The fourth and final day of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases for the month bring Austin, Raleigh/Durham, Indianapolis, Nashville, Jacksonville, Milwaukee, Providence, Norfolk, West Palm Beach, Greensboro/Winston-Salem, Memphis, and Hartford.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.
Austin
Public News/Talk 90.5 KUT-FM continues its rise 10.9 to 11.3 for what Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is the second highest share in station history behind its 11.5 in January 2021. Waterloo Media Variety Hits “103.5 Bob-FM” KBPA is off 7.9 to 4.8 with sister News/Talk 590/99.7 KLBJ jumps 4.0 to 5.0. Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ swings 4.6 – 5.4 – 4.6, with sister Hot AC “Mix 94.7” KAMX rebounding 4.0 to 4.5.
Waterloo Regional Mexican “107.1 La Z” KLZT is up 3.7 to 4.3. Christian AC “K-Love” 105.9 KFMK jumps 2.2 to 3.3.
iHeartMedia Country 98.1 KVET-FM is up 4.1 to 4.2, while sister 100.7 KASE falls 5.3 to 3.9. CHR “96.7 Kiss-FM” KHFI drops 4.0 to 3.3.
Township Media Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” 1490 KJFK is up 2.0 – 2.3 – 2.6 for a format high.
Raleigh/Durham
Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC-FM rises 9.1 to 10.2. Capitol Broadcasting AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM rises 6.8 to 8.0. Radio One Adult R&B “Foxy 107.1/104.3” WFXC/WFXK is down 9.0 to 7.6 to tie Curtis Media Variety Hits 96.1 WBBB as it is up 5.9 – 7.1 – 7.6. Curtis Country 94.7 WQDR-FM slides 8.1 – 7.1 – 6.5.
Curtis Classic Hits “Kix 102” WKIX-FM/WKXU/WKJO rebounds 5.8 to 6.3. Regional Mexican “La Ley 101.1” WYMY is up 4.7 to 5.2.
iHeartMedia CHR “G105” WDCG climbs 4.3 – 4.8 – 6.0, while Curtis’ “Pulse-FM” WPLW-FM gains 3.0 to 4.2. iHeart Country “B93.9” WNCB falls 2.2 to 1.6.
Radio One Gospel “103.9 The Light” WNNL trends up 2.8 – 3.3 – 3.7. Classical 89.7 WCPE falls 5.1 – 4.8 – 3.6.
Indianapolis
Radio One holds the top three spots with AC “B105.7” WYXB continuing to climb 7.1 – 9.7 – 10.8 , News/Talk 93.1 WIBC rises 7.2 to 8.3, and Adult R&B 106.7 WTLC-FM trending down 9.6 – 8.7 – 7.6 – 7.0. iHeartMedia Classic Rock “Q95” WFBQ rises 5.1 – 5.9 – 6.8. Cumulus CHR 99.5 WZPL trends up 4.8 – 5.3 – 6.0.
Cumulus Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK falls 8.3 – 6.7 – 5.4. Radio One Country “97.1 Hank-FM” WLHK drops 6.6 to 5.1. Cumulus Country 95.5 WFMS is down 5.3 to 4.7.
Christian AC “K-Love” 101.9 WKLU leaps 2.2 to 3.8. Radio One Hip Hop “Hot 100.9” WHHH cools 4.7 – 4.0 – 3.0. Cumulus Rock “93.9X” WNDX dives 3.8 – 3.1 – 2.8.
Nashville
Midwest Communications AC “Mix 92.9” WJXA is up 9.1 to 9.3. Cumulus Sports “104.5 The Zone” WGFX is down 8.4 to 7.6. Midwest Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK leaps 5.8 to 7.3. iHeartMedia CHR “107.5 The River” WRVW dips 6.6 to 6.2. Cumulus News/Talk “99.7 WTN” WWTN swings 6.0 – 5.3 – 6.1.
Public News/Talk 90.3 WPLN is up 4.9 to 5.4.
iHeartMedia Classic Rock “105.9 The Rock” WNRQ continues to slide 7.5 – 6.8 – 6.3 – 5.1. Sister Hip Hop “101.1 The Beat” WUBT is down 5.0 to 4.0.
iHeartMedia Country “The Big 98” WSIX inches up 4.7 to 4.8, while Cumulus’ “103.3 Country” WKDF rises 3.0 to 4.2 and 95.5 WSM-FM is off 3.5 – 3.2 – 3.0. Midwest Classic Country “Y’all 106.7” WNFN is up 1.8 to 2.2.
