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PPM 5-Market Numeris Survey Results

The latest PPM rankings will be used to sell advertising in the critical run-up to the Christmas shopping season. We have David Bray's tally on who is hot and why plus a link to view the actual Numeris data in today's edition.

PPM 5-Market Numeris Survey Results

By David Farrell

CHFI-FM and BOOM 97.3 in Toronto show strong numbers in the latest Numeris PPM survey, FOX and QM-FM show strongly with males and females respectively, The Bear and Country 105 post well in Edmonton and Calgary, and CHOM continues its lead with anglophiles in Montreal.


– David Bray’s accounting of the 5-market survey can be viewed here 

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