The fourth and final day of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases for the month bring Austin, Raleigh/Durham, Indianapolis, Nashville, Milwaukee, Providence, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Greensboro/Winston-Salem, West Palm Beach, Memphis, and Hartford.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.
Washington DC
After omitting Cumulus Media Conservative Talk 105.9 WMAL on Wednesday, Nielsen has republished the public numbers adding the station and its 4.0 share.
Austin
Waterloo Media Variety Hits “103.5 Bob-FM” KBPA maintains a significant lead down 9.9 – 9.6 – 8.7. Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ drops 6.9 to 6.3. iHeartMedia Country 98.1 KVET-FM is up 5.8 to 5.9. Waterloo Media News/Talk 590/99.7 KLBJ rises 5.5 to 5.6. Public News/Talk 90.1 KUT-FM dips 5.6 to 5.3.
iHeartMedia Country “KASE 101” 100.7 KASE rises 4.1 to 4.9. Waterloo Media Classic Rock 93.7 KLBJ-FM jumps 3.3 to 4.3. Waterloo Alternative “101X” KROX rises 1.9 to 2.8. AAA 98.9 KUTX trends down 4.0 – 3.3 – 2.5.
Raleigh/Durham
Radio One Adult R&B “Foxy 107.1/104.3” WFXC/WFXK dips 10.5 to 9.6 but remains in the lead. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk “106.1 FM Talk” WTKK rises 8.0 to 8.3. Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC-FM is up 7.4 to 7.5. Both Capitol Broadcasting AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM and Curtis Media Classic Hits “Kix 102” WKIX-FM/WKXU/WKJO rise 5.4 to 6.2.
Curtis Media Regional Mexican “La Ley 101.1” WYMY rises 3.2 to 4.1. Curtis CHR “Pulse-FM” 96.9 WPLW trends up 1.4 – 2.2 – 2.7. iHeartMedia CHR “G105” WDCG dips 2.4 to 2.3 tying its record low set in November.
Indianapolis
Radio One takes the top two spots as AC “B105.7” WYXB moves up to sole possession of the Indianapolis lead down 9.2 to 9.0 and News/Talk 93.1 WIBC-FM is up 8.0 to 8.1. Cumulus Media Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK falls 10.4 – 9.2 – 7.9 (stream adds 0.7). Radio One Country “97.1 Hank-FM” WLHK (5.6 to 5.9) and Cumulus Country 95.5 WFMS (5.7 to 5.9 plus 0.5 on stream) tie for fourth.
Both Hip Hop stations rise with Radio One’s “Hot 100.9” WHHH up 1.6 – 1.9 – 2.1 and iHeartMedia’s “Real 98.3” WZRL up 1.3 – 1.6 – 2.1.
Nashville
Midwest Communications continues to assert its dominance in Nashville. AC “Mix 92.9” WJXA continues to trend up 7.5 – 14.3 – 14.7. Co-owned Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK rises 9.3 – 9.6 – 9.9. Cumulus Classic Country “95.5 Nash Icon” WSM-FM is up 6.3 to 7.2. Cumulus News/Talk “99.7 WTN” WWTN gains 6.4 to 6.9. iHeartMedia Country “The Big 98” WSIX dips 7.0 to 6.8.
Cumulus Adult R&B “92Q” WQQK jumps 3.9 to 4.7. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “101.1 The Beat” WUBT drops 6.4 – 4.6 – 4.1. Public News/Talk 90.3 WPLN-FM is down 3.8 – 3.0 – 2.8.
Milwaukee
Saga Communications Classic Rock “Hometown Rock 96.5” WKLH continues its surge 8.4 – 9.2 – 10.6 which Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is the largest share ever for the signal. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1130 WISN dips 9.8 to 9.7, while sister Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT-FM falls 9.1 – 8.5 – 7.8. Good Karma News/Talk 620 WTMJ is up 7.0 to 7.4. iHeartMedia Country “FM 106.1” WMIL slides 7.8 – 6.6 – 6.2.
Saga Adult R&B “Jammin 98.3” WJMR surges 3.7 – 4.0 – 6.1. Audacy Hot AC “99.1 The Mix” WMYX rises 3.9 – 4.1 – 4.9.
Saga Rock “102.9 The Hog” WHQG trends down 5.5 – 5.0 – 4.4. Public News/Talk 89.7 WUWM falls 4.5 – 3.9 – 2.1.
Hubbard Classic Rock “97.1 The Drive” WDRV Chicago/96.9 WWDV Zion IL appears in the public numbers for the first time rising 1.9 to 2.2.
Providence
Cumulus AC “Lite 105.1” WWLI jumps up 8.2 to 9.8 with sister CHR “92 Pro-FM” WPRO-FM in second holding at a 7.9 share. iHeartMedia Rock 94.1 WHJY dips 7.9 to 7.4. Hall Communications’ “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK dips 7.3 to 7.1. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “B101” WWBB holds at a 6.8 share.
Cumulus News/Talk 630 WPRO/99.7 WEAN jumps 4.9 to 6.0. Hall Classic Hits “Big 101.3” 1450 WNBH trends down 3.1 – 2.8 – 1.6.
Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Audacy Adult R&B “95.7 R&B” WVKL extends its lead 10.0 to 10.9. Saga Classic Rock “106.9 The Fox” WAFX is up 8.6 to 8.9. Audacy AC “101.3 2WD” WWDE falls 7.1 to 6.4. Sinclair Variety Hits “93.7 Bob-FM” WNOB (5.2 to 5.9) and sister Country “US 106.1” WUSH (6.0 to 5.9) tie for fourth.
Max Media Country “97.3 The Eagle” WGH-FM falls 5.2 to 3.8. Max Media Urban Adult Hits “100.5 The Vibe” WVBW trends down 5.6 – 4.5 – 3.5.
Jacksonville
iHeartMedia Country 99.1 WQIK reclaims the Jacksonville lead down 9.2 to 8.7. Renda AC 96.1 WEJZ drops 9.3 to 8.1. iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101.5” WSOL gains 7.0 to 7.8. Cox Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” WJGL (7.0 to 7.6) and Soft AC “Easy 102.9” WEZI (7.4 to 7.6) tie for fourth.
iHeartMedia Rock “107.3 Planet Radio” WWJK jumps 5.2 to 6.1. Cox News/Talk 104.5 WOKV-FM trends down 7.8 – 7.4 – 7.0, while sister Alternative “X106.5” WXXJ slides 3.2 – 2.8 – 2.6.
iHeartMedia Hip Hop “93.3 The Beat” WJBT falls 6.0 – 4.9 – 4.7. Cox Hip Hop “Power 106.1” WJGL-HD2 dips 1.7 to 1.4, but its stream appears with a 1.1 share.
Greensboro/Winston-Salem
For the third straight month, Audacy Variety Hits “98.7 Simon” WSMW sets a new station record high trending up 12.2 – 12.5 – 12.8. Audacy Adult R&B 97.1 WQMG is up 10.5 to 10.8, while sister Country “93.1 The Wolf” WPAW places third down 7.9 to 7.6. iHeartMedia Country “Q104.1” WTQR dips 7.6 to 7.3. Dick Broadcasting Classic Rock “Rock 92” WKKR (7.9 to 7.1) and iHeartMedia AC “Mix 99.5” WMAG (7.0 to 7.1) place in a fifth ranked tie.
Audacy Hip Hop “102 Jamz” WJMH is up 5.5 to 6.0. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 94.5 WPTI trends up 3.9 – 4.9 – 5.1. Dick CHR 107.5 WKZL is up 2.2 to 2.8.
West Palm Beach
Hubbard holds four of the top five spots in the Palm Beaches with Classic Hits “Sunny 107.9” WEAT trending up 7.3 – 10.2 – 10.4. Hot AC 97.9 WRMF yo-yo’s 8.2 – 7.9 – 8.2. iHeartMedia AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL trends up 4.7 – 5.0 – 5.9. Hubbard Adult R&B “X102.3” WMBX falls 6.8 to 5.9 and Country 103.1 WIRK drops 5.6 to 4.8.
Glades Media Regional Mexican “La Ley 99.5” WLLY trends up 2.6 – 3.3 – 4.3. iHeartMedia CHR “Wild 95.5” WLDI rises 1.9 – 2.0 – 2.4. Following its January relaunch as “Jam’n 93.3“, iHeartMedia’s WZZR-HD2 trends up 0.3 – 0.5 – 1.0.
Memphis
Cumulus Media has apparently unsubscribed from Nielsen’s service in Memphis taking the market leading WRBO and others away from the public numbers.
iHeartMedia’s competing “V101” KJMS dips 10.4 to 10.1 to be the top visible station. iHeart Gospel “95.7 Hallelujah-FM” WHAL rises 8.1 to 8.7. Audacy AC “104.5 The River” WRVR is down 8.8 to 8.3. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “K97” WHRK falls 7.3 to 6.5. Ahead of its upcoming farewell, Audacy Hot AC “FM 100” WMC-FM trends down 7.3 – 6.0 – 5.4.
Audacy Country “94.1 The Wolf” WLFP is up 2.9 to 3.1. iHeartMedia News/Talk 600/92.1 WREC trends down 3.9 – 2.9 – 2.3. Flinn Classic Hits 107.5 WHBQ-FM rises 1.0 – 1.8 – 2.2.
Hartford
Audacy AC “Lite 100.5” WRCH drops 13.7 to 11.7 but still holds a commanding lead over sister Hot AC 96.5 WTIC-FM as it jumps 7.4 to 9.0. iHeartMedia Country 92.5 WWYZ trends up 6.3 – 6.6 – 7.3. iHeart Classic Hits “105.9 The River” WHCN inches up 6.8 to 6.9. iHeartMedia CHR “Kiss 95.7” WKSS rises 5.1 to 6.1.
Full Power Radio Classic Rock “102.9 The Whale” WDRC-FM falls 6.3 – 5.9 – 4.6. iHeartMedia Adult CHR “KC 101” WKCI rises 2.3 to 3.1.