Day 3 of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases are now available for Charlotte, Portland, San Antonio, Salt Lake City, Sacramento, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Cleveland and Columbus.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.
Charlotte
Beasley Media AC “K104.7” WKQC rides the holiday wave up 4.3 to 7.8, while sister Adult R&B “V101.9” WBAV is down 8.4 to 7.1. iHeart’s Christmas competitor “102.9 The Lake” WLKO gains 4.6 to 6.5. Radio One Adult R&B “105.3 R&B” WOSF is down for the fourth straight month 6.8 to 5.9. Beasley Country 103.7 WSOC dips 5.8 to 5.7.
iHeartMedia Classic Rock “99.7 The Fox” WRFX rises 4.6 to 5.3, while sister Country “96.9 The Kat” WKKT jumps 4.0 to 5.1.
Beasley Hip Hop “Power 98” WPEG see-saws 4.7 – 5.6 – 4.7. Beasley CHR “Kiss 95.1” WNKS trends down 3.3 – 3.1 – 2.4 for what Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is its lowest share since Spring 1993 as “95 Double Q” WAQQ.
Radio One News/Talk 1110 WBT/99.3 WBT-FM falls 5.6 to 4.2. Classical 89.9 WDAV rises 1.8 – 2.3 – 2.5.
Portland
iHeartMedia AC “K103” KKCW rises 10.2 to 13.1. Public News/Talk 91.5 KOPB-FM is a very distant second down 6.4 to 6.1 (with its stream adding a 1.4 share). iHeart Classic Hits “106.7 The Eagle” KLTH (up 5.7 to 5.9) and Alpha Media News/Talk 101.1 KXL (down 6.9 to 5.9) tie for third. Classical 89.9 KQAC rises 4.8 to 5.5.
Audacy Variety Hits “97.1 Charlie” KYCH falls 4.9 to 4.1. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “105.9 The Brew” KFBW fizzes 4.9 to 3.4. Salem Regional Mexican “El Rey 93.1” KRYP trends down 4.7 – 4.5 – 3.7.
Jazz 89.1 KMHD rises 3.3 to 3.9. Sales Christian AC “104.1 The Fish” KFIS-FM trends up 2.0 – 2.6 – 2.9.
San Antonio
iHeartMedia AC “Q101.9” KQXT has the Christmas bounce up 5.2 to 10.1. Cox Classic Hits 101.1 KONO-FM is down 8.2 to 7.7 (stream adds 1.0 share). Cox Country “Y100” KCYY takes a larger hit 7.1 to 6.0 (stream up 0.5 to 0.7). Cox Classic Rock “106.7 The Eagle” KTXK is off 5.7 to 5.5. iHeartMedia Country “KJ 97” KAJA inches up 5.1 to 5.2.
Cox Rock 99.5 KISS drops 5.9 to 4.5. Ahead of its rebrand this week as “Hits 105.3“, Cox Hot AC “Magic 105.3” KSMG trends down 5.0 – 4.8 – 4.4.
Univision Rhythmic AC “Vibe 107.5” KVBH slips 4.7 to 4.1. Educational Media Foundation Christian AC “K-Love” 91.3 KZLV rebounds 3.2 to 4.0. Alpha Media Variety Hits “102.7 Jack-FM” KJXK trends up 3.4 – 3.8 – 4.1.
Salt Lake City
Bonneville AC “FM 100” KSFI has a holiday gain up 9.6 to 13.9. Bonneville’s Classic Rock “103.5 The Arrow” KRSP is down 6.7 to 6.0. Bonneville News/Talk 1160 KSL/102.7 KSL-FM (down 6.9 – 6.1 – 5.4) and KSOP Inc. Country “Z104” KSOP-FM (up 3.9 – 5.1 – 5.4) tie for third. iHeartMedia AC “My 99.5” KJMY gets its own holiday boost 2.7 to 4.9.
iHeart Classic Hits 94.1 KODJ drops 6.6 – 6.2 – 4.7. Capitol Broadcasting AC “Now 97.9” KBZN is down 5.6 to 4.4.
