Radio Resources Presents September 2023 (8/17 – 9/13) Nielsen Audio PPM Ratings Day 4

The fourth and final day of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases for the month bring Austin, Raleigh/Durham, Indianapolis, Nashville, Milwaukee, Providence, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Greensboro/Winston-Salem, West Palm Beach, Memphis, and Hartford.

All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.


Austin

Waterloo Media Variety Hits “103.5 Bob-FM” KBPA maintains its lead as it trends down 11.4 – 10.4 – 9.7 – 9.6. Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ rises 7.3 to 8.0. iHeartMedia Country 98.1 KVET-FM dips 5.8 to 5.5. Public News/Talk 90.5 KUT-FM drops 6.1 to 5.3. Waterloo Media Classic Rock 93.7 KLBJ-FM (4.8 to 4.7) and iHeartMedia Hip Hop “102.3 The Beat” KPEZ (5.0 to 4.7) tie for fifth.

Waterloo Media Regional Mexican “La Z 107.1” KLZT trends down 5.7 – 5.0 – 4.4. iHeartMedia Country “KASE 101” slides 5.0 – 3.7 – 3.4. Univision Spanish Adult Hits “La Jefa 107.7” KLJA moves 2.6 – 2.1 – 1.8.

University of Texas AAA 98.9 KUTX trends up 2.3 – 2.4 – 3.2. Township Media AAA “Sun Radio 100.1” 1060 KTSN is up 2.0 to 2.4. Waterloo Alternative “101X” KROX-FM rises 1.8 – 2.0 – 2.3. Genuine Austin Radio Alt Country 99.3/98.5 KOKE-FM gains 1.3 to 1.8.

Raleigh/Durham

Mix 101.5 WRAL-FM Raleigh Capitol BroadcastingRadio One Adult R&B “Foxy 107.1/104.3” WFXC/WFXK rises up 8.5 to 10.1. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk “Talk 106.1” WTKK is up 9.2 to 9.4. Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC-FM dips 9.5 to 9.1. Capitol Broadcasting AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM jumps up 6.5 to 8.3. iHeartMedia Classic Rock 100.7 WRDU is up 5.0 to 5.5.

Radio One Hip Hop “K97.5” WQOK falls 6.3 to 4.1. Capitol Sports “99.9 The Fan” WCMC-FM trends up 1.8 – 2.3 – 3.1.

Indianapolis

B105.7 WYXB Indianapolis Bernie Eagan EganRadio One AC “B105.7” WYXB surges up 5.7 – 6.9 – 8.2. Cumulus Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK slides 8.4 – 7.8 – 7.3. Public News/Talk 90.1 WFYI-FM is up 6.3 to 6.4. Radio One Adult R&B 106.7 WTLC-FM (5.7 to to 6.1) and News/Talk 93.1 WIBC (6.0 to 6.1) tie for fourth.

Cumulus CHR 99.5 WZPL trends up 4.5 – 5.1 – 6.0. Educational Media Foundation Christian AC “K-Love” 101.9 WKLU rises 3.3 – 4.0 – 4.4. Radio One Sports “93.5/107.5 The Fan” WIBC-HD2 gains 2.2 – 2.8 – 3.5.

Cumulus AC “107.9 The Mix” WNTR swings 3.3 – 6.0 – 5.0. Radio One Country “97.1 Hank-FM” WLHK slips 6.0 – 4.5 – 3.8.

Nashville

96.3 Jack-FM WCJK NashvilleMidwest Communications AC “Mix 92.9” WJXA slides 11.4 – 10.3 – 9.3. Co-owned Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK is up 7.6 – 8.6 – 9.1. Cumulus Sports “104.5 The Zone” WGFX jumps 4.3 – 4.8 – 7.2. Cumulus News/Talk “99.7 WTN” WWTN is up 5.8 to 6.1. Cumulus Classic Country “95.5 Nash Icon” WSM-FM falls 7.6 to 5.6.

Public News/Talk 90.3 WPLN-FM trends up 2.8 – 3.4 – 4.2 – 5.5. Salem Christian AC “94 The Fish” WFFH/WFFI rises 2.1 – 2.5 – 2.7.

iHeartMedia Country “The Big 98” WSIX is down 6.8 to 5.5. Cumulus Adult R&B “92Q” WQQK falls 6.0 – 5.3 – 5.0. Cromwell Media Rock “102.9 The Buzz” WBUZ see-saws 3.5 – 4.4 – 3.4.

Midwest’s new Classic Country “Y’all 106.7” WNFN continues to slip 1.2 to 1.0.

Milwaukee

620 WTMJ MilwaukeeGood Karma News/Talk 620 WTMJ trends up 7.9 – 8.7 – 9.8. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1130 WISN is down 10.7 to 9.6. Saga Classic Rock “Hometown Rock 96.5” WKLH dips 9.6 to 9.0. iHeartMedia Country “FM 106.1” WMIL dips 8.6 to 8.4. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT-FM slides 8.0 – 7.1 – 6.5 – 6.3.

Milwaukee Radio Alliance AC “B93.3” WLDB trends up 4.4 – 5.2 – 5.7 – 6.0. Audacy CHR “103.7 Kiss-FM” WXSS rises 2.7 to 3.4. iHeartMedia Sports “97.3 The Game” WRNW-FM gains 1.0 – 1.4 – 2.4.

Audacy Hot AC “99.1 The Mix” WMYX slips 4.8 to 4.1. Saga’s “Pure Oldies 106.9” WRXS falls 3.6 – 3.1 – 2.3.

