The fourth and final day of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases bring Austin, Raleigh/Durham, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Nashville, Providence, Norfolk, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Greensboro, Memphis, and Hartford.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.
The move of Waterloo Media Variety Hits “103.5 Bob-FM” KBPA’s antenna closer to the center of Austin’s population center this spring has helped the usual market leader to climb higher than even its usual highs. KBPA has trended up 11.1 – 11.5 – 11.9 for what Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is the largest share for the frequency since it was AC “Key 103” KEYI in 1986. Public News/Talk 90.1 KUT-FM rebounds 8.1 to 8.7 for second. iHeartMedia Country 98.1 KVET-FM trends up to third 4.6 – 5.1 – 5.8. Waterloo Media Regional Mexican “107.1 La Zeta” KLZT surges up 3.7 – 4.4 – 5.0 for fourth. Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ drops 5.6 to 4.7.
While KLZT jumped up, Univision Spanish AC “Amor 107.7” KLJA drops 4.4 to 2.9. Trending down are Waterloo Media’s trio of Alternative “101X” KROX (2.6 – 2.4 – 1.8), Hot AC “Lucy 93.3” KGSR (2.8 – 2.3 – 1.7) and newly launched Rhythmic AC “102.7 The Vibe” K274AX (1.8 to 1.0).
Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC-FM leads Raleigh down 10.2 to 9.3. Capitol Broadcasting AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM moves 7.8 to 7.7. Radio One Adult R&B “Foxy 107.1/104.3” WFXC/WFXK trends down 8.0 – 7.4 – 7.1. Curtis Media Variety Hits “96.1 BBB” WBBB dips 6.6 to 6.5 and their Classic Hits “Kix 102.9” WKIX-FM slips 6.4 to 6.2.
Radio One Hip Hop “K97.5” WQOK trends up 3.5 – 4.1 – 4.4.
Cumulus Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK leads Indianapolis down 10.7 to 9.5. Emmis News/Talk 93.1 WIBC rises 7.0 to 8.2. Public News/Talk 90.1 WFYI surges up 4.9 – 5.6 – 7.4 for what Huff notes is a record for the station. Emmis AC “B105.7” WYXB dips 6.7 to 6.5, while Radio One Adult R&B 106.7 WTLC-FM is down 6.1 to 6.0.
iHeartMedia Alternative “Alt 103.3” WOLT trends up 2.5 – 3.1 – 3.3, while Sarkes Tarzian AAA 92.3 WTTS falls 5.3 – 4.9 – 3.9.
Despite being the home of the NBA Champion Milwaukee Bucks during their Finals run, Good Karma News/Talk 620 WTMJ holds at an 8.9 share. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT-FM trends down 8.7 – 7.9 – 7.1. Saga Classic Rock “Hometown Rock 96.5” holds at a 6.9 share. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1130 WISN rises 6.5 to 6.8. Saga Rock “102.9 The Hog” WHQG jumps up 5.3 to 6.2.
The Bucks helped all three sports stations in Milwaukee to crack a one share at the same time. iHeartMedia’s “97.3 The Game” WRNW-FM drops 1.7 to 1.5, Entercom’s “1250 The Fan” WSSP rises 0.8 to 1.1, while Good Karma’s “ESPN 94.5” WKTI is up 0.8 to 1.0.
Also trending up in Milwaukee are Audacy Hot AC “99.1 The Mix” WMYX (5.1 – 5.8 – 6.0), Milwaukee Radio Alliance AC “B93.3” WLDB (4.8 – 5.1 – 5.3), MRA Alternative “FM 102.1” WLUM (3.8 to 4.6), and Saga’s “Pure Oldies 106.9” WRXS-FM (1.1 – 1.4 – 2.0).
Midwest Communications’ duo of Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK (down 9.3 to 8.4) and AC “Mix 92.9” WJXA (up 6.7 to 8.1) lead Nashville. They are followed by Cumulus Media’s trio of Country “95.5 Nash Icon” WSM-FM (7.1 to 7.4), Adult R&B “92Q” WQQK (6.5 to 6.7) and News/Talk “99.7 WTN” WWTN (6.5 to 6.3).
iHeartMedia Country 97.9 WSIX falls 7.8 to 6.1, while sister CHR “107.5 The River” WRVW trends up 5.1 – 5.5 – 5.8. Midwest CHR “Hot 106.7” WNFN though jumps up 2.7 to 4.2 for what Huff notes is the highest share ever for the frequency in the market.
