Day 3 of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases are now available for Charlotte, Portland, San Antonio, Salt Lake City, Sacramento, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Cleveland and Columbus.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.
Charlotte
Beasley Media Classic Hits “K104.7” WKQC retains its Charlotte lead 10.0 to 6.9 with sister Adult R&B “V101.9” WBAV up 6.1 to 6.5. Public News/Talk 90.7 WFAE jumps up 4.5 to 5.9 for what Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is its largest share ever. Pacific Broadcasting Classic Hits “95.7 The Ride” WXRC trends up 4.1 – 5.0 – 5.4. Beasley Hip Hop “Power 98” WPEG gains 4.4 to 5.2.
iHeartMedia Country “96.9 The Kat” WKKT is up 3.9 to 5.1, while Beasley’s 103.7 WSOC falls 6.5 to 4.7.
Radio One News/Talk 1110 WBT/99.3 WBT-FM trends up 3.5 – 3.8 – 4.0 – 4.9, while its Adult R&B “105.3 R&B” WOSF slides 5.7 – 4.9 – 4.6. Gospel “Praise 100.9” WPZS rises 1.9 to 2.5.
iHeartMedia CHR “Hits 96.1” WHQC jumps up 2.6 to 4.2 for its best share since January 2022. Beasley CHR “Kiss 95.1” WNKS rises 2.4 to 3.3. Radio One Hot AC “Mix 107.9” WLNK slides 4.5 – 3.6- 3.0.
iHeart Alternative “106.5 The End” WEND trends down 5.1 – 4.4 – 3.7.
Portland
iHeartMedia AC “K103” KKCW holds onto a larger share of the Holiday audience than it came into it with leading 18.1 to 9.6. Alpha Media AAA 101.9 KINK rebounds 5.4 to 6.9. iHeart Classic Hits “106.7 The Eagle” KLTH is up 6.0 to 6.6. Alpha News/Talk 101.1 KXL rises 4.6 to 6.1. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “105.9 The Brew” KFBW is up 5.1 to 5.4.
Classical 89.9 KQAC is down 5.5 to 4.9.
iHeartMedia CHR “Z100” KKRZ gains 2.9 to 3.6. Audacy Alternative 94.7 KNRK rises 2.6 to 3.2. iHeart Rhythmic CHR “Jam’n 107.5” KXJM trends up 1.9 – 2.1 – 2.6. Audacy Hot AC “Bella 105” KRSK is up 1.7 to 2.4.
Audacy Country “99.5 The Wolf” KWJJ is up 2.7 to 3.5. Alpha Country “98.7 The Bull” KUPL rises 2.1 to 2.5.
Salem Media Regional Mexican “93.1 El Rey” KRYP rises 1.8 to 2.7. In its final monthly before its flip to “Air 1” KPOZ, Salem Christian AC “104.1 The Fish” KFIS-FM is down 1.7 to 1.0.
San Antonio
Cox Media Group Classic Hits 101.1 KONO-FM rises 6.8 to 7.9 to retake the Alamo City lead. Cox’s Rock 99.5 KISS-FM rises 5.3 to 6.5, while Country “Y100” KCYY is up 5.3 to 5.6. iHeartMedia AC “Q101.9” KQXT is fifth 12.4 to 5.3. K-Love Inc. Christian AC “K-Love” 91.3 KZLV rises 4.6 to 5.1.
Univision Hip Hop “98.5 The Beat” KBBT drops 6.0 to 4.8 with sister Rhythmic AC “Vibe 107.5” KVBH trends down 4.2 – 3.9 – 3.1.. Alpha Media Variety Hits “102.7 Jack-FM” KJXK slides 5.2 – 4.2 – 3.9.
iHeartMedia Country “KJ 97” KAJA is up 3.9 to 4.5. iHeart Spanish CHR “104.5 Latino Hits” KZEP trends up 2.9 – 3.5 – 3.9 and News/Talk 1200 WOAI is up 2.5 – 2.8 – 3.6. Alpha News/Talk 550/107.1 KTSA is down 3.4 – 3.1 – 2.4.
Univision Regional Mexican “Que Buena 92.9” KROM rises 2.3 to 3.4. Alpha Regional Mexican “Norteño 104.1” 720 KSAH/104.1 KSAH-FM is up 1.6 to 2.3.
