August 2023 (7/20 – 8/16) Nielsen Audio PPM Ratings Day 4: Big Gains For WNTR, WWDE, WQIK & WAYF

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 maintains its lead down 11.4 – 10.4 – 9.7. Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ is off 7.6 to 7.3. Public News/Talk 90.1 KUT-FM rises 4.4 – 5.4 – 6.1. iHeartMedia Country 98.1 KVET-FM is up 5.7 to 5.8. Two stations tie for fifth. Waterloo Media Regional Mexican “La Z 107.1” KLZT slides 5.7 to 5.0, while iHeartMedia Hip Hop “102.3 The Beat” KPEZ rises 3.7 – 4.1 – 5.0. Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes that is KPEZ’s largest share since Holiday 2015.

iHeartMedia CHR “96.7 Kiss-FM” KHFI rises 3.5 to 4.0. Township Media Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” 1490 KJFK is up 1.5 to 2.3. Waterloo Media’s new Spanish CHR “Latino 93.3” KGSR trends up 1.3 – 1.5 – 2.1.

iHeartMedia Country 100.7 KASE drops 5.0 to 3.7. Waterloo Media News/Talk 590/99.7 KLBJ trends down 4.4 – 4.0 – 3.3.

Raleigh/Durham

Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC-FM holds its lead 9.9 to 9.5. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk “Talk 106.1” WTKK rises 7.9 to 9.2. Radio One Adult R&B “Foxy 107.1/104.3” WFXC/WFXK inches up 8.4 to 8.5. Capitol Broadcasting AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM slides 7.5 – 7.2 – 6.5. Radio One Hip Hop “K97.5” WQOK surges up 3.9 – 5.7 – 6.3.

iHeartMedia Country “B93.9” WNCB trends down 4.6 – 3.5 – 3.3, while CHR “G105” WDCG falls 2.9 – 2.6 – 2.1.

Indianapolis

Cumulus Media Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK slips 8.4 to 7.8. Radio One AC “B105.7” WYXB rises 5.7 to 6.9. Public News/Talk 90.1 WFYI is off 6.6 to 6.3. Three stations tie for fourth. Radio One News/Talk 93.1 WIBC is up 5.7 to 6.0. Cumulus Country 95.5 WFMS dips 6.1 to 6.0. Cumulus Hot AC “Mix 107.9” WNTR surges up 3.3 to 6.0 for what Huff notes is the largest share on the signal since Summer 2000.

iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Q95” WFBQ slips 6.9 to 5.7. Radio One Country “97.1 Hank-FM” WLHK is down 6.2 – 6.0 – 4.5.

Radio One Adult R&B 106.7 WTLC-FM is up 5.1 to 5.7. Cumulus CHR 99.5 WZPL rises 4.5 to 5.1. EMF’s “K-Love” 101.9 WKLU is up 3.3 to 4.0.

Nashville

Midwest Communications continues to hold the top two spots with AC “Mix 92.9” WJXA down 11.8 – 11.4 – 10.3 and Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK up 7.6 to 8.6. Cumulus Classic Country “95.5 Nash Icon” rises 6.8 to 7.6. iHeartMedia Country “The Big 98” WSIX is up 6.1 to 6.8. Cumulus Talk “99.7 WTN” WWTN moves 5.6 to 5.8.

Cumulus Adult R&B “92Q” WQQK slips 6.0 to 5.3.

Cromwell Media Rock “102.9 The Buzz” WBUZ rises 3.5 to 4.4. Public News/Talk 90.3 WPLN-FM trends up 2.8 – 3.4 – 4.2. Salem Christian AC “94 The Fish” WFFH/WFFI gains 1.9 – 2.1 – 2.5.

Milwaukee

iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1130 WISN expands its lead up 9.7 to 10.7. Saga Classic Rock “Hometown Rock 96.5” WKLH rises 8.5 – 9.1 – 9.6. Good Karma News/Talk 620 WTMJ rises 7.9 to 8.7. iHeartMedia Country “FM 106.1” WMIL is up 8.3 to 8.6. iHeart Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT drops 8.0 – 7.1 – 6.5.

Milwaukee Radio Alliance AC “B93.3” WLDB trends up 4.4 – 5.2 – 5.7.

Saga Rock “102.9 The Hog” WHQG slides 4.8 – 4.4 – 3.8, while sister Adult R&B “Jammin 98.3” WJMR is down 4.4 – 4.0 – 3.6. Audacy CHR “103.7 Kiss-FM” WXSS trends down 3.6 – 3.2 – 2.7.

