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 rebounds 7.9 to 9.7 to regain the Portland lead. Public News/Talk 91.5 KOPB-FM is up 8.5 to 8.8 with its stream adding an additional 1.4 share. iHeartMedia AC “K103” KKCW is up 8.4 to 8.7. Alpha Media News/Talk 101.1 KXL dips 9.0 to 8.4. Audacy Variety Hits “97.1 Charlie-FM” KYCH dips 5.4 to 5.1.
Alpha Media AAA 101.9 KINK trends up 3.5 – 4.3 – 4.6. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1190 KEX is up 2.4 – 3.1 – 3.5. Alpha CHR “Live 95.5” KBFF jumps up 2.6 – 3.0 – 3.4.
Both Country stations in Portland trend down with Alpha’s “98.7 The Bull” KUPL down 3.2 – 2.8 – 2.5 and Audacy’s “99.5 The Wolf” KWJJ slipping 4.2 – 3.3 – 2.3. Also down are iHeart’s duo of CHR “Z100” KKRZ (3.3 to 2.5) and Hip Hop “Jam’n 107.5” KXJM (2.9 – 2.4 – 2.2).
Charlotte
Beasley Adult R&B “V101.9” WBAV rises 7.0 to 7.4 to take the lead. Sister AC “K104.7” WKQC dips 7.4 to 6.3. iHeartMedia Variety Hits “102.9 The Lake” WLKO (5.4 to 6.1) and Radio One Adult R&B “105.3 RnB” WOSF (6.0 to 6.1) tie for third. iHeartMedia Country “96.9 The Kat” WKKT falls from first 7.6 to 5.9.
iHeartMedia Alternative “106.5 The End” WEND rises 4.8 to 5.7, while sister Classic Rock “99.7 The Fox” WRFX is up 4.0 to 5.2. Beasley Country 103.7 WSOC rises 4.3 to 4.9. Radio One Gospel “Praise 100.9” WPZS trends up 2.7 – 3.5 – 3.6.
Radio One News/Talk 1110 WBT/99.3 WBT-FM falls 5.4 to 4.5.
San Antonio
Cox Media Group Classic Hits 101.1 KONO-FM trends up 8.2 – 9.4 – 9.7. Cox Rock 99.5 KISS-FM is up 5.7 to 5.9. iHeartMedia AC “Q101.9” KQXT dips 6.1 to 5.9. Cox Classic Rock “106.7 The Eagle” KTKX is up 5.5 to 5.9. iHeartMedia Country “KJ 97” KAJA holds at a 4.8.
Univision Hip Hop “98.5 The Beat” KBBT rises 2.6 to 3.2. iHeartMedia Spanish CHR “104.5 Latino Hits” KZEP rises 1.6 – 1.9 – 2.5. Cox Oldies 860 KONO jumps up 0.5 to 1.2.
Alpha Media Variety Hits “102.7 Jack-FM” KJXK dips 5.7 to 4.5, while their Regional Mexican “Norteno 104.1” KSAH-FM/720 KSAH falls 3.6 to 2.0.
Salt Lake City
iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 570 KNRS/105.9 KNRS-FM jumps up 9.1 to 11.6, which Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is a new station record high. Bonneville News/Talk 1160 KSL/102.7 KSL-FM is well behind in second up 6.1 to 6.7. iHeartMedia Classic Hits 94.1 KODJ (6.6 to 5.8) and Bonneville AC “FM 100” KSFI (5.2 to 5.8) tie for fourth. Capitol Broadcasting AC “Now 97.9” KBZN slides 6.5 to 5.5.
KSOP Inc. Country “Z104.3” KSOP-FM trends down 6.2 – 5.2 – 4.5. Broadway Media Variety Hits “100.7/105.5 Bob-FM” KYMV slips 3.4 – 2.9 – 2.5.
Sacramento
iHeartMedia News/Talk 1530 KFBK/93.1 KFBK-FM trends up to the lead 7.5 – 8.1 – 8.9. Audacy Classic Rock “Eagle 96.9” KSEG inches up 8.5 to 8.6. Bonneville Country 105.1 KNCI slides 8.7 to 6.5, while sister AC “Mix 96” KYMX dips 7.1 to 6.2. iHeartMedia Soft AC “92.5 The Breeze” KBEB dips 5.4 to 4.9.
iHeartMedia 90s/2000s Hits “Kiss 107.9” KZIS continues to show immediate growth since its June launch with a 1.4 – 2.2 – 3.2 trend. iHeart Conservative Talk 650 KSTE rises 3.8 to 4.5, while Rhythmic AC “V101” KHYL rises 3.0 to 3.7.
Las Vegas
Lotus Regional Mexican “La Buena 101.9” KWID surges up 4.8 to 7.1 for what Huff notes is its first time leading the market since June 2013. Beasley Classic Hits 96.3 KKLZ slips 7.5 – 7.0 – 6.8. iHeartMedia AC “Sunny 106.5” KSNE dips 6.3 to 6.2. Audacy Hot AC “Mix 94.1” KMXB falls 6.6 to 5.5. Univision Regional Mexican “103.5 Zona MX” KISF falls 6.8 to 5.3.
