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 maintains its over three share lead dipping 11.2 to 11.0. Public News/Talk 90.5 KUT-FM surges up 4.9 – 6.2 – 7.9. Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ rises 5.4 – 6.2 – 6.7. iHeartMedia’s Country duo flip-flops with 98.1 KVET-FM up 5.8 to 6.2 and 100.7 KASE down 6.2 to 5.1.
iHeart CHR “96.7 Kiss-FM” KHFI slips 5.2 to 4.6.
Waterloo Media Alternative “101X” KROX-FM gains 2.5 to 3.4. Ahead of last week’s frequency shuffle, Spanish CHR “Latino 93.3” KGSR slid 3.4 – 2.9 – 1.9. AAA “Austin City Limits Radio” KGSR-HD2 moved 1.1 to 0.9.
The stream of 98.9 KUTX-HD2’s local music format rose 0.4 – 0.6 – 0.9. Parent AAA KUTX held at a 4.0 share.
Township Media Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” 1490 KJFK rose 1.5 to 2.2.
Raleigh/Durham
Capitol Broadcasting AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM reclaims the Research Triangle lead up 8.9 – 9.2 – 9.6. Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC-FM gains 7.8 to 8.6. Radio One Adult R&B “Foxy 107.1/104.3” WFXC/WFXK drops 10.8 to 8.4. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk “106.1 FM Talk” WTKK is down 8.9 to 8.2. Curtis Media Country 94.7 WQDR inches up 6.4 to 6.5.
Curtis Media Variety Hits “96.1 BBB” WBBB slides 7.8 – 7.1 – 6.7 – 6.2, while sister Classic Hits “Kix 102” WKIX-FM/WKXU/WKJO is up 5.3 to 5.7.
iHeartMedia CHR “G105” WDCG surges up 3.5 – 4.3 – 5.0 for what Ratings Expert Chrs Huff notes is its best share since October 2019. Curtis Media CHR “Pulse-FM” 96.9 WPLW and translators jumps up as well 2.5 – 2.9 – 4.4 for what Huff says is its best share since January 2020.
Radio One Gospel “103.9 The Light” WNNL rises 2.9 – 3.0 – 3.4. Hip Hop “K97.5” WQOK falls 4.3 – 3.5 – 3.2.
iHeartMedia Country “B93.9” WNCB slides 3.4 – 2.5 – 2.2.
Indianapolis
Radio One’s News/Talk 93.1 WIBC rises for the sixth straight month up from a 4.9 in February to an 8.5 to take a share of the top spot in the market with Huff noting for the first time since January 2021. Sister AC “B105.7” WYXB drops 9.8 to 8.5 to tie WIBC. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Q95” WFBQ rises 6.2 – 6.5 – 7.6 for its best showing since June 2020. Radio One Adult R&B 106.7 WTLC-FM slides 8.4 – 7.7 – 7.3. Cumulus’ duo of Country 95.5 WFMS (down 7.4 to 6.5) and Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK (down 8.7 – 6.9 – 6.5) tie for fifth.
Cumulus AC “107.9 The Mix” WNTR rises 5.1 – 5.7 – 6.4 and CHR 99.5 WZPL is up 4.5 – 5.3 – 5.9.
Radio One Country “97.1 Hank-FM” WLHK climbs 3.7 – 3.9 – 4.8. iHeartMedia Classic Alternative “Indy 103.3” WOLT drops 4.4 to 3.6.
Nashville
Midwest Communications AC “Mix 92.9” WJXA rebounds 9.3 to 11 to extend its lead to over three shares. Midwest Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK is nearly steady 8.0 to 7.9. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “105.9 The Rock” WNRQ blasts off 5.4 to 6.6. Cumulus News/Talk “99.7 WTN” WWTN (6.7 to 6.5) and iHeartMedia Country “The Big 98” WSIX (6.4 to 6.5) tie for fourth.
Educational Media Foundation Christian AC “K-Love” 97.1 WLVU soars 4.4 to 5.8.
Cumulus’ “103.3 Country” WKDF rises 5.2 to 5.7, while sister Sports “104.5 The Zone” WGFX is down 6.6 – 5.9 – 5.2 and Adult R&B “92Q” WQQK drops 6.0 to 4.7.
iHeart CHR “107.5 The River” WRVW slides 6.3 – 5.9 – 5.5 and sister Hip Hop “101.1 The Beat” WUBT falls 5.6 – 5.4 – 4.2.
Cumulus Media Classic Country “95.5 Nash Icon” WSM-FM falls 4.3 – 3.9 – 3.2. Midwest Classic Country “Y’all 106.7” WNFN rises 1.8 – 2.0 – 2.4.
Milwaukee
iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1130 WISN continues to surge to new heights up for the fifth straight month 13.0 to 14.1 for what Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is the station’s highest share since October/November 1969! Saga Classic Rock “Hometown Rock 96.5” WKLH is also moving to new heights 7.5 – 8.2 – 9.4. iHeart Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT is down 7.3 to 6.9. iHeart Country “FM 106.1” WMIL is up for the fourth straight month 6.3 to 6.5. Milwaukee Radio Alliance AC “B93.3” WLDB rises 3.9 to 5.0.
Saga Rock “102.9 The Hog” WHQG gains 3.4 to 4.3. Public News/Talk 89.7 WUWM climbs 2.7 to 3.4. MRA Alternative “FM 102.1” WLUM is up 2.6 – 2.8 – 3.1.