Hall Communications’ “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK rises 7.8 to 8.0 to reclaim the Providence market lead as iHeartMedia Rock 94.1 WHJY has trended down 8.5 – 7.9 – 7.2. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “B101” WWBB surges up 5.2 – 5.4 – 6.6. Cumulus AC “Lite 105.1” WWLI slides 7.8 – 6.5 – 6.3 and sister CHR “92 Pro-FM” WPRO-FM dips 6.0 to 5.8.
Audacy Adult R&B “95.7 R&B” WVKL continues to dominate Norfolk up 11.9 to 12.8. Sinclair Variety Hits “93.7 Bob-FM” WNOB dips 7.1 to 6.7. Max Media Country “97.3 The Eagle” WGH-FM surges up 4.3 – 4.9 – 6.1. Audacy AC “101.3 2WD” WWDE dips 6.2 to 5.8, while Saga Classic Rock “106.9 The Fox” WAFX holds steady at a 4.6.
iHeartMedia Hip Hop “103 Jamz” WOWI drops 5.8 to 4.6. Trending up are Saga Rock “FM 99” WNOR (4.4 – 5.2 -5.4), Audacy CHR “Z104” WNVZ (2.5 – 3.2 – 3.7), and Sinclair Alternative “96X” WROX (2.6 to 3.2).
Cox Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” WJGL holds on top of Jacksonville down 11.1 to 10.7. Renda AC 96.1 WEJZ falls 10.2 to 8.5. Cox News/Talk 104.5 WOKV-FM holds at an 8.1 share. Cox Soft AC “Easy 102.9” WEZI trends up 5.7 – 6.0 – 6.4 to tie with iHeartMedia Country 99.1 WQIK which was up itself 5.5 to 6.4.
Renda Country “99.9 Gator Country” WGNE jumps up 4.3 – 4.6 – 5.2. Cox Hip Hop “Power 106.1” W291CI rises 2.4 – 2.5 – 3.6.
Audacy Adult R&B 97.1 WQMG leads in Greensboro as it trends up 9.5 – 11.6 – 11.9. Dick Broadcasting Classic Rock “Rock 92” WKRR rises 9.1 to 9.5 to tie iHeartMedia AC “Mix 99.5” WMAG (up 8.8 to 9.5). Audacy Variety Hits “98.7 Simon” trends up 7.8 – 8.6 – 9.2. Further down is Audacy Hip Hop “102 Jamz” WJMH as it trends down 7.6 – 6.4 – 6.0.
Dick CHR 107.5 WKZL falls a full share point down 5.8 to 4.8.
Hubbard Hot AC 97.9 WRMF holds its accustomed spot atop West Palm Beach up 9.0 to 9.2. iHeartMedia AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL drops 8.5 to 7.7. Hubbard Classic Hits “Sunny 107.9” WEAT trends down 7.1 – 6.0 – 5.2. Miami’s Public News/Talk 91.3 WLRN (heard on local 101.9 translator) rises 3.5 to 4.2. Hubbard Adult R&B “X102.3” WMBX falls 5.3 to 4.2.
iHeartMedia’s duo of Adult R&B “V101” KJMS (steady at 10.0) and Gospel “Hallelujah 95.7” WHAL (9.7 to 9.4) take the top two spots in Memphis. Cumulus Adult R&B 103.5 WRBO holds at an 8.1 share. Audacy AC “104.5 The River” WRVR rises 7.5 to 7.6. iHeartMedia R&B Oldies 1070 WDIA trends up 5.5 – 6.0 – 7.1 with Huff noting it being its best performance since August 2015.
Audacy Hot AC “FM 100” WMC-FM drops 7.0 to 6.0. Flipping to Conservative Talk during the ratings period drops Cumulus former Soft AC “98.9 The Bridge” WKIM from a 1.4 to 0.6 share.
Audacy AC “Lite 100.5” WRCH slips 13.3 to 12.4. iHeartMedia Country 92.5 WWYZ places second 7.6 to 7.7. Audacy News/Talk 1080 WTIC trends up to a third place tie 4.7 – 5.8 – 6.9 as Public News/Talk 90.5 WNPR rises 6.2 to 6.9. Audacy Hot AC 96.5 WTIC-FM slides 7.2 to 6.5.
Trending down in Hartford are iHeartMedia CHR “Kiss 95.7” WKSS (7.0 – 6.6 – 6.1), Classic Hits “105.9 The River” WHCN (6.1 – 5.5 – 4.7) and Full Power Radio Classic Rock “102.9 The Whale” WDRC-FM (4.5 to 3.7). iHeartMedia’s other CHR “KC 101” WKCI-FM trends up 2.5 – 2.9 – 3.3.
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