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 Radio Ratings Books

   Hooper - Pulse - ARB - Birch - Others
Ratings book archive with examples of surveys from the period 1927 to the 1990's. These are actual copies of the original ratings just as presented to stations and advertisers.
Radio History Links
C.E. Hooper, Inc

The Pulse
Founded by Dr Sydney Roslow, operated until 1978.

Mediastat/Mediatrend
Created by James Sieler, the original founder of A.R.B.
C. A. B  (Cooperative Analysis of Broadcasting)
From Time: Radio's most famous linesman passed into limbo last week. The Cooperative Analysis of Broadcasting, Inc., sponsor of the "Crossley rating" system, closed its Manhattan office and went out of business. Cause of death: radiomen decided last summer that the industry-financed C.A.B. was duplicating the independent telephone poll of C. E. Hooper.
C.A.B., organized by radio advertisers in 1929, early hired pioneer market researcher Archibald M. Crossley* to measure the unseen audience. In up to 81 U.S. cities for 16 years, Crossley aides thumbed through telephone directories, called subscribers at random, asked them what program, if any, they were listening to.
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Year Ratings service (Click to Open) City or area Survey Period
1927 Crossley - From an Advertising Book Earliest Radio Ratings yet found November, 1927
1935/36 Crossley - CAB City Report Multiple Markets October '35 - April '36
1936/37 Crossley - CAB City Report Multiple Markets October '36 - April '37
1937/38 Crossley - CAB City Report Multiple Markets October '38 - April '39
1938/39 Crossley - CAB City Report Multiple Markets October '38 - April '39
1939/40 Crossley - CAB City Report Multiple Markets October '39 - April '40
1940/41 Crossley - CAB City Report Multiple Markets October '40- April '41
1941 Pulse Special Survey New York Comparison of Phone homes with non-phone homes by program and station
1941/42 Crossley - CAB City Report Multiple Markets October '41 - April '42
1941-45 Pulse New York 4 years of summaries
1943-1950 Hooper Norfolk VA 7 years of summaries
1945 Crossley - CAB City Report Multiple Markets July / August
1945 Crossley - CAB City report Multiple Markets May / June
1945 Crossley - CAB City Report Multiple Markets Sept / Oct
1945 Crossley - CAB City Report Multiple Markets Nov/Dec
1946 Crossley - CAB City Report Multiple Markets Jan / Feb
1945/46 Hooper Local Market Richmond, VA Oct 1945 to Feb 1946
1946/47 Hooper Comprehensive National November December
1946/47 Hooper Comprehensive National Winter - Spring
1947 Conlan Gadsden, AL June 1947
1947 Pulse New York April
1947 Hooper Comprehensive National Summer
1947/48 Hooper Comprehensive National Winter - Spring
1948 Hooper Comprehensive National Summer
1949 Hooper Comprehensive National Summer
1949 A. R. B. Washington, D.C. October 1949
1948/49 Hooper Comprehensive National Fall - Winter
1948/49 Hooper Comprehensive National Winter - Spring
1949 ARB Television Washington DC August (First TV Report)
1950 Hooper Local Market Los Angeles TV Radio comparison
Hooper Local Market New York Radio - TV Comparison
  Pulse Local Combined Market Anderson, SC Full Day Custom Market area of several counties
1952 ARB TV Nationals October National network sweeps. Includes duMont net.
1952 ARB Local Market Los Angeles Hour by Hour special survey
1956 Hooper Local Cleveland October detailed
1960 Pulse Ratings San Diego Two books from 1960
1959 O'Connor Survey Hickory, NC 1959
1961 Hooper Local Roanoke, VA July-August
  Hooper Local New Orleans Feb-My
1963 A.R.B. Local TV New York City Three "Local Market" books
1964 Hooper Local Mobile November 1964
  Arbitron Local Washington, DC September, 1964
1965 Arbitron Local Chicago April May
  Pulse WKNR Special Report Detroit Qualitative study of WKNR
  Hooper Local Milwaukee 1955
  Mediastat San Juan, PR January, 1979
1966 Hooper New York City September to December 1966
1967 Arbitron Local Omaha Spring
1968-71 Arbitron Local Cume Reports Many markets
1973 ARB Local Report San Francisco April-May
  Arbitron Miami April-May
  Arbitron Miami October-November
  Pulse Miami October November
  Hooper Miami October-November
  Hooper Richmond October
1974 Arbitron Diary Review Richmond Station diary review notes
1976 Arbitron Raleigh-Durham April May
1978 Orlando ARB Local Orlando FL October-November
  Arbitron Richmond October-November
1979 Mediastat San Juan, PR March, 1979
1979 Mediastat San Juan, PR Nov 78-Jan-79-Mar 79
1980 Radio USA Fall '80 USA Ratings Summary all rated markets
1981 Radio USA Spring '81 USA Ratings Summary all rated markets
1985 Arbitron Local Atlanta, GA Spring 1985
1986 Minneapolis ARB Local Minneapolis, MN Spring 1986
1987 Arbitron Local Lexington, KY 1987
  Arbitron Rochester Winter
  Arbitron Local Raleigh / Durham 1987
1988 Birch El Paso, TX 1988
1989 Birch Lexington, KY Winter 89
  Arbitron Custom Area Nagshead NC Spring 1989
1990 Australia Central Victoria Regional Ratings
1991 Arbitron Local Columbus, OH 1991 Fall
  Radio USA Spring '91 USA Ratings Summary all rated markets
  Radio Nationwide Spring '91 National Network Ratings
1993 Strategic Radio Research Columbus, Ohio Summer 1993
1998 Arbitron Diary Comments Sample of comment report for KYNG Dallas 1998
Arbitron Local Los Angeles
Multi-Year View
(A single book from
each year over a
13 year period for
analysis and
study)
1992 1994
1995 1997
1998 1999
2000 2001
2002 2003
2004 2005
  Arbitron Local Philadelphia
1997 to
2000
13 books.
97 Fall 97 Spring
97 Summer  
98 Winter 98 Spring
98 Summer 98 Fall
99 Winter 99 Spring
99 Summer 99 Fall
00 Spring 00 Summer
  Arbitron New York City
One Full Book		 1998 Winter