Day 3 of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases are now available for Charlotte, Portland, San Antonio, Salt Lake City, Orlando, Sacramento, Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Columbus, and Cleveland.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.
Charlotte
Beasley Media Adult R&B “V101.9” WBAV maintains its lead as it continues to slide 7.7 – 7.1 – 6.7 – 6.1. Radio One’s competing “105.3 R&B” WOSF jumps 4.8 to 5.7. Beasley Classic Hits “K104.7” WKQC rises 5.0 to 5.7, which is down from its 7.8 share with Christmas music in December 2023. Beasley Country 103.7 WSOC drops 6.3 to 5.6. iHeartMedia Country “96.9 The Kat” WKKT is up 5.3 to 5.5 to tie for fifth with Public News/Talk 90.7 WFAE as it continues its months-long rise 5.0 to 5.5.
iHeartMedia Variety Hits “102.9 The Lake” WLKO falls 8.8 – 8.3 – 5.3 following its move to Christmas music for the season after a 6.5 share in December 2023.
Radio One Hot AC “Mix 107.9” WLNK rises 3.0 – 3.8 – 4.5 for its best share since October 2021. Radio One Sports 92.7 WFNZ-FM jumps up 3.1 to 4.3.
Pacific Broadcasting Classic Hits “95.7 The Ride” WXRC slides 5.5 – 4.8 – 4.1. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “99.7 The Fox” WRFX swings 3.6 – 2.8 – 3.8.
iHeart CHR “Hits 96.1” WHQC pulls up 2.8 to 3.1, while Beasley’s “Kiss 95.1” WNKS dips 3.0 to 2.7.
Beasley’s “Podcast Radio 94.7” WSOC-HD3 trends up 0.4 – 0.7 – 1.0.
Portland
iHeartMedia AC “K103” KKCW rises 7.4 to 10.8 with its shift to Christmas music down from a 13.1 last year. Alpha Media AAA 101.9 KINK continues its autumnal surge 5.4 – 6.5 – 7.1 – 7.9, which Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is its largest share since Fall 1991. iHeart Classic Hits “106.7 The Eagle” KLTH is up 6.9 to 7.4. Audacy Variety Hits “97.1 Charlie” KYCH is up 4.8 to 5.6 to tie for fourth with Alpha Media News/Talk 101.1 KXL as it drops 6.8 to 5.6.
iHeartMedia Classic Rock “105.9 The Brew” KFBW jumps up 2.6 – 3.0 – 4.5, while sister CHR “Z100” KKRZ swings 4.3 – 3.4 – 4.4. Alpha Media CHR “Live 95.5” KBFF slides 4.8 – 4.4 – 3.5. Audacy Hot AC “Bella 105” KRSK is up 1.6 – 1.8 – 2.1. iHeart Rhythmic CHR “Jam’n 107.5” KXJM falls 3.1 to 1.9.
Public News/Talk 91.5 KOPB-FM drops 5.6 to 4.4 with its stream down 0.8 to 0.5.
Audacy Country “99.5 The Wolf” KWJJ is down 3.8 to 3.1, while Alpha’s “98.7 The Bull” KUPL slides 3.9 – 3.2 – 2.0.
Salem Regional Mexican “El Rey 93.1” KRYP drops 3.0 – 2.7 – 1.9. Salem Christian AC “104.1 The Fish” KFIS-FM rises 0.9 to 1.6 with its Halloween move to Christmas music, but still down from its 2.9 share in December 2023.
San Antonio
Cox Media Group Classic Hits 101.1 KONO-FM maintains its lead 7.6 to 7.5 with its stream adding an additional 0.5 share. iHeartMedia AC “Q101.9” KQXT has its Christmas fueled gain 4.3 to 7.0, but down from a 10.1 a year ago. Cox Country “Y100” KCYY slips 6.9 – 6.6 – 6.0. Univision Hip Hop “98.5 The Beat” KKBT jumps up 4.4 to 5.6 for what Huff notes is its best share since July 2015. Alpha Media Variety Hits “102.7 Jack-FM” KJXK trends up 3.7 – 4.3 – 5.2.
