The fourth and final day of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases for the month bring Austin, Raleigh/Durham, Indianapolis, Nashville, Milwaukee, Providence, Norfolk, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Greensboro/Winston-Salem, Memphis, and Hartford.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.
Austin
Waterloo Media Variety Hits “103.5 Bob-FM” KBPA continues to hold a commanding lead dropping 10.0 to 9.0. Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ rises to second 5.8 to 6.6. University of Texas’ duo of Public News/Talk 90.5 KUT-FM (6.9 to 6.5) and AAA 98.9 KUTX (6.1 to 6.0) follow. iHeartMedia Country 100.7 KASE is fifth up 5.7 to 5.9.
Waterloo Media Regional Mexican “107.1 La Z” KLZT jumps up 3.5 to 4.5, while co-owned Classic Rock 93.7 KLBJ-FM rises 2.5 to 3.3, Alternative “101X” KROX trends up 1.9 – 2.5 – 3.3, and Hot AC “Lucy 93.3” KGSR rises 2.1 to 2.9. Classical 89.5 KMFA trends down 5.8 – 4.0 – 2.6. Univision Regional Mexican “Que Buena 104.3” KLQB rises 1.1 to 2.3.
Raleigh/Durham
Capitol Broadcasting AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM rises 8.4 to 9.0. Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC-FM takes second up 7.8 to 8.0. A third place tie features Radio One Adult R&B “Foxy 107.1/104.3” WFXC/WFXK (8.0 to 7.4) and iHeartMedia Conservative Talk “Talk 106.1” WTKK (6.7 to 7.4). iHeartMedia Classic Rock 100.7 WRDU rises 6.0 to 6.1.
Indianapolis
For the second straight month, Cumulus Media Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK sets a new station record high rising 12.4 to 12.8. Emmis News/Talk 93.1 WIBC is second down 9.5 to 9.0, while sister AC “B105.7” WYXB dips 8.7 to 8.1. Radio One Adult R&B 106.7 WTLC-FM is off 6.7 to 6.3. Emmis Country “97.1 Hank-FM” WLHK rises 5.5 to 6.1.
iHeartMedia CHR “G105” WDCG trends up 3.5 – 3.9 – 4.6.
Nashville
Midwest Communications Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK surges up 7.5 to 9.4, with Ratings Expert Chris Huff noting its just a tenth off its record high set in October 2020. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “101.1 The Beat” WUBT jumps up 6.2 to 7.2 for second. A pair of Country stations tie for third with Cumulus’ “95.5 Nash Icon” WSM-FM rising 5.5 to 6.7, while iHeartMedia’s “The Big 98” WSIX down 7.2 to 6.7. Public News/Talk 90.3 WPLN-FM rises 5.5 to 6.4.
Salem Christian AC “94 The Fish” WFFH/WFFI trends up 1.6 – 2.4 – 3.9. Trending down in Nashville are Cumulus News/Talk “99.7 WTN” WWTN (7.2 – 6.8 – 6.1), iHeartMedia CHR “107.5 The River” WRVW (5.3 – 4.4 – 3.9), and Midwest CHR “Hot 106.7” WNFN (2.5 to 1.6).
Milwaukee
Good Karma News/Talk 620/103.3 WTMJ rises 8.2 to 9.9 to move from a third place tie to first. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT rises 8.2 to 9.0. Saga Classic Rock “Hometown Rock 96.5” WKLH dips 8.9 to 8.0. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1130 WISN is off 8.3 to 7.5. iHeartMedia Country “FM 106.1” WMIL rises a full share 5.3 to 6.3.
Milwaukee Radio Alliance Alternative “FM 102.1” WLUM trends up 3.2 – 3.5 – 4.5. Saga’s “Pure Oldies 106.9” WRXS rises 1.8 to 2.2. iHeartMedia Sports “97.3 The Game” WRNW-FM falls 1.5 to 0.7.
Providence
iHeartMedia Rock 94.1 WHJY extends its lead to nearly 4 share points with an 11.3 to 11.4 gain, while Hall Communications’ “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK drops 10.0 to 7.8. Cumulus CHR “92 Pro-FM” WPRO-FM rises 6.6 to 6.9, while sister AC is off 6.9 to 6.8. Cumulus News/Talk 630 WPRO/99.7 WEAN falls 6.7 to 5.0 to move into a fifth place tie with iHeartMedia Classic Hits “B101” WWBB, which rises 4.0 to 5.0.
