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

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

Numbers of note include:

• The move of the Rickey Smiley Show to Radio One’s R&B stations following the end of the Tom Joyner Morning Show to kick off 2020, appears to be paying immediate dividends there, but also harming the Hip Hop stations the show was moved off. In Indianapolis, R&B 106.7 WTLC-FM rose 5.2 to 5.8, while Hip Hop “Hot 96.3” WHHH dropped 3.7 to 2.7. In Raleigh/Durham, R&B “Foxy 107/104” WFXC/WFXK returned to #1 in the market with a 7.2 to 8.7 rise, but Hip Hop “K97.5” WQOK slid 6.3 to 5.1 with the new “Morning Hustle” anchoring its lineup. The same trends occurred in yesterday’s St. Louis numbers as well.
• The impeachment trial helped more News/Talk stations in today’s markets as iHeartMedia’s “Talk 106.1” WTKK Raleigh rose 5.3 to 7.1, Emmis’ 93.1 WIBC jumped 5.4 to 7.6, Cumulus’ 630 WPRO/99.7 WEAN-FM Providence rose 2.5 to 3.7, and Cox Media Group’s 104.5 WOKV-FM Jacksonville took a piece of the market lead with a 8.3 to 9.8 gain.
• Tying WOKV-FM atop the Jacksonville market is Renda AC 96.1 WEJZ with an 18.4 to 9.8 post-Christmas music slide.
• The two Country stations in Jacksonville are heading in opposite directions as Renda’s “Gator Country 99.9” WGNE-FM trends 3.7 – 4.0 – 5.5, while iHeartMedia’s 99.1 WQIK has gone 7.0 – 4.0 – 4.6.
• The Country battle in Nashville became decisively one-sided this month. iHeartMedia’s 97.9 WSIX jumped from a 4.7 to 6.4, while Cumulus Media’s “Nash-FM 103.3” WKDF fell 4.4 to 3.3.
• Cromwell Rock “102.9 The Buzz” WBUZ Nashville is trending downward with a 4.4 – 3.6 – 2.8 move.
• Sarkes Tarzian AAA 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis jumps up a share point from 3.8 to 4.7.
• Entercom’s “95.7 R&B” WVKL Norfolk continues its utter dominance of the market as it once again rises from 14.1 to 14.4. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “103 Jamz” 102.9 WOWI follows in second at a 7.4 share.
• iHeartMedia CHR “Kiss 95.7” WKSS Hartford jumps nearly two share points from a 5.5 to 7.4.
• Entercom AC “99.1 The Mix” WMYX and iHeartMedia Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT tie atop the Milwaukee market with 7.9 shares. Milwaukee Radio Alliance AC “B93.3” WLDB was helped by its Christmas music run as it placed third with a 7.3 well up from the 5.7 it had in November.
• iHeartMedia Gospel “Hallelujah 95.7” WHAL-FM Memphis surges to a second place tie with a 6.5 – 7.0 – 8.3 trend. iHeart’s R&B “V101” KJMS remains on top with a 9.2 share, while Cumulus R&B 103.5 WRBO slides 8.5 to 8.3.
• Hubbard West Palm Beach scored a top three trifecta as Hot AC 97.9 WRMF rose 7.7 to 8.8 to reclaim the lead from co-owned Classic Hits “Sunny 107.9” WEAT as its Christmas music fueled 12.5 share dropped to 7.4. Hubbard R&B “X102.3” WMBX jumped to third with a 5.0 to 6.8 gain. Two iHeartMedia stations also had big gains as AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL rose 4.6 to 6.3 for fourth and Classic Rock “Gater 98.7” WKGR was up 3.9 to 5.0 for fifth.
• Noticeably no longer subscribing to Nielsen’s PPM ratings are Saga Communications and Curtis Media.