Day 3 of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases are now available for Charlotte, Portland, San Antonio, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, Orlando, Las Vegas, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Cleveland and Columbus.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.
Classical 89.9 WDAV Charlotte has done something today that had never been done in PPM history. With WDAV’s trend up 3.2 – 4.4 – 6.4, Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes that it has become the very first Classical station to lead its market in PPM. Beasley Hip Hop “Power 98” WPEG rises 4.5 to 5.8. iHeartMedia Variety Hits “102.9 The Lake” WLKO drops 8.2 to 5.5. Radio One Adult R&B “105.3 RNB” WOSF is up 5.0 to 5.3. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “99.7 The Fox” WRFX rises 4.9 to 5.2.
iHeartMedia CHR “Hits 96.1” WHQC rises 3.8 to 4.5, while Beasley’s “Kiss 95.1” WNKS slips 3.4 to 2.6. iHeart Alternative “106.5 The End” WEND trends up 3.4 – 3.8 – 4.4.
Public News/Talk 91.5 KOPB-FM leads Portland with a 7.2 – 8.3 – 10.1 trend, while the station’s stream adds an additional 2.1 share. iHeartMedia AC “K103” KKCW places second 17.0 to 9.3, while co-owned Classic Hits “106.7 The Eagle” KLTH rises 6.9 to 8.4. Alpha Media News/Talk 101.1 KXL rises 5.9 to 7.6. Classical 89.9 KQAC places fifth as it drops 5.5 to 4.5.
Trending up in Portland: Alpha Media Country “98.7 The Bull” KUPL (2.9 to 4.0), Salem Regional Mexican “93.1 El Rey” KRYP (2.8 to 3.9), Audacy Country “99.5 The Wolf” KWJJ (2.0 – 2.3 – 3.4) and iHeartMedia CHR “Z100” KKRZ (2.1 to 3.0).
Cox Media Group Classic Rock “106.7 The Eagle” KTKX surges 5.4 to 7.3 to take the lead in San Antonio. Huff notes that is the largest share ever for the station and the first time 106.7 has ever led the market. iHeartMedia AC “Q101.9” KQXT places second 15.9 to 7.0. Cox Classic Hits 101.1 KONO-FM rises 6.2 to 6.8 (adding 1.4 on its stream). Univision Regional Mexican “Que Buena 92.9” KROM slips 6.1 to 5.6. iHeartMedia CHR “96.1 Now” KXXM jumps up two shares 3.3 to 5.4.
Cox Country “Y100” KCYY rebounds 4.0 to 5.1, while Univision Rhythmic AC “107.5 The Vibe” KVBH trends up 3.0 – 3.5 – 4.1.
Audacy Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” KSEG rises 8.1 to 9.3 to take the Sacramento lead. Bonneville AC “Mix 96” KYMX is second down 15.8 to 7.5. iHeartMedia News/Talk 1530 KFBK/93.1 KFBK-FM rises 6.7 to 7.1, with co-owned Soft AC “92.5 The Breeze” KBEB up 5.2 to 5.8. Bonneville Country 105.1 KNCI surges up 3.3 to 5.4.
Public News/Talk 90.9 KXJZ rises 4.0 to 5.0. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 650 KSTE is up 2.1 to 3.7.
iHeartMedia Classic Hits 94.1 KODJ takes the Salt Lake City market lead with a 6.8 to 7.8 gain. Co-owned Conservative Talk 570 KNRS/105.9 KNRS-FM surges up 5.7 to 7.6 to place second. KSOP Inc. Country “Z104” KSOP-FM rises 6.5 to 7.4. Bonneville News/Talk 1160 KSL/102.7 KSL-FM rises 5.3 to 6.5. Bonneville AC “FM 100” KSFI places fifth 16.3 to 6.0.
