Reply #9: It would count

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Many strong-signaled out-of-market (fringe) stations may show up in neighboring books.

A good example would be Milwaukee, WI, where several Chicago stations show up. I myself listen to a few Chicago stations here, including the two sports stations, WBBM, WGN, WLS, and The Drive. They show up in the local ratings books.

Doubt that it would really affect Connecticut advertisers, though. Unless WLIB got extraordinary numbers, any New York station would likely be out of their price range, while the higher-rated local stations would be fairly inexpensive.

And the fact that the station is pretty staticy there makes it likely that it would show up in the local ratings reports, if at all. Unless there were a few diary keepers also listening through the static.

Still be a nice feather in the cap for AAR, though.