Salt Lake City
After Nielsen failed to publicly release the Holiday monthly, Bonneville AC “FM 100” KSFI is down 18.5 to 8.7. iHeartMedia Classic Hits 94.1 KODJ jumps up 3.8 to 6.4. Capitol Broadcasting Hot AC “Now 97.9” KBZN rises 5.0 to 6.2 to tie for third with Bonneville Classic Rock “103.5 The Arrow” KRSP which jumps up 4.0 to 6.2. iHeart Conservative Talk 570 KNRS/105.9 KNRS-FM sugres up 3.6 to 5.7 to a fifth place tie with Bonneville News/Talk 1160 KSL/102.7 KSL-FM as it rises 4.9 to 5.7.
Public News/Talk 90.1 KUER is up 2.7 to 3.6. Classical 89.1 KBYU-FM trends up 1.6 – 2.0 – 2.3.
Cumulus CHR “Power 101.9/94.9” KENZ/KHTB jumps up 1.9 to 3.4. iHeartMedia Hot AC “My 99.5” KJMY is down from its Christmas music 7.0 to a 2.9.
Broadway Media Classic Country “101.5 Hank-FM” KNAH rises 1.5 to 2.1.
Orlando
Cox Adult R&B “Star 94.5” WCFB climbs 7.7 – 8.6 – 10.2 to set a new all-time record high for the station surpassing the 10.1 share it reached last May. Audacy Classic Hits “105.9 Sunny-FM” WOCL rose 7.6 to 8.4. iHeartMedia AC “Magic 107.7” WMGF placed third 13.8 to 7.6. iHeartMedia CHR “XL 106.7” WXXL inched up 7.2 to 7.3. Cox Classic Rock 98.9 WMMO rose 4.5 to 6.3.
iHeartMedia Hot Talk “Real Radio 104.1” WTKS-FM is up 4.7 to 5.7. Cox News/Talk 580/107.3 WDBO ended its slide 2.7 to 4.2. Public News/Talk 90.7 WMFE-FM jumps 1.4 to 2.6.
Cox Country “K92.3” WWKA continues its yo-yo pattern 3.3 – 4.4 – 3.5 – 4.3.
Sacramento
iHeartMedia News/Talk 1530 KFBK/93.1 KFBK-FM holds at an 8.2 share. Bonneville AC “Mix 96” KYMX is down 13.3 to 8.2. Audacy Classic Rock “Eagle 96.9” KSEG is up 6.8 to 7.5. Public News/Talk 90.9 KXJZ rises 3.8 to 4.6 for its best share since February 2022. iHeartMedia Rhythmic Throwbacks “V101” KHYL rises 3.9 to 4.4.
iHeart Soft AC “92.5 The Breeze” KBEB is down from its Christmas music 5.5 to a 4.3.
Audacy CHR “106.5 The End” KUDL rises 3.6 to 4.2.
Public News/Talk 89.3 KQEI-FM, the simulcaster of 88.5 KQED-FM San Francisco is up 0.4 – 0.6 – 1.0.
Las Vegas
iHeartMedia AC “Sunny 106.5” KSNE is down 12.0 to 8.9. Beasley Classic Hits 96.3 KKLZ is up 6.9 to 7.5. Lotus Regional Mexican “La Buena 101.9” KWID inches up 6.6 to 6.7. iHeartMedia Country “95.5 The Bull” KWNR rises 4.5 to 5.2. Lotus Classic Rock “97.1 The Point” KXPT is down 5.1 to 4.5.
Audacy Rhythmic Throwbacks “Q100.5” KXQQ drops 4.5 to 3.6. Entravision Regional Mexican “La Tricolor 105.1” KQRT is down 3.7 to 3.1. Latino Hustle Group Regional Mexican “Fiesta 98.1” KLUC-HD3 slides 3.9 – 3.1 – 2.4.
Latino Media Network Spanish CHR “Latino Beats 93.3” KRGT is up 1.2 to 2.0.
Pittsburgh
iHeartMedia Classic Hits “94.5 3WS” WWSW is down 14.5 to 10.4 to tie Steel City Media Variety Hits “96.9 Bob-FM” WRRK as it rises 9.5 to 10.4. iHeart Classic Rock 102.5 WDVE dips 9.2 to 9.0. Audacy Sports “93.7 The Fan” KDKA-FM is up 5.6 to 6.0 with its stream adding a 0.9 share. Renda AC “Wish 99.7” WSHH drops 10.5 to 4.7.
Audacy Country “Y108” WDSY rebounds 3.7 to 4.6. iHeart Rock/Alternative “105.9 The X” WXDX rises 3.4 to 4.0.
Steel City Media Hot AC “Q92.9” WLTJ jumps up 2.6 to 3.6.
