51 Predictions for the 2014 Music Industry

By Matt Voyno of The New Rockstar Philosophy.

Last year was a big year for the music industry. With streaming music controversies, huge album releases, and the release of the most important music industry book ever written, The New Rockstar Philosophy (co-authored by me), all making big waves in the music industry.

But that was last year, what about 2014? What are going to be the big events, technologies, trends that are going to shape this year?

Luckily for you I have consulted my crystal ball and have come away with 50 ideas that will be important for 2014. Big thank you to Chris De Jong for helping me. Check out his amazing monthly mixtape here.

Note! Obviously some of these are tongue and cheek so keep your flaming to a minimum, but I would like to hear what OTHER trends you think will be popular in 2014. Leave your thoughts in the comments.

51 Predictions for the 2014 Music Industry in no particular order:

1. Female fronted electronic artists like Grimes, Purity Ring, Chvrcheswill be bigger then ever.
2. Lyrics will matter more than ever.
3. Cover albums and cover singles will be back and an effective way to spread your sound.
4. More supergroups, in indie and the majors.
5. Reignwolf takes over the world.
6. But rock is still dead.
7. Minimalism, as a style and guiding musical principle "is in" for the mainstream and will only get bigger, ie Lorde, XX, Pharrell.
8. Kanye releases his next album, it's his best and biggest ever. Dies on tour in a freak stage accident.
9. Return of the female R&B group.
10. Internet rapstars (Riff Raff, Lil'B, etc) become a genre unto themselves. Like entertaining benevolent zombies.
11. New Rockstar Philosophy book and app become NYT best sellers.
12. Multi world product tie-ins become the norm with musicians/songs/albums involved in movies, tv shows, video games.
13. Twerking peaks. Diplo brings in something more intense.
14. Twitter continues to rise while Facebook jumps the shark continuing to make you pay more for less.
15. More and more artists partner with interactive artists (the people you see on Creators Project) to bring their artistic visions for their music to life.
16. People will be hip to the "Launching a social network/cell phone/water bottle to sell an album shtick" like Justin Timberlake/MySpace, and Jay-z/Samsung deal.
17. People will still be fooled into buying tix for aging rock stars.
18. Crazy, over-the-top box sets and deluxe versions of albums will become a bigger things for artists. Super profitable even for indies with dedicated fan bases. Case in point - Alexisonfire.
19. Independent artists hook up with app makers to spread their music in a bigger way.
20. Albums become less relevant.
21. Albums become more relevant.
22. Artist continue to complain about streaming.
23. The artists that stay in our consciousness are CONCEPT artists that create worlds around them.
24. Music blogging comes back but in a different way.
25. Podcasting continues to kill it.
26. YouTube continues to be the only place worth your time.
27. Streaming servicres continue to make inroads among young people under 24.
28. Artists will still be fooled by the major label dream.
29. Young bands will still go to SXSW and waste their time and money.
30. Artists finally tuning into how important/profitable unique merch is. Things like the Wavves weed grinder that are unique and speak to the artists audience.
31. World stars become more and more prevalent in North America.
32. There will be a new "Thing" that is supposed to save the music industry.
33. More and more musicians will be created via the low bar of entry with music creation apps.
34. Bands will continue to send unsolicited email to record labels, managers and festivals thinking they'll have a magic moment but that rarely, if ever, exists.
35. Save a tree, email it!
36. Tribute bands, not cover bands, will become a thing again. Especially as we approach the 2 decade mark for many classic 90s albums. I could see the return or Come As You Are a Nirvana tribute, or Bullet With Butterfly Wings a Smashing Pumpkins version, or Zooropa.. you get the picture.
37. Music for Yoga Classes becomes the biggest growing genre since internet rapstars.
38. The live show will still be the true test.
39. Female rappers own the year.
40. An oldster will release an album and people will go ape shit over it.
41. Lyric videos will increase in importance over conventional videos.
42. Even though fans hate it, the increasingly use of the 'album cover reveal' as part of the release build up.
43. Artists increasingly move in the direction of creating dedicated apps for albums and releases (esp on majors) - look at what Passion Pit did. This is only going to continue as it gets easier to build apps.
44. The success of Beyonce's surprise album (and the press and sales) make 2014 the year of zero-press surprise album launches by major artists. I'd be willing to bet money Kanye goes this route, especially after how few units Yeezus moved but how successful his tour was.
45. The whole 'trap-rave' movement reaches saturation and people start waxing nostalgic for the rave scene of the late 90's / early 2000's as it gets ever more annoying.
46. Soundcloud buys Bandcamp. Think about it.
47. YouTube does a major redesign of their player to focus on mobile, people hate it at first, but come to accept it.
48. More artists start bundling concert tickets with CDs to drive sales and fill seats but with mixed results.
49. More artists start to leak their own albums on the down-lo as conventional major labels get more and more sluggish. They see the press & exposure as nothing else.
50. Two things: music cruises & exotic concerts.
51. More and more young artists that only have two channels: Instagram & Tumblr