Hall Classic Hits “Big 101.3” 1340 WNBH jumps up 1.4 to 2.6.
Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Audacy Adult R&B “95.7 R&B” WVKL continues its usual dominance with a 10.4 to 10.5 move. Saga Rock “FM 99” WNOR is second up 7.0 to 7.3, with sister Classic Rock “106.9 The Fox” WAFX up 6.6 to 6.7. Sinclair’s duo of Variety Hits “93.7 Bob-FM” WNOB (steady at 5.8) and Country “US 106.1” (5.2 to 5.8) tie for fourth.
Audacy Hot AC “94.9 The Point” WPTE trends down 4.4 – 4.1 – 3.2.
Jacksonville
Cox News/Talk 104.5 WOKV-FM rises 10.5 to 10.6, while sister Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” WJGL jumps up 8.8 to 9.7. iHeartMedia Country 99.1 WQIK rises 8.2 to 9.0, while sister Adult R&B “V101.5” WSOL-FM surges 5.9 to 7.2. Renda AC 96.1 WEJZ falls 8.2 to 6.8.
Three iHeart stations are trending downward. Rock “107.3 Planet Radio” WWJK falls 5.2 to 3.8, Hip Hop “93.3 The Beat” WJBT is down 5.0 – 4.1 – 3.5. CHR “97.9 Kiss-FM” WKSL slips 3.4 – 3.2 – 2.5.
West Palm Beach
Hubbard Hot AC 97.9 WRMF dominates the market as usual rising 9.6 to 9.8, while co-owned Classic Hits “Sunny 107.9” WEAT (6.4 to 6.3) and “New Country 103.1” WIRK (up 5.1 to 6.3) tie for second. iHeartMedia AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL is up 5.3 to 5.4, and sister Classic Rock “Gater 98.7” WKGR rises 4.5 to 5.1.
Greensboro/Winston-Salem
Audacy Adult R&B 97.1 WQMG is off 13.4 to 12.6. Dick Broadcasting Classic Rock “Rock 92” WKRR rises 9.4 to 9.8. Audacy Variety Hits “98.7 Simon” WSMW dips 9.2 to 8.9, while sister Hip Hop “102 Jamz” WJMH moves 8.3 to 8.1. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 94.5 WPTI rises 5.1 to 5.6.
Both Top 40s rise with iHeartMedia’s “Hits 100.3” WMKS up 2.9 – 3.5 – 4.2 and Dick’s 107.5 WKZL up 3.3 – 3.5 – 3.9. iHeart AC “Mix 99.5” WMAG is off 5.6 – 5.1 – 4.5.
Memphis
Cumulus Adult R&B 103.5 WRBO retains its narrowing lead down 13.6 to 12.1. iHeartMedia’s trio follows with Adult R&B “V101” KJMS up 9.2 to 10.8, Gospel “95.7 Hallelujah-FM” WHAL-FM rising 9.5 to 10.4, and R&B Oldies 1070 WDIA up 6.9 to 8.0. Audacy AC “104.5 The River” WRVR is up 6.1 to 7.1.
Audacy Hot AC “FM 100” WMC-FM rises 3.9 to 5.3. Flinn Classic Hits 107.5 WHBQ-FM is up 1.3 to 2.2. iHeart’s duo of Hip Hop “K97” WHRK (7.0 to 6.0) and CHR “101.9 Kiss-FM” KWNW (2.1 to 1.3) were down.
Hartford
Audacy AC “Lite 100.5” WRCH is up 10.9 to 12.5. iHeartMedia Country 92.5 WWYZ rises to second up 7.5 to 8.2. Public News/Talk 90.5 WNPR-FM is off from its station record last month 10.1 down to 7.8. Full Power Radio Classic Rock “102.9 The Whale” WDRC-FM rises 6.7 to 7.3. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “105.9 The River” WHCN dips 7.1 to 6.7.
Audacy Hot AC 96.5 WTIC-FM trends down significantly 9.2 – 7.7 – 6.5, while sister News/Talk 1080 WTIC is off 5.3 – 5.1 – 4.5.
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