June 2023 (5/25 – 6/21) Nielsen Audio PPM Ratings Day 4: Simon Says Another Ratings Record

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 expands its lead to four full shares trending up 9.7 – 10.5 – 11.4. Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ rises 6.7 to 7.4. iHeartMedia’s Country combo of 98.1 KVET-FM (down 5.9 to 5.5) and 100.7 KASE (steady at 5.0) follow. Waterloo Regional Mexican “La Z 107.1” KLZT inches up 4.5 to 4.6.

Trending up in Austin: Waterloo Media Classic Rock 93.7 KLBJ-FM (3.6 to 4.3), Univision Regional Mexican “Que Buena 104.3” KLQB (2.5 – 3.1 – 3.9), and Recharge Media Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” 1490 KJFK (1.1 to 1.7).

Trending down: Waterloo News/Talk 590/99.7 KLBJ (5.4 to 4.4), Audacy Hot AC “Mix 94.7” KAMX (5.0 to 4.0), iHeartMedia Hip Hop “102.3 The Beat” KPEZ (4.8 to 3.7), and Genuine Austin Radio Country 98.5/99.3 KOKE-FM (2.3 – 1.5 – 1.3).

In what will be its final full monthly, Waterloo Media Hot AC “Lucy 93.3” KGSR falls 1.9 to 1.3.

Raleigh/Durham

Radio One Adult R&B “Foxy 107.1/104.3” WFXC/WFXK rises 9.4 to 9.8. Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC-FM is up 7.9 to 8.3. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk “Talk 106.1” WTKK moves 8.3 to 8.2. Capitol Broadcasting AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM trends up 5.9 – 7.1 – 7.5. iHeart Classic Rock 100.7 WRDU inches up 4.6 to 4.7.

Indianapolis

Cumulus Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK trends up 6.6 – 7.6 – 8.0 to retake the lead. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Q95” WFBQ dips 7.2 to 6.9 to tie for second with Radio One AC “B105.7” WYXB which trends down 8.4 – 7.8 – 6.9. Radio One News/Talk 93.1 WIBC rises 6.6 to 6.8, while sister Country “97.1 Hank-FM” WLHK trends down 8.4 – 7.2 – 6.2.

iHeartMedia Classic Alternative “Indy 103.3” WOLT trends up 3.1 – 3.3 – 4.0. Educational Media Foundation Christian AC “K-Love” 101.9 WKLU trends down 5.0 – 3.9 – 3.6.

Nashville

Midwest Communications continues to hold the top two spots with AC “Mix 92.9” WJXA down 13.3 to 11.8 and Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK down 10.7 – 10.4 – 9.1. Cumulus Classic Country “95.5 Nash Icon” WSM-FM trends down 8.8 – 7.7 – 7.1. iHeartMedia Country “The Big 98” WSIX is down 6.6 to 6.3. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “105.9 The Rock” WNRQ jumps up 4.5 to 5.5.

iHeartMedia Hip Hop “101.1 The Beat” WUBT trends up 3.0 – 3.5 – 4.6. Americana 88.5 WMOT trends up 1.0 – 1.2 – 1.7. Cromwell Rock “102.9 The Buzz” WBUZ slides 4.1 – 3.8 – 3.3.

Midwest Classic Country “Y’All 106.7” WNFN slips 1.8 to 1.4 after its flip from CHR “Hot 106.7” halfway through the monthly.

Milwaukee

iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1130 WISN dips 10.2 to 9.8. Good Karma News/Talk 620 WTMJ jumps 8.2 to 9.5. Saga Classic Rock “Hometown Rock 96.5” WKLH trends down 9.6 – 8.9 – 8.5. iHeartMedia Country “FM 106.1” WMIL trends up 6.8 – 7.6 – 8.2. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT-FM holds at an 8.0 share.

Saga Adult R&B “Jammin 98.3” WJMR trends down 5.9 – 5.0 – 4.4.

Providence

iHeartMedia Classic Hits “B101” WWBB trends up 7.8 – 8.4 – 9.0 to claim the Providence lead. Cumulus AC “Lite 105.1” WWLI dips 9.5 to 8.9. iHeartMedia Rock 94.1 WHJY is off 8.3 to 8.1. Hall’s “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK is down 8.2 to 7.3. Cumulus CHR “92 Pro-FM” WPRO-FM trends down 7.8 – 7.5 – 7.1.