NIELSEN RADIO MARKET RANKINGS: FALL 2013

Access a full copy of the Fall 2013 Market Populations & Rankings (PDF), which includes updated Market Rankings.

All markets are accredited by the Media Rating Council® (MRC) unless indicated by this symbol: †. See a complete list of Nielsen Audio services accredited by the Media Rating Council.

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Market Code*	Rank	Type	Freq.	Market	Metro 12+ Population	DST	Hispanic 12+ Population**	Black 12+ Population***
001	1	PPM	13	New York†	16,033,100	BH	3,802,300	2,724,700
003	2	PPM	13	Los Angeles	11,179,600	BH	4,803,400	798,100
005	3	PPM	13	Chicago	7,910,200	BH	1,591,500	1,357,900
009	4	PPM	13	San Francisco	6,377,900	BH	1,446,000	451,400
024	5	PPM	13	Dallas-Ft. Worth	5,559,300	BH	1,487,600	844,000
033	6	PPM	13	Houston-Galveston	5,253,500	BH	1,801,500	888,000
015	7	PPM	13	Washington, DC†	4,720,300	BH	672,900	1,262,600
007	8	PPM	13	Philadelphia	4,547,300	BH	358,100	923,300
047	9	PPM	13	Atlanta	4,487,600	BH	461,500	1,469,100
013	10	PPM	13	Boston†	4,145,900	BH	393,600	298,800
429	11	PPM	13	Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood	3,858,000	BH	1,891,600	776,000
011	12	PPM	13	Detroit	3,790,400	B	145,600	839,400
039	13	PPM	13	Seattle-Tacoma†	3,585,700	BH	297,800	220,600
057	14	PPM	13	Phoenix	3,347,700	BH	927,300	177,300
540	15	4S	4	Puerto Rico†	3,128,300		*	*
027	16	PPM	13	Minneapolis-St. Paul	2,827,200	BH	143,300	210,300
063	17	PPM	13	San Diego	2,729,200	BH	849,600	150,500
087	18	PPM	13	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater	2,501,200	BH	398,800	299,600
035	19	PPM	13	Denver-Boulder	2,486,500	BH	503,500	134,600
321	20	PPM	13	Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island)	2,454,700	BH	395,600	230,700
021	21	PPM	13	Baltimore	2,373,000	BH	114,100	679,600
017	22	PPM	13	St. Louis	2,318,800	B	64,800	425,300
051	23	PPM	13	Portland, OR	2,182,400	H	254,800	69,300
093	24	PPM	13	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill	2,108,900	BH	176,100	466,000
023	25	PPM	13	Pittsburgh, PA	2,008,400	B	32,100	177,400
379	26	PPM	13	Riverside-San Bernardino	1,997,700	BH	1,003,400	175,200
065	27	PPM	13	Sacramento†	1,913,000	BH	360,100	151,500
059	28	PPM	13	San Antonio	1,897,800	BH	991,900	131,400
101	29	PPM	13	Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo†	1,791,400	H	250,700	27,000
031	30	PPM	13	Cincinnati	1,781,400	B	47,900	222,600
019	31	PPM	13	Cleveland	1,763,800	B	81,500	348,900
257	32	PPM	13	Las Vegas†	1,700,200	BH	474,800	185,000
131	33	PPM	13	Orlando†	1,676,600	BH	474,600	270,400
041	34	PPM	13	Kansas City	1,668,100	BH	130,800	221,400
135	35	PPM	13	Austin†	1,586,300	BH	476,300	122,800
215	36	PPM	13	San Jose†	1,574,200	H	406,500	48,000
045	37	PPM	13	Columbus, OH†	1,567,700	B	57,000	242,700
