For June, J1 reports lower listening statistics. The overall ASL is down to 15.43 compared to May’s 15.71 ASL. June’s lower statistics can be attributed to several factors including two significant network outages, one lasting 13 hours as well as the World Cup games and a seasonal decline in listening that has traditionally taken place each summer. J1 thanks our listeners for their patience and loyalty during our outage periods in May.

Listening tapered off a little bit in May. This is expected as historically, TLH has declined in the summer months because of less people in schools and others taking summer holiday/vacation.

Starting at the end of May, we have removed the Retro Weekend. We will reevaluate the strategy of the show as we get near the end of summer.

April brought a shower of new listeners to J1 as we saw a very significant increase in overall Total Listening Hours (TLH). J1’s overall ASL rating (see explanation below)) had soared this past month from 14.81 in March to 16.27 this month. ASL for Michiasa has substantially improved, especially on the weaker Monday (Sunday in the USA) timeslot. The growth in Europe is evident due to the rising amount of listening between 9AM and 5PM CET (overnight in the USA) and is responsible for filling in some of the “slumps” previous month’s results have experienced.

REC Networks has relaunched FMFIND.info today. FMFIND is a consumer friendly tool that allows users of satellite radio receivers, iPod extenders and other low power Part 15 devices that broadcast in the FM broadcast band to be able to locate a suitable channel that would avoid receiving interference from full power broadcast stations and FM translators.

FMFIND was started in 2006 originally in response to the hobbyist community who were using Part 15 transmitters such as those manufactured by C.Crane and Belkin to relay audio sources or very low power broadcast stations.

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