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.

New York

iHeartMedia AC “106.7 Lite-FM” WLTW holds at a 7.6 share to maintain a significant lead in New York. iHeart’s Classic Rock “Q104.3” WAXQ claims sole possession of second 6.1 to 6.0. MediaCo Adult R&B 107.5 WBLS rises 5.2 to 5.8. Audacy Classic Hits 101.1 WCBS-FM falls 6.6 – 6.1 – 5.6. iHeartMedia CHR “Z100” WHTZ inches up 4.9 to 5.0.

SBS Spanish Tropical “Mega 97.9” WSKQ falls 5.3 to 4.3. The start of the baseball season helps Audacy’s Sports and Yankees home 660 WFAN/101.9 WFAN-FM rise 2.6 – 2.9 – 3.2 and News and Mets home 880 WCBS trend up 2.1 – 2.4 – 2.9

Los Angeles

Audacy Classic Hits “K-Earth 101” KRTH builds an over one share lead dipping 5.8 to 5.7. iHeartMedia Hot AC “104.3 My-FM” KBIG inches up 4.5 to 4.6, while CHR 102.7 KIIS-FM is down 5.0 to 4.4. iHeart News/Talk 640 KFI rises 4.1 to 4.3. Three stations tie for third with Audacy Rhythmic AC “94.7 The Wave” KTWV (4.6 – 4.4 – 4.0), iHeartMedia AC 103.5 KOST (5.5 – 4.1 – 4.0), and Estrella Media Regional Mexican “Que Buena 94.3/105.5” KBUE/KBUA/KEBN (4.0 to 4.0). Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes that is the lowest share for KOST since a 3.6 in November 2013.

Audacy Variety Hits “93.1 Jack-FM” KCBS-FM trends up 3.1 – 3.2 – 3.7. SBS Spanish CHR “Mega 96.3” KXOL rises 2.1 – 2.6 – 2.9. Univision Regional Mexican “La 101.9” KSCA rises 1.4 – 1.7 – 2.0.

Chicago

iHeartMedia Soft AC “93.9 Lite-FM” WLIT maintains its lead 6.7 to 6.8. Hubbard Classic Rock “97.1 The Drive” WDRV surges up 5.6 to 6.5. Audacy AAA 93.1 WXRT dips 4.9 to 4.6. Audacy News 780 WBBM/105.9 WCFS is down 4.8 to 4.4. Univision Regional Mexican “Que Buena 105.1” WOJO holds at a 4.3 share.

iHeartMedia CHR “103.5 Kiss-FM” WKSC rises 2.7 to 3.2. After shifting to a Rhythmic Hot AC presentation in the final weekly of the survey period, Audacy’s “B96” WBBM-FM rises 1.9 to 2.1.

Audacy Sports “670 The Score” WSCR gets a Cubs boost 1.7 – 2.5 – 3.1, while Good Karma’s “ESPN 1000” WMVP gets a White Sox boost 1.0 to 1.5.

San Francisco

Audacy News 740 KCBS/106.9 KFRC (8.0 to 7.3) and Bonneville AC 96.5 KOIT (7.2 to 7.3) tie for the lead. iHeartMedia Soft AC “98.1 The Breeze” KISQ rises 6.4 to 6.9. Public News/Talk 88.5 KQED-FM dips 5.3 to 5.2. iHeartMedia Hot AC “Star 101.3” KIOI dips 4.7 to 4.5.

iHeartMedia Hip Hop 106.1 KMEL rebounds 3.6 to 4.1. Classical 90.3 KDFC slides 4.1 – 3.6 – 2.9. Audacy Hot AC “Alice 97.3” KLLC drops 3.1 – 2.9 – 2.6.

Cumulus Sports 680 KNBR/104.5 KNBR-FM jumps 2.1 to 3.3 with the start of the Giants season. Audacy’s “95.7 The Game” KGMZ rises 2.2 to 2.7 for the Warriors’ playoff push.

Dallas/Fort Worth

Cumulus Sports “The Ticket” 1310 KTCK/96.7 KTCK-FM holds in the lead with a 5.6 share. Audacy Classic Hits 98.7 KLUV rises to second 4.4 to 4.9. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Lonestar 92.5” KZPS dips 4.9 to 4.6, while sister CHR “106.1 Kiss-FM” KHKS-FM rises 4.2 to 4.5. Audacy AC “Star 102.1” KDGE (3.8 to 4.4) and Cumulus Classic Country “99.5 The Wolf” KPLX (3.9 to 4.4) tie for fifth.

iHeartMedia Hot AC “Now 102.9” KDMX trends up 2.5 – 3.0 – 3.3. Audacy Alternative “Alt 103.7” KVIL rises 2.2 to 2.9. Radio One Hip Hop “97.9 The Beat” KBFB rises 1.9 – 2.3 – 2.8.

iHeartMedia Hot Talk “97.1 The Freak” is already on the downward slide 2.0 – 1.5 – 1.1.

Houston/Galveston

iHeartMedia AC “Sunny 99.1” KODA maintains its big lead 9.0 to 8.9. Cox Classic Rock “107.5/106.9 The Eagle” KGLK/KHPT rises 6.2 to 6.5. Hope Media Group Christian AC 89.3 KSBJ rises 5.6 to 5.9. Cox Country “93Q” KKBQ is off 5.9 to 5.8. Audacy Variety Hits “95.7 The Spot” KKHH drops 6.2 to 5.6.

