DOCUMENTING THE HISTORY OF RADIO IN NORTH TEXAS |
INCLUDING 50 YEARS' WORTH OF NIELSEN/ARBITRON RATINGS |
1920 - 1965 |
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A year-by-year look at the evolution of radio in north Texas |
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Origins | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s |
1966 - 2015 | |||||||||
Highlights from each year, along with the top ten stations from each Nielsen/Arbitron survey. |
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(From 1966 to 1973, Arbitron measured Dallas and Fort Worth as separate markets. Only the top five stations are ranked during those years.) |
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1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | ||||||
1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
OTHER RATINGS SERVICES
CROSSLEY Dallas 1935-1946 |
HOOPER Dallas 1959 |
BIRCH D/FW 1987-1991 |
ACCURATINGS D/FW 1993-1998 |
THE RECORD BOOK
THE #1 LIST Top stations by survey 1966 to now |
RECORD STREAKS Ratings achievements in the diary era (1966-2008) |
RECORD HIGHS Highest ratings by frequency in the diary era (1966-2008) |
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