043	38	PPM	13	Milwaukee-Racine	1,489,100	BH	135,600	227,200
393	39	2S	2	Hudson Valley	1,487,300	BH	295,800	187,300
049	40	PPM	13	Indianapolis†	1,468,300	BH	88,500	226,800
413	41	PPM	13	Middlesex-Somerset-Union†	1,454,800	BH	303,500	193,300
115	42	PPM	13	Raleigh-Durham†	1,430,100	BH	139,100	321,700
109	43	PPM	13	Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News†	1,390,200	B	81,000	431,500
077	44	PPM	13	Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket†	1,388,700	H	140,300	71,400
073	45	PPM	13	Nashville†	1,339,200	BH	87,000	216,100
166	46	PPM	13	Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point†	1,239,100	BH	100,200	273,900
053	47	4S	4	New Orleans	1,222,200	BH	90,900	383,600
299	48	PPM	13	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton†	1,200,300	BH	233,800	196,600
083	49	4S	4	Oklahoma City	1,194,300	BH	123,400	126,800
107	50	PPM	13	Jacksonville†	1,184,500	BH	87,800	249,300
075	51	PPM	13	Memphis†	1,122,600	B	56,800	500,000
061	52	PPM	13	Hartford-New Britain-Middletown†	1,077,600	BH	143,800	117,600
516	53	4S	4	Monmouth-Ocean	1,032,700	H	93,800	57,800
055	54	4S	4	Louisville	1,009,400	B	40,400	148,900
105	55	4S	4	Richmond	1,003,700	B	54,000	299,700
037	56	4S	4	Buffalo-Niagara Falls	983,900	B	41,000	119,000
269	57	2S	2	McAllen-Brownsville-Harlingen	975,500	H	862,600	6,500
079	58	4S	4	Rochester, NY	963,800	B	57,300	105,300
191	59	4S	4	Greenville-Spartanburg	913,300	B	54,800	161,500
095	60	4S	4	Birmingham	908,100	B	38,400	264,400
515	61	2S	2	Ft. Myers-Naples-Marco Island	879,600	H	173,600	63,500
207	62	4S	4	Tucson	850,200	H	280,300	32,800
099	63	4S	4	Honolulu	843,500		67,900	39,500
067	64	4S	4	Dayton	836,300	B	19,300	120,800
069	65	4S	4	Albany-Schenectady-Troy	805,200		38,400	62,900
103	66	4S	4	Tulsa	787,800		64,000	69,400
089	67	4S	4	Fresno	777,200	H	379,600	39,900
141	68	4S	4	Albuquerque	749,900	H	339,400	21,900
127	69	4S	4	Grand Rapids	745,200		63,600	56,600
145	70	4S	4	Allentown-Bethlehem	714,800	H	92,000	36,800
121	71	4S	4	Knoxville	699,000		24,800	46,500
175	72	4S	4	Wilkes Barre-Scranton	696,900		49,900	36,000
071	73	4S	4	Des Moines	682,600		36,500	29,200
161	74	4S	4	El Paso	681,400	H	534,600	25,300
085	75	4S	4	Omaha-Council Bluffs	677,000		61,200	58,100
373	76	2S	2	Sarasota-Bradenton	652,100	H	68,200	43,600
143	77	4S	4	Bakersfield	630,200	H	320,600	35,900
139	78	2S	2	Wilmington, DE	613,000	B	46,700	125,100
231	79	4S	4	Charleston, SC	606,500	B	30,400	162,800
081	80	4S	4	Akron	605,700	B	10,800	75,300
223	81	4S	4	Baton Rouge	604,400	B	24,900	202,100
119	82	4S	4	Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle	595,500		33,000	51,700
283	83	4S	4	Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz	589,800	H	261,200	17,300
123	84	4S	4	Little Rock	586,600	B	28,500	132,700
361	85	4S	4	Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville	585,200	B	40,600	140,900
