The fourth and final day of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases for the month bring Austin, Raleigh/Durham, Indianapolis, Nashville, Milwaukee, Providence, Norfolk, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Greensboro/Winston-Salem, Memphis, and Hartford.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.
Austin
Waterloo Media Variety Hits “103.5 Bob-FM” KBPA remains in the lead dipping 9.0 to 8.7. Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ is off 6.6 to 6.3. Public News/Talk 90.5 KUT-FM dips 6.5 to 6.2, while co-owned AAA 98.9 KUTX is up 6.0 to 6.1. Waterloo Media News/Talk 590/99.7 KLBJ rises 4.7 to 5.1.
Waterloo Media Classic Rock 93.7 KLBJ-FM trends up 2.5 – 3.3 – 3.9. iHeartMedia Country 100.7 KASE falls 5.9 to 4.3. Classical 89.5 KMFA slips 4.0 – 2.6 – 2.4.
Raleigh/Durham
Radio One Adult R&B “Foxy 107.1/104.3” WFXC/WFXK (7.4 to 7.8) rises into a tie for first with Capitol Broadcasting AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM (9.0 to 7.8). Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC-FM is just behind down 8.0 to 7.6. Curtis Media Variety Hits “96.1 BBB” WBBB jumps 6.0 to 7.2 to tie iHeartMedia Conservative Talk “Talk 106.1” WTKK (7.4 to 7.2).
The Country battle tightens as Curtis Media’s 94.7 WQDR-FM slides 5.0 – 4.2 – 3.5, while iHeartMedia’s “B93.9” WNCB jumps up 1.8 to 3.0. Curtis CHR “96.9/102.5 Pulse-FM” rises 1.9 – 2.3 – 2.8. iHeartMedia Classic Rock 100.7 WRDU skids 6.1 to 4.5.
Indianapolis
Cumulus Media Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK retains its strong lead down 12.8 to 11.8. Emmis’ trio of News/Talk 93.1 WIBC (9.0 to 8.5), AC “B105.7” WYXB (8.1 to 6.8), and Country “97.1 Hank-FM” WLHK (6.1 to 6.5) follow. Radio One Adult R&B 106.7 WTLC-FM hold steady at a 6.3 share.
Cumulus CHR 99.5 WZPL rises 3.7 – 3.9 – 4.6.
Nashville
Midwest Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK dips 9.4 to 8.9. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “101.1 The Beat” WUBT rises to second 7.2 to 7.5 with sister Country “The Big 98” WSIX up 6.7 to 7.3. Cumulus’ duo of News/Talk “99.7 WTN” WWTN (6.1 to 5.9) and Country “95.5 Nash Icon” WSM-FM (6.7 to 5.9) slip into a fourth place tie.
Cumulus’ “103.3 Country” WKDF jumps up 2.9 to 4.4, while sister Sports “104.5 The Zone” WGFX is up 2.2 to 3.3. Salem Christian AC “94 The Fish” WFFH falls 3.9 to 2.7.
Milwaukee
Good Karma Brands News/Talk 620/103.3 WTMJ rises 9.9 to 10.3 for what Huff notes is its highest share since October 2018. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1130 WISN jumps up 7.5 to 9.6. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT-FM is off 9.0 to 8.8 to slip to third. Saga Classic Rock “Hometown Rock 96.5” WKLH slides 8.0 to 6.9, while co-owned Rock “102.9 The Hog” WHQG rises 5.6 to 6.4.
iHeartMedia Hip Hop “V100” WKKV trends up 2.4 – 2.6 – 3.0.
Providence
iHeartMedia Rock 94.1 WHJY expands its lead to over four shares with an 11.4 to 11.7 gain. Cumulus AC “Lite 105” WWLI rises 6.8 to 7.6. Hall’s “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK slips to third 7.8 to 7.3. Cumulus CHR “92 Pro-FM” WPRO-FM is fourth 6.9 to 6.5. iHeartMedia Hot AC “Now 93.3” WSNE-FM rises into a fifth place tie up 4.1 to 4.8, while Cumulus News/Talk 630 WPRO/99.7 WEAN dips 5.0 to 4.8.
Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Audacy Adult R&B “95.7 R&B” WVKL plummets 10.5 to 8.9 but still holds a secure lead with Huff noting it is its lowest share since August 2013. Saga Rock “FM 99” WNOR is second 7.3 to 7.2, while sister Classic Rock “106.9 The Fox” WAFX is off 6.7 to 6.1. Sinclair Country “US 106.1” WUSH holds at a 5.8 share, while Audacy AC “101.3 2WD” WWDE moves up into a tie jumping 4.5 to 5.8.
