The fourth and final day of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases bring Austin, Raleigh/Durham, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Nashville, Providence, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Greensboro/Winston-Salem, West Palm Beach, Memphis, and Hartford.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.
Waterloo Media Variety Hits “103.5 Bob-FM” KBPA holds on to its Austin market lead dropping from 9.0 to 8.0. iHeartMedia Country 98.1 KVET-FM continues its growth with a 7.4 to 7.7 gain. Public News/Talk 90.5 KUT-FM slips to third 7.4 to 6.9. Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ rises 5.0 to 6.0. Waterloo News/Talk 590 KLBJ dips 5.2 to 5.0.
Univision Spanish AC “Amor 107.7” KLJA trends down 4.5 – 4.0 – 3.0. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “102.3 The Beat” KPEZ jumps up 2.2 to 3.0.
Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC-FM’s lead in Raleigh slips 9.2 to 8.1. Capitol Broadcasting AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM dips 8.2 to 7.9. Radio One Adult R&B “Foxy 107.1/104.3” WFXC/WFXK is down 7.6 to 7.5. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk “Talk 106.1” WTKK jumps up 6.3 to 7.3. Curtis Media Classic Hits “Kix 102.9” WKIX-FM is down 6.3 to 6.1.
Radio One Gospel “103.9 The Light” WNNL trends up 3.2 – 3.5 – 4.7. In its final monthly before dropping its Alternative “Alt 95.3” identity for Christmas music, iHeartMedia’s WDCG-HD2 rises 0.9 to 1.0.
Cumulus Media Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK expands its Indianapolis lead 9.0 to 9.6. Emmis News/Talk 93.1 WIBC-FM rises to second up 7.2 to 7.8. The big story of the month is Emmis Sports “93.5/107.5 The Fan” WIBC-HD2, which surges 5.1 to 7.5. Ratings expert Chris Huff notes that marks the highest share ever recorded in PPM by an HD2 fed signal as well as the highest share in the Sports brand’s history despite turning off its 50kW AM signal in July. Radio One Adult R&B 106.7 WTLC-FM drops 8.0 to 7.4. Emmis AC “B105.7” WYXB falls from second to fifth down 8.3 to 7.2.
Public News/Talk 90.1 WFYI-FM rises 6.0 to 7.1. Cumulus AC “Mix 107.9” WNTR trends up 2.9 – 3.8 – 4.5. Cumulus Country 95.5 WFMS slips 7.7 to 6.9, while Emmis Country “97.1 Hank-FM” WLHK drops 5.7 to 3.9.
Midwest Communications Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK rises up 7.8 to 8.4 atop Nashville. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “101.1 The Beat” WUBT surges 6.3 to 7.8 with sister Classic Rock “105.9 The Rock” WNRQ up 6.5 to 7.0. iHeartMedia Country “The Big 98” WSIX surges up 4.9 to 6.7. Cumulus Media Conservative Talk trends down 7.8 – 7.3 – 5.9 since the death of afternoon host Phil Valentine.
Cumulus Country “95.5 Nash Icon” WSM-FM rises 4.4 to 5.8. Public News/Talk 90.3 WPLN rises 4.9 to 5.7. Trending down in Nashville are Midwest AC “Mix 92.9” WJXA (7.1 – 6.3 – 5.8), iHeartMedia CHR “107.5 The River” WRVW (6.7 – 6.4 – 5.7), and Salem Christian AC “94 The Fish” WFFH (2.2 – 1.9 – 1.6)
iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1130 WISN takes the lead in Milwaukee with a 9.3 to 10.3 gain. Good Karma News/Talk 620/103.3 WTMJ falls into a second place tie down 9.8 to 7.6, while Saga Classic Rock “Hometown Rock 96.5” WKLH rises up 7.3 to 7.6. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT rises 7.1 to 7.5. Audacy Hot AC “99.1 The Mix” WMYX is up 6.8 to 6.9.