Providence

Cat Country 98.1 WCTK ProvidenceCumulus AC “Lite 105.1” WWLI rises 9.7 to 10.9. Hall Communications’ “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK trends up 7.3 – 7.8 – 8.2 – 9.9. iHeartMedia Rock 94.1 WHJY is up 8.4 to 8.5. iHeart Classic Hits “B101” WWBB trends down 9.0 – 8.0 – 7.1 – 6.7. Cumulus CHR “92 Pro-FM” WPRO-FM inches up 6.4 to 6.5.

Cumulus News/Talk 630 WPRO/99.7 WEAN is down 6.8 to 6.1. Beasley’s “98.5 The Sports Hub” WBZ-FM rises 2.6 to 3.3.

Norfolk/Virginia Beach

100.5 The Vibe Hot 100 WVHT NorfolkAudacy Adult R&B “95.7 R&B” WVKL slips 11.3 to 10.2. Audacy AC “101.3 2WD” WWDE is down 7.9 to 7.3. Sinclair Variety Hits “93.7 Bob-FM” WNOB moves up 6.5 to 6.6. Saga Classic Rock “106.9 The Fox” WAFX is up 6.1 to 6.4. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “103 Jamz” WOWI slides down 7.0 – 6.8 – 6.1 – 5.5.

Max Media Adult R&B “100.5 The Vibe” WVBW is up for the fifth straight month 4.8 to 5.3. Audacy Rhythmic CHR “Z104” WNVZ rises 2.4 to 3.1. iHeartMedia Rhythmic AC “Movin 107.7” WMOV-FM is up 1.1 to 1.6.

Max Media AC “92.9 The Wave” WTWV-FM slips 5.1 – 4.1 – 3.6.

Max Media Country “97.3 The Eagle” WGH-FM is up 3.9 to 4.2, while Sinclair’s “US 106.1” WUSH is down 5.4 to 4.2.

Jacksonville

Easy 102.9 WEZI Jacksonville Aly Mac AliCox Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” WJGL rises 9.1 to 10.6 to reclaim the market lead. Renda AC 96.1 WEJZ is down 9.3 to 8.3. Cox News/Talk 104.5 WOKV-FM surges up 6.1 – 6.5 – 8.2. iHeartMedia Country 99.1 WQIK dips 7.7 to 7.5. iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101.5” WSOL drops 8.1 to 7.3.

Cox Soft AC “Easy 102.9” WEZI rises 6.3 to 7.1, while its stream trends up 1.6 – 1.8 – 2.1.

iHeartMedia Rock “107.3 Planet Radio” WWJK falls 5.4 to 4.3. Public News/Talk 89.9 WJCT-FM slides 3.6 – 3.2 – 2.6.

With its frequency swap halfway through the monthly, Cox Adult R&B “Hot 106.5” WHJX dips 1.9 to 1.7, while Alternative “X99.5” WOKV-HD2 is off 1.8 to 1.6.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem

97.1 QMG WQMG GreensboroAudacy Adult R&B 97.1 WQMG rises 11.2 to 13.6 to reclaim the Triad market lead from sister Variety Hits “98.7 Simon” WSMW as it falls 12.5 to 11.1. iHeartMedia AC “Mix 99.5” WMAG jumps up 6.5 – 6.9 – 7.8 for third. Dick Broadcasting Classic Rock “Rock 92” WKRR trends up 5.4 – 6.2 – 6.8. iHeartMedia Country “Q104.1” WTQR rises 5.8 ti 6.5.

Audacy Country “93.1 The Wolf” WPAW-FM drops 7.2 to 6.0.

Public News/Talk 88.5 WFDD-FM gains 1.2 – 2.3 – 2.8 – 3.5.

West Palm Beach

97.9 WRMF West Palm Beach KVJ Show Danny MeaghanHubbard Classic Hits “Sunny 107.9” WEAT continues its downward slide 10.2 – 9.2 – 7.8. Hubbard Hot AC 97.9 WRMF ends months of drops with a 5.7 to 7.0 rise. Hubbard Adult R&B “X102.3” WMBX dips 7.2 to 6.9. iHeartMedia AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL slides 8.7 – 7.0 – 6.0. Hubbard Country 103.1 WIRK rises 3.2 to 3.9.

iHeartMedia Classic Rock “98.7 The Gator” WKGR is down 4.5 to 3.7.

Memphis

102.7 Kiss-FM KWNW 101.9 Rock 103 102 WEGR MemphisiHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101” KJMS trends down 13.7 – 12.9 – 11.8 but maintains the Memphis lead. Audacy AC “104.5 The River” WRVR drops 12.7 to 11.0. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “K97” WHRK rises 8.4 – 8.8 – 10.3. iHeart Gospel “95.7 Hallelujah-FM” WHAL-FM slides 8.6 – 7.0 – 6.9. Audacy Country “99.7 The Wolf” WLFP drops 7.6 to 6.3.

iHeartMedia Hot AC “102.7 Kiss-FM” WEGR gains 2.4 to 3.9.

Hartford

Lite 100.5 WRCH HartfordAudacy AC “Lite 100.5” WRCH rises up 10.1 to 10.5. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “105.9 The River” WHCN rises to second down 7.5 to 7.4. Audacy Hot AC 96.5 WTIC-FM falls 8.4 – 7.6 – 6.6. iHeartMedia’s “Country 92.5” WWYZ (down 7.3 to 6.2) and CHR “Kiss 95.7” WKSS-FM (up 5.5 to 6.2) tie for fourth.

Audacy Hip Hop “Hot 93.7” WZMX trends up 3.7 – 4.2 – 4.5. Full Power Radio Spanish Tropical “Bomba Radio” WMRQ-HD2 rises 2.3 – 2.7 – 3.3.

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