May 2023 (4/27 – 5/24) Nielsen Audio PPM Ratings Day 4: Memphis Move Madness

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

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

Austin

Waterloo Media Variety Hits “103.5 Bob-FM” KBPA trends up 8.7 – 9.7 – 10.5 to grow its lead to just under four share points. Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ is off 7.0 to 6.7. iHeartMedia Country 98.1 KVET-FM is up 5.4 to 5.9. Waterloo Media News/Talk 590/99.7 KLBJ moves 5.5 to 5.4. iHeartMedia Country “KASE 101” (5.1 to 5.0) and Audacy Hot AC “Mix 94.7” KAMX (4.8 to 5.0) tie for fifth.

iHeartMedia Hip Hop “102.3 The Beat” KPEZ trends up 3.5 – 4.5 – 4.8.

Trending down in Austin are Public News/Talk 90.1 KUT-FM (5.3 – 4.7 – 4.4), iHeartMedia CHR “96.7 Kiss-FM” KHFI (4.3 to 3.6), Classical 89.5 KMFA (3.2 to 1.9), and Waterloo Media Alternative “101X” KROX (2.8 – 2.5 – 1.8).

Raleigh/Durham

Radio One Adult R&B “Foxy 107.1/104.3” WFXC/WFXK extends its lead moving 9.3 to 9.4. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk “Talk 106.1” WTKK dips 8.8 to 8.3. Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC-FM is off 8.0 to 7.9. Capitol Broadcasting AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM rises 5.9 to 7.1. iHeartMedia Country “B93.9” WNCB rises 4.0 to 4.8. Curtis Media’s stations remain omitted from the public numbers as a non-subscriber.

iHeartMedia CHR “G105” WDCG trends up 2.3 – 3.1 – 3.3, while Classic Hip Hop “95.3 The Beat” WDCG-HD2 is up 1.6 to 2.2.

Indianapolis

Radio One AC “B105.7” WYXB claims the Indianapolis lead with an 8.4 to 7.8 drop. Cumulus Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK rebounds 6.6 to 7.6. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Q95” WFBQ surges up 5.3 – 6.3 – 7.2. Radio One Country “97.1 Hank-FM” WLHK falls 8.4 to 7.1. Cumulus Country 95.5 WFMS (6.0 to 6.6) and Radio One News/Talk 93.1 WIBC (6.4 to 6.6) tie for fourth.

Sarkes Tarzian AAA 92.3 WTTS trends up 4.8 – 5.1 – 5.5. Radio One Sports “93.5/107.5 The Fan” WIBC-HD2 rises 2.6 to 3.3. Radio One Hip Hop “Hot 100.9” WHHH is up 2.1 – 2.3 – 2.8 for its highest numbers since its frequency change last year.

Educational Media Foundation’s two stations appear in the public numbers for the first time with “K-Love” 101.9 WKLU trending down 7.0 – 5.0 – 3.9 and “Air 1” rimshot 98.7 WQME debuting with a 1.4.

Nashville

Midwest Communications AC “Mix 92.9” WJXA maintains its lead holding at a 13.3 share. Midwest Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK dips 10.7 to 10.4. Cumulus Classic Country “95.5 Nash Icon” WSM-FM falls 8.8 to 7.7. iHeartMedia Country “The Big 98” WSIX rises 6.0 to 6.6. Cumulus’ “103.3 Country” WKDF trends up 3.8 – 4.1 – 5.3.

Cumulus News/Talk “99.7 WTN” WWTN falls 6.7 to 5.0.

iHeartMedia CHR “107.5 The River” WRVW jumps up 2.8 – 3.1 – 4.1. In its final full monthly before its flip this week to Classic Country, Midwest CHR “Hot 106.7” WNFN is up 1.6 to 1.8.

EMF’s “K-Love” 97.1 WLVU debuts in the public numbers with a 3.0 to 3.8 gain.

Milwaukee

iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1130 WISN is the poster child for AM with its 9.7 to 10.2 rise. Saga Classic Rock “Hometown Rock 96.5” WKLH is down 9.6 to 8.9. Good Karma News/Talk 620 WTMJ falls 9.2 to 8.2. iHeart Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT-FM rises 7.6 to 8.0, while sister Country “FM 106.1” WMIL is up 6.2 – 6.8 – 7.6.

Saga Adult R&B “Jammin 98.3” WJMR trends down 6.1 – 5.9 – 5.0. Audacy CHR “103.7 Kiss-FM” WXSS is up 3.1 to 3.8.

Public News/Talk 89.7 WUWM trends up 2.1 – 2.8 – 3.3.

Providence

Cumulus AC “Lite 105.1” rises 9.0 to 9.5. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “B101” WWBB surges up 6.8 – 7.8 – 8.4, while sister Rock 94.1 WHJY is up 7.3 to 8.3. Hall’s “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK continues to trend up 7.1 – 8.0 – 8.2 but falls to fourth. Cumulus CHR “92 Pro-FM” WPRO-FM is off 7.8 to 7.5.

