KIIS Gets First Finish For First Time In 18 Years
May 25, 2005 13:34:48 GMT -5
Post by EvanJ on May 25, 2005 13:34:48 GMT -5
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Wednesday, May 25, 2005
KIIS Gets First Finish For First Time In 18 Years
They may only be the first phase of the Spring 2005 Arbitron ratings, but Clear Channel's heritage CHR/Pop KIIS-FM/Los Angeles has done something it hasn't done since spring 1987: It's the No. 1 radio station in the nation's second-largest market. Clear Channel/L.A. VP/Programming John Ivey tells R&R he's "ecstatic" over the Phase One Arbitrends, which show KIIS and simulcast partner KVVS/Lancaster-Palmdale, CA rising 4.6-4.9 12+.
"That's not just 'English-speaking' -- that's 'everybody-speaking,'" Ivey said in regard to KIIS's performance. "In the raw month of April, KIIS & KVVS are at a 5.3." Regional Mexican KLAX is second, with a 4.5 share. Ivey added that KIIS's cume for April was at 2.12 million, thus making it two out of the past four months where the station has seen its cume surpass the 2 million mark. Ivey said, "I know it's only a trend, but this is a real milestone for us; KIIS hasn't hit No. 1 12+ since I started here in 2001. This has been a great team effort -- every person in this building has been busting their humps to make this happen."
When KIIS was last No. 1 in spring 1987, when it saw a 6.4-7.4 climb to dethrone then-No. 1 KPWR (Power 106), Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" was the No. 1 song on KIIS. The station's MD was Jack Silver, now PD at crosstown FM Talker KLSX.
From me: Before KIIS/KVVS, KHTS San Diego (Market 17) was the biggest market I remember seeing with a CHR-Pop station in first.
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
KIIS Gets First Finish For First Time In 18 Years
They may only be the first phase of the Spring 2005 Arbitron ratings, but Clear Channel's heritage CHR/Pop KIIS-FM/Los Angeles has done something it hasn't done since spring 1987: It's the No. 1 radio station in the nation's second-largest market. Clear Channel/L.A. VP/Programming John Ivey tells R&R he's "ecstatic" over the Phase One Arbitrends, which show KIIS and simulcast partner KVVS/Lancaster-Palmdale, CA rising 4.6-4.9 12+.
"That's not just 'English-speaking' -- that's 'everybody-speaking,'" Ivey said in regard to KIIS's performance. "In the raw month of April, KIIS & KVVS are at a 5.3." Regional Mexican KLAX is second, with a 4.5 share. Ivey added that KIIS's cume for April was at 2.12 million, thus making it two out of the past four months where the station has seen its cume surpass the 2 million mark. Ivey said, "I know it's only a trend, but this is a real milestone for us; KIIS hasn't hit No. 1 12+ since I started here in 2001. This has been a great team effort -- every person in this building has been busting their humps to make this happen."
When KIIS was last No. 1 in spring 1987, when it saw a 6.4-7.4 climb to dethrone then-No. 1 KPWR (Power 106), Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" was the No. 1 song on KIIS. The station's MD was Jack Silver, now PD at crosstown FM Talker KLSX.
From me: Before KIIS/KVVS, KHTS San Diego (Market 17) was the biggest market I remember seeing with a CHR-Pop station in first.