Cox Classic Rock “106.7 The Eagle” KTKX drops 5.5 to 4.3.
Following its flip from CHR “96.1 Now” to Bilingual AC “Mix 96.1” just ahead of the monthly, iHeartMedia’s KXXM dips 3.3 to 2.7.
Univision Rhythmic Throwbacks “Vibe 107.5” KVBH trends down 5.1 – 4.6 – 4.2.
Alpha Media News/Talk 550/107.1 KTSA trends up 2.3 – 2.9 – 3.4. iHeart’s 1200 WOAI is down 2.8 to 2.5. Alpha’s “Sports Star” 94.1 KTFM slips 1.5 – 1.0 – 0.9.
Salt Lake City
Bonneville AC “FM 100” KSFI gets a holiday fueled rise 7.5 to 11.4, but is off from its 13.9 share one year ago. Bonneville News/Talk 1160 KSL/102.7 KSL-FM is off 6.3 to 6.2. iHeartMedia AC “My 99.5” KJMY jumps up 2.7 to 5.9 to gain a Christmas music boost from its 4.9 last year. Cumulus Media Country “93.3 The Bull” KUBL rises 5.0 to 5.7. Capitol Broadcasting AC “Now 97.9” KBZN is down 5.8 to 5.2.
KSOP Inc. Country “Z104.3” KSOP-FM is down 5.3 to 4.7. Bonneville Classic Rock “103.5 The Arrow” KRSP drops for the fourth straight month 7.9 – 7.6 – 6.8 – 6.3 – 4.2.
Broadway Media Variety Hits “100.7/105.5 Bob-FM” KYMV swings 3.7 – 5.0 – 3.9, while sister CHR “Mix 105.1” KUDD is down 4.5 – 3.7 – 3.4 and Rhythmic Hot AC “92.5 The Beat” KUUU drops 2.9 – 2.2 – 1.6.
Orlando
Audacy Classic Hits “105.9 Sunny-FM” WOCL maintains its lead down 11.7 – 11.0 – 9.9. iHeartMedia AC “Magic 107.7” WMGF rises 7.4 to 9.6, but its Christmas music is down from a 13.9 in 2023. Cox Adult R&B “Star 94.5” WCFB is down 9.6 – 8.6 – 7.7. iHeartMedia Hot Talk “Real Radio 104.1” WTKS-FM rises 4.0 – 4.7 – 5.4 – 6.7 for its best share since April 2020. iHeartMedia Spanish CHR “Rumba 100” WRUM is climbs 4.2 – 6.0 – 6.5.
Cox Classic Rock 98.9 WMMO is down 6.5 to 5.4, while sister Country “K92.3” WWKA climbs 3.3 to 4.4. Cox News/Talk 580/107.3 WDBO is down 4.0 to 3.0.
Following its October flip from Spanish Hot AC “Exitos 96.5” to Bilingual AC “Hits 96.5“, Cox’s WOEX is up 2.9 to 3.2.
Audacy Hot AC “Mix 105.1” WOMX dips 4.8 to 4.3, while its stream rises 0.5 to 1.0. Sister Rhythmic Throwbacks “102 Jamz” WJHM slips 4.1 to 3.4.
SBS Spanish Tropical “El Zol 95.3” WPYO rises 2.2 to 2.9. Norsan Media’s Spanish Tropical “Kaliente 103.1” WFYY rises 0.7 to 1.2.
iHeartMedia’s LGBTQ+ Dance “Pride Radio” 106.7 WXXL-HD2 gains 0.1 – 0.4 – 0.7 with no translator.
