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 holds onto its commanding lead 10.1 to 10.0. Public News/Talk 90.1 KUT-FM (5.8 to 6.7) and Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ (6.0 to 6.7) tie for second. iHeartMedia Country 98.1 KVET-FM dips 5.4 to 5.0. AAA 98.9 KUTX falls 5.9 to 4.9.
Waterloo Media News/Talk 590/99.7 KLBJ rebounds 5.2 – 3.2 – 4.2. iHeartMedia Country “KASE 101” drops 4.7 to 4.1, while sister CHR “96.7 Kiss-FM” KHFI slides 5.2 to 3.8.
Univision Spanish AC “Amor 107.7” KLJA jumps up 1.6 – 2.1 – 3.4. Classical 89.5 KMFA trends 1.8 – 2.1 – 2.7.
Raleigh/Durham
Capitol Broadcasting AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM retains its lead down 10.2 to 8.7. Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC-FM slides 8.1 to 7.4. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk “Talk 106.1” WTKK slides 8.0 to 7.3. iHeartMedia Classic Rock 100.7 WRDU trends up 4.3 – 5.2 – 6.5 to tie Radio One Adult R&B “Foxy 107.1/104.3” WFXC/WFXK which slides 8.6 – 7.5 – 6.5.
Curtis Media Classic Hits “Kix 102.9” WKIX-FM rises 4.1 to 5.2, while sister Country 94.7 WQDR-FM reverses its downward trend 4.3 to 4.9. Curtis Variety Hits “96.1 BBB” WBBB slips 5.0 – 4.3 – 4.0. Radio One Gospel “103.9 The Light” WNNL is down 4.0 – 3.7 – 3.2.
Indianapolis
Cumulus Media Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK’s lead remains a two shares as it dips 11.4 to 11.3, while Radio One News/Talk 93.1 WIBC rises 7.9 to 9.3. Cumulus Country 95.5 WFMS rises 4.6 – 6.0 – 7.0 to tie Radio One AC “B105.7” WYXB (7.6 to 7.7). Sarkes Tarzian AAA 92.3 WTTS ties its station record high last month holding at a 6.0 share.
Radio One Country “97.1 Hank-FM” WLHK trends down 6.6 – 6.3 – 4.9. Classical/Jazz 89.9 WICR jumps 1.8 to 3.0.
The beginning of the shift of Hip Hop “Hot 96.3” WHHH to 100.9 replacing CHR “Radio Now 100.9” WNOW-FM leads to both stations being delisted for the month. WHHH went from a 2.5 in July to not appearing, while WNOW-FM had a 1.7 the previous month.
Nashville
Midwest Communications Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK continues to dominate Music City with a 10.4 to 9.6 dip. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “105.9 The Rock” WNRQ rises to second up 5.2 – 6.6 – 6.7. Cumulus Classic Country “95.5 Nash-FM” WSM-FM jumps to third 5.7 to 6.5. iHeartMedia Country “The Big 98” WSIX falls 7.0 to 5.9 tying sister Hip Hop “101.1 The Beat” WUBT (7.1 – 6.5 – 5.9).
Cromwell Media Rock “102.9 The Buzz” WBUZ rises 3.8 to 4.3. Cumulus Sports “104.5 The Zone” WGFX rises 2.1 to 3.5. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1510/98.3 WLAC trends up 1.7 – 2.5 – 2.7.
Cumulus News/Talk “99.7 WTN” WWTN trends down 6.9 – 6.2 – 5.8. Cumulus Adult R&B “92Q” WQQK slips 6.0 – 5.8 – 5.2. Midwest CHR “Hot 106.7” WNFN falls 2.0 – 1.7 – 1.5.
Milwaukee
iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1130 WISN expands its lead up 9.0 – 9.9 – 10.3. Good Karma News/Talk 620 WTMJ slips 9.6 to 8.9. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT dips 9.3 to 8.7. Saga Classic Rock “Hometown Rock 96.5” WKLH rises 6.4 – 7.5 – 8.4. iHeartMedia Country “FM 106.1” WMIL holds at a 7.2 share.
Providence
iHeartMedia Rock 94.1 WHJY inches up 10.0 to 10.2. Hall Communications’ “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK trends up 7.1 – 8.3 – 8.5. Cumulus AC “Lite 105.1” WWLI slips 8.6 to 7.7. Cumulus CHR “92 Pro-FM” WPRO-FM rises 6.6 to 6.9. iHeartMedia Hot AC “Now 93.3” WSNE inches up 5.2 to 5.3.
Full Power Radio Spanish Tropical “Latina 100.3” WKKB rises 1.2 to 1.7. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 920/104.7 WHJJ rises .7 to 1.2. Hall Classic Hits “Big 101.3” 1340 WNBH slides 2.4 – 1.2 – 0.6.
Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Audacy Adult R&B “95.7 R&B” WVKL holds to its Tidewater lead at a 9.7 share. Audacy AC “101.3 2WD” WWDE rises 6.3 – 7.0 – 7.3. Sinclair Communications Variety Hits “93.7 Bob-FM” WNOB trends up 5.4 – 5.6 – 6.4, while sister Country “US 106.1” WUSH is up 5.0 to 6.4. Saga Classic Rock “106.9 The Fox” WAFX dips 6.4 to 6.1.
Max Media AC “92.9 The Wave” WTWV-FM jumps up 3.0 – 3.4 – 4.4. Recently launched Urban Adult Hits “100.5 The Vibe” WVBW holds steady at a 2.1 share. Trending down are Saga Rock “FM 99” WNOR (7.3 – 6.6 – 5.9), Sinclair Alternative “96X” WROX (2.7 – 2.3 – 2.0), and Jazz 88.1 WHOV (2.7 – 2.3 – 1.2).
Jacksonville
iHeartMedia Country 99.1 WQIK retains its 10.2 share for a second consecutive month. Cox Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” WJGL rises 8.8 to 10.0. Renda AC 96.1 WEJZ is up 7.8 to 8.4. Cox News/Talk 104.5 WOKV-FM trends down 9.2 – 8.1 – 7.9. Cox Soft AC “Easy 102.9” WEZI dips 7.3 to 7.1.
iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101.5” WSOL dips 7.3 to 6.3, but sister Hip Hop “93.3 The Beat” WJBT jumps up 4.6 to 6.0. Renda Country “99.9 Gator Country” WGNE slips 7.4 – 6.5 – 5.3. The two Top 40’s rise as Cox’s 95.1 WAPE is up 2.8 to 3.7, and iHeart’s “97.9 Kiss-FM” WKSL makes a 2.9 to 3.7 gain. Cox Hip Hop “Power 106.1” WJGL-HD2 drops 2.6 to 1.6.
West Palm Beach
Hubbard Hot AC 97.9 WRMF slips 9.7 to 8.8. iHeartMedia AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL is down 7.5 to 6.8. Hubbard Classic Hits “Sunny 107.9” WEAT inches up 6.2 to 6.4, while sister Adult R&B “X102.3” WMBX is up 5.4 to 5.9. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “98.7 Gater” WKGR falls 6.2 to 4.8.
Public News/Talk 91.3 WLRN Miami rises 2.4 to 3.3. After jumping from a 1.0 to 3.4 share last month, Hubbard Conservative Talk 850 WFTL falls back to a 1.1 share.
Greensboro/Winston-Salem
Audacy Adult R&B 97.1 WQMG is up 10.2 to 10.3. Dick Broadcasting Classic Rock “Rock 92” WKRR rises 8.3 to 9.1. Audacy Variety Hits “98.7 Simon” WSMW dips 9.4 to 8.8. Audacy Country “93.1 The Wolf” WPAW continues its surge up 4.2 – 6.0 – 7.2. iHeartMedia Country “Q104.1” WTQR is up 6.0 to 6.7.
Audacy Hip Hop “102 Jamz” WJMH trends down 7.8 – 6.3 – 5.8. iHeart AC “Mix 99.5” WMAG is down 6.3 to 5.7, while CHR “Hits 100.3” WMKS rises 3.2 to 3.8.
Memphis
Cumulus Media Adult R&B 103.5 WRBO rises 12.5 to 12.8 to expand its lead over iHeartMedia’s “V101” KJMS as it slips 10.7 to 9.4. iHeart Gospel “95.7 Hallelujah-FM” WHAL jumps 7.8 to 9.3 and Hip Hop “K97” WHRK rises 8.0 to 8.6. Audacy AC “104.5 The River” WRVR drops 7.3 to 6.6.
iHeartMedia R&B Oldies 1070 WDIA rebounds 4.0 to 5.0. Audacy Hot AC “FM 100” WMC-FM is up 4.1 – 4.5 – 5.0.
Flinn Hip Hop “Hot 107.1” KXHT trends down 5.9 – 5.3 – 4.3, while Audacy Country “94.1 The Wolf” stumbles 3.5 – 3.1 – 2.5.
Hartford
iHeartMedia AC “Lite 100.5” WRCH inches up 11.0 to 11.1. Public News/Talk 90.5 WNPR-FM jumps to second 7.9 to 8.8. Audacy Hot AC 96.5 WTIC-FM dips 9.3 to 8.6. iHeartMedia’s Country 92.5 WWYZ is off 8.0 to 7.0, while Classic Hits “105.9 The River” WHCN is up 7.1 to 7.3.
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