Day 3 of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases are now available for Portland, Charlotte, San Antonio, Salt Lake City, Sacramento, Las Vegas, Pittsburgh, Orlando, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Cleveland and Columbus.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.
Portland
iHeartMedia Classic Hits “106.7 The Eagle” KLTH rises 9.3 to 9.9 to set a station record high for the fourth straight month. Public News/Talk 91.5 KOPB-FM is second up 8.5 to 8.9. iHeartMedia AC “K103” KKCW dips 8.9 to 8.3. Alpha Media News/Talk 101.1 KXL is down 8.2 to 7.9. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “105.9 The Brew” KFBW (4.1 to 4.3) and Audacy Variety Hits “97.1 Charlie” KYCH (4.7 to 4.3) tie in a distant fifth.
Audacy Classic Rock 92.3 KGON trends up 2.8 – 3.4 – 3.7. Salem Christian AC “104.1 The Fish” KFIS-FM jumps 1.1 to 2.1. Trending down are Alpha Media Country “98.7 The Bull” KUPL 4.7 – 3.3 – 2.8 and iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1190 KEX (3.3 – 2.6 – 1.9).
Charlotte
Beasley AC “K104.7” WKQC moves up to the top of Charlotte with a 6.2 to 6.8 gain. iHeartMedia takes the next four spots with Country “96.9 The Kat” WKKT moving up to second 5.6 to 5.9, Variety Hits “102.9 the Lake” WLKO down to third 6.7 to 5.8, Alternative “106.5 The End” WEND down 6.2 to 5.6, and Classic Rock “99.7 The Fox” WRFX up 4.8 to 5.3. Public News/Talk 90.7 WFAE trends up 4.2 – 4.8 – 5.3 to tie for fifth.
Classical 89.9 WDAV trends down 5.3 – 3.2 – 2.7.
San Antonio
Cox Classic Hits 101.1 KONO-FM regains sole possession of the lead up 7.6 to 8.1, while iHeartMedia AC “Q101.9” KQXT slips 7.6 to 6.9. Cox Classic Rock “106.7 The Eagle” KTKX dips 6.1 to 5.9. iHeartMedia Country “KJ97” KAJA inches up 5.5 to 5.7. Alpha Media Variety Hits “102.7 Jack-FM” KJKX rises 4.7 to 5.1.
In its final month as CHR “Energy 94.1” KTFM, the Alpha Media signal slips 2.0 to 1.6. Co-owned “Tejano 95.7” KLEY-FM continues to rise up 1.7 – 2.3 – 2.4.
iHeartMedia CHR “Now 96.1” KXXM rises 4.7 to 5.0, while Cox Hot AC “Magic 105.3” KSMG trends up 3.6 – 3.7 – 4.5. Trending down are iHeartMedia News/Talk 1200 WOAI (6.2 – 5.3 – 3.9) and Univision Regional Mexican “Que Buena 92.9” KROM (4.8 – 3.4 – 2.6).
Salt Lake City
iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 570 KNRS/105.9 KNRS-FM maintains its 3+ share lead down 10.8 to 9.6. Bonneville AC 100.3 KSFI rises to second up 6.3 to 6.5. iHeartMedia Classic Hits 94.1 KODJ slides 7.3 to 6.3. Bonneville News/Talk 1160 KSL/102.7 KSL-FM falls to fourth 7.6 to 6.1. Capitol Broadcasting AC “Now 97.9” KBZN jumps up 4.9 to 5.8.
KSOP Inc. Country “Z104.3” KSOP-FM slides 6.3 – 5.7 – 5.2. iHeartMedia Hot AC “My 99.5” KJMY jumps up 3.0 to 3.8, while sister CHR 97.1 KZHT slips 4.0 – 3.2 – 2.8. Broadway Media CHR “Mix 105.1” KUDD rises 2.6 to 3.7 as sister Alternative “X96” KXRK trends up 2.9 – 3.1 – 3.5. Capitol Broadcasting Classic Alternative “103.1 The Zone” KLO-FM surges 1.0 to 2.3.
Sacramento
Audacy Classic Rock “Eagle 96.9” KSEG holds on to its lead while trending down 11.3 – 10.0 – 9.1. iHeartMedia News/Talk 1530 KFBK/93.1 KFBK-FM rises 6.6 to 7.5. Bonneville AC “Mix 96” KYMX is up 6.6 to 7.0. Bonnville Country 105.1 KNCI falls 7.6 to 6.5. iHeartMedia Soft AC “92.5 The Breeze” holds at a 5.5 share.
iHeartMedia Classic Rock “93.7 The River” KYRV rises 3.2 to 4.3, while 107.9 KSTE-FM’s sign-on and first few weeks of stunting launch with a mere 0.1 share.
Las Vegas
Beasley Classic Hits 96.3 KKLZ (7.2 to 6.7) and iHeartMedia AC “Sunny 106.5” KSNE (5.6 to 6.7) tie for lead. Audacy Hot AC “Mix 94.1” KMXB is just behind as it trends up 4.6 – 5.0 – 6.6. Univision Regional Mexican “La Tricolor 105.1” KQRT trends up 3.5 – 4.7 – 5.3, while Lotus Regional Mexican “La Buena 101.9” KWID rises 3.5 to 4.7.