Radio One Adult R&B “Majic 102.1” KMJQ rises 4.1 to 4.7. Audacy Hot AC “Mix 96.5” KHMX jumps up 2.5 to 3.5.

Audacy Country “100.3 The Bull” KILT-FM is down 4.4 to 3.7. Univision Spanish AC “Amor 106.5” KOVE falls 4.0 to 2.6.

Atlanta

Cox Classic Rock “97.1 The River” WSRV rises 8.1 – 8.3 – 8.9. Radio One Adult R&B “Majic 107.5/97.5” WAMJ/WUMJ rips 7.5 to 7.3. Cox News/Talk 750 WSB/95.5 WSBB rises 6.6 to 7.0. Cox Adult R&B “Kiss 104.1” WALR inches up 5.9 to 6.0. Cox AC “B98.5” WSB-FM drops 6.0 to 5.4.

Audacy Rhythmic Hot AC “Star 94” WSTR jumps 2.9 – 3.1 – 3.8. Cumulus’ “New Country 101.5” WKHX rises 2.6 – 3.1 – 3.8.

Radio One Hip Hop “Hot 107.9” WHTA falls 5.6 to 3.9. Cumulus CHR “Q99.7” WWWQ (3.3 – 3.2 – 2.9) and iHeartMedia’s “Power 96.1” WWPW (3.1 to 2.6) were both on the downswing.

Dickey Broadcasting Sports “680 The Fan” WCNN doubles its share 1.3 to 2.6 thanks to start of the Braves season.

Philadelphia

iHeartMedia Adult R&B 105.3 WDAS-FM’s lead narrows as it rises 7.2 to 7.7 and Beasley Classic Rock 102.9 WMGK is up 6.9 to 7.5. Beasley Rock 93.3 WMMR rises 5.6 to 6.4. Audacy Classic Hits “Big 98.1” WOGL rises 5.8 to 6.3 and AC “B101” WBEB is up 5.6 to 6.1.

Audacy Sports 94.1 WIP jumps 4.7 to 5.9 (stream adding additional 1.3). Beasley Country 92.5 WXTU is up 4.1 – 4.3 – 5.2.

In its final monthly before today’s flip to Hot AC “New 96.5“, Audacy CHR “96.5 TDY” WTDY-FM rises again 2.2 to 2.5 for what Huff notes is its highest share since February 2020. iHeartMedia CHR “Q102” WIOQ rises 2.8 to 3.1.

Long Island

Cox Classic Rock 102.3 WBAB/95.3 WHFM jumps up 5.5 – 6.0 – 7.0 to expand its lead to almost two whole shares. iHeartMedia CHR “Z100” WHTZ is second 5.2 to 5.1. Connoisseur Media Hot AC 97.5 WALK (4.5 to 4.9) and iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Q104.3” WAXQ (6.1 – 5.2 – 4.9) tie for third. Audacy Sports 660 WFAN/101.9 WFAN-FM is fifth 4.4 to 4.6.

Connoisseur Media Classic Hits “103.1 Max-FM” WBZO rises 2.8 to 3.4, while Audacy’s 101.1 WCBS-FM falls 4.2 – 4.0 – 3.5.

Connoisseur Media Rock “94.3 The Shark” WWSK trends up 2.1 – 2.5 – 3.0.

Riverside/San Bernardino

Anaheim Broadcasting Classic Hits 99.9 KOLA-FM trends down 7.1 – 6.1 – 5.7 but retains its lead of the publicly listed stations in the Inland Empire. Audacy Country “95.1 K-Frog” KFRG slides 6.5 to 5.4. Good News Radio Christian AC 89.7 KSGN is third down 6.0 to 5.2. Entravision Spanish Adult Hits “Jose 97.5” KLYY trends up 3.9 – 4.5 – 4.8. iHeartMedia Rhythmic CHR 99.1 KGGI rises 2.4 to 3.5.

San Jose

Audacy News 740 KCBS/106.9 KFRC claims the South Bay lead down 6.3 to 6.2. Bonneville Classic Rock “98.5 K-Fox” KUFX trends up 5.1 – 5.4 – 5.7. Bonneville AC 96.5 KOIT trends down 7.6 – 6.3 – 5.4. iHeartMedia Soft AC “98.1 The Breeze” KISQ is off 5.5 to 4.8. Alpha Media Hot AC “Mix 106.5” KEZR trends down 5.7 – 5.2 – 4.6.

Cumulus Sports 680 KNBR/104.5 KNBR-FM jumps 2.6 to 4.4. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “103.7 80s+” KOSF falls 5.1 to 3.8.

Middlesex/Somerset/Union

Townsquare Media Talk/Classic Hits “New Jersey 101.5” WKXW trends up 6.3 – 6.5 – 7.1. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Q104.3” WAXQ rises 5.5 – 6.1 – 6.8. Beasley Media AC “Magic 98.3” WMGQ slips 7.9 to 6.8. Audacy Classic Hits 101.1 WCBS-FM rises 4.7 to 5.1. iHeartMedia AC “106.7 Lite-FM” WLTW dips 5.1 to 5.0.