Trending up in Salt Lake City: Classical 89.1 KBYU-FM (2.0 – 2.3 – 3.4) and Broadway Media Oldies “105.5 Kool-FM” K288GY/KUDD-HD2 (0.6 to 1.5).
iHeartMedia CHR “XL 106.7” WXXL claims the Orlando trending up 6.5 – 7.1 – 8.3. Cox Adult R&B “Star 94.5” WCFB rises 5.7 – 7.2 – 7.6, while sister Classic Rock 98.9 WMMO rises 5.6 to 6.8. iHeartMedia AC “Magic 107.7” WMGF places fourth 12.8 to 6.7. Audacy Classic Hits “105.9 Sunny-FM” WOCL takes fifth 6.3 to 6.4.
iHeartMedia Hot Talk “Real Radio 104.1” WTKS-FM rises 4.8 to 6.2. Spanish Tropical “Rumba 100” WRUM trends down 8.4 – 7.9 – 6.2, while Cox Spanish Hot AC “Exitos 96.5” WOEX slides 6.4 – 6.1 – 5.8.
Beasley Classic Hits 96.3 KKLZ leads Las Vegas up 6.9 to 7.0. iHeartMedia AC “Sunny 106.5” KSNE is right behind 14.7 to 6.9. Lotus Classic Rock “97.1 The Point” KXPT rises 4.4 to 5.5. Christian AC 90.5 KSOS-FM rebounds 3.9 to 5.2. Audacy Rhythmic AC “Q100.5” KXQQ trends up to fifth 3.7 – 4.1 – 4.6.
iHeartMedia Classic Hits “94.5 3WS” WWSW remains on top in Pittsburgh moving 15.5 to 10.1. Audacy Sports “93.7 The Fan” KDKA-FM jumps up to second 7.6 to 9.1. Steel City Media Variety Hits “96.9 Bob-FM” WRRK rises 7.3 to 9.0. iHeartMedia Rock 102.5 WDVE falls to fourth while rising 8.6 to 8.7, while co-owned Alternative “105.9 The X” WXDX is up 4.7 to 5.6.
Audacy News/Talk 1020/100.1 KDKA trends up 3.7 – 4.4 – 5.0. iHeartMedia CHR “96.1 Kiss-FM” WKST-FM trends down 5.1 – 4.5 – 4.3.
The top two stations in Cincinnati combine for one fourth of all listening in the market. Cumulus Classic Hits 103.5 WGRR rises 9.5 to 13.4 for what Huff notes is a station record. iHeartMedia News/Talk 700 WLW is up 10.0 to 11.5. Hubbard CHR “Q102” WKRQ dips 7.7 to 7.3. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 550 WKRC surges up 4.7 to 7.0. Hubbard Country “B105.1” WUBE is up 5.2 to 5.6.
Public News/Talk 91.7 WVXU trends up 3.9 – 4.1 – 4.8.
Cumulus Classic Rock “101 The Fox” KCFX (9.7 – 8.5 – 7.6) and Classic Hits 94.9 KCMO-FM (8.6 – 8.4 – 7.3) hold the top two spots despite downward trends. Audacy News/Talk 98.1 KMBZ-FM rises 4.6 – 5.0 – 7.2, while sister Rock 98.9 KQRC trends up 4.5 – 5.2 – 6.3. Public News/Talk 89.3 KCUR-FM rises 4.8 to 6.0.
Audacy Alternative “Alt 96.5” KRBZ trends up 3.4 – 3.5 – 4.1. Trending downward are Steel City Media Country “Q104” KBEQ (3.6 – 2.7 – 2.4) and Northwestern Media Christian AC “Life 88.5” KJNW (3.5 to 2.2)
Radio One Adult R&B 93.1 WZAK Cleveland rises 8.2 to 11.3 for what Huff notes is an all-time station record high. Audacy Classic Rock 98.5 WNCX rises 8.4 to 9.1, while AC “Star 102.1” WDOK drops 12.4 to 8.3. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “Majic 105.7” WMJI dips 11.5 to 7.6, while sister Variety Hits “106.5 The Lake” WHLK is up 5.7 to 6.0.
Ahead of its move to a better signal this spring, Classical 104.9 WCLV-FM trends up 1.2 – 1.6 – 2.6.
TEGNA Sports “97.1 The Fan” WBNS-FM leads Columbus up 8.2 to 9.5. iHeartMedia CHR 97.9 WNCI jumps up two shares 6.8 to 8.8. iHeart News/Talk 610 WTVN is third up 6.0 to 8.5, while sister Country 92.3 WCOL rises 6.0 to 7.8. Public News/Talk 91.1 WOSU-FM rises 6.6 to 7.7.
Saga Classic Rock “QFM 96” WLVQ jumps 4.1 to 5.7.
This story first appeared on radioinsight.com