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.
This month we introduce an enhancement to our ratings pages with the addition of six charts on each market page and some right here on our recaps.
The ongoing lawsuit between Cumulus Media and Nielsen means that Cumulus Media’s stations are no longer publicly listed in the ratings.
Charlotte
Public News/Talk 90.7 WFAE swings back up 7.6 – 5.9 – 7.0 to retake the Queen City lead. iHeartMedia Variety Hits “102.9 The Lake” WLKO is off 6.7 to 6.6. iHeart Classic Rock “99.7 The Fox” WRFX-FM rises 4.7 – 5.2 – 6.0 for what Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is its best showing since September 2021. Pacific Broadcasting Classic Hits “95.7 The Ride” WXRC ties for third down 6.6 to 6.0. iHeartMedia Country “96.9 The Kat” WKKT moves 5.8 to 5.7.
Beasley Media’s “Country 103.7” WSOC-FM is right behind WKKT off 5.7 to 5.5.
iHeartMedia Alternative “106.5 The End” WEND falls 5.9 to 4.7.
Ahead of their sale to K-Love Inc., Beasley CHR “Kiss 95.1” WNKS slides 5.2 – 4.6 – 4.0. iHeart’s “Hits 96.1” WHQC dips 2.7 to 2.2.
Norsan Media Regional Mexican “La Raza 106.1” WOLS sets a high jumping up 1.1 – 2.7 – 3.8. Radio One Adult R&B “105.3 R&B” WOSF slides 4.5 – 3.7 – 3.5.
Portland
iHeartMedia’s duo of Classic Hits “106.7 The Eagle” KLTH (down 10.0 to 9.1) and AC “K103” KKCW (up 7.0 to 7.9) hold the top two spots. Connoisseur Media AAA 101.9 KINK swings 7.0 – 6.2 – 6.8 with News/Talk 101.1 KXL up 5.9 – 6.6 – 6.7. iHeart Classic Rock “105.9 The Brew” KFBW-FM is off 5.8 to 5.7.
Public News/Talk 91.5 KOPB-FM continues its slide 8.7 – 7.7 – 6.4 – 5.5, while its stream is down 1.5 to 1.0. “All Classical Radio” 89.9 KQAC slips 6.3 – 5.3 – 5.0.
iHeartMedia Rhythmic CHR “Jam’n 107.5” KXJM rises 4.1 – 4.4 – 4.8 for its best share since September 2024. Sister CHR “Z100” KKRZ falls 5.5 – 4.8 – 4.3. Connoisseur CHR “Live 95.5” KBFF inches up 1.4 to 1.5.
Audacy Classic Rock 92.3 KGON jumps 3.4 to 4.3, while sister Alternative 94.7 KNRK gains for the fourth straight month 3.2 to 4.3, which Huff notes is its best share since April 2019. Variety Hits “97.1 Charlie” KYCH slides 4.7 – 4.3 – 3.8.
Connoisseur Media Country “98.7 The Bull” KUPL is off 2.4 to 2.3. Audacy’s “99.5 The Wolf” KWJJ climbs 1.6 – 1.9 – 2.2.
San Antonio
Cox Media Group holds five of the top six stations in the market. Country “Y100” KCYY soars 5.3 – 6.6 – 7.1 – 9.0 for its best share since March 2010. Classic Hits 101.1 KONO-FM is up for the fourth straight month as it drops to second 7.7 to 7.9. Classic Rock “106.7 The Eagle” KTKX rises 6.1 to 6.8. Hot AC “Hits 105.3” KSMG is off 5.3 to 5.2. iHeartMedia Country “KJ 97” KAJA holds at a 4.4 share.
Cox Rock 99.5 KISS-FM leaps 3.4 to 4.3.
iHeartMedia AC “Q101.9” KQXT slides 5.2 – 4.5 – 4.2. Sister Bilingual AC “Mix 96.1” KXXM drops 3.8 to 3.1. Spanish CHR “104.5 Latino Hits” KZEP is down 3.7 to 3.0.
iHeart News/Talk 1200 WOAI falls 2.3 to 1.6 for a new all-time record low share for the station. Connoisseur’s 550/107.1 KTSA holds at a 1.6.