Cumulus News/Talk 630 WPRO/99.7 WEAN slides 6.0 – 5.7 – 5.2. Full Power Radio Spanish CHR “Latina 100.3” WKKB rises 2.1 to 2.7.

Norfolk/Virginia Beach

Audacy Adult R&B “95.7 R&B” WVKL seesaws 10.9 – 9.4 – 10.7 but holds its Tidewater area lead by a commanding three share points. Saga Classic Rock “106.9 The Fox” WAFX slips 8.1 to 7.7. Audacy AC “101.3 2WD” WWDE rises 6.4 – 7.0 – 7.2. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “103 Jams” WOWI jumps up 5.7 to 7.0. Saga Rock “FM 99” WNOR inches up 6.4 to 6.5.

Max Media Country “97.3 The Eagle” WGH-FM ends its slide and surges back up 3.3 to 4.8. Sinclair Country “US 106.1” WUSH trends down 5.9 – 5.5 – 4.6.

Jacksonville

Cox Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” WJGL rises 7.6 to 8.7 to take the Jacksonville lead. iHeartMedia Country 99.1 WQIK rebounds 7.3 to 8.0. iHeart Adult R&B “V101.5” WSOL and Renda AC 96.1 WEJZ both are down 8.1 to 7.9. Cox Soft AC “Easy 102.9” WEZI is off 7.6 to 7.1.

Cox News/Talk 104.5 WOKV-FM continues its slide down 7.0 – 6.1 – 5.5. Delmarva Educational Association Gospel “Praise 107.9” WKSL-HD3 falls 2.1 to 1.4.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem

Audacy Variety Hits “98.7 Simon” WSMW’s streak of new record highs comes to an end as it dips down 13.4 to 13.3. Audacy Adult R&B 97.1 WQMG holds at a 10.6 share and Country “93.1 The Wolf” WPAW is down 8.1 to 7.7. iHeartMedia AC “Mix 99.5” WMAG rises 6.4 to 7.3. Audacy Hip Hop “102 Jamz” WJMH rises 5.8 to 6.4.

iHeartMedia Country “Q104.1” WTQR slides 7.3 – 7.1 – 6.0.

West Palm Beach

Hubbard Classic Hits “Sunny 107.9” continues its 2023 growth rising 11.8 to 11.9. WEAT has risen every month this year from its 7.3 share in January. iHeartMedia AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL has also moved up month-to-month from a 4.7 in January to a 7.6 share. Hubbard Hot AC 97.9 WRMF trends down 8.2 – 7.7 – 6.6. Hubbard’s Adult R&B “X102.3” WMBX (6.7 to 6.3) and Country 103.1 WIRK (4.1 to 4.2) round out the top five.

iHeartMedia CHR “Wild 95.5” has also been up each month in 2023 rising 2.5 to 3.1 from its low of 1.9 in January. iHeart Spanish CHR “Mia 94.3” WRLX is up 1.4 – 1.8 – 2.1.

Memphis

With three changes taking place during the monthly and two more set for the following monthly, Memphis saw a massive shakeup during the period.

Flinn Broadcasting flipped 107.5 WHBQ-FM from Classic Hits to Hot AC on the first day of the monthly and dropped 1.9 to 1.5 out of the gate. Six days later, iHeartMedia would move CHR “101.9 Kiss-FM” to the stronger 102.7 WEGR signal and shifted to Hot AC, while Classic Rock “Rock 103” moved down to 101.9 KWNW as “Rock 102“. With the ratings following the brands, “102.7 Kiss-FM” would slip 1.6 to 1.3 and “Rock 102” was down 4.0 to 3.4.

With Cumulus Media no longer publicly subscribing in the market, iHeart Adult R&B “V101” KJMS holds the top spot trending up 10.1 – 11.0 – 11.8. Audacy AC “104.5 The River” WRVR rises 8.1 to 9.4. iHeartMedia Gospel “95.7 Hallelujah-FM” WHAL-FM is down 9.1 to 8.3. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “K97” WHRK trends up 6.5 – 7.9 – 8.3. In what will be its final full monthly, Audacy Hot AC “FM 100” WMC-FM dips 6.1 to 5.8.

in its final monthly before this week’s move to 99.7, Audacy Country “94.1 The Wolf” WLFP is off 3.5 to 3.1.

Hartford

Audacy AC “Lite 100.5” WRCH maintains its lead down 11.0 to 10.0. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “105.9 The River” WHCN holds steady at an 8.5 share. Audacy Hot AC 96.5 WTIC-FM is up 7.9 to 8.2. iHeartMedia Country 92.5 WWYZ is up 6.8 to 7.1, while sister CHR “Kiss 95.7” WKSS-FM rises 6.1 to 6.5.