The Ticket dominated radio's sports talk world again in the April book released this week. In fact, the station dominated the radio dials regardless of format in sports talk's target demographic -- men 25-54.

The Ticket was No. 1 overall in men 25-54 during the ratings period that covered March 24 to April 20.

105.3 The Fan was second in sports talk and seventh overall in the target demographic that pays salaries and bills. It can take some solace in leading the Ticket in men 18-34 -- 5.3 to 4.7.

After its best March ever, The Fan's overall men 25-54 ratings were up from a 3.6 to a 4.2.

Sportsradio KTCK-AM (1310) and KTCK-FM (96.7) The Ticket scored an 8.0.

KESN-FM (103.3), which bills itself as "ESPN Radio" but is operated by the same folks that run the Ticket, was a distant third in sports talk at 2.4 and 16th over all.

The always-dominant Musers, kings of morning drive, again were the only sports talkers to earn a double-digit share of the listening audience in men 25-54.

They scored a whopping 14.1, which, like all Ticket numbers, includes listeners to streaming audio. The station remains the only sports talk station to attract ratings on the streaming scale. The others have been unable to gain audiences that make an impact.

The top show at The Fan was Ben & Skin in afternoon drive at 5.7 while the national Mike & Mike show in morning drive led the way at KESN with a 4.5 from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Two additional hours (9- 11 a.m.) were added early in the book to try to spark the listening malaise in the time period that once belonged to Colin Cowherd and most recently Dan Le Batard. There was no major boost.

Here are the numbers:

Men 25-54 for the entire book:

Ticket - 8.0

Fan - 4.2

KESN - 2.4

Men 25-54 from Monday to Friday 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. when the big-name, high-priced local talent was on the air:

Ticket - 10.6

Fan - 4.4

KESN - 2.4

In the interest of egalitarianism, something no radio station pretends to care about because in a business that targets specific demographics, here are the ratings for all listeners over the age of 12:

Ticket: 3.3

Fan: 2.3

ESPN: 1.2

Monday-Friday show breakdown in men 25-54 from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.:

The Musers (Ticket), 6-10 a.m. - 14.1

BaD Radio (Ticket), noon-3 p.m. - 9.4

The Hardline (Ticket), 3-7 p.m. - 9.3

Norm & Donovan (Ticket), 10 a.m.-noon - 9.0

Ben & Skin (Fan), 3-7 p.m. - 5.7

Mike & Mike (KESN), 5-9 a.m. - 4.5

G-Bag Nation (Fan), 10 a.m.-3 p.m. - 3.9

Shan & R.J. (Fan), 6-10 a.m. - 3.4

Cowlishaw & Mosley (KESN), 3-6 p.m. - 1.9

Dennis & Friedo (KESN) 11 a.m.-3 p.m. - 1.3

Dan Le Batard/Mike & Mike (KESN), 9-11 a.m. - 1.3

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