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 remains on top of Austin but falls 11.0 to 9.0. iHeartMedia Country 98.1 KVET-FM holds steady at a 7.4 but rises into a second place tie with Public News/Talk 90.1 KUT-FM (7.5 to 7.4). Waterloo Media Conservative Talk 590 KLBJ rises 4.9 to 5.2. iHeartMedia CHR “96.7 Kiss-FM” KHFI surges up to fifth 3.3 to 5.1.
Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC-FM Raleigh remains in the lead with a 10.9 to 9.2 dive. Capitol Broadcasting AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM rises 7.9 to 8.2. Radio One Adult R&B “Foxy 107.1/104.3” WFXC/WFXK is up 7.2 to 7.6. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk “Talk 106.1” WTKK dips 6.4 to 6.3. Curtis Media Classic Hits “Kix 102.9” WKIX-FM jumps 5.4 to 6.3.
Curtis Media Variety Hits “96.1 BBB” WBBB trends up 4.9 – 5.8 -6.0, while Capitol Broadcasting Sports “99.9 The Fan” WCMC-FM rises 1.9 – 2.3 – 2.6. Radio One Hip Hop “K97.5” WQOK dives 5.1 to 4.3 and Curtis Media News/Talk 680 WPTF dips 3.6 – 2.4 – 2.2.
Cumulus Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK remains on top in Indianapolis down 9.5 to 9.0. Emmis AC “B105.7” WYXB rises 8.1 to 8.3. Radio One Adult R&B 106.7 WTLC-FM is up 7.9 to 8.0. Cumulus Country 95.5 WFMS jumps 6.9 to 7.7. Emmis News/Talk 93.1 WIBC dips 7.4 to 7.2.
Emmis Country “97.1 Hank-FM” WLHK rises 4.4 to 5.7. Cumulus AC “Mix 107.9” WNTR rises 2.9 to 3.8, while Rock “X93.9” WNDX trends up 1.5 – 1.9 – 2.1.
Good Karma News/Talk 620/103.3 WTMJ leads Milwaukee with a 9.1 to 9.8 gain. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1130 WISN is up 8.9 to 9.3. Saga Classic Rock “Hometown Rock 96.5” WKLH slips 7.5 to 7.3. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT-FM rises 6.6 to 7.1. Audacy Hot AC “99.1 The Mix” WMYX rises 6.1 to 6.8.
Saga Rock “102.9 The Hog” WHQG trends down 6.2 – 5.7 – 5.2, while their Adult R&B “Jammin 98.3” WJMR is down 4.9 – 4.5 – 4.2. Milwaukee Radio Alliance AC “B93.3” WLDB falls 5.0 – 4.5 -3.7. Audacy CHR “103.7 Kiss-FM” WXSS falls 3.3 – 2.6 – 2.3 to what Huff notes is its lowest share since its final months as AC “Magic 103.7” in Fall 1997.
Milwaukee Radio Alliance Oldies “100.3/107.3 Fonz-FM” 1290 WZTI doubles its share 0.7 to 1.4.
Midwest Communications Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK gains sole control of the Nashville market lead steady at a 7.8 share, while Cumulus News/Talk “99.7 WTN” WWTN is off 7.8 to 7.3. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “105.9 The Rock” WNRQ continues its upward trend 5.3 – 6.3 – 6.5. iHeart CHR “107.5 The River” WRVW dips 6.7 to 6.4. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “101.1 The Beat” WUBT surges up 5.0 to 6.3 to tie for fifth with Midwest AC “Mix 92.9” WJXA (down 7.1 to 6.3).