291	86	2S	2	Stockton	580,700	H	217,900	45,300
183	87	4S	4	Columbia, SC	573,200	B	29,400	187,800
550	88	2S	2	Gainesville-Ocala	569,500	BH	57,000	82,300
091	89	4S	4	Syracuse	567,000		21,000	46,900
233	90	4S	4	Colorado Springs	550,200	H	79,200	40,400
197	91	2S	2	Portland, ME	546,700		9,800	11,300
117	92	4S	4	Springfield, MA	544,100	H	87,100	38,900
341	93	2S	2	Daytona Beach	532,400	BH	57,100	56,500
177	94	4S	4	Spokane	532,100		23,100	12,000
311	95	2S	2	Lakeland-Winter Haven	528,800	BH	90,700	76,200
097	96	4S	4	Toledo	516,100	B	27,900	74,900
133	97	4S	4	Mobile	515,500	B	16,900	136,200
517	98	2S	2	Ft. Pierce-Stuart-Vero Beach	508,700	BH	67,900	62,900
171	99	4S	4	Madison	508,500		26,400	24,400
229	100	2S	2	Boise	506,300	H	59,200	6,900
125	101	4S	4	Wichita	499,700	H	54,100	42,600
259	102	2S	2	Lexington-Fayette	492,600	B	24,100	50,600
331	103	2S	2	Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa	487,800	B	40,400	49,300
293	104	2S	2	Visalia-Tulare-Hanford	487,000	H	275,100	16,600
327	105	4S	4	Huntsville	476,100	B	23,900	98,000
345	106	4S	4	Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol	471,400		9,200	15,400
181	107	4S	4	Chattanooga	466,700	B	16,400	66,500
253	107	2S	2	Lafayette, LA	466,700	B	16,100	124,800
305	109	2S	2	Augusta, GA	466,000	B	23,100	158,400
155	110	2S	2	Corpus Christi	465,600	H	272,300	19,200
301	111	4S	4	York	463,000		25,400	24,000
255	112	2S	2	Lancaster	445,700		38,000	17,300
165	113	2S	2	Ft. Wayne	445,400		21,600	38,700
419	114	2S	2	Victor Valley	442,200	BH	167,700	45,700
277	115	2S	2	Roanoke-Lynchburg	440,200	B	12,600	71,300
113	116	2S	2	Worcester	438,400		40,600	23,000
590	117	2A	2	Ft. Collins-Greeley, CO	437,600	H	72,900	8,000
343	118	2S	2	Modesto	433,300	H	175,900	14,100
565	119	2C	2	Morristown, NJ	431,500	H	52,500	15,800
594	120	2S	2	Oxnard-Ventura	430,700	H	223,900	10,600
062	121	2S	2	New Haven	429,200	BH	53,100	61,400
574	122	2S	2	Santa Rosa	428,000	H	100,200	9,000
247	123	2S	2	Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester	418,800		8,600	4,600
337	124	2S	2	Bridgeport	417,500	BH	71,500	58,000
275	125	2S	2	Reno	416,500	H	87,300	11,800
169	126	4S	4	Jackson, MS	414,400	B	9,800	196,600
195	127	2S	2	Lansing-East Lansing	402,800	B	23,000	39,900
317	128	2S	2	Pensacola	401,000	B	20,200	67,700
503	129	2A	2	Fayetteville (North West Arkansas)	387,600	H	54,100	13,100
359	130	2S	2	Fayetteville, NC	384,800	B	34,500	126,200
129	131	2S	2	Youngstown-Warren	379,500	B	11,900	47,000
265	132	2S	2	Macon	370,600	B	15,500	139,600
111	133	4S	4	Shreveport	353,400	B	12,700	131,700
273	134	2A	2	Reading, PA	353,300	H	54,800	17,100
163	135	2S	2	Flint	349,100	B	10,300	73,400
082	136	2S	2	Canton	346,400		5,700	26,300
203	137	2S	2	Springfield, MO	341,400		10,500	11,900
592	138	2S	2	Palm Springs	341,000	H	156,100	8,700
