Spring 2002 Evalutron P2 Ratings Posted (June 19, 2002)

Guess what we see here?

KOGO is LOOSING steam!

Are people getting sick and tired of those talkers on that station? Are the Padres really getting that boring?

What are they turning to? DFSX Fun Radio on the Internet at http://www.davesfunstuff.com/dfsx, the best damn San Diego-based music station, period! So what if it's not rated by Arbitron; they're not the authroity when it comes to rating how good a radio station is.

Case in point: quality-programmed radio stations on Premium 92.1 and KPRI Authentic Rock (SM) 102.1. Though low-rated on the Arbitron chart, they rate high in quality levels on my own Evalutrons survey for May 2002, which gives you a better picture of what the more educated San Diego Outlanders think of radio; the more they like the station, the longer they listen.

The May 2002 Evalutron rankings:

#1 - DFSX Fun Radio
#2 - Premium Radio 92.1
#3 - KPRI Authentic Rock (SM) 102.1
#4 - Magic 92.5
#5 - XMOR 98.9
#6 - Star 100.7
#7 - KCBQ 1170
#8 - KSDS 88.3
#9 - KIOZ 105.3
#10- KPBS 89.5

5th lowest: KOCL 95.7 (voice-tracking doesn't work)
4th lowest: XHCR "Cold" Country 99.3
    (sucked in ratings even before CC took control!)
3rd lowest: Z90.3 (CC ruined the station!)
2nd lowest: XETRA 91.1
1st lowest: KGB 101.5

#1: Electronica/Dance
#2: Traditional Country/Folk
#3: Novelty/Comedy
#4: Traditional Jazz/Swing/Lounge
#5: Alternative Rock and Roll

3rd worst: oldies-only music formats
2nd worst: all soft-music/love songs
1st worst: hip hop/rap/rap rock

Back to Arbitron: The San Diego Outlanders for the most part are choosing what kinds of music is heard over the airwaves, simply because most of them cannot afford the luxury of listening to better music on Internet radio, which seems to be the medium for the upper class (ie: white collar, Masters Degree level, affluent gay male, etc) as they enjoy the variety not heard on the commercial radio stations where the majority of its listeners are among the less-educated that is only too happy to settle for bland music programming from hip-hop Z90, safe alternative 91X, which took a dump this past month, robotically-engineered Cool 95.7, worn-out 80's B94.9, which ought to change its format, worn-out classic rock KGB, which has its lowest rating in 14 months, even lower-rated Planet 103.7, which hasn't made any waves since what is now Infinity Broadcasting bought the station in 1995 to wipe out competetion to its KYXY format by switching it to classic rock first under "Rock Mix", then "Planet," and uneven Top 40 Channel 933, which doesn't seem to appeal to much anyone over age 25, except for "Digital Groove" possibly.