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Radio News: AM and FM still lead media consumption per Nielsen

Feb 22, 2018 9:37 pm
Radio Magazine reports that Nielsen Media Research released its statistics for the second quarter of 2017 this week, and more Americans still tune in to AM or FM radio stations than any other form of media. Overall, 93 percent of Americans listen to the radio, either over-the-air or through online webstreams each week. That's 228.5 million adults over the age of 18, compared with 216.5 million for television (either live or digitally recordings), 204 million for apps or the internet on a smartphone, 127.6 million for video on a smartphone, 67.6 million for streaming audio, 35.9 million using satellite radio, and 20.7 million listening to subscribable audio shows.