Norfolk/Virginia Beach

Audacy Adult R&B “95.7 R&B” WVKL holds its commanding lead down 10.7 to 10.3. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “103 Jamz” WOWI is up 7.0 to 7.1. Saga Classic Rock “106.9 The Fox” WAFX trends down 8.1 – 7.7 – 6.8. Sinclair Variety Hits “93.7 Bob-FM” WNOB rises 5.1 to 5.9. Audacy AC “101.3 2WD” WWDE falls 7.2 to 5.8.

Max Media AC “92.9 The Wave” WTWV rises 4.5 to 5.6. Sinclair Country “US 106.1” WUSH is up 4.6 to 5.4. Saga Rock “FM 99” WNOR is down 6.5 to 5.3. Sinclair News/Talk 790 WNIS trends up 2.8 – 3.0 – 3.7.

Jacksonville

Cox Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” WJGL trends up 7.6 – 8.7 – 10.0. Renda AC 96.1 WEJZ rises 7.9 to 8.6. iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101.5” WSOL holds at a 7.9 share. Cox Soft AC “Easy 102.9” WEZI is up 7.1 to 7.3, while sister News/Talk 104.5 WOKV-FM rises 5.5 to 6.3.

iHeartMedia Country 99.1 WQIK falls 8.0 to 5.9.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem

Audacy Variety Hits “98.7 Simon” WSMW rises 13.3 to 14.0 for another record high this year. Audacy’s Adult R&B 97.1 WQMG rises 10.6 to 11.8, while sister Country “93.1 The Wolf” WPAW trends down 8.1 – 7.7 – 7.2. iHeartMedia AC “Mix 99.5” WMAG is off 7.3 to 7.0. Audacy Hip Hop “102 Jamz” WJMH trends up 5.8 – 6.4 – 6.9.

iHeartMedia Country “Q104.1” WTQR trends down 7.1 – 6.0 – 5.2. Conservative Talk 94.5 WPTI is down 5.2 – 5.0 – 4.2. Both CHRs fall with Dick Broadcasting’s 107.5 WKZL moving 3.6 to 2.8 and iHeart’s “Hits 100.3” WMKS trending 3.2 – 2.7 – 2.5.

West Palm Beach

iHeartMedia AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL takes the lead up 7.4 – 7.6 – 8.7. Hubbard Classic Hits “Sunny 107.9” WEAT falls 11.9 to 8.2. Hubbard Hot AC 97.9 WRMF is up 6.6 to 6.7 and sister Adult R&B “X102.3” WMBX is up 6.3 to 6.6. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “98.7 The Gator” WKGR is fifth 4.0 to 3.9.

Hubbard Country 103.1 WIRK falls 4.2 to 3.0. Hope Media Group Christian AC “Way-FM” 88.1 WAYF trends down 3.4 – 2.7 – 2.1.

Memphis

The major shakeup caused by Audacy’s sale of 94.1 to EMF and sign-off of the Hot AC “FM 100” WMC-FM format begins to take effect here. iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101” KJMS trends up 11.0 – 11.8 – 12.2. Audacy AC “104.5 The River” WRVR trends up 8.1 – 9.4 – 10.2. iHeartMedia Gospel “95.7 Hallelujah-FM” WHAL-FM trends down 9.1 – 8.3 – 7.5. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “K97” WHRK falls 8.3 to 7.2. Flinn Hip Hop “Hot 107.1” KXHT rises 4.0 – 4.2 – 4.5.

With its move from 94.1 to 99.7 taking effect about 2/3’s through the monthly, Audacy Country “The Wolf” WLFP rises 3.1 to 3.6. The 3 weeks of “FM 100” WMC-FM do not appear.

In their first full monthlies following their flips, iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Rock 102” 101.9 KWNW rises 3.4 to 4.0, Flinn Hot AC “Q107.5” WHBQ-FM rises 1.5 to 1.9, and iHeartMedia Hot AC “102.7 Kiss-FM” WEGR rises 1.3 to 1.7.

Hartford

Audacy AC “Lite 100.5” WRCH maintains its lead 10.0 to 9.9. Audacy Hot AC 96.5 WTIC-FM trends up 7.9 – 8.2 – 8.4. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “105.9 The River” WHCN is off 8.5 to 8.0. iHeart Country 92.5 WWYZ rises 6.8 – 7.1 – 7.3 and sister CHR “Kiss 95.7” WKSS trends up 6.1 – 6.5 – 6.9.