Broadway Media CHR “Mix 105.1” KUDD jumps up 2.3 to 3.3. Broadway Variety Hits “100.7/105.5 Bob-FM” KYMV slides 4.2 – 3.2 – 2.8. With its Country Christmas music stint ahead of its relaunch this week as “101.5 Hank-FM” KNAH, Broadway’s “101.5 The Eagle” KEGA slides 1.8 – 1.6 – 1.1.
Sacramento
Bonneville AC “Mix 96” KYMX has a Yuletide rise 5.5 to 10.8. Audacy Classic Rock “Eagle 96.9” KSEG drops 10.1 to 9.1. iHeartMedia News/Talk 1530 KFBK/93.1 KFBK-FM trends down 10.1 – 8.2 – 7.4 – 6.6. Bonneville Country 105.1 KNCI slides 7.1 – 6.8 – 5.3. Audacy Alternative “Alt 94.7” KKDO holds at a 4.9 share.
iHeartMedia Classic Rock “93.7 The River” KYRV slides 6.1 – 5.2 – 4.6. Audacy Rock “98 Rock” KRXQ is down 5.2 to 4.4. iHeart Soft AC “92.5 The Breeze” KBEB falls 5.0 to 3.9. Audacy CHR “106.5 The End” KUDL drops 3.8 to 3.2 and sister Rhythmic CHR 102.5 KSFM is down 3.0 to 2.4.
Bonneville Hot AC “Now 100.5” KZZO rises 2.0 to 2.8.
Orlando
iHeartMedia AC “Magic 107.7” WMGF rises 7.8 to 13.9. For the second straight month, Cox Adult R&B “Star 94.5” WCFB sets an all-time station record high share climbing 9.0 to 9.8. Audacy Classic Hits “105.9 Sunny-FM” WOCL continues to trend up 8.5 – 8.8 – 9.0. iHeart Spanish Tropical “Rumba 100” WRUM falls 8.8 to 6.1. iHeartMedia CHR “XL 106.7” rises 6.3 to 5.8.
Cox Spanish Hot AC “Exitos 96.5” WOEX slides 5.2 – 4.9 – 3.6. SBS Spanish Tropical “El Zol 95.3” WPYO drops 4.3 to 3.5.
JVC Media Rhythmic CHR “Fly 103.1” WFYY rises 1.3 – 1.5 – 2.0. Audacy Alternative “FM 101.9” WQMP is down 2.6 – 2.3 – 2.0.
Pittsburgh
iHeartMedia Classic Hits “94.5 3WS” WWSW rises 11.2 to 11.9, while sister Classic Rock 102.5 WDVE is up 10.1 to 10.6. Renda AC “Wish 99.7” WSHH trends up 4.7 – 5.5 – 7.8. Steel City Media Variety Hits “96.9 Bob-FM” WRRK holds at a 7.5 share. Audacy Sports “93.7 The Fan” KDKA-FM is down 8.0 to 7.2.
iHeartMedia Alternative “105.9 The X” WXDX rises 6.0 to 6.6, which Huff notes is just one-tenth off the station record high set in May 2021.
Audacy Hot AC “100.7 Star” WBZZ is down 4.0 – 3.8 – 3.2.
Las Vegas
iHeartMedia AC “Sunny 106.5” KSNE rises 9.2 to 13.5. Beasley Classic Hits 96.3 KKLZ holds at a 6.6. Audacy Rhythmic Hot AC “Q100.5” KXQQ rebounds 5.9 – 4.4 – 6.3 to tie for third with Lotus Regional Mexican “La Buena 101.9” KWID (6.4 to 6.3). Audacy Hot AC “Mix 94.1” KMXB is down 5.6 to 5.0.
Audacy CHR 98.5 KLUC gains 2.6 to 3.1. Beasley Hot AC 102.7 KVGS slides 4.7 – 3.2 – 3.0.
Latino Hustle Group Regional Mexican “Fiesta 98.1” KLUC-HD2 rises 2.1 to 2.8. Latino Media Network Spanish CHR “Latino Mix 99.3” KRGT trends down 3.5 – 3.1 – 2.7. Chavez Radio Group Regional Mexican “La Campesina 96.7” KYLI drops 3.8 to 2.4.
