All That Radio

For my next blog post, I decided to listen to the Allentown AM radio station 790 WAEB, and 95.1 WAYV, a FM station.  My goals were to compare and contrast these two radio stations, and to figure out the differences between these AM and FM stations.

One major comparison that I noticed was the ratio of commercials to the content of the radio stations.  Both stations had about the same percentage of commercials with only a 7.05 percent difference.  95.1 had the most commercial time, coming in at 38.5 percent, while 790 contained a 31.45 percent of commercial time.     

One major difference between the two radio stations that I noticed was how much time each commercial break was comprised of.  I found that as well as having more commercial time, 95.1 also had the most commercial break time.  The longest commercial break was seven minutes and forty seconds.  During the twenty minutes that I was listening to 95.1 there were a total of eight minutes and sixteen seconds of commercial time.  On the other hand, while listening to 790 for the same amount of time I found that the longest commercial break was only four minutes and twenty seconds.  And the total minutes of commercials for this station were six minutes and forty-eight seconds.           

While changing the radio stations, another thing I noticed was that the AM stations are all comprised of news and talk shows, while the FM stations play music.  790 WAEB was a more informative station than 95.1 WAYV.  I learned a lot by listening to this station.  The talk show hosts were discussing the ISIS attacks happening in Iraq and what President Obama had to say about this situation.  According to Obama, we should all be more knowledgeable about their religion in Iraq so that we can all make peace with each other.  While listening to 95.1 I found that station to be more entertaining, however the problem with this station was that there were more commercials than actual radio content.  This station played a total of three songs, all included in the rock genre which, unlike some people, I found to be entertaining.     

Below, I have included the URL's to both radio stations.  I encourage all of you to visit these sites and see for yourself which station you find more entertaining.                       

http://www.790waeb.com/main.html

http://www.951wayv.com