Providence

Cumulus AC “Lite 105.1” WWLI holds its lead 9.6 to 9.7. iHeartMedia Rock 94.1 WHJY is up 8.2 to 8.4. Hall’s “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK gains 7.8 to 8.2. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “B101” WWBB falls 9.0 – 8.0 – 7.1. Cumulus News/Talk 630 WPRO/99.7 WEAN rises 6.2 to 6.8.

Cumulus CHR “92 Pro-FM” WPRO-FM slides 7.4 to 6.4. iHeartMedia Hot AC “Now 93.3” WSNE falls 6.3 – 5.7 – 4.9.

Norfolk/Virginia Beach

Audacy Adult R&B “95.7 R&B” WVKL rises 10.0 to 11.3, while sister AC “101.3 2WD” WWDE jumps 5.8 to 7.9. Sinclair Communications Variety Hits “93.7 Bob-FM” WNOB rises 5.8 to 6.5. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “103 Jamz” WOWI (6.8 to 6.1) and Saga Classic Rock “106.9 The Fox” WAFX (7.0 to 6.1) fall into a fourth place tie.

Max Media Adult R&B “100.5 The Vibe” WVBW trends up 4.1 – 4.4 – 4.8, while sister AC “92.9 The Wave” WTWV drops 5.1 to 4.1 and Country “97.3 The Eagle” WGH-FM is down 4.7 – 4.4 – 3.9.

Jacksonville

Renda AC 96.1 WEJZ moves into the Jacksonville lead holding steady at a 9.5 share. Cox Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” WJGL slides 9.9 to 9.1. iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101.5” WSOL is up 7.9 to 8.1. iHeart Country 99.1 WQIK jumps up 6.3 to 7.7. Cox News/Talk 104.5 WOKV-FM is up 6.1 to 6.5.

Cox Soft AC “Easy 102.9” WEZI slips 7.3 – 6.8 – 6.3.

Renda Country “99.9 Gator Country” WGNE rises 4.1 to 5.3.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem

Audacy takes the top three spots. Variety Hits “98.7 Simon” rises 12.3 to 12.5. Adult R&B 97.1 WQMG is down 12.0 to 11.2. Country “93.1 The Wolf” WPAW gains 5.6 to 7.2. iHeartMedia AC “Mix 99.5” WMAG is up 6.5 to 6.9. Audacy Hip Hop “102 Jamz” WJMH holds at a 6.4 share.

Dick Broadcasting Classic Rock “Rock 92” WKRR rises 5.4 to 6.2. iHeartMedia Country “Q104.1” WTQR is down 6.8 to 5.8 and sister CHR “Hits 100.3” WMKS slides 2.5 – 2.3 – 1.9.

iHeart Conservative Talk 94.5 WPTI rises 3.9 to 4.7. Public News/Talk 88.5 WFDD is up 1.6 – 2.3 – 2.8.

West Palm Beach

Hubbard Classic Hits “Sunny 107.9” WEAT expands its lead to two shares as it drops 10.2 to 9.2. Hubbard Adult R&B “X102.3” WMBX rises 6.5 to 7.2. iHeartMedia AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL falls 8.7 to 7.0. Hubbard Hot AC 97.9 WRMF continues its downward trend 6.7 – 5.9 – 5.7. iHeart Classic Rock “98.7 The Gator” WKGR holds at a 4.5 share.

Hope Media Group Christian AC “Way-FM” 88.1 WAYF jumps up 2.1 – 2.6 – 3.9. Hubbard Country 103.1 WIRK drops 4.3 to 3.2. iHeartMedia CHR “Wild 95.5” WLDI falls 2.7 – 2.4 – 1.8.

Memphis

iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101” KJMS holds its lead 13.7 to 12.9. Audacy AC “104.5 The River” WRVR continues to be the big winner from the big market shakeup as it continues to rise 10.2 – 11.7 – 12.7. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “K97” WHRK is up 7.2 – 8.4 – 8.8. Audacy Country “99.7 The Wolf” WLFP holds at a 7.6 share. iHeartMedia Gospel “95.7 Hallelujah-FM” WHAL is down 8.6 to 7.0.

iHeartMedia Hot AC “102.7 Kiss-FM” WEGR dips 2.5 to 2.4. Classic Rock “Rock 102” KWNW falls 4.0 – 2.9 – 1.6.

Cumulus and Flinn both do not subscribe in Memphis.

Hartford

Audacy AC “Lite 100.5” WRCH extends its lead to 2.5 shares up 9.6 to 10.1, while sister Hot AC 96.5 WTIC-FM is down 8.4 to 7.6. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “105.9 The River” WHCN is off 8.0 to 7.5. iHeart Country 92.5 WWYZ inches up 7.2 to 7.3 and sister CHR “Kiss 95.7” WKSS slides 6.3 to 5.5.