Christian AC “K-Love” 97.1 WLVU reverses its slide 4.1 to 4.7, but Hope Media Group’s “Way-FM” 88.7 WAYM keeps trending up 3.4 – 4.4 – 4.7.
Jacksonville
Cox Media Group Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” WJGL rises 9.4 – 10.4 – 11.0. Renda Broadcasting AC 96.1 WEJZ continues to slide 11.8 – 9.9 – 8.5 – 8.1. iHeartMedia Country 99.1 WQIK jumps 5.8 to 6.9. iHeart Adult R&B “V101.5” WSOL inches up 6.2 to 6.4, with Hip Hop “93.3 The Beat” WJBT gaining 5.6 to 6.1.
Christian AC “K-Love” 90.9 WJKV rebounds 4.6 to 5.9. Radio Training Network’s “The Joy FM” 88.1 WCRJ jumps 1.9 to 3.0. Cox Soft AC “Easy 102.9” WEZI falls 6.9 to 5.2.
Renda’s “99.9 Gator Country” WGNE climbs 3.4 – 4.0 – 5.1. Cox Adult R&B “Hot 106.5” WHJX drops 2.6 to 1.7.
Milwaukee
The fallout from the multiple format changes during the survey was swift. iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1130 WISN maintained its lead 9.9 to 9.8 with Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT-FM right behind up 7.6 to 7.9. Audacy Hot AC “99.1 The Mix” WMYX was the early winner rising 3.8 – 4.4 – 4.9 – 6.2 for its largest share since December 2021. iHeart Country “FM 106.1” WMIL was down 6.2 to 5.8. Saga Rock “102.9 The Hog” WHQG dipped 6.3 – 5.8 – 5.6.
iHeartMedia Hip Hop “V100.7” WKKV trended up 4.4 – 4.7 – 5.1. Audacy CHR “103.7 Kiss-FM” WXSS-FM rose 3.1 to 3.8.
Following its flip from AC “B93.3” to Christian AC “K-Love” on October 30, WLDB fell 5.6 to 3.8. The October 28 flip of Alternative “FM 102.1” WLUM to Contemporary Worship “Air 1” saw it fall 3.9 to 2.4. K-Love’s existing 105.3 WLVE trended down 3.4 – 3.0 – 2.7.
iHeartMedia’s October 13 flip of Sports “97.3 The Game” WRNW-FM to AC “B97.3” led to a 2.8 to 2.1 drop.
AAA “Radio Milwaukee” 88.9 WYMS benefited from the demise of WLUM as it was up 1.8 to 2.3 for a new record high share.
Providence
Cumulus AC “Lite 105.1” WWLI maintains its lead holding at a 9.3 share. Hall Communications’ “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK slides 11.4 – 10.4 – 10.0 – 9.2. Cumulus CHR “92 Pro-FM” WPRO-FM gains 6.6 to 7.4. iHeartMedia Rock 94.1 WHJY is off 6.5 to 6.4 with co-owned Classic Hits “B101” WWBB inching up 6.1 to 6.3.
Audacy Sports 103.7 WVEI-FM falls 4.1 to 3.1. Cumulus’ year-old Classic Rock “106.3 The Wolf” WWKX is up 1.7 to 2.0.
Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Audacy Adult R&B “95.7 R&B” WVKL’s lead narrows down 10.1 to 9.9. Saga Rock “FM 99” WNOR continues to rise 6.1 – 6.7 – 7.9 – 8.9. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “103 Jamz” WOWI is off 6.2 to 6.0. Sinclair Country “US 106.1” WUSH inches up 5.3 to 5.4. Three stations tie for fifth: Audacy AC “101.3 2WD” WWDE (steady at 5.1 share), Sinclair Variety Hits “93.7 Bob-FM” WNOB (steady at a 5.1 share), and Max Media Adult R&B “100.5 The Vibe” WVBW (up 4.9 to 5.1).
Max Media’s “Priority Auto Sports Radio 94.1” WVSP climbs 1.3 – 1.6 – 2.0.