303	139	2S	2	Appleton-Oshkosh	339,800		11,800	6,200
271	140	2S	2	Salisbury-Ocean City	335,400	B	20,500	60,500
562	141	2A	2	Killeen-Temple, TX	332,800	BH	68,400	67,300
149	142	2A	2	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	327,300	BH	44,400	78,400
505	143	2S	2	Burlington-Plattsburgh	326,300		7,300	8,800
502	144	2S	2	Tyler-Longview	325,200	BH	55,500	58,500
533	145	2S	2	Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula	322,200	B	16,900	69,300
367	146	2S	2	Atlantic City-Cape May	320,700	BH	43,900	40,100
547	147	2A	2	Stamford-Norwalk, CT	318,300		53,500	26,500
416	148	2S	2	Fredericksburg	318,200	B	23,200	58,900
537	149	2S	2	Trenton	317,000	BH	48,700	62,000
241	150	2S	2	Eugene-Springfield	313,000		21,800	5,200
157	151	2S	2	Quad Cities (Davenport-Rock Island-Moline)	311,700		23,100	22,300
285	152	2S	2	Savannah	311,100	B	17,300	102,100
581	153	2C	2	Ann Arbor, MI	308,800	B	13,600	40,600
173	154	2S	2	Montgomery	308,700	B	9,700	129,400
412	155	2A	2	Flagstaff-Prescott, AZ	306,200		39,200	5,700
137	155	2S	2	Peoria	306,200	B	9,500	30,200
510	157	2A	2	Myrtle Beach, SC	304,700	B	15,900	51,100
221	158	2S	2	Asheville	289,300		14,100	17,200
279	159	2S	2	Rockford	288,100	BH	33,100	30,900
589	160	2A	2	Ft. Smith, AR	281,600		21,000	12,900
333	161	2S	2	Tallahassee	278,200	B	18,000	80,200
193	162	2S	2	Huntington-Ashland	269,500		3,000	9,400
185	163	2S	2	Evansville	266,900		5,700	19,300
518	164	2A	2	Poughkeepsie, NY	258,600	B	27,200	26,900
524	165	2A	2	Hagerstown-Chambersburg-Waynesboro, MD-PA	257,100		9,900	20,100
295	166	2S	2	Utica-Rome	256,500		10,300	14,000
147	167	2A	2	Amarillo, TX	251,200	H	66,900	15,600
261	168	2S	2	Lincoln	250,800		14,000	10,000
315	169	2S	2	Anchorage	250,600		19,400	16,900
561	170	2A	2	Odessa-Midland, TX	246,800	H	111,500	13,800
555	171	2A	2	Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont, WV	245,300		4,100	8,400
556	172	2A	2	San Luis Obispo, CA	244,000	H	49,400	6,600
263	173	2S	2	Lubbock	241,400	H	75,600	17,300
239	174	2S	2	Erie	240,300		7,800	17,200
597	175	2A	2	Wausau-Stevens Point, WI (Central WI)	239,000		5,600	2,200
426	176	2S	2	Concord (Lakes Region)	238,300		3,600	2,800
563	177	2A	2	New London, CT	238,100		20,300	15,700
235	178	2S	2	Columbus, GA	232,300	B	15,700	99,400
536	179	2A	2	Merced, CA	229,800	H	116,700	8,700
365	180	2C	2	New Bedford-Fall River, MA	228,000		20,600	10,600
287	181	2S	2	South Bend	223,900	B	15,400	28,100
371	182	2A	2	Tri-Cities, WA (Richland-Kennewick-Pasco)	222,900	H	56,700	5,100
251	183	2S	2	Kalamazoo	220,100	B	8,800	24,700
391	184	2A	2	Ft. Walton Beach-Destin, FL	219,100		14,700	21,100
227	185	2S	2	Binghamton	214,700		6,600	9,900
245	185	2S	2	Green Bay	214,700		14,200	5,800
153	187	2S	2	Charleston, WV	214,600		2,500	13,900
501	188	2A	2	Dothan, AL	212,600	B	8,100	46,000
