Nielsen Audio has released Day 2 of its monthly four day sweep of ratings in PPM markets.
Today’s releases include Washington DC, Boston, Miami, Seattle, Detroit, Phoenix, Minneapolis, San Diego, Tampa/St. Petersburg, Denver, Baltimore, and St. Louis.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.
Numbers of note for this month:
- iHeartMedia AC “99.9 KEZ” KESZ Phoenix shatters its own station high with a 19.2 share according to ratings expert Chris Huff. The perennial Christmas music powerhouse is up from a 15.0 in 2018 and 16.4 in 2017. KESZ’s sheer dominance of the market led to only two other stations showing month-to-month growth as Classical 89.5 KBAQ rose 1.6 to 2.0 and Norteno 710 KDUS was up 0.1 to 0.2.
- For the third time since its move to a Sports heavy lineup in September, iHeartMedia News/Talk 850/94.1 KOA Denver sets a station record low with 2.5 to 2.1 drop.
- Bonneville AC 101.1 KOSI Denver registered a market leading 14.4 share, which was up from its 12.8 in Holiday 2018 and 11.5 in 2017.
- iHeartMedia AC 100.3 WNIC Detroit gained a new Christmas music competitor this year in Entercom Soft AC “98.7 The Breeze” WDZH. The result saw WNIC only registering a 14.8 share as opposed to 2018’s 17.9 and 2017’s 15.8. WDZH ranked fourth in the market with a 4.9 share.
- iHeartMedia AC 97.1 WASH Washington DC grew its holiday book showing over the past three years 9.7 – 10.4 – 12.9.
- One the few non-Christmas music big gainers was Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Classical 90.9 WETA-FM Washington as it rose 3.0 to 4.3.
- Entercom AC “Magic 106.7” WMJX Boston also continued its three year holiday book rise 13.6 – 14.5 – 15.2. That led to one of the biggest single-station drops in Beasley Classic Hits 105.7 WROR as it was down 8.1 to 6.2.
- Ahead of its deep cuts last week, iHeartMedia News 1030 WBZ Boston rose 4.8 to 6.0 to move up to third in the market. Public News/Talk 90.9 WBUR is in a three month nosedive 4.5 – 3.9 – 2.7
- Entercom AC 102.5 KEZK St. Louis is down from its Holiday 2018 showing with a 14.2 share as opposed to 2018’s 15.6.
- Cox Media Group Soft AC 105.5 WDUV Tampa gained a new Christmas music competitor this year leading to the three stations taking the top three spots in the market. WDUV led with an 11.2 (down from 13.7 in 2018), while iHeartMedia’s holiday newcomer “Mix 100.7” WMTX Radio Training Network Christian AC “Joy FM” 88.1 WJIS/91.5 WCIE tied with identical 6.0 shares.
- iHeartMedia Classic Hits “Kool 108” KQQL has been down the past three years as its holiday book shares slide 14.2 – 12.6 – 11.6.
- The drops at KQQL come from the hands of Northwestern Media Christian AC 98.5 KTIS-FM, whose holiday numbers were up to an 8.2 share this year.
- Entercom AC 96.5 KYXY San Diego showed a huge boost versus 2018 with an 8.4 to 11.1 rise. Entercom Classic Hits “Sunny 98.1” KXSN was one of the few Classic Hits stations to show growth in the holiday monthly with a 5.8 to 6.2 month to month gain.
- Hubbard AC “Warm 106.9” KRWM Seattle led the market with a 9.2 share, which was down from its 11.2 in 2018 and 11.8 in 2017. Sinclair’s “Star 101.5” KPLZ, which becomes “Santa-FM” every December had a 4.4 share.
- Entercom AC “Today’s 101.9” WLIF Baltimore registered a 16.0 share, up from a 15.2 in 2018.
