August 2025 (7/24 – 8/20) Nielsen Audio PPM Ratings Day 3: KCMO-FM Soars To New Heights

 

 

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

105.3 R&B RNB WOSF CharlotteBeasley Media Group Classic Hits “K104.7” WKQC retains its lead despite dropping 8.9 to 7.6. Radio One Adult R&B “105.3 R&B” trends up 4.7 – 5.4 – 6.9. Beasley Adult R&B “V101.9” WBAV is up 5.7 to 6.5. Beasley Country 103.7 WSOC drops 7.4 to 6.4. Pacific Broadcasting Classic Hits “95.7 The Ride” WXRC is down 7.1 to 6.2.

iHeartMedia Variety Hits “102.9 The Lake” trends down 6.9 – 6.4 – 6.0.

Radio One Hot AC “Mix 107.9” WLNK swings back up 4.5 – 3.1 – 4.9.

Radio One Sports 92.7 WFNZ-FM is up 3.1 to 3.6. News/Talk 1110 WBT/99.3 WBT-FM drops 4.0 to 3.1.

Portland

106.7 The Eagle KLTH PortlandiHeartMedia takes the top three spots. Classic Hits “106.7 The Eagle” KLTH climbs 8.6 – 9.3 – 9.5. AC “K103” KKCW drops 9.8 to 7.7. Classic Rock “105.9 The Brew” KFBW inches up 6.0 to 7.0. Audacy Classic Rock 92.3 KGON dips 6.8 to 6.4. Connoisseur Media AAA 101.9 KINK rises 5.6 to 6.3.

Connoisseur News/Talk 101.1 KXL gains 4.8 to 5.3. In its first full month on FM, Audacy Sports “105.1 The Fan” KRSK-FM registers a 2.2 share. In July, “1080 The Fan” KFXX had a 2.0 share, while 105.1 had a 2.5 split between Sports for its first two days and predecessor Hot AC “Bella 105“.

Classical 89.9 KQAC trends up 3.0 – 4.1 – 4.6.

iHeartMedia CHR “Z100” KKRZ rises 3.7 – 4.3 – 4.5. Connoisseur CHR “Live 95.5” KBFF gains 2.8 to 3.5. iHeart Rhythmic CHR “Jam’n 107.5” KXJM trends up 2.5 – 2.8 – 3.2.

Connoisseur Country “98.7 The Bull” KUPL dips 4.1 to 3.8. Audacy Country “99.5 The Wolf” KWJJ falls 4.3 – 3.5 – 3.2.

San Antonio

Y100 100.3 KCYY San AntonioCox Media Group Classic Hits 101.1 KONO-FM regains the Alamo City lead up 6.7 to 7.6. Cox Country “Y100” KCYY rises 5.2 – 6.3 – 6.6. iHeartMedia Country “KJ 97” KAJA gains 5.2 to 5.9. Christian AC “K-Love” 91.3 KZLV dips 5.9 to 5.1. Cox Hot AC “Hits 105.3” KSMG drops from first 7.5 to 5.0.

Cox Rock 99.5 KISS falls 8.4 – 5.9 – 4.7. Classic Rock “106.7 The Eagle” KTKX is down 6.1 – 5.0 – 4.6, but its stream jumps up 0.5 to 1.5.

Connoisseur Media Variety Hits “102.7 Jack-FM” KJXK rises 3.2 to 3.9.

Public News/Talk 89.1 KSTX drops 5.0 to 3.6.

Univision Regional Mexican “Que Buena 92.9” KROM tumbles 5.7 – 5.0 – 3.6. Univision Hip Hop “98.5 The Beat” KBBT trends up 2.4 – 2.8 – 3.11.

Salt Lake City

FM 100.3 KSFI Salt Lake CityBonneville AC “FM 100” KSFI ends its slide and reclaims the market lead up 6.7 to 7.4. KSOP Inc. Country “Z104” KSOP-FM is up 6.8 to 7.1. Capital Broadcasting Hot AC “Now 97.9” KBZN trends up 6.0 – 6.2 – 6.9. Bonneville Classic Rock “103.5 The Arrow” KRSP is up 5.8 to 6.2. Bonneville News/Talk 1160 KSL/102.7 KSL-FM inches up 5.8 to 5.9.

Cumulus Media Rock 101.1 KBER swings up 5.4 – 4.2 – 5.1. iHeartMedia Classic Hits 94.1 KODJ drops 5.6 to 4.8. iHeart Classic Rock “Rock 106.7” KAAZ is down 1.8 to 1.4.

