The fourth and final day of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases for the month bring Austin, Raleigh/Durham, Indianapolis, Nashville, Milwaukee, Jacksonville, Providence, Norfolk, 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 expands its lead to five shares with an 11.5 to 12.1. iHeartMedia Country 98.1 KVET-FM holds at a 7.1 share. Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ slides 6.3 – 5.5 – 5.4. iHeartMedia Country 100.7 KASE continues its climb up 3.9 – 4.3 – 4.4 – 5.3. Public News/Talk 90.1 KUT-FM falls 8.4 – 7.6 – 6.1 – 4.9.
iHeartMedia CHR “96.7 Kiss-FM” rises 3.4 – 3.7 – 4.6. Waterloo Media Classic Rock 93.7 KLBJ-FM is down 4.7 – 4.5 – 3.8. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “102.3 The Beat” KPEZ rises 2.8 – 3.1 – 3.4.
Raleigh/Durham
Radio One Adult R&B “Foxy 107.1/104.3” WFXC/WFXK continues to rise 8.6 – 8.9 – 10.0 – 10.5. Capitol Broadcasting AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM swings 8.9 – 8.1 – 8.9. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk “Talk 106.1” WTKK climbs 7.3 – 8.3 – 8.6. Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC-FM rises 6.9 to 8.0. Curtis Media Variety Hits “96.1 BBB” WBBB is down 7.8 to 7.1.
Curtis Media Country 94.7 WQDR jumps up 4.9 to 6.0. iHeart Classic Rock 100.7 WRDU slides 5.1 – 4.7 – 4.2.
iHeartMedia CHR “G105” WDCG falls 4.6 to 3.5. Curtis Media CHR “Pulse-FM” WPLW is down 3.0 to 2.5.
Indianapolis
Radio One AC “B105.7” WYXB expands its lead 9.1 to 9.7. Cumulus Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK rises 7.8 – 8.5 – 8.7. Radio One Adult R&B 106.7 WTLC-FM rebounds 7.2 to 8.4, with sister News/Talk 93.1 WIBC up 5.7 – 6.9 – 7.5. Cumulus Country 95.5 WFMS is up 5.9 to 6.3.
Cumulus CHR 99.5 WZPL is down 5.2 to 4.5. iHeartMedia Classic Alternative “Indy 103.3” WOLT drops 4.8 to 3.4. Radio One Hip Hop “Hot 100.9” WHHH trends down 4.1 – 3.0 – 2.6.
Nashville
Midwest Communications’ duo of AC “Mix 92.9” WJXA (11.7 to 11.4) and Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK (up 7.0 to 9.0) exert their dominance of Music City. Cumulus Sports “104.5 The Zone” WGFX jumps from ninth to third 5.3 to 6.6. iHeartMedia CHR “107.5 The River” WRVW climbs up 4.9 – 5.8 – 6.3. iHeart Classic Rock “105.9 The Rock” WNRQ holds at a 6.1 share.
With the demise of Salem’s “94 The Fish” WFFH/WFFI, EMF’s “K-Love” 97.1 WLVU jumps up 3.1 to 4.8.
iHeartMedia Hip Hop “101.1 The Beat” WUBT falls 7.2 to 5.6. Cumulus Adult R&B “92Q” WQQK rises 3.9 to 5.2.
Cumulus News/Talk “99.7 WTN” WWTN drops 6.5 to 5.5. Cromwell Rock “102.9 The Buzz” WBUZ falls 5.0 – 4.2 – 2.7.
Milwaukee
iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1130 WISN continues its climb 9.0 – 10.3 – 12.1 – 12.5. Saga Classic Rock “Hometown Rock 96.5” WKLH dips 8.0 to 7.5. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT-FM is up 6.5 to 7.0. iHeart Country “FM 106.1” WMIL trends up 5.0 – 5.5 – 5.8. Audacy Hot AC “99.1 The Mix” WMYX (down 4.7 to 4.1) and Saga Adult R&B “Jammin 98.3” WJMR (4.2 to 4.1) tie for fifth.
Public News/Talk 89.7 WUWM-FM is down 3.3 – 2.6 – 2.4. Urban Alternative “Hyfen” 88.9 WYMS-HD2 continues its rise 0.2 – 0.8 – 0.9.
Jacksonville
Renda AC 96.1 WEJZ rises to the top up 9.9 to 11.4. Cox News/Talk 104.5 WOKV-FM moves up to second 8.7 to 9.4, while sister Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” WJGL drops 12.2 – 11.8 – 10.2 – 8.9. iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101.5” WSOL is down 7.4 to 5.5. iHeart Country 99.1 WQIK drops 6.8 to 5.5.
Cox Soft AC “Easy 102.9” WEZI is up 5.2 to 5.3, but its stream rises 1.3 to 1.9.
iHeartMedia Rock “107.3 Planet Radio” WPLA is down 4.6 – 4.0 – 3.8. Cox Hip Hop “Power 106.1” WJGL-HD2 is up 1.3 to 2.0.
