December 2025 (11/13 - 12/10) Nielsen Audio PPM Ratings Day 3: Christmas Leads In Eleven Out Of Twelve Markets

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

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

Charlotte

🎄 Beasley Media Group Classic Hits “K104.7” WKQC jumps up 6.2 to 9.6. Radio One Adult R&B “105.3 R&B” WOSF drops 8.3 to 7.0. 🎄 iHeartMedia Variety Hits “102.5 The Lake” WLKO is up 5.7 to 6.5. Beasley’s “Country 103.7” WSOC-FM is down 7.7 – 7.3 – 6.1, while Adult R&B “V101.9” WBAV is down 6.3 to 5.2.

Beasley CHR “Kiss 95.1” WNKS rises 3.8 to 4.4. Hip Hop “Power 98” WPEG is up 3.1 to 3.9.

Ahead of the multiple frequency format shuffle that took place the day after the monthly ended, Radio One News/Talk 1110 WBT/99.3 WBT-FM rose 2.6 – 3.3 – 3.5, Hot AC “Mix 107.9” WLNK dropped 3.8 to 3.2, and Gospel “Praise 100.9” WPZS-FM was up 1.8 to 2.1.

Portland

🎄 iHeartMedia AC “K103” KKCW jumps up 8.2 to 13.4. iHeart Classic Hits “106.7 The Eagle” KLTH is up 9.2 – 9.7 – 10.0. Connoisseur Media News/Talk 101.1 KXL holds at a 6.4 share tying Public News/Talk 91.5 KOPB-FM as it is up 5.3 – 6.3 – 6.4 (stream up 0.6 – 0.8 – 1.2). Connoisseur AAA 101.9 KINK slides 7.3 – 6.5 – 6.0.

iHeartMedia Classic Rock “105.9 The Brew” KFBW drops 6.5 to 5.8, while Audacy’s 92.3 KGON holds at a 5.8 share.

🎄 Audacy Variety Hits “97.1 Charlie” KYCH is off 3.8 to 3.7. iHeart CHR “Z100” KKRZ drops 4.6 to 3.9. Audacy Alternative 94.7 KNRK falls 4.0 – 3.0 – 2.6.

Both Country stations were down with Connoisseur’s “98.7 The Bull” KUPL down 3.1 to 2.1, while Audacy’s “99.5 The Wolf” KWJJ slides 2.5 – 1.9 – 1.7.

San Antonio

🎄 iHeartMedia AC “Q101.9” KQXT surges up 4.3 to 9.9. Cox Classic Hits 101.1 KONO-FM is down 7.6 to 6.3. Cox Country “Y100” KCYY drops 6.7 to 5.5. iHeart Country “KJ 97” KAJA dips 5.7 to 5.4. Cox Classic Rock “106.7 The Eagle” KTKX inches up 5.0 to 5.1 with its stream rising 1.6 to 1.8.

Univision Rhythmic Throwbacks “Vibe 107.5” KVBH rises 2.7 – 3.2 – 4.2. Spanish AC “Amor 95.1” KMYO drops 3.7 – 3.3 – 2.3. Hip Hop “98.5 The Beat” KBBT slides 3.0 – 2.5 – 2.0.

Salt Lake City

🎄 Bonneville AC “FM 100” KSFI soars up 6.4 to 13.2. Capital Broadcasting Hot AC “Now 97.9” KBZN drops 7.5 to 6.6. Bonneville News/Talk 1160 KSL/102.7 KSL-FM is down 9.4 – 7.0 – 6.4. 🎄 iHeartMedia Hot AC “My 99.5” KJMY jumps 2.7 to 5.8. Bonneville Classic Rock “103.5 The Arrow” KRSP dips 5.8 to 5.4.

iHeart Classic Hits 94.1 KODJ is down 5.5 to 4.8, while Conservative Talk 570 KNRS/105.9 KNRS-FM drops 4.2 to 3.1.