387	189	2A	2	Salina-Manhattan, KS	209,400		16,000	14,000
543	190	2A	2	Tupelo, MS	206,700	B	5,600	47,700
506	191	2A	2	Laredo, TX	206,300	H	194,700	900
528	192	2C	2	Frederick, MD	206,200	B	15,300	20,100
549	193	2A	2	Bryan-College Station, TX	203,700	BH	45,500	22,300
309	194	2A	2	Waco, TX	200,400	BH	46,000	28,900
325	194	2A	2	Yakima, WA	200,400	H	85,600	2,700
593	196	2A	2	Danbury, CT	198,500		26,000	7,100
535	196	2A	2	Traverse City-Petoskey, MI	198,500		4,500	3,600
267	198	2S	2	Manchester	198,300		10,500	4,700
205	199	2S	2	Topeka	196,500		15,800	14,800
508	200	2A	2	Chico, CA	194,000	H	27,500	4,700
530	201	2A	2	Cape Cod, MA	193,100		4,800	5,300
567	202	2A	2	Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA	191,100	H	98,300	5,900
187	203	2S	2	Fargo-Moorhead	188,100		4,900	4,100
151	204	2S	2	Cedar Rapids	182,900		5,100	8,400
159	205	2S	2	Duluth-Superior	179,400		3,100	4,800
591	206	2A	2	Santa Barbara, CA	179,100	H	53,300	3,200
441	207	2A	2	Las Cruces, NM	179,000	H	113,200	3,600
339	208	2A	2	Medford-Ashland, OR	178,700	H	18,500	2,400
307	209	2S	2	Terre Haute	178,100		3,900	10,000
507	210	2A	2	Champaign, IL	177,800	B	9,800	21,900
436	211	2A	2	Bend, OR	176,500		14,600	1,400
569	212	2A	2	Winchester, VA	174,500		11,600	10,300
554	213	2A	2	Florence, SC	174,000	B	4,000	70,800
596	214	2A	2	Tuscaloosa, AL	172,800	B	5,500	50,800
422	215	2A	2	Muncie-Marion, IN	172,000		4,200	12,100
522	216	2A	2	Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS	171,600	B	6,100	48,600
526	217	2S	2	Bangor	168,300		1,900	1,800
575	218	2A	2	St. Cloud, MN	167,900		4,300	6,800
559	219	2A	2	La Crosse, WI	164,200		3,600	2,700
587	220	2A	2	Alexandria, LA	163,700	B	4,700	48,000
584	221	2A	2	Lake Charles, LA	162,900	B	4,700	40,300
421	222	2A	2	Olean, NY	161,200		2,900	3,800
557	223	2A	2	Elmira-Corning, NY	161,100		3,700	8,000
532	224	2A	2	Rochester, MN	158,400		6,300	6,200
431	225	2C	2	Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT	157,900		3,400	2,000
497	226	2A	2	Jonesboro, AR	156,000	B	5,300	13,700
509	227	2A	2	Redding, CA	155,100		13,200	2,500
576	228	2A	2	Lima, OH	154,900		4,100	11,900
595	229	2S	2	Lafayette, IN	154,800		10,700	7,600
442	230	2A	2	Twin Falls (Sun Valley), ID	151,700	H	30,900	800
323	231	2S	2	Bloomington	148,500		6,800	11,700
573	231	2A	2	Panama City, FL	148,500	B	7,600	17,300
564	233	2A	2	Columbia, MO	148,100	B	4,800	14,100
534	234	2A	2	Joplin, MO	142,900		8,000	3,900
566	235	2A	2	Muskegon, MI	142,800	B	6,300	21,100
586	236	2A	2	Eau Claire, WI	141,400		2,600	2,300
546	237	2A	2	Abilene, TX	140,800	H	29,300	11,300
353	238	2S	2	Pueblo	136,700	H	54,000	3,300
439	239	2A	2	Lufkin-Nacogdoches, TX	136,300	BH	24,000	22,500
580	240	2A	2	Albany, GA	136,200	B	3,800	70,200
225	241	2A	2	Billings, MT	130,200		5,500	1,800
425	242	2A	2	LaSalle-Peru, IL	130,100		9,600	3,200
