Salt Lake's three most-listened-to morning teams — "Grant and Amanda" of KSL, "Kerry, Bill and Gina" of KXRK and "Dain and Peggy" of KSFI — gained even more popular over the past three months.
According to the latest Arbitron ratings, the winter book of 2003, Grant Nielsen and Amanda Dickson of KSL significantly increased their audience, once again leading the all-age (12-plus) and the adult (25-54) group ratings. They increased their audience by 0.5 percent and 1.0 percent respectively, undoubtedly aided by news of the war with Iraq and the return of Elizabeth Smart.
"The Radio From Hell" show with Kerry Jackson, Bill Allred and Gina Barberi on "X-96" jumped from an 8.4 percent share last book, among young adults, age 18-34, to 10.2 percent. They also improved 1.2 percent in the age 12-plus category.
Dain Craig and Peggy Ijams on "FM-100" improved from 7.0 percent to 8.5 percent among listeners, age 25-54, to keeping a firm hold on second place. They also gained 0.9 percent to remain at second in the age 12-plus category.
Jon Carter on KRSP also managed to more than double his audience in the age 18-34 group, going from 2.6 to a third-place 6.2 percent.
— Here are the top seven morning teams for the three main age groups, Monday to Friday, 6-10 a.m.:
Age 12-plus: 1. "Grant and Amanda, KSL (9.9 percent share); 2. "Dain and Peggy," KSFI (7.2); 3. "Radio from Hell Show" (Kerry, Bill and Gina), KXRK (5.7); 4. "Johnson and Johnson," KUBL (5.3); 5. Jon Carter, KRSP (5.0); 6. "Bob and Tom Show," syndicated, KBER (4.5); 7. "Fisher and Laura," KQMB (4.4).
Ages 18-34: 1. "Radio From Hell Show," KXRK (10.2 percent share); 2. "Johnson and Johnson," KUBL (6.6); 3. Jon Carter, KRSP (6.2); 4. "Bob and Tom Show," KBER (5.9); 5. "Chunga and Mister," KENZ (5.5); 6. "Fisher and Laura," KQMB (5.4); 7. "Dain and Peggy," KSFI (4.9).
Ages 25-54: 1. "Grant and Amanda," KSL (9.1 percent audience share); 2. "Dain and Peggy," KSFI (8.5); 3. "Bob and Tom Show," KBER (5.6); 4. Jon Carter, KRSP (5.3); 5. "Johnson and Johnson," KUBL (5.0); 6. "Chunga and Mister," KENZ (4.8); 7. "Fisher and Laura," KQMB (4.5).
KUER WELCOMES CULINARY EXPERT — FM-90.1 will host Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of Public Radio International's culinary program, "The Splendid Table," May 29-31. During her visit, Kasper will dine with KUER members, host a cooking class and present a live broadcast of her program. Kasper will round out her visit with a broadcast from the Sandy Target Superstore (10130 South State Street) on May 31,1 p.m.
TEN YEARS AGO IN SALT LAKE RADIO — KRSP begins a "Rock 103 Million Dollar Giveaway. . . . Joe Redburn loses his on-air spot at KTKK . . . . Charles Osgood of CBS Radio visits Salt Lake City. . . . "Grant and Amanda" become the new morning team on KSL, replacing Tim and Maria. . . . KKBE switches from top 40 music to a country-gospel format.
RADIO HAPPENINGS — Radio Disney is now on AM-910. It also has new local call letters, KWDZ.
— KALL is now on AM-700 and has a revised Web site at www.kall700.com.
— KBYU radio has donated more than 20,000 disks and LPs to the Brigham Young University Music Library, housed in the Harold B. Lee Library. These items were played on KBYU-FM until the arrival of the compact disc.
— "Grant and Amanda" of KSL radio will emcee the annual Teacher Feature banquet held at La Caille on May 29.
E-MAIL: lynn@desnews.com