With my programming now including more focus on national news, will my diarykeepers change the way in which they record their listening?
No, diarykeepers do not change the way in which they record their listening during wartime and/or national crisis. During the Sept.11 terrorist attacks and the many weeks thereafter, New York and Washington, DC, diarykeepers continued to record their listening by frequency, call letters, and/or Station Name. Program/personality entries continued to be recorded at very low levels and did not increase during that time. The same pattern held during the Beltway Sniper attacks in Washington, DC, during the Fall 2002 survey.
