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Charlotte                                                      No. 28 DMA


    POPULATION

City Metro
1998  % since 1990 1997 % since 1990
504,637 +20.3 1.35M +16.2
 
U.S. Census 

 


    ETHNIC MIX

Population by race %
White Black Hispanic Asian
77.7 20.4 1.5 1.4
 
U.S. Census 1996 estimates may equal more than 100 percent

 


    WIREDNESS

Percentage of adults online
February 1999 February 1998
     
36.7 32.3
   
43.7
National Average
39.5
National Average
© Scarborough Research 1999

 

  
   SQAD                TV Households

 

Daypart

Second Quarter CPP Data Third Quarter CPP Data
Average Average
Early Morning

41

44

91

119

165

108

68

28

29

39

80

90

186

94

60

Day
Early News
Prime Access
Primetime
Late News
Combined Fringe
Spot Quotations & Data


TELEVISION STATIONS

Call letters 

Network affiliation 

WAXN IND
WBTV CBS
WCCB FOX
WCNC-TV NBC
WFVT WB
WHKY-TV IND
WJZY UPN
WNSC-TV PBS
WSOC-TV ABC
WTVI-TV PBS
 

 
                     CABLE SYSTEMS

System 

Subscribers

Type

Charter Communications

111,500

Primary Interconnect
Time Warner Cable Adcast

404,710

Primary Interconnect
Falcon Cable Advertising - Valdise

12,000

Primary System
Cable Ad Connection, Inc. - Cheraw

3,000

Primary System
 
INCOME
  Per capita income for the metropolitan region
N/A
1992


DAILY NEWSPAPERS

            Name           Circulation
M-Sat Sunday
Hickory Record 19660 21269
Morganton News Herald 11625 12187
The Herald    
Charlotte Observer 240,594 293,194
Gaston Gazette 32,363 35,962
Lenoir News-Topic 10021 9764
© ABC, combined M-Sat., Sunday Circulations as of 9/30/00 

                              RADIO

     SPARC                                RADIO
Daypart Third Quarter CPP Data
AM DRIVE
6 A.M. to A.M.

78

64

81

86

DAY
10 A.M. to 3 P.M.
PM DRIVE
3 P.M. to 7 P.M.
EVENING
7 P.M. to MIDNIGHT
Target Adults 18+
© Spot Quotations & Data Inc. 1999



     RADIO              
            Charlotte MSA     


    Call letters Frequency Format  AQH
WBAV-FM

101.9

Urban Adult Contemporary

8,100

WBT-AM

1110

News/Talk/Sports

10,900

WBT-FM

99.3

News/Talk/Sports

1,000

WCCJ-FM

92.7

Rhythmic Oldies

3,900

WEND-FM

106.5

Modern Rock

5,500

WFNZ-AM

610

Sports

2,400

WGIV-AM

1600

Gospel

2,000

WGSP-AM

1310

Gospel

600

WIXE-AM

1190

Country

1,100

WKKT-FM

96.9

Country

9,700

WLNK-FM

107.9

Contemporary Hit Radio

6,500

WLYT-FM

102.9

Adult Contemporary

13,400

WNKS-FM

95.1

Contemporary Hit Radio

13,700

WNMX-FM

106.1

Adult Standards

4,000

WPEG-FM

97.9

Urban Contemporary

15100

WRFX-FM

99.7

Album Oriented Rock

8,600

WSOC-FM

103.7

Country

9,200

WSSS-FM

104.7

Classic Hits

4,400

WWMG-FM

96.1

Oldies (50's-70's)

10,700

WXRC-FM

95.7

Modern Rock

5500

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