US
Nielsen September 2025 Ratings Releases 10/16
Today’s markets are Baton Rouge, Louisville, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, and Puerto Rico.
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Month: October 2025
AU & NZ
Radio ratings changes: How metro FM stations are dealing with the new finish line
With GfK Survey 6 done and dusted and the festive period looming, FM program bosses are dealing with a new ratings curve ball. Under changes to the radio survey year, instead of wrapping up in November and releasing data before Christmas, GfK Survey 8 will now measured from October 5 to December 13, 2025. The… Read More
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US
Should Classic Hits Start in the ’80s?
Connoisseur’s newly relaunched Classic Hits WGTZ (Z93) Dayton, Ohio, has a logical reason for starting its music around 1984. That was when the original Z93 launched as a CHR. PD Java Joel Murphy sees the key era of the station as 1984-2004, although there are a few titles on the still-evolving station this week that go into the late ’00s/early ’10s.
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US
Praise Moves In Washington DC
Radio One has moved Gospel “Praise 104.1” WPRS-FM Waldorf MD/Washington DC to a pair of signals.
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US
More Sports Radio Changes Across Wisconsin
The fallout from iHeartMedia’s flip of “97.3 The Game” WRNW Milwaukee to AC “B97.3” on Monday has been heard across the state.
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UK
Ofcom sets out initial rules to protect radio on smart speakers
Ofcom has launched a consultation proposing new rules to guarantee access to UK radio via voice assistant platforms such as Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant.
The plans mark the next step in implementing listener safeguards following the Media Act passed last year, which aims to ensure that radio remains freely and reliably available on smart speakers.
Ofcom’s report recommends that Amazon, Google and Apple be designated by Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy as “significant platforms for radio listening”.
This means their voice assistants would be required to meet specific obligations, including ensuring that stations requested by name play correctly, access is free of charge, and that no additional content such as unauthorised adverts is overlaid on broadcasts.
The regulator says the move is designed to protect radio’s role as a trusted and freely accessible service at a time when nearly a third of all listening now takes place online, with smart speakers accounting for 18 per cent of those hours.
Ofcom’s consultation runs until 11 December, and the final framework is expected to come into force in 2026.
Matt Payton, Chief Executive of Radiocentre, said: “Radio listeners must be able to access their favourite stations simply and reliably on voice activated devices like smart speakers.
“Ofcom’s recommendations are a welcome first step in putting this into practice and ensuring that radio can continue to reach audiences with its valuable mix of music, information and entertainment.”
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