August 2023 (7/20 – 8/16) Nielsen Audio PPM Ratings Day 3: Another Record High For WOSF

Day 3 of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases are now available for Charlotte, Portland, San Antonio, Salt Lake City, Sacramento, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Cleveland and Columbus.

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

Charlotte

Radio One Adult R&B “105.3 R&B” WOSF breaks its station record for the second straight month up 7.6 – 8.0 – 8.2. Beasley Country 103.7 WSOC trends up 5.6 – 6.3 – 7.2. Radio One News/Talk 1110 WBT/99.3 WBT-FM rises 6.1 to 6.5. Beasley Adult R&B “V101.9” WBAV inches up 6.1 to 6.2. iHeartMedia Variety Hits “102.9 The Lake” WLKO falls 7.5 to 6.0.

Public News/Talk 90.7 WFAE gains a full share point up 3.6 to 4.6.

iHeartMedia Alternative “106.5 The End” slides 4.7 – 4.1 – 3.4.

Portland

iHeartMedia AC “K103” KKCW rises 8.8 to 10.3 to surpass sister Classic Hits “106.7 The Eagle” KLTH (9.5 to 8.7) atop Portland. Alpha Media News/Talk 101.1 KXL rises 5.8 to 6.7. Public News/Talk 91.5 KOPB-FM dips 6.2 to 6.1. Audacy Variety Hits “97.1 Charlie” KYCH rises 4.9 to 5.8.

Salem Regional Mexican “El Rey 93.1” KRYP bounces up 3.8 to 4.9.

A few stations on the downward slide. Alpha Media AAA 101.9 KINK falls 5.2 – 4.8 – 3.2. Audacy Classic Rock 92.3 KGON moves 3.8 – 3.3 – 3.0. Both Country stations are down with Audacy’s “99.5 The Wolf” KWJJ going 4.3 – 3.3 – 2.8 and Alpha’s “98.7 The Bull” KUPL dropping 3.8 to 2.4. Audacy Hot AC “105.1 The Buzz” KRSK slips 4.2 – 3.3 – 2.3. Salem Christian AC “104.1 The Fish” KFIS falls 2.5 – 1.8 – 1.3.

San Antonio

Cox Media Group Classic Hits 101.1 KONO-FM maintains its lead 9.1 to 8.6. Cox Country “Y100” KCYY surges up 4.5 to 6.0. iHeartMedia AC “Q101.9” KQXT drops 7.2 to 5.9. Cox Rock 99.5 KISS holds at a 5.4 share. Univision Rhythmic AC “Vibe 107.5” KVBH is up 4.9 to 5.1.

iHeartMedia Country “KJ 97” KAJA slips 6.1 – 5.7 – 4.9, while Cox Classic Rock “106.7 The Eagle” KTKX is down 5.5 to 4.8.

Cox Hot AC “Magic 105.3” KSMG rises 3.7 – 4.2 – 4.5. Alpha Regional Mexican “Norteño 104.1” 720 KSAH/104.1 KSAH-FM gains 1.7 – 2.1 – 2.5 and sister “Tejano 95.7/103.3” KLEY is up 1.5 – 1.6 – 2.3.

Salt Lake City

Bonneville AC “FM 100” KSFI maintains its lead down 11.6 to 10.8. Bonneville Classic Rock “103.5 The Arrow” KRSP surges up 5.2 – 6.4 – 7.6. iHeartMedia Classic Hits 94.1 KODJ rises 5.8 to 6.8. Capitol Broadcasting AC “Now 97.9” KBZN is up 4.6 to 5.9. Bonneville News/Talk 1160 KSL/102.7 KSL-FM gains 4.1 – 4.3 – 4.9.

iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 570 KNRS/105.9 KNRS-FM slides 5.6 – 4.6 – 3.5. Cumulus Classic Rock “K-Bear 101” KBER is down 3.9 – 3.7 – 2.7, while sister AC “B98.7” KBEE drops 3.8 to 2.6.

Public News/Talk 89.3 KUER rises 1.8 – 2.1 – 2.6.

Sacramento

iHeartMedia News/Talk 1530 KFBK/93.1 KFBK-FM (12.6 to 9.7) and Audacy Classic Rock “Eagle 96.9” KSEG (10.7 to 9.7) fall into a first place tie. iHeartMedia Soft AC “92.5 The Breeze” KBEB blows up 3.7 to 5.7. Bonneville Country 105.1 KNCI is up 5.4 to 5.6. Audacy Alternative “Alt 94.7” KKDO rises 4.7 to 5.1.

Audacy CHR “106.5 The End” KUDL rises 2.7 to 4.2.

Trending down: Bonneville AC “Mix 96” KYMX (5.4 to 4.6), iHeartMedia Rhythmic AC “V101” KHYL (4.6 – 3.7 – 3.4), and Bonneville Hot AC “Now 100.5” KZZO (3.0 – 2.7 – 2.3).

Orlando

iHeartMedia AC “Magic 107.7” WMGF rises 8.5 to 9.1. Audacy Classic Hits “105.9 Sunny-FM” WOCL jumps up 6.8 to 8.7. Cox Adult R&B “Star 94.5” WCFB trends up 6.4 – 7.7 – 8.0. iHeartMedia Spanish CHR “Rumba 100.3” WRUM is off 6.1 to 6.0. Cox Classic Rock 98.9 WMMO slides 7.5 – 6.7 – 5.6.

