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Fall 2002 Ratings Period 1!

October 2002 has been magical...but not for corporate out of town interests running the San Diego radio stations.

The winners are the radio stations that have been running the Major League Baseball playoffs and the World Series, if the listeners in the San Diego Outland area can find them as they were on five different AM stations during the course of this crazy October.

October was the month that KGB fired Jim McInnes, and with "The Last DJ" saying what he wants to say looking for a new radio job, it doesn't look like the ratings for KGB will be increasing anytime soon.

While "Cheap" Channel floundered, internet radio continues to gain listners at the expense of time listening to San Diego radio.

Registered voters have been sending in what stations they listened to each day via e-mail and registration number, but a few of them were DQd for stuffing the ballot with votes for nothing but Clear Channel owned radio stations. What dopes! This is why radio folks cannot vote in the Evalutrons: there's too many of them that work for Clear Channel and their numbers will unfairly skew the ratings in their favor. I'm not sure about whether they are qualified to vote in Arbitron.

Anyway, the Fall 2002 Period 1 Ratings for the San Diego listeners only rate the following stations they have been hearing. We combined the new and old ratings system back to a single ratings system as follows:

  • 1. DFSX (Internet) 7.3 DFSX Comedy and Fun Radio, San Diego - comedy and novelty music 24 hours a day!
  • 2. Megamix-FM (live365.com) 7.25 Megamix FM - dance remixes
  • 3. WPYM (93.1) 7.1 93.1 WPYM The Party, Miami FL - dance pop
  • 4. RP (Internet) 7.0 Radio Paradise - adult rock
  • 5. KFSD (92.1) 6.7 92.1 KFSD Premium Radio, Escondido, CA - alternative
  • 6. KPRI (102.1) 6.6 KPRI 102.1 Authentic Rock, San Diego - AAA rock
  • 7. RM (Internet) 6.5 Radio Margaritaville - Adult Rock
  • 8. KLOS (95.5) 6.1 95.5 KLOS, Los Angeles CA - rock
  • 9. KIFM (98.1) 5.8 KIFM 98.1, San Diego - smooth jazz
  • 10. KFMB (100.7) 5.7 Star 100.7, San Diego - Hot AC
  • 11. KYXY (96.5) 5.3 KYXY 96.5, San Diego - soft pop
  • 12. KOZT (95.3/95.9) 5.0 95.3 KOZT The Coast, Ft. Bragg, CA - adult rock
  • 13. KPEZ (102.3) 4.8 Z 102.3 KPEZ, Austin, TX - classic rock (no longer streaming)
  • 14. KSON (97.3) 4.3 KSON 97.3, San Diego - Country
  • 15. WPYO (95.3) 4.2 95.3 WPYO The Party, Orlando, FL - dance pop
  • 16. KJSR (103.3) 4.1 103.3 KJSR Star 103FM, Tulsa, OK - rock
  • 17. JAMZ (106.7) 4.1 106.7 Jamz, San Antonio, TX - dance pop
  • 18. KDSK (Internet) 4.0 KDSK "KD Radio" - oldies
  • 19. WFXZ (93.7) 3.8 93.7 WFXZ-FM The Bone, Wilmington, NC - Rock
  • 20. KCBQ (1170) 3.5 KCBQ 1170, San Diego - talk
  • 21. WKLR (96.5) 3.0 96.5 WKLR The Planet, Richmond, VA - rock
  • 22. WKIT (100.3) 2.8 WKIT 100.3, Bangor, Maine - rock and roll
  • 23. KNX-AM (1070) 2.7 KNX 1070, Los Angeles - news
  • 24. KBIG (104.3) 2.4 KBIG 104.3, Los Angeles - adult contemporary pop and dance
  • 25. KRTH-FM (101.1) 2.0 KRTH 101.1, Los Angeles - oldies
  • 26. KSDS (88.3) 1.8, San Diego - jazz
  • 27. KPBS (89.5) 1.5 KPBS 89.5, San Diego - news/classical
  • 28. Magic (92.5) 1.3 XHRM 92.5, Tijuana - old R&B
  • 29. XMORE (98.9) 1.2, Tijuana - rock en espanol
  • 30. KPRZ (1210) 1.18, San Marcos - talk
  • 31. Best 80's Rock Ever (live365.com) - 1.1
  • 32. KFMB (760) 1.08 760 KFMB, San Diego - talk

    Stations below the 1.0 rating: KOGO, XTRA, ESPN 800, KSDO, Radio Disney, KPOP, 91X, Channel, My, B, KOOL, Bob, KGB, KIOZ, Planet.

    Top Morning Shows: 1. John Boy & Billy, 2. Jeff & Jer (Star 100.7), 3. Bob & Tom, 4. Madison & Tony (KPRI), 5. Howard Stern (KLSX, KIOZ), 6. Rick Dees (KIIS-FM, KIIS-XM), 7. Mark & Brian (KLOS), 8. Tony & Kris (KSON), 9. Mark Larson (KCBQ, KRLA), 10. Chris Cantore (91X)

    Note: audience usually drops off sharply after the morning shows end, except for some radio stations.

    To get in on the Evalutron survey, e-mail the editor of this website or you won't be entered. Radio pros and columnists are ineligible to vote.


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