Cumulus Media Country “93.3 The Bull” KUBL is down for the sixth straight month 5.1 to 4.3. Broadway Media Classic Country “101.5 Hank-FM” KNAH climbs 2.3 to 3.1.

Cumulus AC “B98.7” KBEE trends up 2.7 – 3.2 – 3.5. CHR “Power 94.9/101.9” KENZ/KHTB gains 2.0 – 2.4 – 2.8.

Orlando

Star 94.5 Orlando Dawn Campbell WCFB CoxCox Media Group Adult R&B “Star 94.5” WCFB jumps up 8.5 to 9.8. Audacy Classic Hits “105.9 Sunny-FM” WOCL slides 8.5 – 8.0 – 7.0 to tie for second with iHeartMedia AC “Magic 107.7” WMGF (7.1 to 7.0). Cox Country “K92.3” WWKA gains 5.8 to 6.5 with sister Classic Rock 98.9 WMMO dipping 6.5 to 6.3.

iHeartMedia CHR “XL 106.7” WXXL swings 5.2 – 4.5 – 5.4. Spanish CHR “Rumba 100” WRUM continues its fall 7.0 – 6.1 – 5.4 – 4.4.

Norsan Media Spanish Tropical “Kaliente 103.1” WFYY trends down 2.5 – 2.3 – 1.7.

Sacramento

Eagle 96.9 KSEG SacramentoiHeartMedia News/Talk 1530 KFBK/93.1 KFBK-FM is up 8.6 to 8.9. Audacy Classic Rock “Eagle 96.9” KSEG continues its climb 7.8 – 8.1 – 8.5 – 8.7. Bonneville AC “Mix 96” KYMX ends its slide 6.2 to 6.5. iHeart Soft AC “92.5 The Breeze” KBEB trends up 4.0 – 4.2 – 4.6 – 5.3. Bonneville Country 105.1 KNCI drops 5.2 to 4.4.

iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 650 KSTE slips 4.7 – 4.5 – 4.1. Public News/Talk 90.9 KXJZ slides 4.9 – 4.6 – 3.9.

Audacy CHR “106.5 The End” KUDL slides 4.2 – 3.9 – 3.6. Rhythmic CHR 102.5 KSFM dips 2.9 to 2.5.

Lotus’ “Ranchera 92.1/105.5” KVMX-FM/KSAC-FM drops 2.1 to 1.3. Entravision Bilingual Rhythmic “Fuego 101.9” KHHM drops 1.8 to 1.1.

 

 

Las Vegas

Sunny 106.5 KSNE Las VegasiHeartMedia AC “Sunny 106.5” KSNE grows its lead up 7.5 to 8.2, while Beasley Media Classic Hits 96.3 KKLZ slides 6.5 – 6.2 – 5.4. Lotus Classic Rock “97.1 The Point” KXPT holds at a 4.3 share. Audacy Hot AC “Mix 94.1” KMXB climbs 3.0 – 3.2 – 4.1. Audacy Rhythmic Throwbacks “Q100.5” KXQQ falls 5.0 to 3.8 to tie for fifth with Lotus Rock 92.3 KOMP (up 3.6 to 3.8).

iHeartMedia Country “95.5 The Bull” KWNR swings back down 2.8 – 4.1 – 3.1.

Beasley Bilingual AC “Maxima 105.7” KOAS rises 1.8 – 2.0 – 3.0. Beasley Rock/Alternative “X107.5” KXTE is down 2.0 to 1.5 ahead of its Labor Day Weekend playlist tweak.

Pittsburgh

94.5 3WS WWSW PittsburghiHeartMedia Classic Hits “94.5 3WS” WWSW reclaims the lead up 9.9 to 10.5. Steel City Media Variety Hits “96.9 Bob-FM” WRRK comes down 10.7 to 10.3. iHeart Classic Rock 102.5 WDVE slides 9.7 – 9.0 – 8.5. Audacy Sports “93.7 The Fan” KDKA-FM dips 7.5 to 7.3 while its stream is up 1.6 to 2.0. Renda Broadcasting AC “Wish 99.7” WSHH dips 7.1 to 6.8.

Audacy Country “Y108” WDSY trends down 5.6 – 5.0 – 4.8 – 4.2. iHeart Country “Big 104.7” WPGB drops 3.3 to 2.4.

Audacy Hot AC “100.7 Star” WBZZ slips 4.6 – 4.2 – 3.9. Steel City Media Hot AC “Q92.9” WLTJ is down 3.3 – 2.7 – 2.4.

