Nielsen begins its monthly release of PPM ratings with today’s Day 1 update including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston/Galveston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Long Island, Riverside/San Bernardino, San Jose, and Middlesex/Somerset/Union.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.
The February monthly showed lots of stability in the biggest markets without a major event like the political boost from January.
iHeartMedia AC “106.7 Lite-FM” WLTW New York leads the market with a 6.5 to 6.8 rise. MediaCo Adult R&B 107.5 WBLS jumps up to second with a 4.8 – 5.2 – 6.4 three month trend. SBS Spanish Tropical “Mega 97.9” WSKQ places third up 5.8 to 6.1. Entercom Classic Hits 101.1 WCBS-FM holds in fourth with a 5.1 to 4.8 slide, while iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Q104.3” WAXQ and Public News/Talk 93.9 WNYC-FM tie for fifth at 4.5.
Trending upward in New York is Red Apple Media Conservative Talk 770 WABC with a 1.4 – 1.6 – 1.9 three month trend.
Entercom Classic Hits “K-Earth 101” KRTH regains the lead in Los Angeles with a 5.6 to 5.9 rise. iHeartMedia AC 103.5 KOST slips to second 5.7 to 5.6 followed be sister News/Talk 640 KFI holding steady at a 5.0 share. Entercom Rhythmic AC “94.7 The Wave” KTWV holds fourth with a 4.6 to 4.4 move. Entercom Variety Hits “93.1 Jack-FM” KCBS-FM and Univision Spanish AC “Amor 107.5” KLVE tie for fifth at 4.0.
Trending up in Los Angeles are Mount Wilson FM Country “Go Country 105” KKGO-FM up 1.5 – 2.2 – 2.4 and Meruelo Media Spanish Rhythmic “Cali 93.9” KLLI with a 1.2 to 2.2 jump. Entercom CHR “Amp 97.1” KAMP-FM slips down 1.3 to 1.2.
Entercom News 780 WBBM/105.9 WCFS leads Chicago at 7.1. Public News/Talk 91.5 WBEZ rises to second despite dropping 6.7 to 6.4. iHeartMedia’s duo of Adult R&B “V103” WVAZ (6.8 to 6.0) and AC “93.9 Lite-FM” WLIT (5.1 to 5.3) follow. Hubbard Hot AC “101.9 The Mix” WTMX placed fifth up 4.4 to 4.5.
Trending upwards in Chicago at Entercom AAA 93.1 WXRT (2.6 – 3.4 – 3.8), Cumulus Alternative 101.1 WKQX (1.6 – 1.7 – 2.5) and Hubbard AC 100.3 WSHE (1.7 – 2.0 – 2.4).
Spoken word continues to dominate in San Francisco. Public News/Talk 88.5 KQED-FM leads down 10.9 to 10.6 followed by Entercom News 740 KCBS/106.9 KFRC (8.5 to 7.5). Bonneville AC 96.5 KOIT places third up 4.7 to 5.1 followed by iHeartMedia Soft AC “98.1 The Breeze” KISQ up 3.9 to 4.5. Bonneville CHR “99.7 Now” KMVQ is fifth down 4.2 to 4.0.
Cumulus Classic Rock “107.7 The Bone” KSAN trends up 2.3 – 2.9 – 3.0, while Entercom Alternative “Alt 105.3” KITS slips 1.3 to 1.1.
iHeartMedia AC “Star 102.1” KDGE takes the Dallas market lead with a 5.6 to 5.2 drop. Ratings expert Chris Huff notes this is the first time KDGE has led the market without playing Christmas music. iHeart CHR “106.1 Kiss-FM” KHKS Dallas holds in second with a 4.7 to 4.8 gain, while Salem Christian AC 94.9 KLTY slides from first down 6.1 to 4.8. Univision Regional Mexican “Que Buena 94.1” KLNO places fourth with a 4.2 to 4.6 rise and iHeartMedia Hot AC “102.9 Now” KDMX jumps up to fifth 3.6 to 4.4.
Also trending upwards in Dallas are Cumulus Sports “The Ticket” 1310 KTCK/96.7 KTCK-FM (2.6 – 3.6 – 4.1), iHeartMedia Rock “97.1 The Eagle” KEGL (2.7 to 3.7), and Entercom News 1080 KRLD (1.6 to 2.1).
iHeartMedia AC “Sunny 99.1” KODA takes sole possession of the Houston market holding steady at a 7.5 share. Co-owned News/Talk 740 KTRH slips to second down 7.5 to 6.5. Hope Media Christian AC 89.3 KSBJ places third holding at a 6.1 share. Cox Classic Rock “107.5/106.9 The Eagle” KGLK/KHPT falls to fourth 6.2 to 5.9, while Univision Regional Mexican “Que Buena 102.9” KLTN holds at a 5.8 share in fifth.
Trending upward in Houston are Entercom Hot AC “Mix 96.5” KHMX (3.4 to 4.0) and Cox Country “93Q” KKBQ (3.2 to 4.0), while Cumulus CHR 104.1 KRBE slips 3.7 – 3.3 – 3.1 for what Huff notes is its lowest share since Holiday 2014.
Cox News/Talk 750 WSB/95.5 WSBB continues to lead Atlanta while slipping 11.8 to 10.5. Cox Classic Rock “97.1 The River” WSRV holds in second down 6.3 to 6.1 followed by Entercom Hip Hop/R&B “V103” WVEE up 4.8 to 5.1. Cox AC “B98.5” WSB-FM is fourth with a 4.5 to 4.9 rise, while Radio One Gospel “Praise 102.5” WPZE rises to fifth at a 4.6 share.
Trending upward in Atlanta is Entercom Rhythmic AC “Star 94.1” WSTR (2.5 – 2.9 – 3.1), while iHeartMedia CHR “Power 96.1” WWPW rebounds (2.9 – 1.8 – 2.3).
It was a bad trend for Country in Atlanta with iHeartMedia’s “94.9 The Bull” WUBL slipping 3.7 – 3.3 – 2.5 and Cumulus’ “New Country 101.5” WKHX down 2.6 – 2.3 – 1.8. Also trending downward is Radio One Hip Hop “Hot 107.9” WHTA (3.1 – 2.4 – 2.1).
iHeartMedia Adult R&B 105.3 WDAS-FM leads Philadelphia down 8.6 to 8.0. Beasley Rock 93.3 WMMR surges up 6.3 to 7.6. Entercom News 1060 KYW/103.9 WPHI continues to trend up following the addition of its FM simulcast (5.4 – 6.4 – 6.5) to place third. Beasley Classic Rock 102.9 WMGK rises to fourth 5.6 to 5.9, while Entercom AC “B101.1” WBEB drops to fifth 5.7 to 5.6.
Entercom Classic Hits 98.1 WOGL rebounds up 2.9 to 3.9, while the two commercial FMs at the bottom of the rankings continue to slide with Entercom CHR 96.5 WTDY-FM down 1.6 to 1.4 and Radio One Hip Hop 100.3 WRNB down 0.9 to 0.8.