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KCCI Dominates July Ratings

KCCI Increases Lead At 6pm And 10pm

POSTED: 10:58 am CDT August 26, 2008
UPDATED: 11:29 am CDT August 26, 2008

According to July 2008 Nielsen Media Research, KCCI - the Hearst-Argyle Station and CBS Affiliate in Des Moines – dominated the July news ratings, increasing its lead at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.

In fact, in head-to-head comparisons, KCCI newscasts were again watched in more Central Iowa homes than all its competitors’ newscasts combined.

                     KCCI                   WHO                 WOI                KDSM 

                               Rating/Share                         Rating/Share                Rating/Share                Rating/Share

M-F 5-7am           4/34 (4/33)                     4/34 (4/38)                1/6 (1/3)(6-7am) 
M-F 12pm            8/33 (8/35)                      6/26  (6/25)              3/13 2/8(11am-12pm)   
M-F 5pm            11/34 (12/33)                   9/28 (9/27)                2/5 (1/3)
M-F 6pm        14/35 (13/31)              10/26 (11/27)       1/3 (1/2)
M-F 9pm                                                                                                                 5/10 (4/8)
M-F 10pm          18/39 (17/38)                 11/25 (12/27)               1/3 (1/3)

A rating is the percentage of all TV households in the Des Moines/Ames DMA (Designated Market Area) tuned to a particular program.

A share is the percentage of all TV households using television in the Des Moines/Ames DMA tuned to a particular program.

“We’re particularly pleased that our two main newscasts at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. are gaining even more viewership, and that Central Iowans are overwhelmingly choosing News Channel 8 as their most trusted source for news,” says KCCI President and General Manager Paul Fredericksen.

Source: July  2008 Nielsen Media Research in the Des Moines/Ames Designated Market Area (DMA).


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