Audacy Hot AC “94.9 The Point” WPTE jumps up 3.2 to 4.2. Sinclair Conservative Talk 790 WNIS rises 2.5 – 2.9 – 3.4. Max Media Sports “ESPN 94.1” WVSP rises 1.0 – 1.3 – 1.8.
Sinclair Variety Hits “93.7 Bob-FM” WNOB dips 5.8 to 5.2. iHeartMedia Rhythmic AC “Movin 107.7” WMOV-FM drops 2.8 to 1.8.
Jacksonville
Cox Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” WJGL rises 9.7 to 9.8 to move ahead of sister News/Talk 104.5 WOKV-FM as it slips 10.6 to 9.6. iHeartMedia Country 99.1 WQIK is third 9.0 to 8.9. Renda’s “99.9 Gator Country” WGNE-FM jumps up 6.6 to 7.9 for its highest share ever. iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101.5” WSOL (7.2 to 7.1) and Renda AC 96.1 WEJZ (6.8 to 7.1) tie for fifth.
iHeartMedia Rock “107.3 Planet Radio” WWJK rebounds 5.2 – 3.8 – 4.9. Cox Soft AC “Easy 102.9” WEZI trends up 5.0 – 5.4 – 5.8.
The Top 40 battle in Jacksonville tightens as Cox’s 95.1 WAPE slips 4.4 to 3.4, while iHeartMedia’s “97.9 Kiss-FM” WKSL rises 2.5 to 3.4.
West Palm Beach
Hubbard takes the top three spots. Hot AC 97.9 WRMF rises 9.8 to 10.0, while Classic Hits “Sunny 107.9” WEAT is in a distant second 6.3 to 6.7 and Adult R&B “X102.3” WMBX trends up 3.8 – 4.9 – 6.1. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Gater 98.7” WKGR (5.1 to 5.2) and AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL (5.4 to 5.2) tie for fourth.
iHeartMedia Hot Talk “Real Radio 94.3” WZZR jumps up 1.1 to 2.1.
Greensboro/Winston-Salem
Audacy Adult R&B 97.1 WQMG holds onto its dominant lead 12.6 to 13.0. Dick Classic Rock “Rock 92” WKRR is second 9.8 to 9.6. Audacy Hip Hop “102 Jamz” WJMH is third 8.1 to 8.7, while sister Variety Hits “98.7 Simon” WSMW slips 9.2 – 8.9 – 8.2. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 94.5 WPTI trends up 5.1 – 5.6 – 6.6 for a format record high and Huff noting the highest on the frequency since it was Alternative WXRA in 1995.
iHeartMedia AC “Mix 99.5” WMAG jumps up 4.5 to 5.7, while sister CHR “Hits 100.3” WMKS trends up 3.5 – 4.2 – 4.6. Dick Broadcasting’s competing CHR 107.5 WKZL slides 3.9 to 3.2.
Memphis
Cumulus Adult R&B 103.5 WRBO rises 12.1 to 12.6. iHeartMedia’s competing “V101” KJMS is second trending up 9.2 – 10.8 – 11.5. iHeart Gospel “95.7 Hallelujah-FM” WHAL dips 10.4 to 9.4. A three way tie for fourth with iHeartMedia R&B Oldies 1070 WDIA (8.0 to 7.1), Hip Hop “K97” WHRK (6.0 to 7.1), and Audacy AC “104.5 The River” WRVR (steady at 7.1).
Flinn Hip Hop “Hot 107.1” KXHT rises 4.5 to 5.2. iHeartMedia CHR “101.9 Kiss-FM” KWNW trends down 2.1 – 1.3 – 1.0.
Hartford
Audacy AC “Lite 100.5” WRCH is down 12.5 to 11.6. Public News/Talk 90.5 WNPR-FM is second 7.8 to 7.9. Full Power Radio Classic Rock “102.9 The Whale” WDRC-FM trends up 6.7 – 7.3 – 7.5. Audacy Hot AC 96.5 WTIC-FM rises 6.5 to 7.0. iHeartMedia Country 92.5 WWYZ slides 8.2 to 6.6.
Full Power Radio’s newly launched “102.5 Hartford’s R&B Station” 1470 WBOM debuts at a 1.0 share. Co-owned Alternative “Radio 104.1” WMRQ trends up 2.4 – 2.5 – 3.1.
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