Beasley’s newly launch Hot AC “102.7 VGS” KVGS explodes out of the gate up 2.3 – 3.5 – 4.5.
Pittsburgh
iHeartMedia Classic Rock 102.5 WDVE rises 9.9 to 10.5, while sister Classic Hits “94.5 3WS” WWSW dips 9.7 to 9.3. Steel City Media Variety Hits “96.9 Bob-FM” WRRK slides 8.2 – 7.6 – 7.0. Audacy Sports “93.7 The Fan” KDKA-FM rises 5.0 – 5.5 – 6.0. iHeartMedia Alternative “105.9 The X” WXDX is up 4.8 – 5.3 – 5.6.
iHeartMedia Country “Big 104.7” WPGB jumps up 3.5 to 4.9. Audacy Hot AC “100.7 Star” WBZZ rises 4.0 to 4.8. Public News/Talk 90.5 WESA rises 2.5 – 3.5 – 3.7. Forever Media Oldies “Pickle 92.1” WKPL jumps 0.8 – 1.4 – 1.7.
Orlando
Cox Classic Rock 98.9 WMMO surges up 7.0 – 7.5 – 8.5 for what Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is the highest share in station history. Cox Adult R&B “Star 94.5” WCFB and iHeartMedia CHR “XL 106.7” WXXL both dip 7.2 to 7.1. iHeartMedia AC “Magic 107.7” WMGF rises 6.2 to 6.4, while sister Hot Talk “Real Radio 104.1” WTKS-FM is down 6.5 to 5.9.
Cox News/Talk 580/107.3 WDBO jumps up 2.0 – 3.7 – 5.0. iHeart Spanish Tropical “Rumba 100.3” WRUM falls 7.4 – 6.0 – 5.2. Audacy Classic Hits “105.9 Sunny-FM” WOCL falls 6.6 – 6.4 – 5.0.
JVC Media’s new Rhythmic CHR “Fly 103.1” WFYY is down 1.0 to 0.8 in its second full monthly.
Cincinnati
iHeartMedia News/Talk 700 WLW leads down 11.7 to 11.1. Hubbard Country “B105” WUBE trends up 6.4 – 7.6 – 8.2. Cumulus Classic Hits 103.5 WGRR slides 9.5 – 8.4 – 7.6. Hubbard CHR “Q102” WKRQ is up 6.5 to 7.5. Cumulus AC “Warm 98.5” WRRM slides 7.1 – 5.8 – 5.1.
iHeartMedia Rock 102.7 WEBN rises 3.2 to 4.0. Cumulus Classic Rock “92.5 The Fox” WOFX-FM is up 3.1 to 4.0. Hubbard AC “Mix 94.9” WREW slides 5.6 to 4.5. Radio One Hip Hop “101 The Wiz” WIZF drops 3.8 to 2.8.
Kansas City
Cumulus Classic Hits 94.9 KCMO-FM (8.6 to 8.3) and Classic Rock “101 The Fox” KCFX (7.4 to 7.3) remain in the 1-2 spot. Audacy Country “106.5 The Wolf” WDAF-FM jumps up 4.6 to 5.9 as the Chiefs flagship. Steel City Country 94.1 KFKF (5.2 to 5.5) and CHR “Mix 93.3” KMXV (5.0 to 5.2) round out the top five.
Cleveland
iHeartMedia Classic Hits “Majic 105.7” WMJI is up 8.0 to 8.1. Radio One Adult R&B 93.1 WZAK slides down 9.4 – 9.0 – 7.9. Audacy Classic Rock 98.5 WNCX (7.2 to 7.8) and iHeartMedia News/Talk 1100/106.9 WTAM (7.8 to 7.8) tie for third. iHeartMedia Country 99.5 WGAR trends up 5.9 – 6.3 – 7.1.
Audacy Sports “92.3 The Fan” WKRK-FM rises 3.8 – 4.4 – 4.8, while sister Hot AC “Q104” WQAL slides 4.6 to 3.7.
Columbus
TEGNA Sports “97.1 The Fan” WBNS-FM surges up 5.9 – 6.8 – 9.4 to lead Columbus. iHeartMedia CHR 97.9 WNCI dips 8.5 to 8.0. Public News/Talk 89.7 WOSU-FM is off 8.2 to 7.9. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 610 WTVN slides 8.2 – 7.5 – 6.7. NABCO Rock “99.7 The Blitz” WRKZ trends up 4.1 – 5.2 – 6.1.
iHeaetMedia Country 92.3 WCOL slips 6.9 – 6.7 – 5.7. Saga Classic Rock “QFM 96” WLVQ falls 6.6 – 6.3 – 5.3.
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