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11-22-2002

Internet Radio Listening Index Up 172 Percent Since January According To Arbitron's Measurecast Ratings

NEW YORK, November 21, 2002 - Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) announced today that the index of total time spent listening to a spectrum of online radio stations measured by Arbitron's MeasureCast Ratings grew 172 percent since January.аа
During the week of November 4, Clear Channel Worldwide was the top ranked Web radio network with 1,516,061 hours of Total Time Spent Listening (TTSL). TTSL, also called Aggregate Tuning Hours (ATH), is the sum total of hours tuned by listeners to a given station or network. MUSICMATCH, Inc. was ranked number two with 1,201,343 hours of tuning.

JazzFM moved into the top spot among individual stations with 363,038 hours of listening. Virgin Radio ranked number two with 312,073 hours of TTSL.
Demographic Highlights for the Week of Nov. 4 Ц Nov. 10
* The peak listening day was Wednesday, Nov 6, with 18% of the week's online listening.
* 79% of weekly on-line listening took place between 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific time.
* 12% of the week's total listening took place during the weekend.
* 86% of the measured listeners were between the ages of 18 and 54.
* 71% of listeners were men; 29% were women.
* In the U.S., 32% of listeners resided in the South; 29% in the West, 20% in the Northeast, and 18% in the Midwest.

Top 10 Internet Radio Networks (Nov. 4 - Nov. 10)
Rank Company TTSL (ATH)1 CUME2
1 Clear Channel World Wide 1,516,061 332,972
2 MusicMatch 1,201,343 364,468
3 StreamAudio 966,603 148,643
4 Radio Free Virgin 917,768 180,522
5 Warp Radio 677,466 102,272
6 Internet Radio, Inc. 624,953 216,920
7 Virgin Radio 440,483 91,196
8 SurferNETWORK 388,337 45,899
9 JazzFM 363,038 75,510
10 Moontaxi 353,280 55,362

The Arbitron's MeasureCast Weekly Top 25 (Nov. 4 - Nov. 10)
Rank Station Format Owner/Network URL TTSL (ATH)1
(in hours) Cume Persons2
1 JazzFM/102.2 FM & 100.4 FM
(London) Jazz Clear Channel World Wide
www.jazzfm.com 363,038 75,510
2 Virgin Radio/1215 AM & 105.8 FM
(London) Hot Adult Contemporary Virgin Radio New Media www.virginradio.co.uk 312,073 65,568
3 MUSICMATCH Artist Match
(Internet-only) Miscellaneous MUSICMATCH www.musicmatch.com 310,686 112,359
4 RADIOIO
(Internet-only) Adult Alternative RADIOIO/ioMediaPartners,inc. / LimeLight Networks www.radioio.com 302,002 56,828
5 WQXR-FM/96.3
(New York) Classical New York Times www.wqxr.com 211,161 47,584
6 MUSICMATCH Top Hits
(Internet-only) CHR / Top 40 MUSICMATCH www.musicmatch.com 174,129 92,796
7 K-LOVE Radio
(Sacramento) Contemporary Christian Music Educational Media Foundation www.klove.com 173,425 27,099
8 WBLS-FM/107.5
(New York) Hip Hop Inner City Broadcasting / BroadcastURBAN.com www.wblsi.com 154,389 17,101
9 Beethoven.com
(Internet-only) Classical Beethoven.com www.beethoven.com 151,670 24,165
10 KING-FM/98.1
(Seattle) Classical Classic Radio Inc. Real Broadcast Networks www.king.org 118,737 18,729
11 BlueGrass Country
(Internet-only) Country American University / Warp Radio www.bluegrasscountry.org 97,113 23,392
12 ESPN Radio
(Bristol, CT) Sports Talk The Walt Disney Internet Group www.espnradio.com 85,872 29,099
13 3WK Undergroundradio
(Internet-only) Alternative Rock 3WK www.3wk.com 77,754 24,268
14 WXPN-FM/88.5
(Philadelphia) Adult Album Alternative University of Pennsylvania / StreamGuys www.xpn.org 76,949 7,676
15 WFXZ-FM/93.7
(Wilmington, NC) Classic Rock Sea-Comm Media / Warp Radio www.937thebone.com 75,759 7,243
16 MUSICMATCH Soft Hits
(Internet-only) Soft Hits MUSICMATCH www.musicmatch.com 73,826 21,349
17 Radio Margaritaville
(Internet-only) Classic Rock Radio Margaritaville www.radiomargaritaville.com 67,566 11,824
18 ChoiceRadio Country
(Internet-only) Country Internet Radio, Inc. www.choiceradio.com 64,231 21,741
19 WHTZ-FM/100.3
(New York) CHR / Top 40 Clear Channel World Wide www.z100.com 63,616 19,998
20 ChoiceRadio New Age
(Internet-only) New Age Internet Radio, Inc. www.choiceradio.com 63,525 20,375
21 MUSICMATCH CountryHits
(Internet-only) Country Hits MUSICMATCH www.musicmatch.com 63,263 23,710
22 KNAC.COM
(Internet-only) Pure Rock KNAC.COM www.knac.com 61,387 17,337
23 WSB-AM/750
(Atlanta, GA) News/Talk Cox Radio, Inc./
StreamAudio www.wsbradio.com 56,539 11,508
24 ChoiceRadio Top 40
(Internet-only) CHR / Top 40 Internet Radio, Inc. www.choiceradio.com 52,664 21,074
25 MUSICMATCH 80's Hits
(Internet-only) 80'Hits MUSICMATCH www.musicmatch.com 51,257 21,482

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