Sacramento
Bonneville AC “Mix 96” KYMX is up 6.9 – 8.6 – 9.4 down from a 10.8 with Christmas music in December 2023. iHeartMedia News/Talk 1530 KFBK/93.1 KFBK-FM is down 10.2 to 8.9. Audacy Classic Rock “Eagle 96.9” KSEG is up 6.7 to 7.0. Bonneville Country 105.1 KNCI slides 6.6 – 5.5 – 4.8. Audacy CHR “106.5 The End” KUDL gains 3.7 – 4.0 – 4.6 for its best share since December 2019.
After going all-Christmas for the first time this year, iHeartMedia Soft AC “92.5 The Breeze” KBEB rises 3.7 to 4.5.
Bonneville Hot AC “Now 100.5” KZZO slips 3.5 – 3.3 – 2.8. iHeart Classic Rock “93.7 The River” KYRV is down 3.6 – 3.0 – 2.7. Audacy Rhythmic CHR 102.5 KSFM slides 3.5 – 2.9- 2.5. Lotus Ranchera “La Rachera 92.1/105.5” KVMX/KSAC-FM drops 3.9 – 2.8 – 2.4.
Las Vegas
iHeartMedia AC “Sunny 106.5” KSNE rises 8.6 to 9.6, down from its Holiday fueled 13.5 share in December 2023. Beasley Media Classic Hits 96.3 KKLZ rises 7.9 to 8.5. Lotus Regional Mexican “La Buena 101.9” KWID inches up 6.3 to 6.5. iHeartMedia Country “95.5 The Bull” KWNR is up 4.6 to 4.8. Lotus Classic Rock “97.1 The Point” KXPT moves up 4.1 to 4.3.
Entravision Regional Mexican “La Tricolor 105.1” KQRT jumps up 2.9 to 3.7.
iHeartMedia Classic Rock “93.1 The Mountain” KYMT slips 2.4 – 2.1 – 1.9. Beasley Hot AC “102.7 VGS” KVGS is down 1.7 to 1.4.
Pittsburgh
Steel City Media Variety Hits “96.9 Bob-FM” WRRK soars up 7.4 – 8.3 – 9.6 – 10.5 for what Huff notes is a new all-time record high for the station. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “94.5 3WS” WWSW has a Christmas gain 8.8 to 9.9, which is down two shares from its 11.9 in December 2023. iHeart Classic Rock 102.5 WDVE is up 9.4 to 9.7. Audacy Sports “93.7 The Fan” KDKA-FM slides 8.4 – 7.1 – 6.7 to tie for fourth with Renda AC “Wish 99.7” WSHH as it uses Christmas music for a 5.3 to 6.7 gain albeit down from its 7.8 share last year.
iHeartMedia CHR “96.1 Kiss” WKST-FM falls 7.5 – 6.2 – 5.1 – 4.2. iHeart Rock/Alternative “105.9 The X” WXDX drops 4.0 to 3.3.
Public News/Talk 90.5 WESA drops 5.7 to 3.9.
Steel City Media Hot AC “Q92.9” WLTJ rises 2.5 to 3.1. Audacy Hot AC “100.7 Star” WBZZ gains 2.5 to 3.0.
Cincinnati
Cumulus Media Classic Hits 103.5 WGRR holds at an 8.6 share to maintain its lead. iHeartMedia News/Talk 700 WLW slips 8.4 to 7.2. Hubbard Hot AC “Q102” WKRQ dips 7.5 to 7.0. Hubbard Country “B105” WUBE holds at a 6.3 share to tie for fourth with iHeart Conservative Talk 550 WKRC as it is off 6.6 to 6.3.
Cumulus AC “Warm 98.5” WRRM rises 4.4 to 5.5, but is down from its 8.1 share in December 2023.
Cumulus Classic Rock “92.5 The Fox” WOFX-FM slips 5.7 to 4.8. Hubbard Adult Hits “Mix 94.9” WREW is down 5.3 to 4.4. iHeart Rock 102.7 WEBN drops 4.5 to 3.7.
