Nielsen Audio has released Day 2 of its monthly four day sweep of ratings in PPM markets.
Today’s releases include Washington DC, Boston, Seattle, Miami, Phoenix, Detroit, Minneapolis, Tampa/St. Petersburg, Denver, San Diego, Baltimore, and St. Louis.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.
Washington DC
Public News/Talk 88.5 WAMU retains its lead 11.4 to 11.0. Hubbard News 103.5 WTOP is up 8.0 to 8.2. Radio One Adult R&B “Majic 102.3/92.7” WMMJ/WDCJ inches up 6.4 to 6.5. Howard University Adult R&B 96.3 WHUR rises 5.4 to 6.4. iHeartMedia AC 97.1 WASH trends down 7.3 – 7.0 – 6.0.
Audacy Classic Hits “94.7 The Drive” WIAD rises 4.1 to 4.8. iHeartMedia CHR “Hot 99.5” WIHT rises 3.4 to 4.0.
Boston
Beasley Classic Hits 105.7 WROR moves into the lead holding steady at a 6.0 share. Public News/Talk 90.9 WBUR trends up 4.5 – 5.5 – 5.7. Beasley’s “98.5 The Sports Hub” WBZ-FM falls 8.3 to 5.5. Beasley Country 102.5 WKLB trends up 3.9 – 4.8 – 5.3 tying Audacy AC “Magic 106.7” WMJX (4.9 to 5.3).
Audacy Hot AC “Mix 104.1” WWBX jumps up 3.5 to 4.6. Beasley Classic Rock “Rock 92.9” WBOS slides 3.1 – 2.8 – 2.6.
Seattle/Tacoma
Audacy Country “100.7 The Wolf” KKWF rises into the lead up 6.5 to 7.4. iHeartMedia Classic Rock 102.5 KZOK rises 6.1 to 6.5. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “95.7 The Jet” KJEB slides 6.9 to 6.0. Public News/Talk 94.9 KUOW-FM surges up 4.0 to 5.6. Audacy Rock 99.9 KISW is up 4.8 to 4.9.
Audacy Rhythmic AC “Hot 103.7” KHTP rises 3.8 to 4.3. Hubbard AAA 98.9 KPNW-FM trends up 0.5 – 0.9 – 1.0.
Trending down: iHeartMedia Variety Hits “96.5 Jack-FM” KJAQ (5.3 – 4.5 – 4.3), Lotus’ “Northwest News 1000/97.7” KNWN/KNWN-FM (4.0 – 3.4 – 2.6), and iHeartMedia Sports 93.3 KJR-FM (2.7 to 1.8).
Miami/Fort Lauderdale
Cox Adult R&B “Hot 105” WHQT leads 9.1 to 8.9, while sister Soft AC “Easy 93.1” WFEZ slips 8.7 to 7.9. Univision Spanish “Amor 107.5” WAMR slides 6.2 – 5.6 – 5.3. Audacy AC “101.5 Lite-FM” WLYF inches up 4.9 to 5.0. Cox Hip Hop “99 Jamz” WEDR holds at a 4.9 share.
Cox Rhythmic Hot AC “Hits 97.3” WFLC jumps up 2.9 to 4.6. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “103.5 The Beat” WMIB rises 2.3 to 3.4. Audacy Alternative “104.3 The Shark” WSFS trends down 2.7 – 2.3 – 2.1.
Phoenix
Hubbard Classic Rock 100.7 KSLX takes the Phoenix lead up 6.5 to 6.8. iHeartMedia AC “99.9 KEZ” KESZ trends down 8.1 – 7.6 – 6.5. Public News/Talk 91.5 KJZZ-FM rises 5.6 to 6.3. Desert Valley Media Oldies “The Wow Factor” KOAI dips 5.7 to 5.3. iHeartMedia Hot AC “Mix 96.9” KMXP is off 4.9 to 4.5.
Audacy Country 107.9 KMLE rises 2.9 to 3.4. Hubbard Alternative “93.3 Alt AZ” KDKB is down 4.1 to 3.1.
Detroit
iHeartMedia CHR “Channel 95.5” WKQI trends up 6.2 – 7.2 – 8.1. Beasley Classic Rock 94.7 WCSX dips 7.7 to 7.1. Audacy Sports “97.1 The Ticket” WXYT-FM is down 7.6 to 7.0 (with stream down 2.0 to 1.7). iHeartMedia Adult R&B “Mix 92.3” WMXD trends up 4.9 – 5.4 – 6.7. Audacy Classic Hits 104.3 WOMC rises 5.6 to 6.1.
iHeartMedia AC 100.3 WNIC trends down 6.4 – 5.9 – 5.4. Beasley Rock 101.1 WRIF slides 5.6 – 5.4 – 4.8.
iHeartMedia Classic Rock 106.7 WLLZ trends up 2.2 – 2.5 – 2.8. Cumulus’ “New Country 93.1” WDRQ holds at a 2.4 ahead of its upcoming sale and flip.