Cumulus Sports “104.5 The Zone” WGFX surges up 4.2 – 4.8 – 6.0, while Cromwell Rock “102.9 The Buzz” WBUZ is up 2.5 to 3.5. All three Nashville Country stations are trending downward with iHeartMedia’s “The Big 98” WSIX down 5.7 to 4.9 and Cumulus’ duo of “95.5 Nash Icon” WSM-FM moving 7.0 – 5.6 – 4.4 and “103.3 Country” WKDF slipping 4.2 – 3.9 – 3.7.
iHeartMedia Rock 94.1 WHJY trends up 11.7 – 12.2 – 13.9 to expand its dominance in the Providence market with Ratings Expert Chris Huff noting this is the second straight month the station set a record for the market. Cumulus CHR “92 Pro-FM” WPRO-FM is second well behind with an 8.1 to 8.3 gain. Hall’s “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK is up 7.7 to 7.9. Cumulus AC “Lite 105.1” WWLI falls 7.6 to 5.9, while co-owned News/Talk 630 WPRO/99.7 WEAN rises 4.2 to 5.1.
iHeartMedia Classic Hits “B101” WWBB slides down 5.8 – 4.8 – 4.3.
Audacy Adult R&B “95.7 R&B” WVKL’s Norfolk market lead drops 11.8 to 10.6. Sinclair Communications Variety Hits “93.7 Bob-FM” WNOB rises 7.7 to 8.4, which Huff notes is its largest share since Spring 1981 as Rock “K94“. Saga Rock “FM 99” WNOR is up 5.7 to 5.8. Audacy AC “101.3 2WD” WWDE slips 6.0 to 5.6. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “103 Jamz” WOWI is off 5.6 to 5.1.
Audacy Hot AC “94.9 The Point” WPTE trends up 2.8 – 3.1 – 4.6, while Max Media AC “92.9 The Wave” WVBW rises 2.7 to 4.1.
Renda AC 96.1 WEJZ leads Jacksonville despite a 10.1 to 8.9 dip. Cox News/Talk 104.5 WOKV-FM holds steady at an 8.2 share, while sister Classic Rock “Eagle 96.9” WJGL falls 8.9 to 7.8. iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101.5” WSOL is off 7.5 to 7.1, while their Country 99.1 WQIK dips 7.2 to 6.8.
Renda Country “99.9 Gator Country” WGNE jumps up 3.4 to 5.1.
Audacy Adult R&B 97.1 WQMG holds its Greensboro/Winston-Salem lead with an 11.0 to 11.9 rise. Audacy Variety Hits “98.7 Simon” WSMW is up 10.6 to 10.8. Dick Broadcasting Classic Rock “Rock 92” WKRR is off 9.7 to 9.2. Audacy Hip Hop “102 Jamz” jumps up 6.4 to 7.4. iHeartMedia AC “Mix 99.5” WMAG slips 8.0 to 7.2.
iHeartMedia Country “Q104.1” WTQR rises 5.0 to 6.1, while sister Classic Rock “Real Rock 105.7” WVBZ drops 3.6 to 2.6.
Hubbard Hot AC 97.9 WRMF West Palm Beach surges up 8.0 to 9.2. iHeartMedia AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL dips 8.3 to 7.7. Hubbard Classic Hits “Sunny 107.9” WEAT is off 6.8 to 6.0. iHeart Media Classic Rock “Gater 98.7” surges up 4.2 to 5.9. Hubbard Adult R&B “X102.3” WMBX slides 5.4 to 4.9.
Three stations in Memphis crack double digit shares. iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101” KJMS rises 10.9 to 11.3, while sister Gospel “Hallelujah 95.7” WHAL-FM is up 9.6 to 10.2. Cumulus Adult R&B 103.5 WRBO jumps up 8.2 to 10.1. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “K97” WHRK rises 7.3 to 7.7. iHeartMedia R&B Oldies 1070 WDIA rises 6.1 to 6.8 to tie Audacy AC “104.5 The River” WRVR (down 7.6 to 6.8).
Audacy AC “Lite 100.5” WRCH leads Hartford up 9.7 to 10.3. iHeartMedia Country 92.5 WWYZ holds at a 7.9. Audacy Hot AC 96.5 WTIC-FM rises 6.8 to 7.4 to tie Public News/Talk 90.5 WNPR (down 7.7 to 7.4). iHeartMedia CHR “Kiss 95.7” rises 6.0 to 6.6.
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