Cincinnati
Cumulus Media Classic Hits 103.5 WGRR rises 8.1 to 9.2. iHeartMedia News/Talk 700 WLW is up 6.9 to 7.7. Hubbard Country “B105” WUBE jumps up 6.0 to 7.6. Hubbard Hot AC “Q102” WKRQ is up 6.3 to 6.8. Cumulus AC “Warm 98.5” WRRM is down 9.5 to 5.1 to tie for fifth with iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 550 WKRC as it slides 6.8 – 6.6 – 6.3 – 5.5 – 5.1.
iHeartMedia Rock 102.7 WEBN trends up 3.7 – 4.3 – 4.9. Cumulus Media’s “96 Rock” WFTK is up 3.1 to 4.8 with its stream up 0.3 to 0.9.
Public News/Talk 91.7 WVXU is up 2.8 to 3.8. iHeartMedia CHR “Kiss 107.1” WKFS gains 1.9 to 2.6.
Kansas City
Cumulus’ duo of Classic Hits 94.9 KCMO-FM (9.2 to 9.4) and Classic Rock “101 The Fox” KCFX (down 8.4 to to 7.7) hold the top two spots. Steel City Media CHR “Mix 93.3” KMXV jumps up 5.5 to 7.0 for its best share since Winter 2000. Audacy News/Talk 98.1 KMBZ-FM inches up 5.5 to 5.6. Steel City Media Country “Q104” KBEQ is up 3.7 to 4.5 to tie for fifth with Audacy Hot AC “99.7 The Point” KZPT which rises 4.0 to 4.5.
Neither of the Chiefs’ co-flagships saw gains from their Super Bowl run. Audacy Country “106.5 The Wolf” WDAF-FM was off 4.5 to 4.4, while Sports “96.5 The Fan” KFNZ-FM was down 4.5 to 4.2, but its stream did rise 1.4 to 1.9.
Northwestern Media Christian AC “Life 88.5” KJNW-FM rose 3.4 to 4.0.
In its first full monthly after its flip from AC “KC 102.1“, Steel City Media Variety Hits “102.1 Bob-FM” KCKC was down from its Christmas music fueled 8.4 to a 3.7 share, which placed it above where it was placing in the summer and early fall.
Audacy Rock “98.9 The Rock” KQRC slides 3.9 – 3.6 – 3.0. Steel City Country 94.1 KFKF is down 3.1 – 2.7 – 2.5. Cumulus Hip Hop “Power 105.1” KCJK drops 3.2 – 2.6 – 1.9.
Columbus
The aftermath of Ohio State’s national championship helps boost TEGNA Sports “97.1 The Fan” WBNS-FM 8.7 to 10.2 and a commanding lead in Columbus. iHeartMedia takes the next four spots with Country 92.3 WCOL up 7.2 to 8.1, News/Talk 610 WTVN up 5.5 to 7.1, CHR 97.9 WNCI up 6.3 to 6.9, and Classic Hits “93.3 The Bus” WODC down from its holiday fueled 13.0 to a 6.3.
Radio One Adult R&B “Magic 95.5” WXMG rises 4.9 to 5.8. Saga AC “Sunny 95” is down 7.9 to 5.6.
Public News/Talk 89.7 WOSU-FM jumps up 3.7 to 5.0 with co-owned Classical 101.1 WOSA rising 1.9 to 2.5 for its highest share ever.
Cleveland
iHeartMedia Classic Hits “Majic 105.7” WMJI maintains much of its Holiday gain 19.3 to 11.3 for its best non-Christmas share since August 2016. Audacy AC “Star 102.1” WDOK is also up from where it was before Christmas 10.3 to 8.7 with its stream holding at a 0.9 share. Radio One Adult R&B 93.1 WZAK is up 6.7 to 7.1. iHeart Country 99.5 WGAR trends up 5.3 – 5.5 – 6.7. Audacy Classic Rock 98.5 WNCX is off 6.5 to 6.4.
Audacy Hot AC “Q104.1” WQAL is up for the fifth consecutive month 4.9 to 6.3 which Huff notes is its largest share since October 2021. Radio One Hip Hop “Z107.9” WENZ is up 2.4 to 2.9.
iHeartMedia Rock 100.7 WMMS jumps up 4.2 to 6.0 with sister Variety Hits “106.5 The Lake” WHLK up 4.0 to 4.6.
In its final monthly before its flip to “K-Love” WKLV-FM, Salem’s Christian AC “95.5 The Fish” WFSH rises 2.0 to 2.3.
Rubber City Radio Country 94.9 WQMX Akron is up 1.1 to 1.6.
