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Clark-SmidtThe Rest of the Best: September Radio in the Top 40 Nielsen PPM markets
By ClarkSmidt


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26. RIVERSIDE-SAN BERNARDINO, CA. 6+ Population 1,936,100. #1 share Entravision SpanishAdult KLYY 10.5-9.5-8-7 on #3 cume. Runner Up Anaheim Broadcasting Classic Hits KOLA 6.9-6.3-6.1 and 3rd place iHeart RymCHR KGGI 5.1-5.1-5.0 has the #1 cume, 596k. Univison Radio Romantica KLVE is 4th jumping 3.2-3.2-4.5 and rounds out their cluster with RegMexican KSCA 2.9-2.9-3.1 and SpanishAdult KRCD .8. Stand-alone Liberman Broadcasting RegMex KRQB goes 3.6-4.2-3.9 and overall 5th share. CBS: Country pair KFRG 3.5-3.9-3.4 and KXFG .1. Good News Radio ContempChristian KSGN rises 2.3-2.7-3.0, Anaheim Broadcasting Rock KCAL steady 2.3, Point Radio RhymCHR 2.0 and All-Pro Broadcasting: A/C KATY 1.7 & ModRock KCXX 1.4. News/Talk: San Bernardino Community College KVCR .7; So Cal. Public KUOR .4. Riverside-San B. Stats: Stations 35, Subscribers 60%, Spanish 48%, AfroAm 10%. Largest August/September Swings, +1.3 Romantica KLVE, -.8 SpanishAdult KLYY. Group Cluster Shares: Entravision 9.1, Univision and Anaheim Broadcasting both 8.4 and iHeart 5.1.

27. SACRAMENTO, CA. 1,866,100. #1 share is Entercom Classic Rock KSEG, 7.9-7.9-6.8 on a close 2nd cume. CBS A/C KYMX 2nd 5.7-6.4-6.0, iHeart N/T KBFK-A/F 5.3-5.7-6.0 and Entercom 4th & 5th with CHR KDND at #1 cume 558k and 6.1-5.8-5.9; Rock KRXQ 5.8-5.4-5.5. CBS: Hot A/C KZZO 4.9-4.7-4.8, RymCHR KSFM 4.2-4.0-4.7 and Country KNCI 4.6-4.1-3.4, tied with Entravision Country KNTY 4.1-3.8-3.4. Entravision: RymCHR KHHM holding 3.1, SpanishAdult KXSE 2.2-2.4-2.8 and RegMex KCRX .9 to tie Adelante Media RegMex KGRB .9; Adelante SpanishCHR KLMG 1.7. Entercom: 8th & 9th ranked ModRock KKDO 4.1 and HotA/C KUDL 4.0. iHeart: AdultHits KQJL gains 2.9-3.1-3.3, RymA/C KHYL lands at 2.8 and Country KBEB 2.3. Capital Public Radio Classical KXPR 1.4. N/T: Capital Public Radio KHJZ 3.1, iHeart KSTL 2.1, KQED/KQEI .3. Sports: CBS KHTK 1.5, Entercom KCTC 1.1. California Capital Stats: Stations 25, Subscribers 68%, Spanish 19%, AfroAm 8%, Swings +.7 RymCHR KSFM, -1.1 ClassicRock KSLG. Shares: Entercom 27.4, CBS 20.4, iHeart 16.5, Entravision 10.2.

28. SAN ANTONIO, TX. 1,818,600. Cox ClassicHits KONO takes both #1 share & #1 cume 7.4-7.8-7.9 at 598k. iHeart RymCHR KZEP 2nd with Texas sized leap 2.4-3.1-6.9 at the expense of Univision RymCHR KBBT down to 5th, 7.4-6.8-4.8. iHeart Country KAJA is #3, 7.0-6.6-5.9 while Cox Country KCYY also dips 6.4-5.8-5.6, to 4th. iHeart: CHR KXXM holds 4.3 and A/C KQXT is 3.4. Cox: HotA/C KSMG dips 4.4-4.9-4.0, ClassicRock KTXX ties with a 2.0-2.2-4.0 gain, Rock KISS/F slips 3.8-3.9-3.1 and ClassicCountry KKYX holds 1.7. Alpha Media: AdultHits KJXK goes 3.3-3.-3.0 and CHR KTFM slides 3.5-3.1-2.6. Educational Media Foundation Christian KZAR 1.5, Texas Public Classical KPAC .8. Spanish. Univision Telano KXTN 4.9-4.6-4.2, RegMex KROM 4.3-4.3-4.1, SpUrban 2.7-2.5-2.3, SpanN/T KCOR .2. Alpha has a pair of RegMex. KSAH/F and KLEY both 1.0 and SpSports KSAH .2. N/T: iHeart 3.3-3.9-3.7, Texas Public KSTZ 3.0-3.3-3.4, Alpha KTSA 1.4. Sports. iHeart KTKR 1.1, Alpha KZDC .7, Cox .2. San Antonio Stats: Stations 46, Subscribers 63%, Spanish 53%, AfroAm 7%, Swings +3.8 RymCHR KZEP, -2.0 RymCHR KXXM. Shares: Cox 26.5, iHeart 25.4, Univision 15.6, Alpha 9.9.

