Nielsen begins its monthly release of PPM ratings with today’s Day 1 update including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston/Galveston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Long Island, Riverside/San Bernardino, San Jose, and Middlesex/Somerset/Union.
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iHeartMedia AC “106.7 Lite-FM” WLTW New York remains on top with a 6.7 to 6.6 slip. MediaCo Adult R&B 107.5 WBLS rises 6.3 to 6.5. SBS Spanish Tropical “Mega 97.9” WSKQ jumps to third up 5.1 to 5.7. Audacy Classic Hits 101.1 WCBS-FM drops 5.7 to 5.5. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Q104.3” WAXQ rises 4.6 to 5.7.
iHeartMedia CHR “Z100” WHTZ trends up 4.1 to 4.6.
Audacy Classic Hits “K-Earth 101” KRTH extends its Los Angeles lead with a 5.3 to 5.5 rise, while iHeartMedia AC 103.5 KOST slips 5.2 to 4.9. iHeart News/Talk 640 KFI trends down 5.7 – 4.8 – 4.4. Univision Spanish AC “107.5 K-Love” KLVE rises 4.0 to 4.2, while iHeartMedia Hot AC “104.3 My-FM” KBIG holds at a 4.1.
iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V103” WVAZ leads Chicago despite a 7.1 to 6.5 drop. Audacy News 780 WBBM/105.9 WCFS is second up 5.9 to 6.0. iHeartMedia AC “93.9 Lite-FM” WLIT falls 5.8 to 5.6. Hubbard Classic Rock “97.1 The Drive” WDRV slips 5.4 to 5.2. Univision Regional Mexican “Que Buena 105.1” WOJO rises to fifth up 3.8 to 4.1.
A lot of movement down the list in Chicago. Cumulus Classic Hits 94.7 WLS-FM trends up 2.7 – 3.1 – 3.5. Audacy Country “US 99” WUSN rises 2.2 – 2.5 – 2.8 and co-owned CHR “B96” WBBM-FM crawls up 1.8 – 2.2 – 2.3. Moving downward are Public News/Talk 91.5 WBEZ (4.9 – 4.2 – 3.4), Hubbard Hot AC “101.9 The Mix” WTMX (4.0 – 3.8 – 3.4) and Weigel Broadcasting Soft Oldies “87.7 MeTV-FM” WRME-LP (3.2 – 2.9 – 2.7).
Public News/Talk 88.5 KQED-FM remains in the lead in San Francisco with an 8.2 to 8.7 rebound. MLB’s Giants lead Cumulus Sports 680 KNBR/104.5 KNBR-FM up to second with a 4.3 – 5.1 – 6.3 trend. Audacy News 740 KCBS/106.9 KFRC slips 6.4 to 5.9. iHeartMedia Soft AC “98.1 The Breeze” KISQ rises 4.3 to 4.6. Bonneville Adult R&B 102.9 KBLX trends up to fifth 3.1 – 4.2 – 4.5.
Trending downward are Audacy Hot AC “Alice 97.3” KLLC 3.4 to 2.8 and Cumulus News/Talk 810 KGO 1.9 – 1.6 – 1.4.
Audacy Classic Hits 98.7 KLUV remains on top of Dallas with a 4.9 to 5.2 gain. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Lonestar 92.5” KZPS rises to second up 4.3 to 4.7. iHeartMedia AC “Star 102.1” KDGE is third up 4.4 to 4.5. Cumulus Country “New Country 96.3” KSCS (steady at 4.4) and Audacy Variety Hits “100.3 Jack-FM” KJKK (4.3 to 4.4) tie for fourth.
Salem Christian AC 94.9 KLTY trends down with a 4.0 to 3.1 slide. Cumulus Sports “The Ticket” 1310 KTCK/96.7 KTCK-FM drops 3.6 to 2.6.
iHeartMedia AC “Sunny 99.1” KODA expands its lead in Houston to a full share with a 6.9 to 7.5 gain. Cox Classic Rock “107.5/106.9 The Eagle” KGLK/KHPT rises to second up 6.3 to 6.5. Hope Media Christian AC 89.3 KSBJ falls to third 6.6 to 6.3. Univision Regional Mexican “Que Buena 102.9” KLTN slides 6.2 to 5.9, while Audacy Variety Hits “95.7 The Spot” KKHH rises 5.3 to 5.6.
iHeartMedia News/Talk 740 KTRH trends down 5.5 – 4.9 – 4.5. Cox Country “93Q” KKBQ falls 5.1 to 3.9. Audacy Spanish CHR “Mega 101” KLOL trends up 3.0 – 3.4 – 4.1.
As usual Cox Media Group retains four of the top five stations in Atlanta. News/Talk 750 WSB/95.5 WSBB drops 8.6 to 8.1. Classic Rock “97.1 The River” WSRV slips 7.1 to 6.7. Adult R&B “Kiss 104.1” rises 6.0 to 6.4. Audacy Hip Hop/R&B “V103” WVEE surges up 4.8 to 5.7. Cox AC “B98.5” WSB-FM rises 4.5 to 4.8.
The Atlanta CHRs continue to surge up. Cumulus Media’s “Q99.7” WWWQ rises 3.6 – 4.3 – 4.6. iHeartMedia’s “Power 96.1” WWPW moves 2.9 – 3.9 – 4.1.
iHeartMedia Adult R&B 105.3 WDAS-FM expands its Philadelphia lead with a 7.2 to 7.8 gain, while Beasley Rock 93.3 WMMR slips 6.9 to 6.6. Beasley Classic Rock 102.9 WMGK is up a bit 6.2 to 6.3, while sister Country 92.5 WXTU holds steady at 5.4. Audacy Sports 94.1 WIP falls to fifth 5.8 to 5.2.
iHeartMedia CHR “Q102” WIOQ trends up 3.5 – 3.7 – 4.6. University of Pennsylvania AAA 88.5 WXPN rises 2.6 to 3.1 for what ratings expert Chris Huff notes is its largest share since January 2007. Mega-Philadelphia Spanish Tropical “Mega 105.7” 1310 WEMG rises 0.9 – 1.2 – 1.5. Trending downward are Audacy’s duo of Classic Hits 98.1 WOGL (4.5 – 4.2 – 3.3) and Conservative Talk 1210 WPHT (1.5 – 1.1).
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