KSOP Inc. Country “Z104” KSOP-FM falls 7.2 – 6.4 – 4.4, while Cumulus’ “93.3 The Bull” KUBL is down 4.7 – 4.0 – 3.8 and Broadway Media Classic Country “101.5 Hank-FM” KNAH down 2.6 – 2.4 – 1.4.

Christian AC “K-Love” 107.5 KKLV rises 2.5 – 3.2 – 3.8. Broadway Media Alternative “X96” KXRK rises 3.1 to 3.8. Broadway CHR “Mix 105.1” KUDD drops 4.6 to 3.4.

Cumulus AC “B98.7” KBEE trends down 5.3 – 4.7 – 3.1.

🎄 Capital Broadcasting’s stunting “Christmas 103” KLO-FM rises 1.5 to 2.1.

Orlando

🎄 iHeartMedia AC “Magic 107.7” WMGF rises 6.9 – 8.1 – 14.5. Audacy Classic Hits “105.9 Sunny-FM” WOCL dips 8.3 to 7.8. Cox Adult R&B “Star 94.5” WCFB inches up 6.6 to 6.7. Cox Classic Rock 98.9 WMMO slides 8.3 – 6.9 – 6.6. iHeart CHR “XL 106.7” WXXL is off 5.6 to 5.5.

iHeartMedia Spanish Tropical “Rumba 100” WRuM is down 5.3 to 4.5. Rock 101.1 WJRR dives 4.7 to 4.1.

Cox Country “K92.3” WWKA falls 5.3 to 3.5.

Sacramento

🎄 Bonneville AC “Mix 96” KYMX rises 7.2 to 9.4. 🎄 iHeartMedia Soft AC “92.5 The Breeze” KBEB takes advantage of its earlier Christmas music move to jump 4.8 to 9.1 for a station all-time recoord high. iHeart News/Talk 1530 KFBK/93.1 KFBK-FM drops 10.3 – 9.3 – 8.3. Audacy Classic Rock “Eagle 96.9” KSEG dips 8.0 to 7.7. Audacy CHR “106.5 The End” KULD dips 4.7 to 4.4.

iHeart Conservative Talk 650 KSTE drops 5.2 to 4.3. Bonneville Country 105.1 KNCI is down 4.5 to 3.7. Audacy Rock “98 Rock” KRXQ is down 4.3 to 3.5, while “Alt 94.7” KKDO drops 3.9 to 3.3.

Las Vegas

🎄 iHeartMedia AC “Sunny 106.5” KSNE rises 6.3 to 8.7. Beasley Media Classic Hits 96.3 KKLZ is down 6.5 to 5.3. Audacy Hot AC “Mix 94.1” KMXB jumps up 3.5 to 5.0 with sister Rhythmic Throwbacks “Q100.5” KXQQ up 4.3 to 4.4. Lotus Classic Rock “97.1 The Point” KXPT dips 4.4 to 4.1.

Beasley’s frequency swap helps “102.7 Coyote Country” KCYE up 1.9 to 2.7, while Hot AC “107.9 VGS” KVGS drops 2.9 to 2.0. iHeart Country “95.5 The Bull” KWNR drops 4.3 to 3.4.

Kemp Broadcasting Hip Hop “Hot 97.5” KVEG falls 4.2 – 3.7 – 2.5.

Pittsburgh

🎄 iHeartMedia Classic Hits “94.5 3WS” WWSW is up 10.6 to 11.8. Steel City Media Variety Hits “96.9 Bob-FM” WRRK is up 9.5 to 9.7. iHeart Classic Rock 102.5 WDVE up 9.1 to 9.5. 🎄 Renda AC “Wish 99.7” WSHH gains 7.1 to 8.3. Audacy Sports “93.7 The Fan” KDKA-FM rises 7.7 to 8.0 with its stream holding at a 1.5 share.

Steel City Media Hot AC “Q92.9” WLTJ climbs 2.5 – 2.9 – 3.3. Audacy Country “Y108” WDSY is down 4.0 to 3.2, while iHeart’s “Big 104.7” WPGB drops 2.4 to 1.5.

