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Houston                                                     No. 11 DMA


    POPULATION

City Metro
1998  % since 1990 1997 % since 1990
1.79M +8.0 4.32M +15.8
 
U.S. Census 

 


    ETHNIC MIX

Population by race %
White Black Hispanic Asian
76.5 18.3 23.6 4.8
 
U.S. Census 1996 estimates may equal more than 100 percent

 


    WIREDNESS

Percentage of adults online
February 1999 February 1998
     
48.8 43.0
   
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

108

110

202

237

372

416

138

93

75

153

163

260

396

109

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


TELEVISION STATIONS

Call letters

Network affiliation

KETX IND
KHOU-TV CBS
KHSH IND
KHWB-TV WB
KLTJ-LP IND
KNWS-TV IND
KPRC-TV NBC
KPXB IND
KRIV FOX
KTMD SPN
KTRK-TV ABC
KTXH UPN
KUHT-TV PBS
KVVV IND
KXLN-TV SPN
KZJL IND
 


CABLE SYSTEMS

Name 

Subscribers

Type

Tri Cities Cable - Cleveland

2,550

Primary System
CableTime

37,784

Primary Interconnect
CableTime - Livingston

2,386

Primary System
Northland Cable Advertising

14,500

Primary Interconnect
Kingwood Cable Advertising

27,000

Primary Interconnect
Peoples Choice - Houston

17,500

Primary System
Optel Cable - West Houston

75,000

Primary System
Time Warner Cable Advertising

675,000

Primary Interconnect
 
 
INCOME
Per capita income for the metropolitan region
$21,737
1992


DAILY NEWSPAPERS

Name Circulation
M-Sat. Sunday
Brazosport Facts 16,760 17,905
Texas City Sun 5,870 6,191
Galveston County Daily News 23,663 24,479
Houston Chronicle 546,799(2000) 743,009(2000)
© ABC, combined M-Sat., Sunday Circulations as of 9/30/99

                              RADIO

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

253

185

241

256

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                       
      Houston MSA   


    Call letters Frequency Format    AQH
KBME--AM

790

Adult Standards

15,000

KBXX-FM

97.9

Contemporary Hit Radio

46,000

KCOH-AM

1430

Rhythm/Blues

2,900

KEYH-AM

850

Spanish

3,100

KHMX-FM

96.5

Adult Contemporary

30,000

KIKK-AM

650

Country

300

KIKK-FM

95.7

Country

15,500

KILT-AM

610

Sports

8,400

KILT-FM

100.3

Country

29,400

KKBQ-FM

92.9

Country

17,400

KKRW-FM

93.7

Classic Rock

22,400

KKTL-FM

97.1

Alternative

600

KLAT-AM

1010

Spanish

6,700

KLDE-FM

94.5

Oldies

23,000

KLOL-FM

101.1

Album Oriented Rock

20,600

KLTN-FM

102.9

Regional Mexican

29,300

KMIC-AM

1590

Childrens

1,900

KMJQ-FM

102.1

Urban Adult Contemporary

28,200

KODA-FM

99.1

Adult Contemporary

34,000

KOVA-FM

104.9

Spanish

1,900

KPRC-AM

950

News/Talk/Sports

18,900

KQQK

106.5

Tejano

8,000

KRBE-FM

104.1

Contemporary Hit Radio

36,800

KRTS-FM

92.1

Classical

5,000

KRTX-AM

980

Tejano

300

KRTX-FM

100.7

Tejano

2,200

KSEV-AM

700

News/Talk/Sports

6,000

KTBZ-FM

107.5

Alternative

24,500

KTRH-AM

740

News/Talk/Sports

22,700

KUST-FM

99.7

Country

200

KVST-FM

103.7

Country

3,100

KWWJ-AM

1360

Gospel

3,500

KXYZ-AM

1320

Spanish-News/Talk

3,400

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