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Internet Radio Networks Listener Record

Arbitron Inc. and comScore Media Metrix released the online radio ratings for December 2005. More than seven million people, age 12 and older, tuned to the online radio networks, Monday to Sunday from 6AM � 12 midnight. This is the first time the Cume audience for the five measured networks surpassed seven million listeners during an average week in a given month.

The midday Average Quarter-Hour (AQH) audience � listening Monday through Friday from 10AM-3PM � for the online radio networks reached a new high of 1,832,300 people, age 12 and older. Average Quarter-Hour is the estimated number of people who listen during an average 15-minute period of time during a given daypart.

The comScore Arbitron Online Radio Ratings service is based on a subset of approximately 200,000 U.S. participants within the comScore global consumer panel. Subscribers receive Average Quarter-Hour and Cume audience estimates for 38 demographics and 15 standard broadcast dayparts.

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