Max Media AC “92.9 The Wave” WTWV-FM dips 2.4 – 2.2 – 2.0. iHeartMedia’s new Soft AC “105.3 The Breeze” WNOH is up 0.4 to 0.9 following its 11/1 move to Christmas music. iHeart CHR “Party 107.7” WMOV-FM holds at a 0.8 share.
West Palm Beach
Hubbard Classic Hits “Sunny 107.9” WEAT climbs 4.9 – 5.3 – 6.6 – 8.8 – 11.6 – 13.3, which Huff notes sets a new all-time record high for the frequency and is also the largest share for any station in the market since then Beautiful Music 104.3 WEAT in Summer 1991. iHeartMedia AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL dips 9.0 – 7.8 – 7.6. Hubbard Hot AC 97.9 WRMF is off 6.9 to 6.8, while sister Adult R&B “X102.3” WMBX rises 4.8 – 5.6 – 6.4. iHeart Classic Rock “98.7 The Gator” WKGR is up 5.1 to 5.3.
Hubbard’s “New Country 103.1” WIRK is down 4.6 to 4.0.
iHeartMedia Spanish CHR “Mia 94.3” WRLX is up 0.7 to 1.1, but sister CHR “Wild 95.5” WLDI falls below the 1 share line 1.5 to 0.8 for a new all-time record low for the frequency.
Greensboro/Winston-Salem
Radio One Adult R&B 97.1 WQMG inches up 11.2 to 11.4. Christian AC “K-Love” 94.1 WWLV swings 9.2 – 7.1 – 9.8. Audacy Variety Hits “98.7 Simon” WSMW is down 10.4 to 9.1. iHeartMedia AC “Mix 99.5” WMAG climbs 5.5 – 6.7 – 7.2 – 8.3. Audacy Hip Hop “102 Jams” WJMH falls 6.9 to 5.6 for its lowest share since February 2023.
Audacy Country “93.1 The Wolf” WPAW is down 6.0 to 5.1, while iHeart’s “Q104.1” WTQR falls 5.5 to 4.6.
iHeart Conservative Talk 94.5 WPTI slips 4.1 to 3.5. CHR “Hits 100.3” WMKS rises 2.2 – 2.7 – 2.9.
Memphis
iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101” KJMS is down 15.8 to 14.6, while sister Hip Hop “K97” WHRK surges up 7.7 to 11.3, for what Huff notes is its highest share since Summer 2002. Audacy AC “104.5 The River” WRVR drops 8.9 to 8.5. iHeartMedia Gospel “95.7 Hallelujah-FM” WHAL-FM inches up 8.1 to 8.3. Audacy Country “99.7 The Wolf” WLFP dips 5.0 to 4.8.
Christian AC “K-Love” 94.1 WKVF swings 4.8 – 3.3 – 4.3. “Air 1” 94.9 WWAI drops 3.6 to 2.3.
iHeartMedia R&B Oldies 1070 WDIA is down 4.3 to 3.6. CHR “102.7 Kiss-FM” WEGR slides 3.0 – 2.7 – 2.2.
Hartford
Audacy AC “Lite 100.5” WRCH expands its lead 10.4 to 10.7. Full Power Radio Classic Rock “102.9 The Whale” WDRC-FM is down 9.2 to 8.5. iHeartMedia’s “Country 92.5” WWYZ slides 10.0 – 9.5 – 8.6 – 8.4. Audacy Hip Hop “Hot 93.7” WZMX is up 6.9 to 7.1. iHeartMedia CHR “Kiss 95.7” WKSS-FM (5.2 – 6.0 – 6.4) and Audacy Hot AC 96.5 WTIC-FM (5.2 – 6.2 – 6.3 – 6.4) remain neck-and-neck.
Public News/Talk 90.5 WNPR-FM drops 6.2 – 5.5 – 5.1. Audacy News/Talk 1080 WTIC rises 3.4 – 3.9 – 4.2.
iHeartMedia Classic Hits “105.9 The River” WHCN is down 6.9 to 6.2. Full Power Radio Alternative “Radio 104.1” yo-yo’s 3.2 – 4.8 – 3.3. Sister “102.5 Hartford’s R&B Station” 1470 WBOM jumps 1.9 to 2.7. Spanish Tropical “Bomba 104.5” WMRQ-HD2 falls 3.0 – 2.3 – 1.8.
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