Salt Lake City
Bonneville Classic Rock “103.5 The Arrow” KRSP maintains its commanding lead despite sliding 9.4 – 8.7 – 8.0 – 7.7. Bonneville AC “FM 100.3” KSFI swings 6.4 – 5.6 – 6.6. iHeartMedia Classic Hits 94.1 KODJ jumps 5.2 to 6.5. Broadway Media Alternative “X96” KXRK is up 5.8 – 6.1 – 6.4. Bonneville News/Talk 1160 KSL/102.7 KSL-FM inches up 5.6 to 5.7 to tie for fifth with Capital Broadcasting Hot AC “Now 97.9” KBZN as it trends down 6.8 – 6.3 – 5.7.
KSOP Inc. Country “Z104.3” KSOP-FM is down 5.0 to 4.2. Broadway Media Classic Country “101.5 Hank-FM” KNAH is up 2.3 to 2.7.
Broadway Media Variety Hits “100.7/105.5 Bob-FM” KYMV is up 3.5 to 4.1.
Broadway CHR “Mix 105.1” KUDD dips 4.3 to 3.7. iHeart’s 97.1 KZHT is down 3.4 to 3.0.
Orlando
iHeartMedia AC “Magic 107.7” WMGF ends its skid back up 9.0 to 9.9. Cox Classic Rock 98.9 WMMO dips 7.9 to 7.4. Audacy Classic Hits “105.9 Sunny-FM” WOCL is off 7.2 to 6.9. Cox Adult R&B “Star 94.5” WCFB slides 7.2 – 6.6 – 5.8. iHeartMedia Hot Talk “Real Radio 104.1” WTKS-FM is down 6.7 to 5.7.
Audacy Rhythmic Throwbacks “102 Jamz” WJHM continues its steady climb up 4.4 to 4.9. iHeart CHR “XL 106.7” WXXL slides 6.2 – 5.7 – 4.6. iHeart Rock 101.1 WJRR climbs 3.2 – 3.8 – 4.4.
SBS Spanish Tropical “El Zol 95.3” WPYO rises 3.8 to 4.1 with its stream up 1.4 to 1.6. iHeart’s “Rumba 100” WRUM is down 4.6 to 4.1.
Cox Bilingual AC “Hits 96.5” WOEX slides 4.4 – 3.4 – 3.1. iHeart Hip Hop “104.5 The Beat” WTKS-HD2 rises 1.5 to 2.1.
Sacramento
Audacy Classic Rock “Eagle 96.9” KSEG takes the lead 8.2 to 8.5. iHeartMedia News/Talk 1530 KFBK/93.1 KFBK-FM rises 6.6 – 6.9 – 8.4. Bonneville AC “Mix 96” KYMX drops to third 8.5 to 7.2. Bonneville Country 105.1 KNCI inches up 5.7 to 5.8. Public News/Talk “CapRadio” 90.9 KXJZ is off 4.9 to 4.8.
Audacy CHR “106.5 The End” KUDL falls 5.4 – 4.4 – 3.8. iHeart Rhythmic Throwbacks “V101” KHYL yo-yo’s 3.7 – 3.0 – 3.7. Audacy Rhythmic CHR 102.5 KSFM is up 2.2 to 2.8.
Audacy Alternative “Alt 94.7” KKDO drops 5.1 to 3.5. After shifting to Hot AC, iHeart’s “Kiss 107.9” KZIS slides 4.0 – 3.6 – 2.9.
Las Vegas
iHeartMedia AC “Sunny 106.5” KSNE rises 7.1 to 7.7 to expand its lead to nearly two shares. Beasley Classic Hits 96.3 KKLZ drops 6.5 to 5.8. Audacy Rhythmic Throwbacks “Q100.5” KXQQ is up 5.1 to 5.4. Lotus Classic Rock “97.1 The Point” KXPT is up 4.7 to 5.0 for what Huff notes is its best share since March 2022 with sister Rock 92.3 KOMP climbing 3.3 – 4.3 – 4.6 – 4.8 for its best since May 2016.
Audacy Hot AC “Mix 94.1” KMXB swings 4.5 – 3.8 – 4.5. iHeart Country “95.5 The Bull” KWNR is down 5.5 to 4.4.
Beasley Rock/Alternative “X107.5” KXTE climbs 2.3 to 3.0 for its best share since May 2024. iHeart Hip Hop “Real 103.9” KYMT-HD2 drops 2.7 to 1.7.
Latino Hustle Group Regional Mexican “Fiesta 98.1” KLUC-HD3 jumps 1.8 to 2.7. Latino Media Network’s “La Tremenda 103.5” KISF rises 1.6 – 1.9 – 2.2. Lotus Regional Mexican “La Buena 101.9” KWID slides 3.2 – 2.7 – 2.1.
