Day 3 of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases are now available for Portland, Charlotte, San Antonio, Sacramento, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Orlando, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Kansas City, and Columbus.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.
iHeartMedia Classic Rock “99.7 The Fox” WRFX leads Charlotte down 7.0 to 6.6. Both Country stations follow with iHeart’s “96.9 The Kat” WKKT second up 6.0 to 6.1 and Beasley’s 103.7 WSOC up 5.7 to 5.9. Beasley Adult R&B “V101.9” WBAV rises 5.0 to 5.6 for fourth and in their partial monthly as flagship for Bob & Sheri, Beasley AC “K104.7” WKQC rises 4.9 to 5.5.
Radio One’s rebranded Hot AC “Mix 107.9” WLNK holds steady at a 3.1 share.
Public News/Talk 91.5 KOPB-FM trends down 10.7 – 9.9 – 8.4 but remains on top of Portland. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “106.7 The Eagle” KLTH trends up to second 5.9 – 6.5 – 7.4, while co-owned Classic Rock “105.9 The Brew” KFBW is up 4.7 – 4.9 – 5.6. iHeartMedia AC “K103” KKCW drops to fourth 6.4 to 5.5. Alpha Media’s duo of Country “98.7 The Bull” KUPL (steady at 5.1) and News/Talk 101.1 KXL (down 5.3 to 5.1) tie for fifth.
Audacy Hot AC “105.1 The Buzz” KRSK trends up 2.1 – 3.6 – 3.8.
Cox Media Group Classic Hits 101.1 KONO-FM drops 9.4 to 8.2 but retains the San Antonio lead. Cox Classic Rock “106.7 The Eagle” KTXX drops 6.2 to 5.7. iHeartMedia AC “Q101.9” KQXT rises 5.2 to 5.6. Univision Regional Mexican “Que Buena 92.9” KROM rises 5.2 to 5.3 and Cox Country “Y100” KCYY is up 5.1 to 5.2.
Public News/Talk “Texas Public Radio” 89.1 KSTX rises 4.3 to 4.9 for what Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is an all-time record high for the station. Also trending up is iHeartMedia Country “KJ97” KAJA (3.8 – 4.5 – 5.0).
Bonneville AC “Mix 96” KYMX takes sole possession of the Sacramento market lead with an 8.7 to 9.2 gain. iHeartMedia News/Talk 1530 KFBK/93.1 KFBK-FM slips down 8.7 to 8.6. Audacy Classic Rock “Eagle 96.9” KSEG drops 8.2 to 8.0. iHeartMedia Soft AC “92.5 The Breeze” KBEB rises to fourth 6.5 to 6.3, while Bonneville Country 105.1 KNCI is fifth 6.6 to 6.2.
Trending upward in Sacramento are Audacy’s “Alt 94.7” KKDO (3.5 – 4.0 – 4.6) and Bonneville Hot AC “Now 100.5” KZZO (3.0 to 4.0).
iHeartMedia Classic Hits 94.1 KODJ Salt Lake City surges 5.8 to 7.7 to seize the top spot. Bonneville’s combo of AC “FM 100” KSFI (7.1 to 6.8) and News/Talk 1160 KSL/102.7 KSL-FM (8.3 to 6.8) tie for second. Capitol Broadcasting AC “Now 97.9” KBZN also jumps up 5.5 to 6.7 for fourth. Bonneville Classic Rock “103.5 The Arrow” KRSP falls 7.1 to 6.3 for fifth.
The Country and CHR battles in Salt Lake City are moving in opposite directions. KSOP Inc. Country “Z104” KSOP-FM rises 4.5 to 5.8, while Cumulus’ “K-Bull 93” KUBL falls 4.4 to 3.7. Cumulus CHR “Power 94.9/101.9” KENZ/KHTB trends up 3.2 – 3.7 – 4.1, while iHeartMedia CHR 97.1 KZHT falls 3.4 – 3.1 – 3.0.
Broadway Media Alternative “X96” KXRK trends down 3.9 – 3.5 – 2.4 for what Huff notes is the lowest share since its first survey following the launch of the format in Spring 1992.
Audacy Classic Hits “105.9 Sunny-FM” WOCL leads Orlando down 10.2 to 9.0. iHeartMedia CHR “XL 106.7” WXXL falls 7.7 to 7.1, while co-owned AC “Magic 107.7” WMGF rises 6.8 to 7.0. Cox Adult R&B “Star 94.5” WCFB falls 7.4 to 6.9, but its stream rises 0.5 to 1.3. Cox Classic Rock 98.9 WMMO rises 5.8 to 6.6.
