The fourth and final day of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases for the month bring Austin, Raleigh/Durham, Indianapolis, Nashville, Milwaukee, Jacksonville, Providence, Norfolk, Greensboro/Winston-Salem, West Palm Beach, Memphis, and Hartford.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.
Austin
Waterloo Media Variety Hits “103.5 Bob-FM” KBPA remains in its usual leadership spot 12.2 to 11.5. Public News/Talk 90.1 KUT-FM slips 8.4 to 7.6. Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ rises 5.9 to 6.3. iHeartMedia Classic Country 98.1 KVET-FM falls 6.8 to 5.4. AAA 98.9 KUTX trends up 4.1 – 5.0 – 5.3.
Waterloo Media Classic Rock 93.7 KLBJ-FM climbs 3.7 – 3.9 – 4.7. Waterloo’s Spanish language pair rises with Regional Mexican “107.1 La Z” KLZT up 3.4 to 4.3 and Spanish CHR “Latino 93.3” KGSR up 2.2 to 3.1.
Audacy Hot AC “Mix 94.7” KAMX slides 3.9 – 3.4 – 3.0. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “102.3 The Beat” KPEZ falls 3.9 to 2.8.
Raleigh/Durham
Capitol Broadcasting AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM (9.2 to 8.9) and Radio One Adult R&B “Foxy 107.1/104.3” WFXC/WFXK (8.6 to 8.9) tie for the lead. Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC-FM is down 8.7 to 7.9. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk “Talk 106.1” WTKK holds at a 7.3 share. Curtis Media Variety Hits “96.1 BBB” WBBB continues its climb 4.5 – 4.9 – 5.3 – 5.5 – 6.7.
Curtis Media Classic Hits “Kix 102” WKIX/WKXU/WKJO drops 7.3 to 6.3. iHeartMedia Classic Rock 100.7 WRDU rises 4.0 to 5.1, while sister Country “B93.9” WNCB is up 3.3 to 4.1.
Indianapolis
Radio One AC “B105.7” WYXB trends up 6.8 – 8.2 – 9.2 while sister Adult R&B 106.7 WTLC-FM drops 9.5 to 8.1. Cumulus Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK rises 6.7 to 7.8. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Q95” WFBQ is down 6.8 to 6.2. Cumulus Country 95.5 WFMS dips 6.1 to 6.0.
Public News/Talk 90.1 WFYI-FM trends up 4.6 – 5.6 – 5.9. Radio One News/Talk 93.1 WIBC gains 4.9 – 5.1 – 5.7.
Radio One Country “97.1 Hank-FM” WLHK slides 4.4 – 4.0 – 3.5. Cumulus Rock “93.9X” WNDX trends 3.3 – 2.8 – 2.6.
Nashville
Midwest Communications AC “Mix 92.9” WJXA retains its 3 share lead holding at a 9.9 share. Midwest Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK (6.8 to 6.9) and Cumulus Media’s “103.3 Country” WKDF (6.1 to 6.9) tie for second. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “105.9 The Rock” WNRQ drops 6.8 to 5.8. iHeartMedia Country “The Big 98” WSIX gains 4.8 to 5.7 to tie for fifth with Cumulus News/Talk “99.7 WTN” WWTN as it falls 6.5 to 5.7.
In its final month, Salem Christian AC “94 The Fish” WFFH/WFFI/WBOZ rises 3.0 to 3.6. EMF’s “K-Love” 97.1 WLVU is down 3.6 to 3.3, while Hope Media Group’s “Way-FM” 88.7 WAYM jumps 2.5 to 3.2.
Cumulus Media Sports “104.5 The Zone” WGFX is down 6.6 to 5.5. Cromwell Media’s “102.5 The Game” WPRT-FM trends up 1.5 – 2.3 – 2.5 during the Predators playoff push.
Cromwell Rock “102.9 The Buzz” WBUZ surges up 3.2 – 4.5 – 5.0. Cumulus Classic Country “95.5 Nash Icon” WSM-FM rises 3.6 – 3.8 – 4.1. Public News/Talk 90.3 WPLN-FM drops 4.8 to 3.2.
Milwaukee
iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1130 WISN rises 9.0 to 10.3. Saga Classic Rock “Hometown Rock 96.5” WKLH is off 8.1 to 7.8. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT-FM inches up 6.9 to 7.0, while sister Country “FM 106.1” WMIL dips 5.2 to 5.0. Audacy Hot AC “99.1 The Mix” WMYX slides 5.9 – 5.0 – 4.6.
Saga’s “Pure Oldies 106.9” WRXS-FM climbs 2.8 – 3.1 – 3.6. Public News/Talk 89.7 WUWM rises 2.6 – 2.9 – 3.3.
iHeartMedia Hip Hop “V100” WKKV slides 4.4 – 4.0 – 3.2. Hubbard Classic Rock “97.1 The Drive” WDRV Chicago/96.9 WWDV falls 3.4 to 2.5.