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Northwestern Media Christian AC 98.5 KTIS-FM continues its 2023 surge to set another record. Since January KTIS-FM has risen (5.0 – 6.1 – 6.2 – 8.5 – 9.5 – 10.3). Hubbard Hot AC “KS 95” KSTP-FM trends up 6.9 – 7.2 – 8.5. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “Kool 108” KQQL dips 7.8 to 7.5. iHeart Country “K102” KEEY rises 6.1 – 7.0 – 7.2. Cumulus Classic Rock 92.5 KQRS dips 6.1 to 6.0.
iHeartMedia Sports “100.3 KFAN” KFXN slides 6.4 – 5.4 – 4.3.
Tampa/St. Petersburg
Cox Soft AC 105.5 WDUV rebounds 7.9 to 8.8. iHeartMedia Country “US 103.5” WFUS dips 6.9 to 6.3, while sister “98 Rock” WXTB is down 6.2 to 5.8. Radio Training Network Christian AC “The Joy FM” 91.5 WCIE trends down 6.8 – 5.8 – 5.4. Cox Classic Rock “107.3 The Eagle” WXGL rises 5.3 to 5.4.
Cox Hot Talk “102.5 The Bone” WHPT dips 6.0 to 4.9. Beasley Country 99.5 WQYK rises 3.8 to 4.7.
Denver
Bonneville Country 98.5 KYGO trends up 4.9 – 5.8 – 6.5 to take the Mile High lead. KSE Media Classic Hits “Kool 105” KXKL trends up 5.5 – 6.2 – 6.4. Audacy Classic Rock “99.5 The Mountain” KQMT dips 5.6 to 5.5 tying for third with iHeartMedia Alternative “Channel 93.3” KTCL which trends up 4.6 – 5.0 – 5.5. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “103.5 The Fox” KRFX trends up 4.6 – 5.0 – 5.4.
KSE Media Hot AC “Mix 100” KIMN trends down 5.2 – 5.0 – 4.1. Public News/Talk 90.1 KCFR is down 4.5 – 4.1 – 3.4.
San Diego
Audacy Classic Hits “Sunny 98.1” KXSN rises 6.8 to 7.1. Public News/Talk 89.5 KPBS-FM is up 5.9 to 6.2. Local Media San Diego Rhythmic AC “Magic 92.5” XHRM dips 5.7 to 5.6. Audacy Country 103.7 KSON trends up 4.5 – 4.9 – 5.5. Audacy Sports “97.3 The Fan” KWFN rises 4.9 to 5.4.
iHeartMedia CHR “Channel 93.3” KHTS-FM trends up 3.0 – 3.4 – 4.0. Grupo Imagen Spanish AC “Latina 104.5” XLTN jumps up 2.5 to 3.4. iHeartMedia’s “Rock 105.3” KIOZ trends down 4.6 – 4.2 – 3.9.
Baltimore
Audacy AC “Today’s 101.9” WLIF holds its lead despite trending down 8.4 – 8.1 – 7.6. iHeartMedia Country 93.1 WPOC jumps up 5.0 to 6.9. iHeart Variety Hits “102.7 Jack-FM” WQSR trends down 7.1 – 6.7 – 6.4. Radio One Adult R&B “Magic 95.9” WWIN-FM is down 6.2 to 5.9. Audacy Hot AC “Mix 106.5” WWMX (5.7 to 5.5) and Radio One Hip Hop “92Q” WERQ (steady at 5.5) tie for fifth.
Howard University Adult R&B 96.3 WHUR Washington rises 3.3 to 4.1. iHeartMedia CHR “Z104.3” WZFT is up 1.7 – 2.0 – 2.3. Hearst Rock “98 Rock” WIYY slides 6.5 – 6.0 – 4.4.
St. Louis
Hubbard Variety Hits “106.5 The Arch” WARH retains its lead down 10.5 to 10.0. Hubbard Classic Rock 94.7 KSHE rises 8.8 to 9.3. iHeartMedia Classic Hits 103.3 KLOU trends up 7.4 – 8.2 – 8.5. Hubbard Country 92.3 WIL jumps up 5.9 to 7.0. Audacy AC 102.5 KEZK is up 6.2 to 6.7.
Audacy Hot AC “Y98” KYKY trends up 3.2 – 3.6 – 4.3, while sister Hip Hop “Hot 104.1” WHHL rises 2.5 – 2.7 – 3.1.
Audacy News/Talk 1120/98.7 KMOX slips 7.0 – 6.0 – 5.8. Hubbard Alternative “105.7 The Point” KPNT dives 7.3 – 7.1 – 5.7. Audacy Adult R&B “96.3 The Lou” WFUN-FM trends down 6.7 – 6.3 – 5.6.
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