A number of stations with downward trends in Las Vegas including Lotus Classic Rock “97.1 The Point” KXPT (6.1 – 4.8 – 4.2), Audacy CHR 98.5 KLUC (4.5 – 4.2 – 3.6), Christian AC 90.5 KSOS-FM (3.9 – 2.7 – 2.5), and Audacy Alternative “Alt 107.5” KXTE (2.1 – 1.9 – 1.5).
Kemp Broadcasting Hip Hop “Hot 97.5” KVEG nearly doubles its share up 1.6 to 3.1.
Pittsburgh
iHeartMedia’s duo of Classic Hits “94.5 3WS” WWSW (10.4 to 9.7) and Classic Rock 102.5 WDVE (8.7 to 9.3) hold the top two spots. Steel City Media Variety Hits “96.9 Bob-FM” WRRK drops 9.1 to 8.5. Audacy Sports “93.7 The Fan” KDKA-FM is off 7.1 to 6.8. iHeartMedia Alternative “105.9 The X” WXDX jumps up 4.9 to 6.0.
Steel City Media Hot AC “Q92.9” WLTJ jumps up 2.3 to 3.3. Since taking over operations of Hip Hop 660/107.3 WAMO, Audacy has seen the station trend up 1.2 – 1.3 – 1.5.
Orlando
iHeartMedia AC “Magic 107.7” WMGF surges up 7.9 to 9.5. Cox Classic Rock 98.9 WMMO moves up to second with a 6.7 to 7.9 gain. iHeartMedia CHR “XL 106.7” WXXL slips 8.3 to 7.8. Cox Adult R&B “Star 94.5” WCFB moves up 7.2 to 7.4. Audacy Classic Hits “105.9 Sunny-FM” WOCL dips 5.8 to 5.6 into a tie iHeartMedia Spanish CHR “Rumba 100.3” WRUM (6.0 to 5.6).
Cox Country “K92.3” WWKA jumps up 3.8 to 4.8. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “104.5 The Beat” WTKS-HD2 slips 5.7 to 4.4, while their Rock 101.1 WJRR is down 4.3 to 3.6.
Nielsen has delisted News/Talk 580/107.3 WDBO’s 2.0 share for April after encoding its PPM signal on 95.3 WPYO without authorization while simulcasting as part of its attempt to purge the audience of the former CHR “Power 95.3” format ahead of the sale of the signal to Spanish Broadcasting System. WDBO dropped to a 1.5 share in May.
The new “95.3 El Zol” format on WPYO debuted with a 0.8 share.
Cincinnati
iHeartMedia News/Talk 700 WLW dips 13.4 to 12.1. Cumulus Classic Hits 103.5 WGRR rises 10.8 to 11.1. Hubbard CHR “Q102” WKRQ trends down 7.8 – 7.0 – 6.2. Cumulus AC “Warm 98.5” WRRM trends up 4.2 – 5.0 – 5.7. Hubbard Country “B105” WUBE rises 4.9 to 5.6.
iHeartMedia Rock 102.7 WEBN seesaws 4.1 – 2.9 – 4.2.
Kansas City
Cumulus Classic Hits 94.9 KCMO-FM dips 9.0 to 8.0, but holds onto its lead as co-owned Classic Rock “101 The Fox” KCFX stumbles 8.2 to 7.5. Audacy News/Talk 98.1 KMBZ-FM is down 6.3 to 5.6. Steel City Media CHR “Mix 93.3” KMXV surges up 3.2 – 4.4 – 5.5. Audacy Hot AC “99.7 The Point” KZPT is fifth down 5.2 to 4.7.
Cumulus CHR “95.7 The Vibe” KCHZ trends up 1.9 – 2.4 – 2.8.
Audacy Rock “98.9 The Rock” KQRC trends down 5.7 – 5.1 – 4.3. Steel City Media Country “Q104” KBEQ slides 3.6 – 3.3 – 2.7, and Cumulus Rock/Alternative “105.1 The X” KCJK moves 2.8 – 2.0 – 1.8.
Cleveland
Radio One Adult R&B 93.1 WZAK remains on top 10.2 to 9.3. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “Majic 105.7” WMJI rises 7.7 to 8.4. Audacy Classic Rock 98.5 WNCX slips to third 8.6 to 8.0. Audacy AC “Star 102.1” WDOK is up 7.3 to 7.6. iHeartMedia Rock 100.7 WMMS trends up 5.4 – 6.4 – 7.3 for what Huff notes is its highest share since Summer 1994!
Audacy Sports “92.3 The Fan” WKRK-FM trends up 4.3 – 4.7 – 5.3.
Columbus
iHeartMedia News/Talk 610 WTVN rises 9.2 to 10.0 for what Huff notes is its highest share since April 2020. iHeart CHR 97.9 WNCI dips 7.6 to 7.4. Public News/Talk 91.1 WOSU-FM is third 7.1 to 7.0. Saga Classic Rock “QFM 96” WLVQ rises 5.8 to 6.5. TEGNA Sports “97.1 The Fan” WBNS-FM slides 8.6 – 7.0 – 6.4.
NABCO’s “Country 103.9” WJKR is a new subscriber appearing with a 0.7 share in its first full month in the format.
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