Jacksonville
Cox Media Group Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” WJGL dips 12.2 to 11.8. Renda Broadcasting AC 96.1 WEJZ is off 10.6 to 10.2. Cox News/Talk 104.5 WOKV-FM rises 8.3 to 9.1. iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101.5” WSOL inches up 6.6 to 6.7, while Country 99.1 WQIK is down 6.4 to 5.9.
iHeartMedia Hip Hop “93.3 The Beat” WJBT gains 4.6 to 5.3.
Cox CHR 95.1 WAPE is down 4.6 – 4.4 – 3.7. Cox Soft AC “Easy 102.9” WEZI slides 6.0 – 5.0 – 4.8, while its stream dips 1.4 to 1.1.
Providence
Cumulus AC “Lite 105.1” WWLI rebounds 8.5 to 9.6 to reclaim the Providence lead. Hall Communications’ “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK (8.4 to 8.0) and iHeartMedia Rock 94.1 WHJY (9.4 to 8.0) fall into a second place tie. Cumulus News/Talk 630 WPRO/99.7 WEAN rises 6.2 to 7.0. iHeartMedia Hot AC “Now 93.3” WSNE (5.7 to 6.6) and Classic Hits “B101” WWBB (6.3 to 6.6) tie for fifth.
Ahead of the retirement of longtime morning host Giovanni at the end of April, Cumulus CHR “92 Pro-FM” WPRO-FM slips 5.2 to 4.3.
Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Audacy Adult R&B “95.7 R&B” WVKL is back up 9.8 to 10.2. Sinclair Communications Variety Hits “93.7 Bob-FM” WNOB rises 7.3 to 7.6. Audacy AC “101.3 2WD” WWDE trends down 7.9 – 7.1 – 6.9. Saga Classic Rock “106.9 The Fox” WAFX inches up 6.0 to 6.1. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “103 Jamz” WOWI dips 6.4 to 5.9.
Saga Rock “FM 99” WNOR jumps 4.8 to 5.8. Sinclair Alternative “96X” WROX-FM gains 2.3 – 2.6 – 3.3.
Max Media Country “97.3 The Eagle” WGH-FM is down 6.1 to 5.5, while Sinclair’s “US 106.1” WUSH falls 5.7 to 4.0.
Audacy Rhythmic CHR “Z104” WNVZ is up 2.6 to 3.1, while sister Hot AC “94.9 The Point” WPTE trends down 3.2 – 2.9 – 2.4.
Greensboro/Winston-Salem
Audacy Adult R&B 97.1 WQMH is down from its peak earlier this year 14.5 – 13.7 – 12.6 but is followed by co-owned Variety Hits “98.7 Simon” WSMW up 9.1 to 9.3 and Hip Hop “102 Jamz” WJMH 7.1 to 8.2. iHeartMedia AC “Mix 99.5” WMAG plummets three shares 9.7 to 6.7. Dick Broadcasting Classic Rock “Rock 92” WKRR is up 5.9 to 6.2.
iHeartMedia Country “Q104.1” WTQR rebounds 3.8 to 4.6 as Audacy’s competing “93.1 The Wolf” WPAW follows up 3.8 to 4.1.
iHeart Conservative Talk 94.5 WPTI rises 3.2 – 3.5 – 3.9.
West Palm Beach
Hubbard Hot AC 97.9 WRMF ends its downward momentum backup 7.5 to 8.3. Hubbard Adult R&B “X102.3” WMBX is up 6.4 to 6.9, while iHeartMedia AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL is down 7.7 to 6.9. Hubbard’s “New Country 103.1” WIRK jumps 4.4 to 5.2. Hope Media Group Christian AC “88.1 Way-FM” WAYF continues its upward trend 3.2 – 4.4 – 4.7.
Memphis
iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101” KJMS rises 10.8 to 13.5. iHeart Hip Hop “K97” WHRK slips 9.2 to 8.5. Audacy AC “104.5 The River” WRVR is down 9.2 to 8.1. iHeart Gospel “95.7 Hallelujah-FM” WHAL-FM trends down 9.5 – 8.5 – 7.6. Audacy Country “99.7 The Wolf” WLFP drops 5.0 to 3.5.
Cumulus Media and Flinn do not subscribe to Nielsen in Memphis.
Hartford
Audacy AC “Lite 100.5” WRCH rebounds 8.7 to 9.4. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “105.9 The River” WHCN is up 7.6 to 8.0 to tie for second with Audacy Hot AC 96.5 WTIC-FM as it slides 10.0 – 9.4 – 8.5 – 8.0, although WTIC-FM’s stream adds a 0.6 share. Audacy Hip Hop “Hot 93.7” WZMX swings back down 6.9 – 8.3 – 6.8 to tie for fifth with iHeartMedia Country 92.5 WWYZ as it gains 6.0 to 6.8.
Audacy News/Talk 1080 WTIC slips 6.2 to 5.4. Full Power Radio Classic Rock “102.9 The Whale” WDRC-FM climbs 4.1 to 4.8.
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