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Raleigh-Durham                                                No. 29 DMA


    POPULATION

City Metro
1998  % since 1990 1997 % since 1990
259,423 +18.5 1.05 +22.3
 
U.S. Census 

 


    ETHNIC MIX

Population by race %
White Black Hispanic Asian
73.1 24.2 2.1 2.4
 
U.S. Census 1996 estimates may equal more than 100 percent

 


    WIREDNESS

Percentage of adults online
February 1999 February 1998
     
45.7 39.4
   
43.7
National Average
39.5
National Average
© Scarborough Research 1999


TELEVISION

     SQAD                                TV Households
Daypart Second Quarter CPP Data Third Quarter CPP Data
Average Average
Early Morning

49

54

128

148

297

225

123

40

46

110

120

266

211

106

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


TELEVISION STATIONS

Call letters

Network affiliation

WFPX IND
WKFT IND
WLFL-TV WB
WNCN NBC
WRAL-TV CBS
WRAY IND
WRAZ-TV FOX
WRDC UPN
WRNC-TV IND
WRPX IND
WTVD-TV ABC
WUNC-TV PBS
 


CABLE SYSTEMS

Name

Subscribers

Type

Adelphia CableCommunications - South Hill

2,000

Primary System
Time Warner Cable Adcast

420,500

Primary Interconnect
Multimedia Cable Advertising Sales - Rocky Mount/Tarboro

30,500

Primary System
Cable Ad Connection, Inc. - Laurinburg/Maxton/Gibson/Laurel

7,600

Primary System

 

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


DAILY NEWSPAPERS

Name Circulation
M-Sat. Sunday
Goldsboro News-Argus 20,917(M-F) 23,783(SUN)
Rocky Mount Telegram 13,408 16,128
Raleigh News & Observer 342,977 207,437
Observer-Times 138,926 74,305
Durham Herald/Sun 50,696 57,448
© 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.

86

70

90

98

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            
  Raleigh-Durham MSA   


    Call letters Frequency  Format AQH
WAUG-AM

750

Gospel

700

WBBB

96.1

Album Oriented Rock

6,400

WCLY-AM

1550

Gospel

800

WDCG

105.1

Contemporary Hit Radio

8,700

WDNC-AM

620

News

600

WDUR-AM

1490

Gospel

900

WETC-AM

540

Regional Mexican

700

WFXC

107.1

Urban Adult Contemporary

3,900

WFXK

104.3

Urban Adult Contemporary

2,700

WHLQ

102.5

Country

600

WKIX

96.9

Country

1,900

WMPM-AM

1270

Country

1,200

WNNL

103.9

Gospel

10,700

WPTF-AM

680

News/Talk

7,700

WQDR

94.7

Country

7,500

WRAL

101.5

Adult Contemporary

7,300

WRBZ-AM

850

Talk

2,500

WRDU

106.1

Album Oriented Rock

8,100

WRTG-AM

1000

Contemporary Christian

400

WRTP-AM

1530

Contemporary Christian

100

WTRG

100.7

Oldies

7,500

WWND

102.9

New Adult Contemporary

3,400

WYRN-AM

1480

Country

400

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