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  Friday, 13 May 2005

CBC Radio Kicks Serious Ass in Latest Ratings < 3:03:27 PM>.

If there were any doubt that public radio was relevant to Canadians’ lives, it should be quite shattered with the latest ratings.
Radio One and Two together reached 12.6 per cent of the Canadian population. Radio One reached 3.2 million listeners, an increase of almost 100,000 listeners over last spring. Radio Two reached 1.2 million listeners -- an increase of almost 60,000 listeners from last spring.
Radio One continues to make gains in the important 35 to 49 age group, with a 30 per cent increase in share over spring of last year. Radio Two picked up listeners in this age group, and recaptured some of the share lost in the last book among 65+ listeners.
The BBMS confirmed CBC Radio’s position as a leader in key markets all across Canada. Radio One morning shows are No. 1 or 2 in 14 markets.

• St. John’s rocketed up with huge increases in all its shows. The station was up to an overall share of 14 per cent. The Morning Show’s share of 24 per cent is up seven points and both the noon show (16 per cent) and afternoon show (21 per cent) are six points higher
• Ottawa remains the top ranked station in its market, with Ottawa Morning at 21 per cent, up by one point from the fall.
• Toronto’s Metro Morning is once again Number One in the 6 - 8:30 a.m. time slot.
• In the West, Calgary, Edmonton and Saskatoon rebounded and are on par with last spring’s levels.
• In Vancouver, Radio One captured a share of 9 per cent for its highest share in the past 10 years. The Early Edition remains in second place at 14 per cent, up two points from the last two surveys.
• Victoria enjoyed record-breaking shares; 9 per cent is the highest captured by the station since it launched in spring of 1999. The morning show (13 per cent) and the afternoon show (9 per cent) are also achieving their highest shares ever.

CBC Radio continues to be a major source of news for Canadians with almost 2.4 million people tuning in to World Report during the week. Anna Maria Tremonti and Shelagh Rogers are the most listened-to hosts in Canada with 1.5 million and 1.1 million listeners a week, respectively. Over all, the majority of weekday programs on Radio One maintained their shares or saw increases over the last two surveys.

Update: Additional ratings details

< 3:31:20 AM>.

[re Tiger] But the development that’s got me most excited at the moment is the introduction of “Canadian” as a palette for the “input menu” that can appear on the menu bar at the top of the screen, [snip]

I could have got a Canadian flag by selecting a “Canadian (French)” input palette, but that gave me accents where I didn’t want them etc. Everything would have been fine if I’d been English, or Afghani, or Cherokee, Danish or Innu. But you could not for love nor money get the flag to be a Canadian flag and yet give you a useful Canadian English keyboard.

Now that’s all changed. Apple has acknowledged my existence and allows me not to become testy every time I look up and to my right. About %#§¿¡⁂〰ing time.

[Via Xanada]

Mayor smooches princess < 2:46:09 AM>.


The mayor gave a Dutch princess a Montreal-type kiss on both cheeks, which is apparently Not Done to royalty.
[Via montreal city weblog]