The fourth and final day of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases for the month bring Austin, Raleigh/Durham, Indianapolis, Nashville, Milwaukee, Providence, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Greensboro/Winston-Salem, West Palm Beach, Memphis, and Hartford.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.
Austin
Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ takes the Austin lead with Christmas music up 7.8 to 10.6. Waterloo Media Variety Hits “103.5 Bob-FM” KBPA is down 10.6 to 9.8. iHeartMedia Country 98.1 KVET-FM slips 6.5 to 5.4. Public News/Talk 90.1 KUT-FM drops 5.8 to 5.1. Waterloo Media News/Talk 590/99.7 KLBJ is up 4.3 to 4.6.
iHeartMedia Hip Hop “102.3 The Beat” KPEZ rises 3.3 to 4.1. University of Texas AAA 98.9 KUTX trends up 2.5 – 2.7 – 3.5. Waterloo Media Spanish CHR “Latina 93.3” KGSR gains 1.7 – 1.9 – 2.1.
Waterloo Media Regional Mexican “La Z 107.1” KLTZ falls 4.2 – 3.4. – 3.0. Township Media AAA “Sun Radio 100.1” 1060 KTSN trends down 1.9 – 1.6 – 1.0.
Raleigh/Durham
Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC-FM maintains its Triangle lead 9.8 to 8.8. Capitol Broadcasting AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM is up 6.5 to 8.2. Radio One Adult R&B “Foxy 107.1/104.3” WFXC/WFXK drops 10.1 – 8.8 – 7.6. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk “Talk 106.1” WTKK is down 9.4 – 8.2 – 6.9 – 6.0. Curtis Media Variety Hits “96.1 BBB” WBBB moves 5.8 to 5.7.
iHeartMedia Classic Rock 100.7 WRDU falls 6.1 to 5.0. Curtis Media Country 94.7 WQDR trends down 5.6 – 5.0 – 4.6.
iHeartMedia CHR “G105” WDCG rises 2.0 – 2.6 – 2.9.
Indianapolis
Radio One AC “B105.7” WYXB gains four shares 7.0 to 11.0. Cumulus Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK falls 8.8 to 8.0. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Q95” WFBQ continues to trend up 5.3 – 5.9 – 6.5 – 7.4. Radio One Adult R&B 106.7 WTLC-FM rises 5.1 to 6.1 to tie for fourth with Cumulus Country 95.5 WFMS (holding at 6.1).
Radio One News/Talk 93.1 WIBC plummets 7.3 to 5.3. Cumulus AC “107.9 The Mix” WNTR slips 5.5 – 5.3 – 4.6. iHeartMedia Classic Alternative “Indy 103.3” WOLT drops 5.2 to 3.5. Radio One Country “97.1 Hank-FM” WLHK is down 4.2 – 3.6 – 3.3.
Nashville
Midwest Communications AC “Mix 92.9” WJXA rises 7.8 to 10.6, while sister Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK slips 9.0 to 7.9. Cumulus Media Sports “104.5 The Zone” WGFX is off 7.4 to 7.3. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “105.9 The Rock” WNRQ trends up 4.7 – 5.3 – 6.4. iHeartMedia Country “The Big 98” WSIX inches up 5.7 to 5.8.
iHeartMedia CHR “107.5 The River” WRVW drops 6.6 to 5.4. Cumulus News/Talk “99.7 WTN” WWTN is down 5.7 to 4.3. iHeart Hip Hop “101.1 The Beat” WUBT drops 4.2 to 3.4.
Cumulus Classic Country “95.5 Nash Icon” WSM-FM slides 6.2 – 5.6 – 4.3, while Midwest’s new “Y’all 106.7” WNFN continues its growth up 1.0 – 1.9 – 2.7 – 4.0.
Hope Media Group Christian AC “Way-FM” 88.7 WAYM rises 2.5 – 2.9 – 3.4 with simulcaster 89.9 WAYW adding an additional 1.0 share. EMF’s “K-Love” 97.1 WLVU slides 4.1 – 2.9 – 2.5.
Milwaukee
iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1130 WISN maintains its lead down 10.7 to 9.6. Saga Classic Rock “Hometown Rock 96.5” WKLH rebounds up 7.4 to 8.8. Good Karma News/Talk 620 WTMJ moves 7.7 to 7.6. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT drops 7.5 to 5.9 with its later holiday move, and sister Country “FM 106.1” WMIL is down for the fourth straight month 6.5 to 5.7.
Audacy Hot AC “99.1 The Mix” WMYX trends up 4.1 – 4.6 – 5.0 – 5.5. Milwaukee Radio Alliance AC “B93.3” WLDB is up 4.8 to 5.4. Audacy CHR “103.7 Kiss-FM” WXSS rebounds 3.0 to 3.6. iHeartMedia Sports “97.3 The Game” WRNW-FM rises 2.6 – 2.8 – 3.4.
Saga Rock “102.9 The Hog” WHQG is down 4.4 to 3.5.
Providence
Cumulus AC “Lite 105.1” WWLI lights up 9.2 to 13.0. Hall’s “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK moves down 9.5 to 9.0. iHeartMedia Rock 94.1 WHJY is down 8.1 to 7.2, while Classic Hits “B101” WWBB holds at a 6.9 share. Cumulus News/Talk 630 WPRO/99.7 WEAN is down 6.8 to 6.4.
Cumulus CHR “92 Pro-FM” WPRO-FM falls 5.3 to 4.5 for what Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is its lowest share since Apr/May 1974 when it flipped from Easy Listening to Top 40.
