News/Talk, AC Hold Top Format Spots; Spanish and Adult Hits Gain

Arbitron released its format trends report for the Summer 2006 radio survey.
The News/Talk/Information format kept the top spot with a 16.9 AQH share of Persons 12+ in continuously measured markets, though Arbitron noted it is off half of a share point compared to a year earlier. Spanish formats saw the biggest gains, increasing to an 11.1 AQH share, up 1 share point from 2005. Adult Hits was the second largest gainer with a gain of +0.7 share points.
Biggest drops were in Rock and New/Talk/Information.