Both Spanish FMs in Orlando are up as iHeartMedia’s Tropical “Rumba 100.3” WRUM moves 4.7 to 6.1 and Cox Spanish CHR “Exitos 96.5” WOEX moves 3.1 to 3.6. Both took advantage of the sale and flip of Entravision’s “Salsa 98.1” WNUE to Christian AC in April leading to that station moving 2.5 – 1.4 – 0.4.
Beasley Media Classic Hits 96.3 KKLZ rises 7.0 to 7.1 to retain the Las Vegas lead this month. Faith Communications Christian AC 90.5 KSOS-FM surges up to second 5.1 – 6.1 – 6.8 for a station record. iHeartMedia AC “Sunny 106.5” KSNE slips down 7.2 – 6.4 – 6.1. Audacy Hot AC “Mix 94.1” KMXB is fourth 6.1 to 6.0. Lotus Regional Mexican “La Buena 101.9” KWID slides downward 6.8 – 5.3 – 5.0.
Trending upward are iHeartMedia Country “95.5 The Bull” KWNR (3.3 – 3.9 – 4.9) and Audacy CHR 98.5 KLUC (2.1 – 2.4 – 2.8). Trending downward are Lotus Classic Rock “97.1 The Point” KXPT (4.8 – 4.4 – 3.9) and Beasley Hot AC “Star 107.9” KVGS (3.8 to 2.8).
iHeartMedia Classic Hits “94.5 3WS” WWSW (steady at 10.5) and Rock 102.5 WDVE (9.6 to 9.9) remain on top in Pittsburgh. Steel City Media Variety Hits “96.9 Bob-FM” WRRK drops 8.4 to 8.2. Audacy Sports “93.7 The Fan” KDKA-FM holds at a 6.9 share. iHeartMedia Alternative “105.9 The X” WXDX trends upward 4.9 – 5.8 – 6.7.
Renda AC “Wish 99.7” WSHH trends downward 6.3 – 5.8 – 5.2. Forever Media’s suburban Classic Hits “Pickle 92.1” WKPL jumps up 1.0 to 2.1.
iHeartMedia News/Talk 700 WLW falls 12.7 to 11.1 but remains on top of Cincinnati. Cumulus Classic Hits 103.5 WGRR rises 9.8 to 10.5. Placing a distant third is Hubbard CHR “Q102” WKRQ up 6.2 to 6.6. Hubbard Country “B105” WUBE falls 6.1 to 5.5. Tying for fifth are Cumulus Classic Rock “92.5 The Fox” WOFX (4.0 to 5.0) and Hubbard AC “Mix 94.9” WREW (5.1 to 5.0).
Cumulus AC “Warm 98.5” WRRM trends downward 5.5 – 4.9 – 3.6.
The lead in Cleveland narrows as Audacy Classic Rock 98.5 WNCX slides 10.7 to 10.3, while iHeartMedia Classic Hits “Majic 105.7” WMJI rises 9.8 to 10.2. iHeartMedia News/Talk 1100 WTAM places third down 8.6 to 8.1. Radio One Adult R&B 93.1 WZAK rises 6.7 to 7.1, while Audacy AC “Star 102.1” WDOK is up 6.7 to 6.9.
Audacy Sports “92.3 The Fan” WKRK rises 3.2 to 4.3.
Cumulus Media Classic Hits 94.9 KCMO-FM holds on top of Kansas City steady at 9.1. Co-owned Classic Rock “101 The Fox” KCFX trends up 7.0 – 7.4 – 8.2. Public News/Talk 89.3 KCUR-FM ties its record high originally set in January up 5.2 to 6.1. Audacy News/Talk 98.1 KMBZ-FM is fourth 6.0 to 5.8 and Rock 98.9 KQRC rises 5.1 to 5.2.
Two of Kansas City’s three Country stations fall with Steel City Media’s 94.1 KFKF trending down 5.5 – 5.1 – 4.5 and Audacy’s “106.5 The Wolf” WDAF-FM down 5.4 – 3.8 – 3.5. Steel City’s “Q104” KBEQ-FM rebounds 3.2 to 3.9. Also trending down is Carter Broadcasting Hip Hop “Hot 103 Jamz” KPRS-FM down 5.8 to 4.4.
The top two in Columbus slide considerably with iHeartMedia’s Country 92.3 WCOL down 11.3 – 10.6 – 8.8 and CHR 97.9 WNCI down 9.2 – 7.6 – 7.1. Public News/Talk 91.1 WOSU-FM rises 5.8 to 6.9. iHeart News/Talk 610 WTVN is down 7.0 to 6.8. Saga Classic Rock “QFM 96” WLVQ falls 7.6 to 6.3.
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