# Where to find radio ratings? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-find-radio-ratings/647533 "2013-01-17T18:13:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-find-radio-ratings/647533/1 "2013-01-17T18:13:29Z")
Is there a free source for radio ratings? I can only find websites that require paid membership to vew station or show ratings. I have also found radio show ratings rankings, but not actual ratings numbers to compare a radio show from one quarter to the next. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-find-radio-ratings/647533/2 "2013-01-17T18:46:57Z")
Radio ratings (in the US anyway) are primarily done by [Arbitron](http://www.arbitron.com/home/content.stm). Since they charge stations for their rating books you probably won’t find a lot of detailed information available for free. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-find-radio-ratings/647533/3 "2013-01-18T03:13:46Z")
[Radiodiscussions.com](http://radiodiscussions.com/smf/)is a broadcaster’s forum, with a lot of inside stuff, and individual forums for top markets. You’ll find a lot of ratings talk there, but mixed up with other news and gossip, not organized. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-find-radio-ratings/647533/4 "2013-01-18T03:19:47Z")
Are you planning to buy radio time? The station will provide. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-find-radio-ratings/647533/5 "2013-01-18T15:51:14Z")
I’m not immediately looking to buy radio time, just more curious than anything. The message board **kunilou** linked to looks promising. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![tbook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tbook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tbook)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-find-radio-ratings/647533/6 "2013-01-18T17:32:55Z")
I tried this link from Arbitron’s site and was able to get a ratings report on my local market. [http://www.arbitron.com/home/delivsched.asp](http://www.arbitron.com/home/delivsched.asp) ---
**Author:** ![ExcitedIdiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ea5d25/32.png) [@ExcitedIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExcitedIdiot)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-find-radio-ratings/647533/7 "2013-01-19T22:44:58Z")
> [@tbook](#): > > I tried this link from Arbitron’s site and was able to get a ratings report on my local market. > [http://www.arbitron.com/home/delivsched.asp](http://www.arbitron.com/home/delivsched.asp) I couldn’t get any data from that, just a schedule of when the ratings come out. To the OP: [Allaccess.com](http://Allaccess.com) posts some arbitron data. I think it has the station rankings for each market and might have rankings by timeslot. You have to sign up, but it’s free.