Nielsen Audio has released Day 2 of its monthly four day sweep of ratings in PPM markets.
Today’s releases include Washington DC, Boston, Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Seattle, Phoenix, Detroit, Minneapolis, Tampa/St. Petersburg, Denver, San Diego, Baltimore, and St. Louis.
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.
Washington DC
Public News/Talk 88.5 WAMU is up 11.9 to 12.6. Hubbard News 103.5 WTOP follows up 9.7 to 10.3. Howard University Adult R&B 96.3 WHUR slips 6.7 to 5.8. iHeartMedia AC 97.1 WASH is up 4.9 to 5.4, while sister Alternative “DC 101” WWDC is down 5.9 to 5.3.
Radio One Adult R&B “Majic 102.3” WMMJ climbs 2.5 – 2.8 – 4.2.
iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Big 100” WBIG-FM slides 4.6 – 4.1 – 3.6. Audacy Classic Hits “94.7 The Drive” WIAD rises 2.6 to 3.3 for its best share since June 2025.
Audacy Sports “106.7 The Fan” WJFK-FM jumps 2.0 to 3.0. Spanish CHR “El Zol 107.9” WLZL is down 2.8 – 2.6 – 1.9.
Christian AC “K-Love” 107.3 WLVW falls 2.0 to 1.0.
Boston
While iHeartMedia CHR “Kiss 108” WXKS-FM holds at a 6.5 share, Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes that is enough to claim its first time atop the market since May 2021. Public News/Talk 90.9 WBUR trends down 7.9 – 6.8 – 6.1. Audacy AC “Magic 106.7” WMJX rises 5.1 to 5.8 to tie for third with Beasley Classic Hits 105.7 WROR (5.7 to 5.8). Beasley’s “98.5 The Sports Hub” WBZ-FM rises 4.3 to 5.4.
Audacy Variety Hits “Big 103” WBGB climbs 3.6 – 4.1 – 4.3 – 5.2 for what Huff notes is the largest share for the station when it was playing Christmas music as Classic Hits WODS in Holiday 2011. Sister Hot AC “Mix 104.1” WBMX is up 4.8 to 5.1.
iHeartMedia Classic Rock 100.7 WZLX is down 5.5 to 4.8. Classical 99.5 WCRB dips from its record high last month 5.2 to 4.6. Audacy Sports 93.7 WEEI-FM is down 4.7 to 4.9.
Northeast Digital & Wireless AAA “92.5 The River” WXRV rebounds 3.6 to 4.0. while Emerson College’s 88.9 WERS is up 1.9 to 2.4 for an all-time record high for the station.
Public News/Talk 89.7 WGBH-FM us up 3.2 to 3.5. iHeartMedia News 1030 WBZ rebounds 2.9 to 3.2, which sister Conservative Talk 680 WRKO is up 2.5 to 3.0.
iHeart Spanish CHR “Rumba 97.7” WZRM gains 0.8 to 1.5.
Seattle/Tacoma
Public News/Talk 94.9 KUOW holds at an 8.9 share. Bonneville’s “Seattle Sports 710” KIRO dips 7.3 to 6.5. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “95.7 The Jet” KJEB is up 5.5 to 5.7. Hubbard CHR “Movin 92.5” KQMV climbs 4.3 to 4.9. Bonneville News/Talk 97.3 KIRO-FM rises 3.8 to 4.6 into a tie with Hubbard AC “Warm 106.9” KRWM as it is down 5.0 to 4.6.
Audacy Rock 99.9 KISW slips 4.8 to 4.2, while sister Alternative “107.7 The End” KNDD falls 5.6 – 4.6 – 3.8. After jumping 2.0 to 3.9 last month, Hot AC “Emma 94.1” KSWD is down to a 3.3.
iHeartMedia Sports 93.3 KJR-FM climbs 1.3 – 1.8 – 2.0. Hubbard Country “98.9 The Bull” KPNW-FM falls 3.4 – 2.9 – 1.9.
Miami/Fort Lauderdale
Cox Soft AC “Easy 93.1” WFEZ rises 7.3 to 8.3 for its largest share since May 2023. Univision Spanish AC “Amor 107.5” WAMR is up 6.7 to 7.0 for its best since February 2024. iHeart Bilingual AC “Magic 93.9” WMIA-FM gains 5.2 – 6.3 – 6.6 for what Huff notes is a new all-time record high for the signal. Audacy AC “101.5 Lite-FM” WLYF is off 5.8 to 5.7. Cox Adult R&B “Hot 105” WHQT holds at a 5.3 share.
SBS Spanish Tropical “El Zol 106.7” WXDJ climbs 3.6 to 4.7 for its best share since February 2023.
Cox Hip Hop “99 Jamz” WEDR climbs 2.6 – 2.9 – 3.6. iHeart’s “103.5 The Beat” WMIB holds at a 2.3 share.
iHeart Classic Rock “Big 105.9” WBGG-FM slides 3.3- 2.7 – 2.5. K-Love Inc. Christian AC “K-Love” 89.7 WMLV falls 4.1- 3.8 – 2.4.