585	243	2A	2	Monroe, LA	129,400	B	2,800	46,000
539	244	2A	2	Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH	127,900		1,000	2,500
179	245	2S	2	Wheeling	127,200		1,200	5,000
404	246	2A	2	Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	126,900	B	3,000	16,300
579	247	2A	2	Sussex, NJ	126,700		8,500	2,900
511	248	2A	2	Grand Junction, CO	125,700		15,800	1,700
433	249	2A	2	Valdosta, GA	122,600	B	7,300	42,000
209	250	2A	2	Wichita Falls, TX	119,000	B	19,100	12,500
381	251	2A	2	Grand Island-Kearney-Hastings, NE	117,300	H	15,900	1,900
512	252	2A	2	Texarkana, TX-AR	115,500	B	7,700	27,100
531	253	2A	2	Battle Creek, MI	113,900	B	4,800	13,200
519	254	2A	2	Harrisonburg, VA	113,200		10,500	5,200
545	255	2A	2	Rapid City, SD	111,000		3,800	3,000
219	256	2S	2	Altoona	109,600		1,300	2,500
432	257	2S	2	Montpelier-Barre-St. Johnsbury	107,700		1,800	1,200
527	258	2A	2	Augusta-Waterville, ME	106,300		1,500	900
599	259	2A	2	Lawton, OK	105,700	B	11,200	19,100
578	260	2A	2	Williamsport, PA	102,200		1,700	5,300
577	261	2A	2	Watertown, NY	101,400		7,000	7,100
523	262	2A	2	Sioux City, IA	100,700	H	16,000	3,300
582	263	2A	2	Bismarck, ND	99,700		1,600	1,200
418	264	2A	2	Sheboygan, WI	97,600		4,800	1,800
548	265	2A	2	San Angelo, TX	96,700	H	33,700	5,100
499	266	2A	2	Decatur, IL	93,200	B	2,000	15,100
520	267	2A	2	Bluefield, WV	92,500		800	5,000
572	268	2A	2	Grand Forks, ND-MN	85,500		3,200	1,500
383	269	2A	2	Hot Springs, AR	84,200		3,900	7,400
289	270	2A	2	Jackson, TN	83,400	B	2,800	29,300
560	271	2A	2	Cheyenne, WY	80,800	H	10,200	2,500
513	272	2A	2	Brunswick, GA	69,000	B	4,100	17,700
369	273	2A	2	Casper, WY	68,100		4,700	1,400
558	274	2A	2	Beckley, WV	67,800		1,100	6,100

Type of Measurement Service

PPM	- PPM
4S	- Radio Diary Standard Continuous Measurement
2S	- Radio Diary Standard Measurement
2C	- Radio Diary Condensed Measurement
2A	- Radio Diary 2-book Average

DST (Differential Survey Treatment)

B	- Black ethnic controls
H	- Hispanic ethnic controls
BH	- Black and Hispanic ethnic controls

More information:

Radio Survey Schedule

*Unique numeric identifier for a market
**For a Radio Metro to qualify for Hispanic DST, the Metro’s Hispanic P12+ population must be at least 9.5% Hispanic OR at least 4.5% Hispanic with an estimated Hispanic 12+ population of at least 75,000. Additional criteria apply in Radio Diary Metros and can be referenced in the Radio Description of Methodology.
***For a Radio Metro to qualify for Black DST, the Metro’s Black P12+ population must be at least 9.5% Black or at least 4.5% Black with an estimated Black 12+ population of at least 75,000.
†These markets have not received accreditation from the Media Rating Council. All other markets have been accredited.
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