| WXMX-FM | Rock | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| WRVR-FM | AC | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| WKQK-FM | Classic Hits | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| KXHT-FM | Rhythmic | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| WMC-FM | Hot AC | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| WHBQ-AM | Sports | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| WKIM-FM | AC | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| WHBQ-FM | CHR/Top 40 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Spring 2009 Arbitron | ||||||
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Samantha Brown’s Great Weekends Features Memphis

Travel Channel's Samantha Brown in TV Room at Graceland (photo: epgold.com)
On Saturday, August 8, Samantha Brown’s Great Weekends features Memphis on the Travel Channel. You can watch on the Travel Channel at 9:00pm central time. It will be repeated Sunday, August 9 at 1:00am and at 8:00am. According to the Travel Channel description, “This weekend Sam’s getting a backstage pass to the best music, food and entertainment Memphis has to offer. She cuts her own track at the legendary Sun Studios, goes inside Graceland and searches for the next ‘big thing’ at a Battle of the Bands contest.”
Tags: Graceland, Great Weekends, Memphis, Samantha Brown, Sun Studio, Travel Channel