Phoenix
Hubbard Classic Rock 100.7 KSLX holds its lead 7.5 to 7.4. iHeartMedia AC “99.9 KEZ” KESZ is off 6.7 to 6.4. iHeart Conservative Talk 550 KFYI moves 5.4 to 5.3. Hubbard Rock 97.9 KUPD is up 3.5 – 4.4 – 4.6. Public News/Talk 91.5 KJZZ-FM moves up 4.1 to 4.5 to tie iHeart Country 102.5 KNIX as it dips 4.8 to 4.5.
Bonneville’s “Arizona Sports 98.7” KMVP-FM is down 4.3 to 3.4.
iHeart Modern AC “Mix 96.9” KMXP slides 4.4 – 4.1 – 3.8. Ahead of the loss of its 97.5 signal, Zelus Media Hot AC “Hot 97.5/103.9” KMVA/KZON rises 2.3 – 2.9 – 3.3.
Classical 89.5 KBAQ falls 4.4 – 3.5 – 2.6.
Family Life Radio Christian AC 90.3 KFLR-FM rises 1.1 – 1.3 – 1.9.
Detroit
Audacy Sports “97.1 The Ticket” WXYT-FM slides 10.5 – 9.9 – 9.3 after the Tigers season ended. iHeartMedia AC 100.3 WNIC gains 6.0 – 6.3 – 7.8. Audacy Country 99.5 WYCD rises 7.2 to 7.7. iHeart Adult R&B “Mix 92.3” WMXD is off 7.0 to 6.8. Audacy Classic Hits 104.3 WOMC dips 6.6 to 6.3.
iHeart CHR “Channel 95.5” WKQI jumps 4.4 to 5.5 for its best share since February 2025. Beasley Rock 101.1 WRIF slides 5.8 – 5.6 – 4.8. Audacy News 950 WWJ is down 5.4 – 4.9 – 4.6.
Classical 90.9 WRCJ is up 1.3 – 1.5 – 2.1.
Minneapolis/St. Paul
iHeartMedia Sports “100.3 K-FAN” KFXN-FM soars up 10.4 to 14.1 for what Huff notes is the largest non-Christmas music share for any station in the market since WCCO in Summer 1993. It also is the largest share ever recorded in any market for a Sports station breaking the 12.2 share set by KDKA-FM Pittsburgh just last month.
Public News/Talk “MPR News” 91.1 KNOW-FM is up 6.3 to 7.5 with its stream adding a 0.8. iHeart Classic Hits “Kool 108” KQQL is off 7.5 to 7.4 with sister CHR 101.3 KDWB up 5.2 – 5.6 – 5.8. Three stations drop into a fifth place tie: Audacy Variety Hits “104.1 Jack-FM” KZJK (6.2 to 5.2), Northwestern Media Christian AC 98.5 KTIS-FM (6.0 to 5.2), and Hubbard Hot AC “KS 95” KSTP-FM (5.5 to 5.2).
iHeart Country “K102” KEEY slides 7.3 – 6.2 – 5.5 – 4.9. Audacy Country “102.9 The Wolf” KMNB is down 4.2 to 2.8.
AAA “89.3 The Current” KCMP drops 5.1 to 4.1.
Hubbard Talk “My Talk 107.1” KTMY rises 2.9 – 3.4 -3.7 to what Huff notes is an all-time high for the station.
Tampa/St. Petersburg
Cox Soft AC “105.5 The Dove” WDUV rises 10.5 to 10.7. Radio Training Network Christian AC “The Joy FM” 91.5 WCIE is up 7.9 to 8.3. iHeartMedia AC “Mix 100.7” WMTX is off 6.1 to 6.0 into a tie with Cox Classic Rock “107.3 The Eagle” WXGL as it is up 5.8 to 6.0. Beasley Classic Hits “Q105” WRBQ rises 5.0 to 5.7.
iHeart Country “US 103.5” WFUS is down 5.1 to 4.6, while Beasley’s 99.5 WQYK follows 5.0 to 4.5.
Cox Adult R&B “101.5 The Vibe” WTBV-FM slides 5.2 – 4.8 – 4.1. iHeart Sports 620 WDAE/95.7 WDAE-FM swings 3.7 – 4.7 – 3.9.
Q Broadcasting Spanish CHR “Mega 101.1” 1110 WTIS climbs 1.0 – 1.6 – 2.1 to set a new station high mark.
Denver
Bonneville AC 101.1 KOSI rises 7.7 to 8.1 to pull away from the rest of the market. Sister Country 98.5 KYGO is second up 5.8 to 6.4. Audacy Hot AC “Alice 105.9” KALC is off 5.8 to 5.7. KSE Media Classic Hits “Kool 105” KXKL moved 5.0 to 4.9. iHeart AAA 97.3 KBCO 4.7 to 4.6.
Bonneville Sports “104.3 The Fan” KKFN gains 3.6 to 4.3. Broncos flagship, iHeart News/Talk 850/94.1 KOA is up 2.9 – 3.5 – 4.0. KSE Media Sports “Altitude 92.5” KKSE-FM leaps up 1.0 – 1.5 – 3.4.
