FOX Sports Radio's Multiplatform Programming Continues to Break Audience Records in October
LOS ANGELES, November 19, 2019 – FOX Sports Radio (FSR), a division of Premiere Networks, today reported audience growth for October 2019 across several platforms, including its national weekday programming, streaming, podcasts and www.FOXSportsRadio.com.
October 2019 marked record audience totals for the network’s marquee weekday programs The Herd with Colin Cowherd and Outkick the Coverage with Clay Travis. In more than four years on FOX Sports Radio, October yielded The Herd’s single greatest month in average quarter hour audience, growing +31.4% with Adults 25-54 and +36.2% with Men 25-54. Outkick, which joined the network three years ago, also had its best AQH month ever in October, increasing +38.3% with Adults 25-54 and +53.5% with Men 25-54. (Source: Nielsen Audio, PPM, Exact Times, AQH, Oct. ‘19 vs. Oct. '18)
Additionally, the newest additions to FSR’s weekday afternoon lineup, Straight Outta Vegas with R.J. Bell and The Odd Couple with Chris Broussard & Rob Parker, experienced significant audience growth in the October 2019 book. Since January 2019, Straight Outta Vegas’ audience has increased +150% with Adults 25-54 and +58% with Men 25-54, and The Odd Couple has increased +38% with Adults 25-54 and +30% with Men 25-54. (Source: Nielsen Audio, PPM, Exact Times, AQH, Oct. ‘19 vs. Jan. '19,)
For the second month in a row, FSR posted its largest streaming audience in the history of the network with total listening hours increasing +21% year-to-year in October 2019. The network also set another record for total monthly podcast listens in October, reaching more than 11 million monthly listens. It’s the fourth record-breaking month in a row, with total podcast listens growing 60% since January 2019. (Source: Megaphone October 2019).
Plus, monthly page views for www.FOXSportsRadio.com ranked #3 all-time in October 2019, increasing +165% year-over-year.
About FOX Sports Radio
The FOX Sports Radio Network, based in Los Angeles, Calif., is a division of Premiere Networks in partnership with FOX Sports. All entities have combined their considerable resources to develop a turnkey, personality driven sports programming network for radio stations nationwide. The FOX Sports Radio Network reaches more than 15 million monthly listeners on more than 500 radio stations, and can also be heard on iHeartRadio and FOXSportsRadio.com. Fans can also follow the network on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
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