UNLV Jazz 91.5 KUNV rises 1.6 to 2.1. Beasley’s “107.9 Coyote Country” KCYE drops 3.1 to 2.0. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “93.1 The Mountain” KYMT trends down 2.4 – 2.0 – 1.8. Kemp Broadcasting’s Classic Hip Hop “106.9 Da Bomb” KVGQ trends up 0.3 – 0.7 – 0.9 since its flip from 90s/2000s Hits.
Cincinnati
iHeartMedia News/Talk 700 WLW maintains its lead 12.0 to 11.2. Cumulus Media Classic Hits 103.5 WGRR drops 9.8 to 8.6. Cumulus AC “Warm 98.5” WRRM rises 5.4 to 8.1. Hubbard Country “B105” WUBE rises 7.3 to 8.0, while Hubbard CHR “Q102” WKRQ drops 7.6 to 6.7.
iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 550 WKRC falls 5.7 to 4.9. Cumulus Classic Rock “92.5 The Fox” WOFX-FM is down 4.9 to 4.2.
iHeartMedia Gold CHR “Kiss 107.1” WKFS trends down 3.2 – 2.9 – 2.3.
Kansas City
Cumulus’s duo of Classic Rock “101 The Fox” KCFX (9.6 to 10.4) and Classic Hits 94.9 KCMO-FM (9.1 to 9.5 with stream adding 0.7) hold their regular top two spots. Steel City Media AC “KC 102.1” ho-ho-ho’s 4.0 to 7.9. Audacy Country “106.5 The Wolf” WDAF-FM drops 7.2 to 6.0, while their News/Talk 98.1 KMBZ-FM dips 5.5 to 5.3 (with stream adding an additional 0.7).
Audacy Rock 98.9 KQRC drops 4.6 to 3.9, while sister Alternative “Alt 96.5” KRBZ trends up 2.4 – 2.8 – 3.0.
Northwestern Media Christian AC “Life 88.5” KJNW trends down 4.8 – 3.8 – 2.7. Public News/Talk 89.3 KCUR is down 3.6 to 2.8.
Carter Broadcasting Hip Hop “Hot 103 Jamz” drops 5.2 to 3.6, while Cumulus’ new “Power 105.1” KCJK is up 1.4 – 1.8 – 2.5 since its relaunch on that frequency in September.
Cleveland
Audacy Classic Rock 98.5 WNCX trends up 7.7 – 8.8 – 10.9 for what Huff notes is its largest share since October 2021 and first time in the lead since November 2021. iHeartMedia Variety Hits “106.5 The Lake” WHLK surges up 6.7 – 7.3 – 9.1. iHeart Classic Hits “Majic 105.7” WMJI has the rare Christmas music drop down 11.0 to 8.0. Radio One Adult R&B 93.1 WZAK is down 7.4 to 6.9. iHeart Country 99.5 WGAR trends down 7.5 – 6.9 – 6.6.
Audacy AC 102.1 WDOK rises 5.7 to 6.4. iHeartMedia Hot Talk/Rock 100.7 WMMS falls 6.6 to 5.7, while sister News/Talk 1100/106.9 WTAM slides 5.5 – 5.1 – 4.8.
Radio One Hip Hop “Z107.9” WENZ trends up 2.2 – 2.4 – 2.9.
Columbus
iHeartMedia Variety Hits “93.3 The Bus” rides Christmas music to a 4.7 – 6.1 – 10.5 gain, which Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is its largest share since Holiday 2016 and first #1 since Holiday 2021. TEGNA Sports “97.1 The Fan” WBNS-FM is down 10.3 to 9.7. iHeartMedia Country 92.3 WCOL slides 10.0 – 9.1 – 8.4, while News/Talk 610 WTVN falls 7.4 to 6.0. Saga AC “Sunny 95” WSNY rises 4.3 to 5.9.
Saga Classic Rock “QFM 96” WLVQ falls 8.6 – 6.5 – 5.7. NABCO Rock “99.7 The Blitz” WRKZ falls 6.9 to 4.7. Saga Classic Hits “Rewind 103.5/104.3” WNND/WNNP gains 2.2 – 2.7 – 3.1.
iHeartMedia CHR 97.9 WNCI falls 7.5 – 6.7 – 5.6 – 4.5, which Huff notes is its lowest share since April/May 1972.
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