Audacy CHR “103.7 Kiss-FM” WXSS slides 3.5 – 3.0 – 2.6. Saga’s “Pure Oldies 106.9” WRXS-FM drops 3.0 – 2.5 – 2.2.
Jacksonville
Renda AC 96.1 WEJZ slides 11.4 – 11.1 – 9.9 to retain the Jacksonville lead. Cox Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” WJGL rises 8.9 – 9.2 – 9.6. Cox News/Talk 104.5 WOKV-FM drops 9.4 – 9.0 – 8.3. iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101.5” WSOL falls 7.8 to 6.4. iHeart Country 99.1 WQIK dips 5.7 to 5.5 to tie for fifth with Cox Soft AC “Easy 102.9” WEZI as it rises 4.7 to 5.5.
iHeartMedia Hip Hop “93.3 The Beat” WJBT partially rebounds 4.0 to 4.6. Cox CHR 95.1 WAPE gains 3.6 – 3.8 – 4.3. iHeartMedia Rock “107.3 Planet Radio” WPLA is up 3.8 to 4.3. Cox Adult R&B “Hot 106.5” WHJX is down 3.5 to 2.8.
Public News/Talk 89.9 WJCT-FM jumps 1.9 to 3.4.
Providence
Cumulus AC “Lite 105.1” WWLI retakes the lead up 7.1 to 7.9. iHeartMedia Rock 94.1 WHJY dips 8.1 to 7.8. Cumulus News/Talk 630 WPRO/99.7 WEAN trends up 6.5 – 7.1 – 7.3. Hall Communications’ “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK slides 9.1 – 7.8 – 7.2. Cumulus CHR “92 Pro-FM” WPRO-FM jumps 5.5 to 7.1.
Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Audacy Adult R&B “95.7 R&B” WVKL holds its lead down 10.4 to 9.0. Sinclair Variety Hits “93.7 Bob-FM” WNOB rises 6.8 to 7.5. Saga Rock “FM 99” WNOR jumps 6.0 to 7.2 and sister Classic Rock “106.9 The Fox” WAFX is right behind up 5.5 – 6.9 – 7.1. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “103 Jamz” WOWI dips 6.1 to 6.0.
Max Media AC “92.9 The Wave” WTWV-FM is down 5.8 to 5.1. Max Country “97.3 The Eagle” WGH-FM drops 4.7 to 4.1.
Audacy Hot AC “94.9 The Point” WPTE climbs 2.1 – 3.0 – 3.4. Rhythmic CHR “Z104” WNVZ is up 2.8 to 3.1. iHeartMedia Rhythmic Hot AC “Movin 107.7” WMOV-FM drops 1.9 to 1.2.
Sinclair News/Talk 790 WNIS rises 2.4 to 3.2.
Greensboro/Winston-Salem
Audacy takes the top three spots. Adult R&B 97.1 WQMG holds its lead down 12.8 to 12.3. Hip Hop “102 Jamz” WJMH is up 10.2 to 10.3. Variety Hits “98.7 Simon” WSMW moves 8.1 to 8.3. iHeartMedia AC “Mix 99.5” WMAG holds at a 6.2 share. Dick Broadcasting Classic Rock “Rock 92” WKRR rises 4.9 to 5.3 despite the local backlash from the layoff of ‘Weather Dave’ Aiken.
Public News/Talk 88.5 WFDD rises 4.2 to 4.7. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 94.5 WPTI gains 3.6 to 4.3.
Audacy Country “93.1 The Wolf” WPAW is down 5.4 to 4.7.
West Palm Beach
Hubbard takes four of the top five spots with Hot AC 97.9 WRMF barely holding its lead up 7.1 to 7.7 and sister Adult R&B “X102.3” WMBX climbing 6.7 to 7.6. iHeartMedia AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL rises 5.4 to 6.3. Hubbard Classic Hits “Sunny 107.9” WEAT trends up 3.9 – 4.3 – 5.5 and “New Country 103.1” WIRK gains 3.7 to 4.4.
Public News/Talk 91.3 WLRN Miami (via 101.9 translator) rises 2.9 – 3.4 – 3.7.
iHeart CHR “Wild 95.5” WLDI climbs 1.8 – 2.2 – 2.6.
Memphis
iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101” KJMS rises 12.6 to 14.0 for what Huff notes ties its PPM record high set in August 2012. iHeart Hip Hop “K97” WHRK follows 7.7 to 7.8. Audacy AC “104.5 The River” WRVR is down 7.9 to 7.6. iHeart Gospel “95.7 Hallelujah-FM” WHAL-FM rises 5.5 – 6.6 – 6.9.
Audacy Sports “92.9 The Fan” WMFS-FM is up 2.7 – 3.0 – 3.4. iHeart Hot AC “102.7 Kiss-FM” WEGR rises 2.3 to 3.0.
Hartford
Audacy AC “Lite 100.5” WRCH reclaims the top spot up 8.8 to 10.3. Audacy Hip Hop “Hot 93.7” WZMX follows up 6.6 – 7.6 – 9.0 for its largest share since March 2016. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “105.9 The River” WHCN rises 7.3 to 7.8. Audacy Hot AC 96.5 WTIC-FM drops 9.9 to 7.5. Full Power Radio Classic Rock “102.9 The Whale” WDRC-FM is up 5.4 to 6.7.
iHeartMedia’s “Country 92.5” WWYZ falls 7.5 to 5.8. CHR “Kiss 95.7” WKSS-FM slips 5.2 to 4.3.
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