Day 3 of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases are now available for Portland, Charlotte, San Antonio, Sacramento, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Orlando, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Kansas City, and Columbus.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.
The Day 3 markets continue with the trends of the past two days. Spoken word stations slid back down, while certain music formats began to rebound. Cume began to rise again. Classic Rock and Classic Hits were the big winners in most markets while many AC, Hot AC and CHRs stations still haven’t rebounded due to the lack of in-store and office listening.
A few Classical stations continue to grow with 89.9 KQAC Portland trending 3.0 – 4.3 – 4.5, 89.9 WDAV Charlotte 1.4 – 2.5 – 2.6, and 88.3 KPAC San Antonio up 1.2 – 1.9 – 2.4.
Public News/Talk 91.5 KOPB-FM Portland continued to lead the market although down 10.1 to 9.3. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “105.9 The Brew” KFBW moves up to second with a 5.5 to 6.1 gain. Alpha Media News/Talk 101.1 KXL places third with a 7.0 to 6.0 drop.
iHeartMedia Classic Rock “99.7 The Fox” WRFX Charlotte dropped from 10.2 to 8.4, but stays ahead of Beasley Country 103.7 WSOC-FM with its 7.5 to 8.1 rise. Entercom News/Talk 1110 WBT holds in third with a 7.1 to 6.3 drop.
Cox Media Group Classic Hits 101.1 KONO-FM San Antonio expands its lead with an 8.2 to 8.4 rise while iHeartMedia News/Talk 1200 WOAI drops 7.9 to 7.1.
iHeartMedia News/Talk 1530 KFBK/93.1 KFBK-FM slides from 11.6 to 9.4 which narrows its lead over Entercom Classic Rock “Eagle 96.9” KSEG who rose 7.6 to 8.9. Bonneville Country 105.1 KNCI placed third at 7.8. Bonneville AC “Mix 96” KYMX rebounded with a 3.4 to 5.1 gain.
iHeartMedia’s duo continue to dominate Pittsburgh with Rock 102.5 WDVE up 8.3 to 8.5 and Classic Hits “94.5 3WS” WWSW up 7.1 to 8.1. Steel City Media Variety Hits “96.9 Bob-FM” WRRK placed third with a 6.8 to 7.0 rise. Entercom News/Talk 1020 KDKA fell from second to fourth with a 7.3 to 6.5 drop.
Bonneville Classic Rock “103.5 The Arrow” KRSP Salt Lake City had the biggest gain with a 6.4 to 8.1 gain to move from third to first. Capital Broadcasting AC “Now 97.9” KBZN rises 5.4 to 6.5 to move up to second, while Bonneville AC “FM 100” KSFI drops 7.0 to 6.1. Bonneville News/Talk 1060 KSL/102.7 KSL-FM tumbles from a top of the list 8.8 to 6.0.
Cox Classic Rock 98.9 WMMO Orlando moves from second to first despite an 8.0 to 7.5 slide. Entercom Classic Hits “105.9 Sunny-FM” WOCL rises 6.4 to 7.4 to place right behind WMMO. Cox Adult R&B “Star 94.5” WCFB falls from an 8.9 to 6.5 share for third.
Grant County Broadcasters “Classic Country 105.9” WNKN Cincinnati continues to develop into a player as it moves up to fourth holding steady at a 6.1 share. Simulcaster 106.7 WNKR adds an additional 1.2 share which combined would tie the stations with Hubbard’s longtime Country market leader “B105” WUBE at a 7.3.
The lead in Cleveland narrows as Entercom Classic Rock 98.5 WNCX rises 10.1 to 10.2 to set a station high for the second straight month. iHeartMedia Country 99.5 WGAR rises 9.4 to 9.9 for second. Moving in the wrong direction is iHeartMedia Hot Talk/Rock 100.7 WMMS with a 5.7 – 4.9 – 4.3 trend.
The one month surge of Steel City Media Country 94.1 KFKF Kansas City to the top of the market didn’t last as the station tumbled from a 10.4 to 6.5 to place fifth. Cumulus Classic Rock “101 The Fox” KCFX moves back to the top with an 8.7 to 7.7 drop, while co-owned Classic Hits 94.9 KCMO-FM was right behind with a 6.9 to 7.6 rise. Entercom News/Talk 98.1 KMBZ-FM had a big gain from 5.4 to 6.8 to move to fourth, while co-owned Hot AC “99.7 The Point” KZPT rose 3.8 to 5.0.
