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.
Waterloo Media Variety Hits “103.5 Bob-FM” KBPA stays on top in Austin up 11.1 to 11.5. Public News/Talk 90.1 KUT-FM falls 9.0 to 8.1. Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ rises 5.0 to 5.6. iHeartMedia Country 98.1 KVET-FM is up 4.6 to 5.1. Waterloo Regional Mexican “107.1 La Z” KLZT rises 3.7 to 4.4 to tie for fifth with Univision Spanish AC “Amor 107.7” KLJA which jumps up 3.1 to 4.4 as it benefits from the demise of Waterloo’s “Latino 102.7” K274AX.
Waterloo’s replacement format Rhythmic AC “102.7 The Vibe” debuts at a 1.8 share, up from a 1.6 for the previous format.
Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC continues its dominance of Raleigh as it rises 10.0 to 10.2. Capitol Broadcasting AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM rises to second up 7.2 to 7.8. Radio One Adult R&B “Foxy 107.1/104.3” WFXC/WFXK slips 8.0 to 7.4. Curtis Media Variety Hits 96.1 WBBB drops 7.4 to 6.6, while sister Classic Hits “Kix 102.9” WKIX rises 6.1 to 6.4.
Cumulus Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK remains on top in Indianapolis with a 10.4 to 10.7 gain. Emmis News/Talk 93.1 WIBC is up to second 6.9 to 7.0, while sister AC “B105.7” WYXB dips 7.0 to 6.7. Radio One Adult R&B 106.7 WTLC-FM holds at a 6.1 share, while Cumulus Country 95.5 WFMS is down 6.3 to 5.8.
Good Karma News/Talk 620 WTMJ leads Milwaukee despite a 9.2 to 8.9 drop. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT falls 8.7 to 7.9. Saga Classic Rock “Hometown Rock 96.5” WKLH rises 6.4 to 6.9. iHeartMedia’s duo of Conservative Talk 1130 WISN (6.6 to 6.5) and Country 106.1 WMIL (6.5 – 6.3) round out the top five.
Saga’s recently launched “Pure Oldies 106.9” WRXS has doubled its share since its flip moving 0.7 – 1.1. 1.4. But co-owned Rock “102.9 The Hog” WHQG has trended down 7.0 – 5.6 – 5.3.
Midwest Communications Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK expands its lead in Nashville as it rises 8.7 to 9.3. iHeartMedia Country 97.9 WSIX surges 6.3 to 7.8 to move up to second. Cumulus Country “95.5 Nash Icon” WSM-FM is up 7.0 to 7.1. Midwest AC “Mix 92.9” WJXA drops 7.7 to 6.7. Cumulus’ duo of News/Talk “99.7 WTN” WWTN (6.7 to 6.5) and Adult R&B “92Q” WQQK (6.4 to 6.5) tie for fifth.
iHeartMedia Rock 94.1 WHJY’s lead in Providence narrows as it slips 8.5 to 7.9, while Hall’s “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK slips 8.0 to 7.8. Cumulus AC “Lite 105” WWLI falls 7.8 to 6.5. Cumulus CHR “92 Pro-FM” WPRO-FM moves 6.2 to 6.0 and iHeartMedia Classic Hits “B101.5” WWBB is up 5.2 to 5.4.
Audacy Adult R&B “95.7 R&B” WVKL continues to dominate Norfolk despite a 12.4 to 11.9 dip. Sinclair Variety Hits “93.7 Bob-FM” WNOB is second off 7.2 to 7.1. Audacy AC “101.3 2WD” WWDE rises 5.9 to 6.2. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “103 Jamz” WOWI jumps up 4.8 to 5.8, while Saga Classic Rock “106.9 The Fox” WAFX holds at a 5.6 share.
Cox Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” WJGL rises 10.2 to 11.1 for what ratings expert Chris Huff notes is its highest share since it was WAIV in Spring 1982. Renda AC 96.1 WEJZ rises 9.9 to 10.2. Cox News/Talk 104.5 WOKV-FM drops 8.7 to 8.1. Cox Soft AC “Easy 102.9” WEZI (5.7 to 6.0) ties with iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101.5” WSOL (6.1 to 6.0) for fourth.
Audacy Adult R&B 97.1 WQMG surges 9.5 to 11.6 to reclaim the Greensboro lead. Dick Broadcasting Classic Rock “Rock 92” WKRR is off 9.7 to 9.1. iHeartMedia AC “Mix 99.5” WMAG is up slightly 8.7 to 8.8. Audacy Variety Hits “98.7 Simon” WSMW is up 7.8 to 8.6, but sister Hip Hop “102 Jamz” WJMH falls 7.6 to 6.4.
Hubbard Hot AC 97.9 WRMF West Palm Beach falls 9.8 to 9.0. iHeartMedia AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL rises 8.0 to 8.5. Hubbard Classic Hits “Sunny 107.9” WEAT falls 7.1 to 6.0, while sister Adult R&B “X102.3” WMBX rises 5.0 to 5.3. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1290 WJNO rises to fifth 3.5 to 4.0.
iHeartMedia’s duo of Adult R&B “V101” KJMS (9.9 to 10.0) and Gospel “Hallelujah 95.7” WHAL-FM (up 8.3 to 9.7) take the top two spots in Memphis. Cumulus Adult R&B 103.5 WRBO is off 8.8 to 8.1. Audacy AC “104.5 The River” WRVR rises 7.1 to 7.5. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “K97” WHRK rises 6.6 to 7.3.
Audacy AC “Lite 100.5” WRCH keeps a near six share point lead in Hartford as it moves 13.4 to 13.3. iHeartMedia Country 92.5 WWYZ is second 7.4 to 7.6. Audacy Hot AC 96.5 WTIC-FM rises to third 6.8 to 7.2. iHeartMedia CHR “Kiss 95.7” WKSS dips 7.0 to 6.6. Public News/Talk 90.5 WNPR-FM falls 7.0 to 6.2.
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