Nielsen Delays Spring Ratings for Two Markets

RADIO ONLINE | Friday, July 25, 2025 | 5:19pm CT

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Nielsen has postponed the release of Spring 2025 diary ratings for two markets due to what it described as an "unanticipated technical issue." In a client advisory issued Thursday morning (July 25), the audience measurement firm said ratings for Monmouth-Ocean, NJ and Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS will not be available as originally scheduled.

Nielsen said its technical teams are working to resolve the issue but did not provide a timeline for when the delayed data will be released. Both affected markets are measured twice per year using diary methodology.

Separately, Nielsen plans to issue a revised June 2025 ratings report for Atlanta (Market No. 7) after discovering that estimates for a low-power FM station and its streaming simulcast were inadvertently left out of last week's release. The stations impacted are Prism Broadcasting Network's WTBS-LP (87.7), an urban AC outlet, and its associated online stream WTBS-FM-STR.

The updated Atlanta report, which will include the omitted stations, is scheduled for release Tuesday, July 29 at 12 noon ET. Nielsen said results for all other stations in the market remain unaffected.