The fourth and final day of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases bring Austin, Raleigh/Durham, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Nashville, Providence, Norfolk, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Greensboro, Memphis, and Hartford.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.
Waterloo Media Variety Hits “103.5 Bob-FM” KBPA stays on top in Austin as it trends back up 8.5 – 9.3 – 9.6. Public News/Talk 90.1 KUT moves up to second steady at an 8.9 share. Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ plummets 10.6 – 9.0 – 6.6 to fall to third.
AAA 98.9 KUTX rises 4.4 to 4.9 for what Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is an all-time record for the station. Also trending up in Austin are iHeartMedia Rhythmic CHR “102.3 The Beat” KPEZ (3.0 – 3.8 – 4.2) and CHR “96.7 Kiss-FM” KHFI (2.7 – 2.4 – 3.2). Genuine Austin Radio Country 99.3 KOKE-FM rises 1.4 to 2.6. Waterloo Media Hot AC “Lucy 93.3” KGSR is up 1.7 to 2.4 for its highest share since January 2020 which was three brand/format shifts ago.
Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC-FM leads Raleigh up 9.1 to 9.6. Curtis Media Variety Hits “96.1 BBB” WBBB is right behind up 8.6 to 8.9. Radio One Adult R&B “Foxy 107.1/104.3” WFXC/WFXK is third up 6.9 to 7.5 and Capitol Broadcasting AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM is fourth up 7.0 to 7.4.
Curtis Media Country 94.7 WQDR trends up 4.4 – 4.8 – 5.1, while Radio One Gospel “103.9 The Light” WNNL slides 5.0 – 4.2 – 3.2.
Cumulus Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK rises up 9.8 – 10.0 – 10.8 to retain the Indianapolis lead by a sizable margin. Emmis AC “B105.7” WYXB rebounds 8.6 – 6.4 – 7.1 to move up to second. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Q95” WFBQ is third down 7.2 – 6.6, while Emmis News/Talk 93.1 WIBC-FM trends down 8.2 – 7.2 – 6.6.
Emmis Sports “93.5/107.5 The Fan” 1070 WFNI trends up 4.2 – 4.7 – 5.9 for what Huff notes is the highest share since its 2008 flip to Sports. also trending up in Indianapolis are Cumulus CHR 99.5 WZPL (3.7 – 4.3 – 4.9) and Sarkes Tarzian AAA 92.3 WTTS (3.7 – 4.3 – 4.8).
The Milwaukee Brewers are yet another MLB team to help their flagship station surge this month. Good Karma News/Talk 620/103.3 WTMJ regains the market lead jumping up over four share points 5.6 to 9.7. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT rises to second 7.6 to 8.0. Saga Classic Rock “Hometown Rock 96.5” WKLH falls 8.8 to 7.8. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1130 WISN trends down 9.4 – 8.0 – 7.4, while Saga Rock “102.9 The Hog” WHQG drops 8.0 to 7.0.
iHeartMedia Country 106.1 WMIL also takes a sizable jump moving 5.4 to 6.9. Saga’s “Pure Oldies 106.9” WRXS debuts down 1.2 to 0.7.
Midwest Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK (9.3 to 8.7) and AC “Mix 92.9” WJXA (7.9 to 8.1) take the top two spots in Nashville. Cumulus Conservative Talk “99.7 WTN” WWTN rises 6.9 to 7.1 for what Huff notes is a record high for the station.
iHeartMedia Hip Hop “101.1 The Beat” WUBT jumps 4.8 to 6.2, while Cumulus Country “95.5 Nash Icon” WSM-FM is up 4.6 to 6.0.
iHeartMedia Rock 94.1 WHJY leads Providence despite a 9.2 to 8.4 drop. Hall Communications’ “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK falls 9.0 – 8.1 – 7.5. Cumulus AC “Lite 105” WWLI is down 7.3 to 7.0.
Audacy Adult R&B “95.7 R&B” WVKL holds a near seven share point lead in Norfolk with a 13.4 to 13.3 move. Sinclair Variety Hits “93.7 Bob-FM” WNOB trends down 7.9 – 7.0 – 6.6. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “103 Jams” WOWI is third down 5.9 to 5.5. Saga Classic Rock “106.9 The Fox” WAFX trends up to fourth 4.0 – 4.6 – 5.3.
Cox Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” WJGL trends up 9.0 – 9.6 – 10.3 with Huff noting that is its highest share since 1982 as CHR WAIV. Renda AC 96.1 WEJZ holds in second up 9.0 to 9.9. Cox News/Talk 104.5 WOKV-FM is fourth down 7.9 to 7.8, while sister Soft AC “Easy 102.9” WEZI rises 6.1 to 7.2.
Hubbard Hot AC 97.9 WRMF jumps up 8.4 to 10.4 to lead West Palm Beach. iHeartMedia AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL is second down 7.6 to 7.4, while sister Classic Rock “Gater 98.7” WKGR riues to third 5.3 to 5.9. Hubbard Classic Hits “107.9 Sunny-FM” WEAT falls 6.8 to 5.8, while their Adult R&B “X102.3” WMBX trends up 3.7 – 4.1 – 5.1.
iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101” KJMS remains on top in Memphis up 9.5 to 9.9. Co-owned Gospel “95.7 Hallelujah-FM” WHAL-FM rebounds 8.0 to 9.3 to tie for second with Cumulus Adult R&B 103.5 WRBO (steady at 9.3).
iHeartMedia’s R&B Oldies 1070 WDIA trends up 3.1 – 3.5 – 4.6 and Classic Rock “Rock 103” WEGR moves up 3.3 – 3.5 – 4.4. Cumulus Country “Kix 106” WGKX jumps 2.7 to 3.7.