(January 28, 2010) KOST was the dominant station in the just-released Holiday ’09 Arbitron Monthly PPM 6+. The survey period started December 10 and concluded January 6. KOST started the all-Christmas music the Thursday before Thanksgiving and continued until the day after Christmas. The jump for KOST, with predominately holiday music, which they have owned for years, went from 5.5 – 8.1. Runner-up was KIIS/fm, which went up 4.7 – 4.9, followed by K-EARTH, which remained constant at 4.4.

In morning drive, Bill Handel was #1 and the KOST morning duo of Mark Wallengren and Kristin Cruz moved from 6^th to 2^nd.

The full listing of the Holiday Book with the first number being the December share with the second number the Holiday figure.

1. KOST (AC) 5.5- 8.1
2. KIIS (Top 40/M) 4.7 – 4.9
3. KRTH (Classic Hits) 4.4 – 4.4
4. KFI (Talk) 3.9 – 3.8
5. KCBS (JACK/fm) 3.6 – 3.6
6. KAMP (AMP RADIO) 3.5 – 3.4
7. KHHT (HOT 92.3) 3.2 – 3.3
8. KBIG (MY/fm) 3.4 – 3.2
    KLOS (Classic Rock) 3.1 – 3.2
10. KBUE (Regional Mexican) 2.4 – 3.0
     KLAX (Regional Mexican) 3.3 – 3.0
     KLVE (Spanish Contemporary) 3.5 – 3.0
     KPWR (Top 40/R) 3.2 – 3.0
14. KROQ (Alternative) 2.9 – 2.9
15. KNX (News) 3.0 – 2.8
16. KSCA (Regional Mexican) 2.6 – 2.7
17. KYSR (98-7) 2.7 – 2.6
18. KTWV (The WAVE) 2.9 – 2.5
19. KRCD (Spanish Adult Hits) 2.6 – 2.1
     KUSC (Classical) 2.5 – 2.1
21. KPCC (News/Talk) 2.2 – 1.9
22. KSWD (The Sound) 1.8 – 1.8
     KXOL (Latin Urban) 1.5 – 1.8
24. KKGO (Country) 2.0 – 1.7
     KSSE (Spanish Contemporary) 1.5 – 1.7
26. KDAY (Urban) 1.2 – 1.4
27. KABC (Talk) 1.5 – 1.3
     KXOS (Spanish AC) 1.6 – 1.3
29. KLYY (Spanish Adult Hits) 1.4 – 1.2
     KSPN (Sports) 1.3 – 1.2
31. KDLD (Regional Mexican) 1.3 – 1.1
     KJLH (Urban AC) 0.8 – 1.1
33. KHJ (Regional Mexican) 0.9 – 1.0
34. KCRW (Variety) 1.0 – 0.9
     KFSH (Christian Contemporary) 0.8 – 0.9
     KRLA (Talk) 1.0 – 0.9
37. KKJZ (Jazz) 0.8 – 0.8
38. KFWB (News/Talk) 0.7 – 0.7
     KLAC (Sports) 0.8 – 0.7
40. KOLA (Classic Hits) 0.3 – 0.6
41. KTLK (Talk) 0.4 – 0.5