Interesting Trivia and Facts about THE BEST OF TIMES

·       When was the publication, Senior Scene News, purchased by TBT Multimedia, LLC? Answer: Senior Scene News was acquired on October 5, 2001 by TBT Multimedia, LLC

·       When did TBT Multimedia, LLC publish its first newspaper issue?  Answer: The first issue of Senior Scene News under the new ownership and management was the November 2001 issue.

·       When was the change made in the publication name from “Senior Scene News” to “THE BEST OF TIMES”?  Answer:  This name change occurred beginning with the February 2003 issue.

·       When was the change made in format from a tabloid newspaper to a magazine format for The Best of Times made?  Answer: This change to magazine format occurred beginning with the April 2005 issue

·       When was the change made to print in all color in The Best of Times?  Answer: This change to print The Best of Times magazine in all color occurred beginning with the April 2009 issue.

·       When was the change made to print an all color issue on high glossy paper for The Best of Times?  Answer: This change to print The Best of Times magazine to all color on high glossy paper occurred beginning with the March 2011 issue.

• During the past 10 years, how many total copies of our monthly publication been printed?  Answer: We have published 2.4 million copies of our publication The Best of Times and Senior Scene news which equates to 115 million pages of print.
• During the past 10 years, approximately how many printed words were used in the combined 120 issues?   Answer: Approximate 4.6 million words, and the four most frequently used words in all of these 120 issues was  “The”  “Best”  “Of”  “Times”
• During the past 10  years, what were the total national and regional awards that we have won over the past 10 years? Answer: The Best of Times and Senior Scene News has been honored to have won 76 national and regional awards in various categories.
• How many locations can a person currently pick up THE BEST OF TIMES – Free of charge?  Answer: Since 2001, we have provided our monthly publication for free pickup at distribution locations in Northwest Louisiana…currently, 528 distribution locations.
• As The Best of Times is also available to be mailed to paid subscribers, how many states does The Best of Times currently mail one or more copies to its subscribers:  Answer: Currently, we mail copies of every monthly issue of The Best of Times to subscribers residing in 25 of the 50 states.
• According to independent readership survey, how many readers read The Best of Times on a monthly basis?  Answer:  There are an estimated 60,771 readers plus internet visitors who view and download current and past issues from our website.
• What is percentage of readers are women?  Answer: An estimated 62% of the readers of The Best of Times are women.
• What percentage of readers are 45 and older?  Answer: An estimated 98% of the readers of The Best of Times are 45 years of age and older.
• What percentage of readers keep monthly issues for longer than 30 days?  Answer: An estimated of 56% of the readers of The Best of Times stated that they keep a monthly issue longer than 30 days.
• What percentage of readers told surveyors that they frequently select services or purchase products based upon ads seen in The Best of Times?  Answer: 71.2% of our readers stated that they frequently select services or purchase products based upon ads that they saw in an issue of The Best of Times.
• In what year, did the Best of Times decide to publish its first annual senior resource directory – Silver Pages?  Answer: In 2003, Silver Pages was published in a tabloid format, in later years changed to a magazine format. It is our most popular publication and used by many thousands locally, statewide, and nationally. It is our most frequently downloaded and viewed document on our website.
• When did The Best of Times establish its internet website? Answer: In November 2001, we established our website and had our complete issue for viewing and downloading.  Since 2001, we have had over 10 million visitors to our website at www.thebestoftimesnews.com.
• On January 29, 2002, we began our weekly radio talk show, THE BEST OF TIMES RADIO HOUR (formerly called “Senior Scene Saturday”) on News Radio 710 KEEL in Shreveport, then in later years, we move our broadcast our radio show on AM 1130 KWKH radio every Saturday mornings from 9 to 10 am. How many radio show broadcasts of The Best of Times Radio Hour have occurred?  Answer: We have broadcasted over 500 radio shows with over 1,000 guests over the past 10 years, including many live remote broadcasts. There have been several million listeners have tuned into our radio show via AM broadcast radio, listened via streaming from the internet, or listened via their Iphone, Ipads, and Android phones.  In addition, we have over 50 previously aired radio shows for listening from our website to give the opportunity for website visitors to listen to these radio shows at anytime.