Classical 90.9 WGUC jumps up 2.2 to 3.5.
iHeart CHR “Kiss 107.1” WKFS is down 3.0 to 2.3. Cumulus’ “Cat Country 94.1” WNNF slides 3.0 – 2.8 – 2.1.
Kansas City
With its annual move to Christmas music happening the day before Thanksgiving, Cumulus Classic Hits 94.9 KCMO-FM drops month-to-month 11.0 to 9.8, up a tad from its 9.5 in December 2023 but last year its stream was broken out separately with a 0.7 too. Audacy News/Talk 98.1 KMBZ-FM is down 6.4 to 5.9. Steel City Media CHR “Mix 93.3” KMXV is off 5.6 to 5.5. Ahead of yesterday’s flip to Variety Hits, Steel City AC “KC 102.1” uses its Christmas music move to rise 3.0 to 5.4 down from its 7.9 last year. Audacy Sports “96.5 The Fan” KFNZ-FM moves 4.9 to 4.8 with its stream holding at a 1.7 share.
Audacy Hot AC “99.7 The Point” KZPT trends up 3.3 – 3.7 – 4.4.
Steel City Media Country “Q104” KBEQ rises 3.9 to 4.2. Audacy Country “106.5 The Wolf” WDAF-FM falls 5.7 – 5.3 – 4.0. Steel City Country 94.1 KFKF drops 4.5 – 4.2 – 3.1.
Columbus
TEGNA Sports “97.1 The Fan” WBNS-FM is up 10.4 to 11.6 for what Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is the best notes is the largest share on the station since it was Easy Listening in Winter 1987. iHeartMedia Country 92.3 WCOL rises 7.7 to 8.1 to tie for second with sister Classic Hits “93.3 The Bus” WODC as its Christmas music brings it up 7.0 to 8.1, down from its 10.5 in December 2023. Saga Classic Rock “QFM 96” WLVQ is off 6.9 to 6.8. iHeart CHR 97.9 WNCI holds at a 6.4 share.
Saga AC “Sunny 95” WSNY’s seasonal rebrand as “Santa 95” sees the station dip 6.2 to 5.9 which ties its performance in December 2023.
Radio One Hip Hop “Power 107.5” WCKX jumps up 2.8 to 4.1 for its best share since July 2017 despite losing its simulcast on 106.3 just ahead of the monthly.
Public News/Talk 91.1 WOSU-FM drops 5.1 to 3.6. Classical 101.1 WOSA gains 0.8 to 2.0.
Saga Classic Hits “Rewind 104.3/103.5” WNND/WNNP trends up 2.1 – 2.6 – 3.0. NABCO’s “Country 103.9” WJKR is down 1.8 to 1.0.
Cleveland
iHeartMedia Classic Hits “Majic 105.7” WMJI makes a huge Christmas music jump up 10.8 to 16.3 more than doubling its 8.0 share in December 2023. Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes that it is the largest share in the Cleveland market for any station since 850 WJW’s 19.5 in 1966 as well as the fourth largest share for any station in any market outside of the Holiday book in PPM history.
Audacy Classic Rock 98.5 WNCX moves 8.4 to 8.3. Audacy AC “Star 102.1” WDOK continues its months-long trend up 6.7 to 7.9 with an additional Christmas music bump, which is a big gain from its 6.4 share in December 2023. Radio One Adult R&B 93.1 WZAK slips 8.4 – 7.6 – 7.1. iHeart Variety Hits “106.5 The Lake” WHLK is up 5.2 to 6.3.
iHeart News/Talk 1100/106.9 WTAM drops 6.9 o 4.3. Audacy Sports “92.3 The Fan” WKRK-FM falls 5.4 – 5.0 – 4.0. Public News/Talk 89.7 WKSU/104.9 WCPN slides 5.2 – 4.3 – 3.7.
Salem Christian AC “95.5 The Fish” WFHM also went all-Christmas and was steady at a 2.2 share.
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