Full Power Radio Spanish Tropical “Latina 100.3” WKKB swings 2.3 – 3.6 – 2.7.
Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Audacy AC “101.3 2WD” gets its Christmas music gain 7.2 to 11.5, while sister Adult R&B “95.7 R&B” WVKL drops 11.2 to 9.6. Sinclair Variety Hits “93.7 Bob-FM” WNOB is down 7.9 to 7.4. Max Media Country “97.3 The Eagle” WGH trends up 4.2 – 5.9 – 6.4. Saga Classic Rock “106.9 The Fox” WAFX (down 5.9 to 5.4) and iHeartMedia Hip Hop “103 Jamz” WOWI (up 5.3 to 5.4) tie for fifth.
Audacy Rhythmic CHR “Z104” WNVZ drops 3.5 to 2.5, while sister Hot AC “94.9 The Point” WPTE is down 3.2 to 2.5. iHeartMedia Rhythmic Hot AC “Movin 107.7” WMOV-FM rises 1.4 to 2.0.
Max Media’s “Priority Auto Sports Radio 94.1” WVSP slips 2.9 – 2.4 – 1.7.
Jacksonville
Renda AC 96.1 WEJZ rises 9.3 to 14.7. Cox Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” WJGL is up 9.8 to 10.2. Cox Soft AC “Easy 102.9” WEZI is up 6.6 to 7.2. iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101.5” WSOL gains 6.6 to 7.0. Cox News/Talk 104.5 WOKV-FM falls 8.3 to 6.8.
iHeartMedia Country 99.1 WQIK falls 7.1 to 6.0, while Renda’s “99.9 Gator Country” WGNE is down 4.6 to 3.5.
iHeartMedia Rock “107.3 Planet Radio” WPLA slides 5.0 – 4.8 – 4.4, while sister CHR “97.9 Kiss-FM” WKSL drops 3.7 to 2.5. Cox Alternative “X99.5” WOKV-HD2 falls 1.7 to 1.1.
Greensboro/Winston-Salem
Audacy Adult R&B 97.1 WQMG maintains its lead down 13.2 to 12.8. iHeartMedia AC “Mix 99.5” WMAG jumps into the holiday spirit 7.2 to 12.5. Audacy Variety Hits “98.7 Simon” WSMW drops 11.9 to 9.4. Audacy Hip Hop “102 Jamz” WJMH rises 7.1 to 7.5. Dick Broadcasting Classic Rock “Rock 92” WKRR drops 7.1 to 6.0.
Audacy Country “93.1 The Wolf” WPAW is down 6.3 to 5.4. iHeartMedia Country “Q104.1” WTQR falls 5.7 to 4.0.
Public News/Talk 88.5 WFDD rises 3.6 to 4.0 for what Huff notes is its highest share since January 2022. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Real Rock 105.7” WVBZ trends up 1.8 – 2.6 – 3.5, while sister Conservative Talk 94.5 WPTI is down 4.9 – 4.4 – 3.5.
Dick Broadcasting CHR 107.5 WKZL slides 3.2 – 3.0 – 2.5.
West Palm Beach
For the second straight month Hubbard Adult R&B “X102.3” WMBX sets a new station record high as it climbs 7.4 – 8.1 – 8.7. Hubbard takes four of the top five spots in the market with Hot AC 97.9 WRMF back up 5.1 – 6.9 – 7.0, and Classic Hits “Sunny 107.9” WEAT down 7.9 – 6.4 – 5.7. iHeartMedia AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL is up 4.9 to 5.5 to place fourth followed by a tie between Hubbard Country 103.1 WIRK gaining 3.9 to 4.5 and iHeart Classic Rock “98.7 The Gator” WKGR up 3.7 to 4.5.
After its big 2.8 to 4.2 gain last month, Hope Media Group Christian AC “88.1 Way-FM” WAYF drops back down to a 3.2.
Glades Media Regional Mexican “La Ley 99.5” WLLY rises 2.0 to 2.7. iHeartMedia Hot Talk “Real Radio 92.1” WZZR drops 2.0 to 1.2.
Memphis
iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101” KJMS rises 12.1 to 12.9. Audacy AC “104.5 The River” WRVR is up 9.7 to 12.2. iHeart Hip Hop “K97” WHRK dips 8.9 to 8.6, while iHeart Gospel “95.7 Hallelujah-FM” WHAL-FM trends up 6.9 – 7.8 – 8.0. Audacy Country “99.7 The Wolf” WLFP is down 6.1 to 5.0.
iHeartMedia Hot AC “102.7 Kiss-FM” WEGR trends down 2.8 – 2.6 – 2.2, and News/Talk 600/92.1 WREC is down 2.4 to 1.8.
Hartford
Audacy AC “Lite 100.5” WRCH rises 10.7 to 12.1. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “105.9 The River” WHCN is slightly off its record high last month 9.0 to 8.8. iHeart’s “Country 92.5” WWYZ rises 6.7 – 7.5 – 8.2. Audacy Hot AC 96.5 WTIC-FM is up 6.1 to 6.8, while News/Talk 1080 WTIC is up 4.8 to 5.3.
iHeartMedia CHR “Kiss 95.7” WKSS-FM drops 6.1 – 5.4 – 4.9. Full Power Radio Classic Rock “102.9 The Whale” WDRC-FM is down 4.6 – 4.2 – 3.7.
Full Power Radio Spanish Tropical “Bomba Radio” WMRQ-HD2 rises 3.4 – 4.0 – 4.5.
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