Cincinnati

Cumulus Classic Hits 103.5 WGRR (down 10.4 – 10.0 – 8.8) and iHeartMedia News/Talk 700 WLW (down 10.9 – 9.3 – 8.7) tie for the lead. 🎄 Cumulus AC “Warm 98.5” WRRM jumps 5.7 to 7.8. Hubbard Country “B105.1” WUBE falls 7.4 to 5.3, which ties sister AC “Mix 94.9” WREW as it is up 4.8 to 5.3.

Cumulus Classic Rock “92.5 The Fox” WOFX-FM falls 5.9 to 5.1.

Radio One Adult R&B “100.3 R&B” WOSL gains 3.7 to 4.7.

Classical 90.9 WGUC rises 3.3 – 4.2 – 4.5. Christian AC “K-Love” 104.3 WNLT is up 1.6 – 2.2 – 2.4.

iHeartMedia CHR “Kiss 107” WKFS drops 2.4 to 1.4.

Kansas City

🎄 After multiple record setting months, Cumulus Classic Hits 94.9 KCMO-FM comes back to earth a bit with Christmas music 15.8 to 14.3. Cumulus Classic Rock “101 The Fox” KCFX is on the run 6.7 to 8.8. Northwestern Media Christian AC “Life 88.5” KJNW dips 6.7 to 6.3. Steel City Media CHR “Mix 93.3” KMXV is up 4.8 to 5.0. Steel City Country 94.1 KFKF jumps 2.9 – 3.2 – 4.4 to tie Audacy Hot AC “99.7 The Point” KZPT as it rises 4.2 to 4.4.

Audacy’s “98.9 The Rock” KQRC is down 4.8 to 4.3 with sister Country “106.5 The Wolf” WDAF-FM down 4.8 to 4.2.

Christian AC “K-Love” 97.3 KLRX rises 2.9 – 3.2 – 4.2. Steel City Variety Hits “102.1 Bob-FM” KCKC is up 2.7 to 3.9.

Audacy News/Talk 98.1 KMBZ-FM slides 4.6 – 3.9 – 3.6. Public News/Talk 89.3 KCUR is off 3.1 to 3.0 as it stream trends up 0.9 – 1.1 – 1.4.

Columbus

🎄 iHeartMedia Classic Hits “93.3 The Bus” WODC rides the holiday lane to a 5.9 – 6.5 – 11.9 gain. TEGNA Sports “97.1 The Fan” WBNS-FM is down 11.0 to 10.1. Saga Classic Rock “QFM 96” WLVQ climbs 6.4 to 7.5. iHeart Country 92.3 WCOL is up 6.8 to 7.4. 🎄 Saga AC “Sunny 95” WSNY-FM is up 5.3 – 6.0 – 6.7.

iHeart CHR 97.9 WNCI drops 7.7 – 6.9 – 6.1. Radio One Adult R&B “Magic 95.5” WXMG is down 6.9 to 6.0. iHeart News/Talk 610 WTVN falls 5.0 to 4.4. NABCO Rock “99.7 The Blitz” WRKZ is sacked 4.8 – 4.5 – 3.5.

iHeart Alternative “105.7 Columbus Alternative” WXZX slides 3.5 – 3.3 – 2.4.

Cleveland

🎄 iHeartMedia Classic Hits “Majic 105.7” WMJI rises 9.9 to 14.9. 🎄 Audacy AC “Star 102” WDOK gains 7.1 to 7.8. Radio One Adult R&B 93.1 WZAK is off 8.0 to 7.6. iHeart News/Talk 1100/106.9 WTAM is up 6.7 to 7.0. Audacy Classic Rock 98.5 WNCX holds at a 6.8 share.

iHeart Variety Hits “106.5 The Lake” WHLK rises 5.1 to 5.7. Country 99.5 WGAR falls 7.1 to 5.2, while Rock 100.7 WMMS is down 6.0 – 5.1 – 4.3.

Audacy Hot AC “Q104” WQAL drops 5.4 to 4.4. iHeart CHR “96.5 Kiss-FM” WAKS is down 2.5 – 2.0 – 1.5.