Public News/Talk 89.9 WJCT drops 2.8 to 1.9.
Providence
Hall Communications’ “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK-FM jumps up to the lead 7.7 to 9.1. iHeartMedia Rock 94.1 WHJY is down 9.2 to 8.2. Cumulus AC “Lite 105.1” WWLI slides 9.6 – 8.6 – 7.3 to tie for third with iHeartMedia Hot AC “Now 93.3” WSNE as it rises 5.7 – 6.6 – 7.1 – 7.3. Cumulus News/Talk 630 WPRO/99.7 WEAN drops 7.3 to 6.5.
Cumulus CHR “92 Pro-FM” WPRO-FM trends up 4.3 – 4.9 – 5.2.
Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Audacy Adult R&B “95.7 R&B” WVKL maintains its lead 9.9 to 10.3. Sinclair Variety Hits “93.7 Bob-FM” WNOB rises 7.4 to 7.6. Audacy AC “101.3 2WD” WWDE is down 7.6 to 7.3. Saga Rock “FM 99” WNOR trends up 4.8 – 5.8 – 6.0 – 6.4 to tie for fourth with iHeartMedia Hip Hop “103 Jamz” WOWI as it is down 7.0 to 6.4.
Max Media AC “92.9 The Wave” WTWV-FM climbs 4.9 to 5.8. Max Media Country “97.3 The Eagle” WGH-FM falls 6.3 – 5.5 – 5.2 – 4.2. Sinclair Country “US 106.1” WUSH rises 4.0 – 4.5 – 4.9.
Max Media Adult R&B “100.5 The Vibe” WVBW trends down 4.4 – 4.1 – 3.9 – 3.1. Sinclair Alternative “96X” WROX-FM slides 3.3 – 2.8 – 2.5. Audacy Hot AC “94.9 The Point” WPTE is down 2.4 to 2.1 to what is just shy of its record low of 2.0 set in Holiday 2018.
Greensboro/Winston-Salem
Audacy continues to hold the top three spots in the Triad. Adult R&B 97.1 WQMG is off 13.0 to 12.9. Variety Hits “98.7 Simon” WSMW moves up to second 9.2 to 9.4. Hip Hop “102 Jamz” WJMH is off 9.3 to 9.2. iHeartMedia AC “Mix 99.5” WMAG jumps up 6.3 to 8.0. Dick Broadcasting Classic Rock “Rock 92” WKRR drops 6.1 to 5.1.
Audacy Country “93.1 The Wolf” WPAW is up for the fourth straight month 4.3 to 4.8. iHeart’s “Q104.1” WTQR slides 4.6 – 4.3 – 4.0.
iHeartMedia Rock “Real Rock 105.7” WVBZ gains 3.2 to 4.0.
West Palm Beach
Hubbard takes four of the top five spots. Hot AC 97.9 WRMF rebounds up 7.1 to 7.9 with Adult R&B “X102.3” WMBX up 6.4 to 6.0. iHeartMedia AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL ends its slide up 5.7 to 5.9. Hubbard’s “New Country 103.1” WIRK is up 4.0 to 4.3 and sister Classic Hits “Sunny 107.9” WEAT is up 3.6 to 3.9.
iHeartMedia Spanish CHR “Mia 94.3” WRLX rises 1.4 – 1.7 – 2.1. CHR “Wild 95.5” WLDI drops 2.8 to 1.8.
Memphis
iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101” KJMS increases its lead up 12.5 to 13.8. Audacy AC “104.5 The River” WRVR is second among publicly listed stations rising 7.4 to 7.8. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “K97” WHRK trends down 9.2 – 8.5 – 8.2 – 6.7. iHeart Gospel “95.7 Hallelujah-FM” WHAL-FM continues its decline falling from a 10.0 share in January down 7.6 – 6.5 – 5.5. iHeart R&B Oldies 1070 WDIA rises 3.8 to 4.2.
iHeartMedia News/Talk 600/92.1 WREC jumps up 1.4 to 2.7. Classic Rock “Rock 102” KWNW slides 1.8 – 1.5 – 1.3.
Cumulus and Flinn continue to not subscribe to Nielsen in Memphis.
Hartford
For the first time in over four years, Audacy AC “Lite 100.5” WRCH does not have a share of the Hartford market lead. Audacy Hot AC 96.5 WTIC-FM rose 8.0 – 8.9 – 9.7 to rise to the top, while WRCH dipped 9.8 to 9.5. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “The River 105.9” WHCN dropped 8.3 to 7.6. Audacy Hip Hop “Hot 93.7” WZMX moved 6.7 to 6.6. iHeart Country 92.5 WWYZ slid 6.8 – 6.4 – 5.9.
Public News/Talk 90.5 WNPR-FM was down 6.4 to 5.7.
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