Third-quarter 2011 DR radio media billings results provided by Kantar Media show a 5.5-percent dip in spending to $10,823,100 — $643,500 less than in 3Q 2010. The results are an unfortunate reversal of fortune from the same time period a year ago, when DR radio media billings began to show...More>>

Second-quarter 2011 DR radio media billings, provided by Kantar Media, dropped 12.3 percent ($1.4 million) when compared to 2Q 2010. This is a reversal of fortune from the same period last year, when second-quarter numbers saw an increase for the first time in four years and total quarterly...More>>

DR radio media billings enjoyed a healthy turnaround in the first quarter of 2011, according to data provided by Kantar Media. The first-quarter 2011 total of $14,434,400 was up almost $4 million from 1Q 2010, a 27.4-percent increase. Though this quarter’s total falls about $1.9 million short of...More>>

Bouncing back from a dismal 2009, DR radio media billings closed out 2010 with more than respectable numbers, finishing off the year at $49.3 million, a 16.5-percent increase from the prior year. Kantar Media reports fourth-quarter direct response radio media billings of $16,295,400, a vast...More>>

While there’s been extensive discussion and debate regarding the changing landscape of television advertising, radio too as a medium has seen quite a shakeup in recent years — given the expanding outlets and options for music and content, especially at a time when even the term “Napster”...More>>

Second-quarter 2010 DR radio media billings, provided by Kantar Media, show a 10.9-percent increase of about $1.2 million. This is the first time in the past four years that second-quarter numbers have seen an increase, and total quarterly spending has returned to above $10 million after last...More>>

DR radio media billings continue to slide in the first quarter of 2010, according to data provided by Kantar Media (formerly TNS Media Intelligence). First-quarter 2010 totals — $10,482,000 — were down just more than $1 million from 1Q 2009, a 9.3-percent decrease, and fell about $1.5 million...More>>

When do you know a market is struggling? When a quarter that shows a 28.3-percent loss — like 4Q 2009 — can be considered a slight rebound from the previous two quarters. Kantar Media (formerly TNS Media Intelligence) reports direct response radio media billings of just more than $12 million...More>>

Third-quarter 2009 DR radio media billings results, provided by Kantar Media (formerly TNS Media Intelligence), show a precipitous slide of 37 percent from same-quarter totals one year ago, losing more than $4.5 million. Just one quarter ago, DR radio media billings fell below $10 million in a...More>>

Second-quarter 2009 DR radio media billings, provided by TNS Media Intelligence (TNSMI), show an 11.9-percent decrease of more than $1.3 million. This marks the third consecutive year that second-quarter numbers have declined and is the lowest quarter reported in six years of TNS-provided data.More>>