Reader Survey
Recently, we asked our readers to tell us their favorite radio station in Baton Rouge and their operating system of choice. We recently closed this survey and have computed the results.
Radio Station
Radio Stations of our Readers
KLSU is the dominant radio station amongst our readers with an incredible 67% voting for it as their favorite. No other radio station had a clear plurality; the remaining six radio stations add up in lesser quantities to the remaining 33%. The notable anomalies in this poll are the curious absence of the major Clear Channel radio stations in our area (e.g. 102.5) and the major rock stations (e.g. 104.1 and 104.5). I think this is because our demographic is younger generations who have ties to LSU. The other notable exception in our poll is the presence of Sirius satellite radio. I’d imagine that in a city with so many radio station choices there would be no satellite radios appearing in this poll—clearly I was mistaken. I’m not sure what the meaning of this is in our poll—take it for what it’s worth.
Operating System
Operating System of Our Readers
Much like KLSU in the radio poll, our readers are largely Mac users. I attribute this to, again, the younger generation of our readers, with whom the Mac is more popular, and the high prevalence of web developers and other creative occupations who frequent our site.
This, of course, is a highly unscientific poll. The margin of error is +/- 1%. I’m not even sure if this could be used to extrapolate the predelictions of the larger Baton Rouge area. For example, it’s clear that the most popular radio station in Baton Rouge isn’t KLSU, although amongst LSU students this most certainly could be the case. Moreover, the plurality of Windows users leds me to believe that this applies to Baton Rouge as well. However, I think this is useful for anyone considering advertising on our blog. (And speaking of which, we have some available sponsorships.)
I would actually think that Satellite Radio is higher than that, but your question made people think “favorite station in Baton Rouge.” Satellite Radio doesn’t have localized stations. Additionally, most people who have satellite have it for other reasons having nothing to do with availability of other stations. For instance with a Sirius XM package, you can receive all NFL, MLB, NHL, and most college sports games. There are many commercial free radio channels and channels dedicated to Howard Stern, clean comedy, left and right politics, and hundreds more.
You raise good points—I never considered these things, perhaps because I do not subscribe to satellite radio. However, I’d think that if asked this question, a satellite radio listener would respond with satellite radio as their favorite—as did many.