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
Waterloo Media Variety Hits “103.5 Bob-FM” KBPA maintains its lead down 11.4 to 10.4. Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ is up 7.4 to 7.6. Waterloo Regional Mexican “107.1 La Z” KLZT jumps up 4.6 to 5.7 to tie iHeartMedia Country 98.1 KVET-FM (5.5 to 5.7). Public News/Talk 90.1 KUT-FM rises 4.4 to 5.4.
With its flip from Hot AC to Spanish CHR “Latino 93.3” 3/4 through the monthly, Waterloo Media’s KGSR rises 1.3 to 1.5.
Waterloo Classic Rock 93.7 KLBJ-FM trends up 3.6 – 4.3 – 4.5, but sister News/Talk 590/99.7 KLBJ slides 5.4 – 4.4 – 4.0.
Raleigh/Durham
Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC-FM surges up 8.3 to 9.9 to claim the Raleigh/Durham lead with Ratings Expert Chris Huff noting it is its best share since September 2021. Radio One Adult R&B “Foxy 107.1/104.3” WFXC/WFXK drops 9.8 to 8.4. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk “Talk 106.1” WTKK is down 8.2 to 7.9. Capitol Broadcasting Hot AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM is off 7.5 to 7.2. Radio One Hip Hop “K97.5” WQOK jumps up 3.7 – 3.9 – 5.7.
iHeartMedia Country “B93.9” WNCB slides 4.8 – 4.6 – 3.5.
Indianapolis
Cumulus Media Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK expands its lead 8.0 to 8.4. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Q95” WFBQ holds at a 6.9. Public News/Talk 90.1 WFYI jumps up 5.3 to 6.6. Cumulus Country 95,5 WFMS holds at a 6.1, while Radio One’s “97.1 Hank-FM” WLHK is off 6.2 to 6.0.
Radio One’s duo of AC “B105.7” WYXB (7.8 – 6.9 – 5.7) and News/Talk 93.1 WIBC (6.8 to 5.7) take over one share falls. Sarkes Tarzian AAA 92.3 WTTS rises 5.1 to 5.7. Radio One Hip Hop “Hot 100.9” WHHH is up 2.4 to 3.3. Cumulus Rock “93.9X” WNDX trends up 1.9 – 2.4 – 2.7.
Nashville
Midwest’s duo of AC “Mix 92.9” WJXA (13.3 – 11.8 – 11.4) and Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK (10.4 – 9.1 – 7.6) continue to hold the top two spots in Music City. Cumulus Classic Country “95.5 Nash Icon” WSM-FM is down 7.7 – 7.1 – 6.8. iHeartMedia Country “The Big 98” WSIX is off 6.6 – 6.3 – 6.1. Cumulus Adult R&B “92Q” WQQK jumps up 4.6 to 6.0.
iHeartMedia CHR “107.5 The River” WRVW takes advantage of the demise of “Hot 106.7” WNFN to rise 3.9 to 5.5 for its highest share since November 2021. In its first full monthly as Classic Country “Y’All 106.7“, WNFN holds steady at a 1.4 share.
iHeart Classic Rock “105.9 The Rock” WNRQ is down 5.5 to 4.8. EMF’s “K-Love” 97.1 WLVU rises 3.6 to 4.3. Cumulus’ “103.3 Country” WKDF trends down 5.3 – 4.7 – 3.5. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “101.1 The Beat” WUBT falls 4.6 to 3.4. Hope Media Group Christian AC “Way-FM” 89.9 WAYW jumps 0.6 to 1.8.
Milwaukee
iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1130 WISN is off 9.8 to 9.7. Saga Classic Rock “Hometown Rock 96.5” WKLH rises 8.5 to 9.1. iHeartMedia Country “FM 106.1” WMIL moves 8.2 to 8.3. Good Karma News/Talk 620 WTMJ slides 9.5 to 7.9. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT falls 8.0 to 7.1.
Saga’s “Pure Oldies 106.9” WRXS-FM is up 2.8 to 3.6. Milwaukee Radio alliance AC “B93.3” WLDB rises 4.4 to 5.2. Saga Adult R&B “Jammin 98.3” WJMR trends down 5.0 – 4.4 – 4.0. Saga’s “Pure Oldies 106.9” WRXS rises 2.8 to 3.6. Milwaukee Radio Alliance Alternative “FM 102.1” WLUM trends down 3.7 – 3.1 – 2.5.