Audacy Classic Rock “99.5 The Mountain” KQMT slides 5.3 – 4.7 – 4.1. iHeart Classic Rock and co-Broncos flagship “103.5 The Fox” KRFX is down 4.9 – 4.2 – 4.0.
iHeart Alternative “Channel 93.3” KTCL falls from second to twelfth down 6.4 to 3.7. iHeart Country “106.7 The Bull” KWBL is down 3.3 to 2.8.
KSE Media Hot AC “Mix 100” KIMN drops 3.2 to 2.5. Christian AC “K-Love” 91.1 KLDV falls 3.4 – 2.6 – 1.9.
San Diego
Audacy Classic Hits “Sunny 98.1” KXSN maintains its lead 8.3 to 8.4 while co-owned Sports “97.3 The Fan” KWFN rides the Padres playoff run 4.8 – 5.8 – 6.3 – 7.8 for what Huff notes is the highest share for the brand’s history and best on the signal since it was Country KSON in June 2013. iHeart Hot AC “Star 94.1” KMYI is up 4.9 – 5.4 – 5.8 for its best share since July 2024. Public News/Talk 89.5 KPBS-FM dips 5.9 to 5.5. Audacy AC 96.5 KYXY holds at a 5.2 share.
Local Media San Diego Rhythmic AC “Magic 92.5” XHRM climbs 3.8 – 4.4 – 5.0. iHeart CHR “Channel 93.3” KHTS-FM is up 3.1 – 3.3 – 3.7.
Univision Regional Mexican “Que Buena 106.5” KLNV drops 5.4 to 4.6.
LMSD Alternative “91X” XETRA-FM is off 3.4 to 3.3, while Audacy’s “Alt 94.9” KBZT jumps 1.9 to 2.7.
iHeart News/Talk 600 KOGO is up 2.6 to 3.1.
K-Love Inc’s duo of “Air 1” signals move in opposite directions. 92.1 KARJ covering the northern portions of the market rises 0.9 to 1.6, while 96.1 KYDO on the eastern side is down 1.6 to 1.1. “K-Love” 102.1 KLVJ falls 3.0 – 2.6 – 1.5.
Baltimore
Radio One Adult R&B “Magic 95.9” WWIN-FM maintains its lead 8.6 to 8.5. Audacy AC “Today’s 101.9” WLIF rises 7.1 to 7.7. Radio One Hip Hop “92Q” WERQ climbs 4.9 – 5.7 – 6.6. Public News/Talk 88.1 WYPR is up 5.1 to 5.9 for what Huff notes is its largest share ever. Hearst’s “98 Rock” WIYY (4.9 to 4.7) and iHeartMedia Country 93.1 WPOC (4.5 to 4.7) tie for fifth.
iHeart Variety Hits “102.7 Jack-FM” WQSR dips 4.6 to 4.1. Audacy Hot AC “Mix 106.5” WWMX dips 4.2 to 3.9. iHeart CHR “Z104.3” WZFT falls 2.5 to 1.5.
WYPR’s sister AAA 89.7 WTMD climbs 2.7 to 3.4, which Huff notes is also a new all-time high for the station. Cortona Media AAA “93.5 WRNR” 810 WYRE drops 1.1 to 0.5.
Brighter Media Group Christian AC “95.1 Bright-FM” WRBS-FM swings 4.0 – 3.3 – 3.8.
Howard University Adult R&B 96.3 WHUR Washington is up 3.4 to 3.6. Hubbard News 103.5 WTOP rises 1.5 to 2.1.
St. Louis
Gateway Creative Broadcasting Christian AC “99.1 Joy-FM” KLJY is up 7.3 to 7.7 to tie for the market lead with iHeartMedia Classic Hits 103.3 KLOU as it is down 8.7 to 7.7. Huff notes this is KLJY’s first time leading the market since January 2019. Hubbard Classic Rock “KSHE 95” is down for the fifth straight month 8.2 to 7.6. Audacy AC 102.5 KEZK is up 6.3 to 7.2 with sister Adult R&B “96.3 R&B” WFUN-FM up 6.5 to 7.0.
Audacy Hot AC “Y98” KYKY rises 5.4 to 6.0. iHeart CHR “Z107.7” KSLZ trends down 3.4 – 3.0 – 2.8.
Hubbard Variety Hits “106.5 The Arch” WARH is down 6.8 to 6.0 and sister Rock/Alternative “105.7 The Point” KPNT slips 5.3 – 4.5 – 4.3.
Hubbard Sports “101 ESPN” WXOS-FM jumps 3.5 to 5.2 with the start of the NHL Blues season. Audacy News/Talk 1120 KMOX/104.1 KMOX-FM is down 8.2 – 6.7 – 5.1.
iHeart Country “93.7 The Bull” KSD dips 5.2 to 4.9, while Hubbard’s 92.3 WIL is up 3.1 – 3.6 – 3.9.
