Audacy Hot AC “Mix 105.1” WOMX slides 5.2 – 4.7 – 4.4. SBS Spanish Tropical “El Zol 95.3” WPYO falls 4.9 to 3.7. JVC Media Rhythmic CHR “Fly 103.1” WFYY trends down 2.5 – 2.0 – 1.6.

Audacy Alternative “FM 101.9” WQMP rises 3.0 – 3.9 – 4.1.

Pittsburgh

iHeartMedia Classic Hits “94.5 3WS” WWSW (12.8 to 11.4) and Classic Rock 102.5 WDVE (9.2 to 9.5) keep the top two spots. Steel City Media Variety Hits “96.9 Bob-FM” WRRK rises 7.1 to 7.7. Audacy Sports “93.7 The Fan” KDKA-FM inches up 6.7 to 6.8. Renda AC “Wish 99.7” WSHH drops 5.7 to 5.1.

iHeartMedia Alternative “105.9 The X” WXDX rises 4.0 to 4.8.

Steel City Media Hot AC “Q92.9” WLTJ trends down 3.2 – 2.7 – 1.7.

Las Vegas

iHeartMedia AC “Sunny 106.5” KSNE continues its surge up 6.4 – 8.1 – 9.3. Beasley Classic Hits 96.3 KKLZ trends up 5.6 – 5.9 – 6.5. Audacy Rhythmic AC “Q100.5” KXQQ jumps up 4.2 to 5.6 for what Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is its best share since March 2018. Lotus Communications Regional Mexican “La Buena 101.9” KWID falls 7.4 to 5.3. iHeartMedia Country “95.5 The Bull” KWNR is up 4.8 to 5.0.

Beasley Media Hot AC “102.7 VGS” KVGS rises 3.1 – 3.3 – 4.2. Audacy’s competing “Mix 94.1” KMXB falls 4.9 to 3.4.

Cesar Chavez Foundation Regional Mexican “La Campesina 96.7” KYLI drops 4.2 to 3.3. Latino Media Network Spanish Rhythmic “Latino Mix 99.3” rises 2.5 – 3.2 – 3.6. Latino Hustle Group Regional Mexican “Fiesta 98.1” KLUC-HD3 rises 1.8 to 2.3.

Kemp Broadcasting Hip Hop “Hot 97.5” KVEG trends up 2.6 – 2.8 – 3.3. Beasley Country “107.9 The Coyote” KCYE rises 1.5 – 1.9 – 2.3.

After restoring music in prime dayparts during the survey period, Beasley Hot Talk/Rock “X107.5” KXTE doubles its share 1.2 to 2.4. The other half of the station swap last fall, Audacy’s Conservative Talk “101.5 K-Dawn” KMXB-HD3 drops 2.3 to 1.1.

Cincinnati

iHeartMedia News/Talk 700 WLW slips 16.o to 14.0. Cumulus Classic Hits 103.5 WGRR rises 8.9 to 10.7. Hubbard Country “B105” WUBE is down 6.5 to 6.4, while sister CHR “Q102” WKRQ drops 7.0 to 6.0. Cumulus AC “Warm 98.5” WRRM holds at a 5.0 share.

After jumping 1.8 to 3.2 following its move to a Rhythmic Gold lean, iHeartMedia’s “Kiss 107.1” WKFS dips down to a 2.7 share.

Ahead of its upcoming sale and flip, Grant County Broadcasters Oldies “105.9 The Oasis” WNKN continues to rise 2.1 to 2.4.

Kansas City

Cumulus Classic Hits 94.9 KCMO-FM rises 9.8 to 10.6 to surpass sister Classic Rock “101 The Fox” KCFX (10.3 to 9.4). In a distant third, Audacy News/Talk 98.1 KMBZ-FM (4.9 to 5.1) and Country “106.5 The Wolf” WDAF-FM (5.0 to 6.1) tie. Audacy’s “The Rock” 98.9 KQRC jumps up 3.7 to 4.9.

Steel City Media County “Q104” KBEQ rises 3.8 to 4.7, while sister 94.1 KFKF is down 5.3 to 4.6. Steel City CHR “Mix 93.3” KMXV slips 4.6 to 4.9 and AC “KC 102.1” KCKC falls 4.6 to 3.5.

Cumulus Rock/Alternative “105.1 The X” KCJK rises 1.6 to 2.2.

Cleveland

iHeartMedia Classic Hits “Majic 105.7” WMJI is up 10.3 to 10.5. Radio One Adult R&B 93.1 WZAK falls 10.0 to 8.4. Audacy Classic Rock 98.5 WNCX rises 7.8 to 8.1. iHeartMedia Hot Talk/Rock 100.7 WMMS gains 7.0 to 7.7. iHeart Country 99.5 WGAR is off 7.7 to 7.6.

Audacy Sports “92.3 The Fan” WKRK trends up 2.9 – 3.1 – 4.0.

iHeartMedia CHR “96.5 Kiss-FM” WAKS slides 4.4 – 3.5 – 3.0.

Columbus

iHeartMedia Country 92.3 WCOL maintains its lead 10.9 to 10.4. iHeart News/Talk 610 WTVN is up 6.9 to 7.4. Saga Classic Rock “QFM 96” WLVQ (6.3 to 6.9) and iHeart CHR 97.9 WNCI (7.0 to 6.9) tie for third. Hearst Sports “97.1 The Fan” WBNS-FM rises 4.9 to 5.6.