Audacy CHR “103.7 Kiss-FM” WXSS rises 2.3 to 3.8. Milwaukee Radio Alliance AC “B93.3” WLDB jumps up 3.7 to 5.0. iHeartMedia Country 106.1 WMIL falls 6.1 to 4.7. Milwaukee Radio Alliance Alternative “FM 102.1” WLUM trends down 5.0 – 4.2 – 3.6.
iHeartMedia Rock 94.1 WHJY Providence is off from its station record high last month as it falls 13.9 to 11.3. Cumulus CHR “92 Pro-FM” WPRO-FM rises 8.3 to 8.8, while sister AC “Lite 105.1” WWLI jumps up 5.9 to 7.7. Hall’s “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK is off 7.9 to 7.4. Cumulus News/Talk 630 WPRO/99.7 WEAN is up 5.1 to 5.2.
Audacy Adult R&B 95.7 WVKL extends its Norfolk lead to a 4 share margin with a 10.6 to 11.0 gain. Sinclair Variety Hits “93.7 Bob-FM” WNOB drops 8.4 to 7.0. Audacy AC “101.3 2WD” WWDE is up 5.6 to 6.3. Saga’s duo of Rock “FM 99” WNOR (up 5.8 to 6.2) and Classic Rock “106.9 The Fox” WAFX (up 4.5 to 5.7) round out the top five.
Max Media AC “92.9 The Wave” WVBW trends up 2.7 – 4.1 – 4.7, while iHeartMedia Rhythmic AC “Movin 107.7” WMOV-FM goes 2.1 – 2.6 – 3.2. Trending down are iHeartMedia Hip Hop “103 Jams” WOWI (5.6 – 5.1 – 4.6) and Max Media Country “97.3 The Eagle” WGH-FM (5.1 – 4.6 – 4.2).
Cox Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” WJGL takes the Jacksonville market lead with a 7.9 to 9.4 rise. Renda AC 96.1 WEJZ is off 8.9 to 8.7. Cox News/Talk 104.5 WOKV-FM dips 8.2 to 8.0. iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101.5” WSOL-FM rises 7.1 to 7.6, while sister Country 99.1 WQIK holds at a 6.8 share.
Renda Country “99.9 Gator Country” WGNE trends up 3.4 – 5.1 – 5.8. Cox CHR 95.1 WAPE rises 2.5 – 2.7 – 4.1, while sister Soft AC “Easy 102.9” WEZI is off 5.0 – 4.9 – 4.1.
Audacy’s duo of Adult R&B 97.1 WQMG (11.9 to 12.1) and Variety Hits “98.7 Simon” WSMW (down 10.8 to 10.6) leads Greensboro/Winston-Salem. Dick Classic Rock “Rock 92” WKRR is third 9.2 to 9.0. iHeartMedia AC “Mix 99.5” WMAG rises 7.2 to 7.9. Audacy Hip Hop “102 Jamz” WJHM falls 7.4 to 7.2.
Hubbard Hot AC 97.9 WRMF retains its normal spot atop West Palm Beach up 9.2 to 9.7. iHeartMedia AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL is off 7.7 to 7.6. Hubbard Classic Hits “Sunny 107.9” WEAT rises 6.0 to 6.7. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Gater 98.7” WKGR dives 5.9 to 5.4, while Hubbard Adult R&B “X102.3” WMBX falls 4.9 to 4.2.
iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101” KJMS rises 11.3 to 12.0 to continue to lead Memphis. Sister Gospel “Hallelujah 95.7” WHAL-FM is off 10.2 to 10.1. Cumulus Adult R&B 103.5 WRBO dips 10.1 to 9.2. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “K97” WHRK slips 7.7 to 7.3. Audacy AC “104.5 The River” WRVR drops 6.8 to 6.1.
Audacy AC “Lite 100.5” WRCH expands its Hartford lead up 10.3 to 10.8. iHeartMedia Country 92.5 WWYZ dips 7.9 to 7.6. Public News/Talk 90.5 WNPR-FM is off 7.4 to 7.0. Audacy Hot AC 96.5 WTIC-FM is down 7.4 to 6.8 to tie for fourth with iHeartMedia Classic Hits “105.9 The River” WHCN as it rises 5.8 to 6.8.
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