Ahead of its sign-off at the end of the month, Audacy Conservative Talk 840 KXNT dips 2.3 to 1.9. Sister “101.5 K-Dawn” KMXB-HD3 holds at a 0.8 share.
Classical 89.7 KCNV rises 1.1 – 1.3 – 2.2.
Pittsburgh
Despite being the summer sports doldrums, Audacy Sports “93.7 The Fan” KDKA-FM rises 9.8 – 10.8 – 11.9 to set a new all-time record high for the frequency. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “94.5 3WS” WWSW dips 12.2 to 10.8. Steel City Media Variety Hits “96.9 Bob-FM” WRRK rises 8.7 to 9.8. iHeart Classic Rock 102.5 WDVE slides 9.3 – 8.8 – 8.5. Renda AC “Wish 99.7” WSHH rebounds 5.9 to 6.3.
Audacy Country “Y108” WDSY yo-yo’s 4.6 – 5.2 – 4.7. News/Talk 1020/100.1 KDKA is up 3.7 to 4.2. Hot AC “100.7 Star” WBZZ slides 3.7 – 3.4 – 3.1.
iHeart Rock/Alternative “105.9 The X” WXDX is down 4.3 to 3.8. Country “Big 104.7” WPGB is down 2.3 to 1.7.
Cincinnati
iHeartMedia News/Talk 700 WLW rises 9.5 to 10.3 to move into the top spot in the Queen City. Hubbard Country “B105.1” WUBE slips 9.6 to 8.6. Hubbard Hot AC “Q102” WKRQ is up 5.5 to 6.1 with sister AC “Mix 94.9” WREW jumping up 4.1 – 5.0 – 5.9. Classical 90.9 WGUC dips 5.0 to 4.4.
iHeart Conservative Talk 550 WKRC is down 2.9 to 2.4.
Kansas City
Steel City Media CHR “Mix 93.3” dips 7.0 to 6.8 with sister Variety Hits “102.1 Bob-FM” KCKC jumping up 4.6 to 6.3 for its best share since Holiday 2024 when it was stunting with Christmas music. Northwestern Media Christian AC “Life 88.5” KJNW-FM ends its slide 5.2 to 5.8. Audacy News/Talk 98.1 KMBZ-FM rises 4.6 to 5.3. Audacy’s “98.9 The Rock” KQRC slips 5.2 to 4.5 to tie for fifth with sister Hot AC “99.7 The Point” KZPT at it inches up
Carter Broadcast Group Hip Hop “Hot 103 Jamz” KPRS-FM is down 4.7 to 4.4.
Steel City Country 94.1 KFKF jumps up 2.6 to 3.8. Co-owned “Q104” KBEQ dips 3.4 to 3.1. Audacy’s “106.5 The Wolf” WDAF-FM slips 2.8 – 2.6 – 2.3.
Columbus
iHeartMedia Country 92.3 WCOL increases its lead 8.8 to 9.1. iHeart’s duo of Classic Hits “93.3 The Bus” WODC and CHR 97.9 WNCI are both down 6.5 to 6.2. TEGNA Sports “97.1 The Fan” WBNS-FM is up 5.3 to 5.8. Saga Classic Rock “QFM 96” WLVQ drops 6.5 to 5.5.
Saga AC “Sunny 95” WSNY-FM slides 6.7 – 5.1 – 4.9 – 4.5. Classic Hits “Rewind 104.3/103.5” WNND/WNNP is down 3.0 to 2.3.
NABCO Soft AC “Star 94.1” WJKR-HD2 jumps 1.3 to 2.7. Rock “99.7 The Blitz” WRKZ continues to slide 4.1 – 2.6 – 2.4. Classic Country “103.9 The Maverick” WJKR falls 3.7 – 3.2 – 2.3.
Cleveland
iHeartMedia Classic Hits “Majic 105.7” WMJI moves into the lead down 9.1 to 8.8. Sister News/Talk 1100/106.9 WTAM slides 10.2 – 9.3 – 8.7. Audacy Classic Rock 98.5 WNCX is off 8.4 to 8.3. Radio One Adult R&B 93.1 WZAK climbs 6.7 – 6.9 – 8.0. iHeart Country 99.5 WGAR inches up 6.4 to 6.6.
iHeartMedia Variety Hits “106.5 The Lake” WHLK climbs 4.4 – 5.3 – 5.6.
Audacy Sports “92.3 The Fan” WKRK-FM rebounds 5.1 to 5.7. AC “Star 102” WDOK falls 6.5 to 5.4.















