5-23-13
A panel of news and news/talk experts have named Hubbard Radio's WTOP top news station in the country in Radio Ink's first listing of news and news/talk stations. Under the leadership of GM Joel Oxley, Vice President of Programming Jim Farley, and Program Director Laurie Cantillo, WTOP has developed into a news leader in the Washington D.C. market, competing with newspaper outlets like the Washington Post and television news organizations in the nation's capital. WTOP has also established itself as a digital news leader with nearly 100,000 regular readers at WTOP.com and 60,000 followers on Twitter and 11 full- and part-time digital journalists. It's well documented number-one biller status, three years running, adds fuel to the debate that well-run radio news organizations cannot only survive, they can produce big money.
Here's a listing of the top 20 stations. We voted the KTRH aircheck the best aircheck submitted. We encourage you to give it a listen.
#1) WTOP - Washington DC
Read our cover story with WTOP's Jim Farley HERE
#2) 1010 WINS - New York City
#3) KFI-AM - Los Angeles
#4) KCBS-AM - San Francisco
LISTEN TO A KCBS AIRCHECK HERE
#5) WBBM-AM/FM - Chicago
LISTEN TO A WBBM AIRCHECK HERE
#6) WCBS-AM - New York City
LISTEN TO A WCBS AIRCHECK HERE
#7) WBZ-AM - Boston
#8) WSB-AM/FM - Atlanta
#9) KYW-AM - Philadelphia
#10) WWJ-AM - Detroit
#11) KIRO-FM - Seattle
#12) WBT-AM/FM - Charlotte
#13) KNX-AM - Los Angeles
#14) KKOB-AM -Albuquerque
#15) WBAP-AM & FM - Dallas
#16) KTRH-AM - Houston
LISTEN TO A KTRH AIRCHECK HERE
#17) KFBK-AM & FM - Sacramento
#18) KMBZ-AM & FM - Kansas City
LISTEN TO AN AIRCHECK OF KMBZ HERE
#19) KRMG-AM & FM - Tulsa
#20) WGAN & WGIN - Portland, ME
To see a PDF of the Top 20 stations as it appeared in Radio Ink Magazine CLICK HERE. It includes a listing of all the stations, dial positions, signal power, website, Facebook and Twitter details and the names of the people in charge at each station responsible for making them great. Thank you to our panel of News and News/Talk specialists for voting in our first ever listing of Top 20 News and News/Talk stations.
NOTE TO READERS- KKOB in Albuquerque was listed in the issue as being owned by Clear Channel. KKOB is a Cumulus station. Also, KFBK is in Sacramento, not San Francisco as listed in the magazine. Our apologies for these two errors.
(5/23/2013 6:18:29 PM)
Apples to oranges comparison. The top public radio stations take hours and hours of programming from NPR, You are comparing a local radio station to a national news network.
Jim
(5/23/2013 7:20:01 AM)
Doc:
Good Points. We did not receive any nominations for non-coms. Hopefully you will nominate a few next year. And, ratings was not the only factor in determining the list. Hope yo are well.
Ed
(5/23/2013 6:46:11 AM)
Why not give some credit to the public stations that are huge ratings successes? Look here: http://www.radioinfo.com/2013/05/14/arbitron-ratings-april-2013/#more-11167 WAMU beats WTOP, 9.7 to 7.9, in Washington. KQED beats KCBS in San Francisco too. The list goes on. I understand that your main interest is commercial radio; but noncommercial radio matters just as much — if not more, if actual listening is taken into account.
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