Audacy News/Talk 1020/100.1 KDKA rises 3.0 to 3.8. Hip Hop “WAMO 107.3” rises 1.5 – 1.7 – 2.2.

AAA 91.3 WYEP slips 3.5 – 3.0 – 2.8, while co-owned Public News/Talk 90.5 WESA is down 3.2 – 2.7 – 2.4.

Cincinnati

103.5 WGRR CincinnatiCumulus Media Classic Hits 103.5 WGRR climbs up 8.3 – 9.4 – 10.8 to claim the Cincinnati lead. iHeartMedia News/Talk 700 WLW inches up 10.3 to 10.4. Hubbard Country “B105.1” WUBE trends up 7.7 – 8.0 – 8.6. Hubbard Hot AC “Q102” WKRQ ends its slide 5.3 to 6.2. Cumulus Media Classic Rock “92.5 The Fox” WOFX-FM (down 5.8 to 5.0) and AC “Warm 98.5” WRRM (5.5 to 5.0) tie for fifth.

Cumulus Rock “96 Rock” WFTK-FM is down 3.6 to 3.1. iHeart’s 102.7 WEBN slides 4.5 – 3.4 – 3.0. iHeart Alternative “Project 100.7/106.3” WEBN-HD2 rises 1.5 to 2.2.

Radio One Hip Hop “101 The Wiz” WIZF falls 4.1 – 3.4 – 2.6. iHeart CHR “Kiss 107” WKFS drops 2.9 to 1.9.

Kansas City

94.9 KCMO-FM Kansas City Dick Wilson Kelly UrichCumulus Media Classic Hits 94.9 KCMO-FM continues to soar 10.9 – 13.4 – 13.8. That marks the highest share ever for the frequency and best share in the market since “61 Country” WDAF had a 14.1 in Winter 1991. Cumulus Classic Rock “101 The Fox” KCFX continues to rise 8.6 to 8.7. Steel City Media CHR “Mix 93.3” KMXV jumps up 5.0 to 6.6. Northwestern Media Christian AC “Life 88.5” KJNW drops 5.6 to 5.1 into a fourth place tie with Carter Broadcast Group Hip Hop “Hot 103 Jamz” KPRS-FM as it rises 4.8 to 5.1.

Audacy News/Talk 98.1 KMBZ-FM trends down 5.4 – 4.9 – 4.1. Sports “96.5 The Fan” KFNZ-FM rebounds 2.7 to 3.8 with its stream adding a 0.6 to 0.8 gain.

Audacy Country “106.5 The Wolf” WDAF-FM inches up 3.3 to 3.5, while Steel City Media’s duo of “Q104” KBEQ (3.2 to 3.0) and 94.1 KFKF (3.3 to 3.0) are both down.

Columbus

Sunny 95 94.7 WSNY ColumbusSaga AC “Sunny 95” WSNY continues to rise 5.6 – 6.0 – 7.6 – 8.0 – 8.5 to take the Columbus lead with its largest non-Christmas music related share since 1996. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “93.3 The Bus” WODC rises 6.9 – 7.0 – 7.8 – 8.2. iHeart CHR 97.9 WNCI is up 7.8 to 8.0, while sister Country 92.3 WCOL drops from first 8.6 to 7.8. TEGNA Sports “97.1 The Fan” WBNS-FM rises 5.4 to 6.8.

Saga Classic Rock “QFM 96” WLVQ trends up 5.6 – 6.0 – 6.4. Saga Hot AC “Mix 107.9” WVMX climbs up 2.0 – 2.4 – 3.2.

Radio One Adult R&B “Magic 95.5” WXMG falls 6.6 to 5.3.

Cleveland

Majic 105.7 WMJI ClevelandiHeartMedia Classic Hits “Majic 105.7” WMJI slips 10.3 to 9.6 but rises to the top of the market. Audacy AC “Star 102” WDOK swings 8.5 – 7.0 – 8.2. iHeartMedia Country 99.5 WGAR is off 7.9 to 7.8. Audacy Classic Rock 98.5 WNCX ends its climb down 8.2 to 7.6. Radio One Adult R&B 93.1 WZAK plummets 10.5 to 7.4.

iHeartMedia News/Talk 1100/106.9 WTAM rises 6.6 to 7.1. Audacy Sports “92.3 The Fan” WKRK-FM gains 3.7 to 4.3 with its stream rising 0.5 to 1.2.

Radio One Hip Hop “Z107.9” WENZ gains 2.6 to 3.2.

 

 

This story first appeared on radioinsight.com