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MAY MEASURECAST TOP 50 TOPPED BY MEDIAMAZING.COM, VIRGIN RADIO, 3WK:WEBCASTERS STREAM MORE HOURS IN MAY THAN IN APRIL

PORTLAND, Ore. June 5, 2001 - The MeasureCast Top 50 Internet radio stations ranking for May was topped by Internet-only broadcaster MEDIAmazing.com. Taking second place was U.K.-based Virgin Radio, followed by another Internet-only broadcaster, 3WK Undergroundradio.com. Internet-only stations made up half of this month's Top 50 list and took seven of the top10 spots. MeasureCast is the first company to provide Internet radio broadcasters with next-day audience size and demographics information.

Seventeen stations appeared on the Top 50 list in both April and May. Of these, 11 are Internet-only, and six are terrestrial stations simulcasting on the Web. Together, these stations streamed 13 percent more hours in May than they did in April. The total number of hours streamed by the Internet-only stations increased 14.8 percent over the previous month, while the terrestrial radio stations streamed 4.8 percent more hours. For the year, listening to stations measured by MeasureCast is up 52 percent.

Click below for the full Measurecast press release, and to see WCPE's placement in MeasureCast's May 2001 rankings:
http://www.measurecast.com/news/pr/2001/pr20010605m.html

Note:
MeasureCast currently only measures WCPE's Real Audio stream (hosted by Real Broadcast Network). Listening hours for WCPE's Windows Media, QuickTime and MP3 streams are not included in their report.

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