Providence
Cumulus AC “Lite 105.1” WWLI reclaims the lead rising 8.9 to 9.6. iHeartMedia Rock 94.1 WHJY is up 8.1 to 8.2, while iHeart Classic Hits “B101” WWBB falls 9.0 to 8.0. Hall’s “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK is up 7.3 to 7.8. Cumulus CHR “92 Pro-FM” WPRO-FM rises 7.1 to 7.4.
Cumulus News/Talk 630 WPRO/99.7 WEAN trends up 5.2 – 5.9 – 6.2.
Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Audacy’s “95.7 R&B” WVKL maintains its lead 10.3 to 10.0. Saga Classic Rock “106.9 The Fox” WAFX is up 6.8 to 7.0. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “103 Jamz” WOWI is off 7.1 to 6.8. Audacy AC “101.3 2WD” WWDE holds at a 5.8 share. Sinclair Variety Hits “93.7 Bob-FM” WNOB dips 5.9 to 5.6.
Saga Rock “FM 99” WNOR trends down 6.5 – 5.3 – 4.9. Max Media Adult R&B “100.5 The Vibe” WVBW trends up 3.7 – 4.1 – 4.4.
Jacksonville
Cox Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” WJGL holds its lead 10.0 to 9.9. Renda AC 96.1 WEJZ rises 8.6 to 9.5. iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101.5” WSOL is steady at a 7.9 share. Cox Soft AC “Easy 102.9” WEZI dips 7.3 to 6.8. iHeartMedia Country 99.1 WQIK rises 5.9 to 6.3.
iHeartMedia Hip Hop “93.3 The Beat” WJBT slides 5.1 to 4.1.
Greensboro/Winston-Salem
Audacy Variety Hits “98.7 Simon” WSMW maintains its Triad lead sliding 14.0 to 12.3. Audacy Adult R&B 97.1 WQMG is up 11.8 to 12.0. iHeartMedia Country “Q104.1” WTQR jumps up 5.2 to 6.8. iHeart AC “Mix 99.5” WMAG is down 7.2 to 6.5. Audacy Hip Hop “102 Jamz” WJMH is down 6.9 to 6.4.
Audacy Country “93.1 The Wolf” WPAW slides 7.7 – 7.2 – 5.6. Dick Broadcasting Classic Rock “Rock 92” WKRR is down 6.1 to 5.4. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 94.5 WPTI slides 5.0 – 4.2 – 3.9. Dick CHR 107.5 WKZL is down 3.6 – 2.8 – 2.6.
West Palm Beach
Hubbard Classic Hits “Sunny 107.9” WEAT-FM jumps up 8.2 to 10.2 to take the Palm Beach lead. iHeartMedia AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL holds at an 8.7 share. Hubbard Adult R&B “X102.3” WMBX dips 6.6 to 6.5. Hubbard Hot AC 97.9 WRMF slides 6.7 to 5.9. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “98.7 The Gator” WKGR rises 3.9 to 4.5.
Hubbard Country 103.1 WIRK rises 3.0 to 4.3. iHeartMedia CHR “Wild 95.5” WLDI is down 3.1 – 2.7 – 2.4.
Memphis
iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101” KJMS rises 12.2 to 13.7. Audacy AC “104.5 The River” WRVR continues to trend up 8.1 – 9.4 – 10.2 – 11.7. iHeartMedia Gospel “95.7 Hallelujah-FM” WHAL-FM rises 7.5 to 8.6, while sister Hip Hop “K97” WHRK jumps up 7.2 to 8.4. Audacy Country “99.7 The Wolf” WLFP surges up 3.6 to 7.6 following its move to the massive 99.7 signal.
iHeartMedia Hot AC “102.7 Kiss-FM” WEGR rises 1.3 – 1.7 – 2.5 following its move from CHR on 101.9, while “Rock 102” WEGR drops 4.0 to 2.9.
Flinn Broadcasting joins Cumulus in not subscribing in Memphis.
Hartford
Audacy AC “Lite 100.5” WRCH maintains its lead 9.7 to 9.6, while sister Hot AC 96.5 WTIC-FM holds at an 8.4 share. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “105.9 The River” WHCN holds at an 8.0 share followed by sister Country 92.5 WWYZ moves 7.3 to 7.2 and sister CHR “Kiss 95.7” WKSS-FM (6.9 to 6.3).
Audacy News/Talk 1080 WTIC falls 5.5 to 4.7, but its stream doubles from 0.4 to 0.8. Full Power Radio Alternative “Radio 104.1” WMRQ rises 3.1 to 3.7. Audacy Hip Hop “Hot 93.7” WZMX slides 4.4 – 4.2 – 3.7.
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