29. CINCINNATI, OH. 1,760,700. iHeart Talk WLW is #1 share 12.1-12.1-11.1 with 5th cume. Hubbard Country WUBE/F ranks 2nd 10.7-10.2-9.1 and 4th with HotA/C WKRQ #1 cume 552k and 6.3-6.6-7.1. Cumulus Media has 5th and 6th share rankers with A/C WRRM gaining 4.2-5.0-5.4, ClassicRock WOFX off 6.8-9-5.6-5.3, Country WNNF 2.4-2.9-2.5 and Rock WFTK 2.2. iHeart: Rock WEBN 3.6-3.3-5.1, CHR WKFS 3.8-4.1-4.6, ModRock WEBN-HD2 1.4-1.6-1.1 Radio Cincinnati Public Classical WGUC 2.6-2.4-2.0, Educational Community Radio WOBO 0.6, Northern KY U AA WNKU .5. N/T: Cincinnati Public WVXU2.5-2.6-2.9, iHeart WKRC 2.1, ROI WDBZ .5. Sports: CBS WKRK 2.9-2.6-3.3, iHeart pair WCKY 1.7 and WSAI .3. Cincy Stats: Stations 38, Subscribers 63%, AfroAm 12%, Spanish 2%, Swings +1.8 Rock WEBN, – 1.1 Country WUBE. Shares: iHeart 26.0, Cumulus 23.4, Hubbard 21.8, Radio One 7.9.

30. CLEVELAND, OH. 1,758,800. iHeart cleans up taking all Top 4 wins, led by ClassicHits WMJI #1 share 8.7-8.7-8.8 and #1 cume 595k. 2nd AdultHits WHLK 9.4-8.7-8.4, Country WGAR 6.8-7.0-7.3 and News/Talk WTZM 4th 5.8-7.2-7.2. CBS A/CWDOK 6.4-6.1-6.4 ties for 5th with Radio One WZAK #5 6.1-6.3-6.4. CBS: ClassicRock WNCX 7.2-6.9-5.8 and HotA/C WQAL 5.7-4.9-4.8. Radio One: UrbanContemp WENZ 5.5-5.5-5.7 and Gospel WJMO .5. iHeart: Rock WMMS 5.5-6.1-5.4, CHR WAKS 4.1-4.4-4.2, ModRock WMMS-HD2 .9. Rubber City Radio Smooth A/C WNWV slips 2.9-2.3-2.1, Cleveland Classical Radio WCLV .7-1.0-1.3, ties Kenson School District Standards WKHR 1.3. Moody Religious WCRF/WVMS 1.0, Elyria-Lorain Country WKFM .4. News/Talk. Ideastream WCPN 2.4, Kent State WKSU quintulcast (as in 5 stations) 1.2. Sports exclusive CBS WKRK 2.9-2.8-3.3. Rock Hall of Fame Stats: Stations 36, Subscribers 58%, AfroAm 20%, Spanish 4%, Swings +.5 Sports WKRK, -1.1 ClassicRock WNCX. Shares: iHeart 41.3, CBS 20.3, RadioOne 12.6.

31. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. 1,716,200. Bonneville / KSL Broadcast scoops #1 & #2 Shares: Soft A/C KSFI gains 6.7-6.9-7.0 at #2 cume and News/Talk KSL-A/F 6.4-6.4-6.9. iHeart: CHR KZHT takes 3rd 6.9-6.4-6.5, 5th with still aka Oldies KODJ 5.0-5.8-5.9 and 6th Talk KNRS-A/F 6.1-5.7-5.4. Stand-Alone KLO Broadcasting HotA/C KBZM ranks 4th 6.4-6.2-5.9 with #1 cume 637k. Bonneville Classic Hits KRSP 3.9-4.7-4.0. Recently acquired Broadway Media packages ModRock KXRK 4.3-4.7-4.8, CHR KODD/KUDE 4.8-5.1-4.5, RymCHR KUUU 2.8-2.9-2.9 and AdultHits KYMV 1.5-1.4-1.6, in their new HQ. Country: Cumulus KUBL 4.4-4.7-4.4, KSOP/F, Inc. holds 4.0, Broadway Media KEGA/WEGH 1.9-2.1-1.8, Classic Country KSOP-A .5 and iHeart KJMY-HD2 .2. CMLS: Rock KBER 1.9 ties HotA/C KBEE 1.9 and ModRock KHTB 1.2. Brigham Young University Classical WBYU/F gains 2.0-2.1-2.6, Listeners Community Variety KROL and KLO A/C both .8. News/Talk. University of Utah KUER 2.2-2.5-2.8, CMLS Talk KKAT & Talk KLO-A both .2 Sports: Broadway Media KALL 1.2 tied with Larry Miller Comm. KZNS/KOVO 1.2, Miller KZNS/F .4, CMLS KFNZ .5. SLC Stats: Stations 50, Subscribers 64%, Spanish 14%, AfroAm 1%, Swings +.6 Sports KALL, -.7 ClassicHits KRSP. Shares: iHeart 25.4, Bonneville 17.9, Broadway Media 16.8, CMLS 11.7. KLO 6.9.

32. LAS VEGAS. 1,682,100. Beasley and CBS both here, FYI. CBS Hot A/C KMXB #1 cume & #1 share 6.9-7.4-7.4 with 501k. Lotus SpanishClassicHits KWID 5.9-6.0-6.4, CBS RymA/C KLUC 5.5-5.8-6.1 for 3rd, iHeart AC KSNE 5.7-6.6-5.7 and Lotus Classic Rock KXPT takes 5th place share 4.0-4.4-5.6. Music: Beasley ClassicHits KKLZ ties its own RymCHR KOAS at 5.1, Country KCYE 2.9-3.2-2.8 and Beasley AdultHits KVGS 1.9-1.9-2.0. Faith Communications Christian KSOS 3.8-3.7-4.3, Kemp RymCHR 4.2. iHeart: CHR KPLV 2.8, Country KWNR 2.1. Lotus Rock KOMP 2.3. Clark County Urban KCEP 1.5, KEMP HotA/C KVGQ .9, U. Nevada Jazz KNUV .8. Spanish. Univision: SpanUrban KRGT 3.8, RegMex KISE 3.1, Entravision RegMex: KQRT 1.7 & KRRN 1.0. News/Talk CBS KNXT-A/F 3.8-3.8-4.0, Nevada Public KNPR 1.6, Beasley Talk KDWN .7. Sports. Lotus: KWWN 1.1, SpanishSports .7 KBAD .3, CBS KXST .2, Kemp .1. Jackpot Stats: Stations 45, Subscribers 69%, Spanish 28%, AfroAm 11%, Swings +1.2 Classic Rock KXPT, -1.0 RegMex KQRT. Shares: CBS 21.1, Lotus 16.4, Beasley 15.5, iHeart 10.6.

33. KANSAS CITY, MO. 1,640,300. Part of the recently closed Steel City Media $103+ million acquisition of Wilks is #1 Country KFKF 5.8-6.8-7.1 on the market’s #9 cume. CMLS ClassicRock KCFX posts 2nd on 7.0-6.6-6.6, Entercom HotA/C KZPT 5.8-5.8-6.2, Stand-alone Carter Broadcast Urban KPRS 6.3-6.5-5.5 and Steel City also takes over 5th spot CHR KMXV4.9-5.4-5.4 with the #1 cume 520k, Entercom Country WDAF 5.3-5.2-5.1 vs. Steel City Country KBEQ goes 5.2-4.5-4.7. Steel City AdultHits KCJK stays 2.8-2.8-2.7. ETM: Rock KQRC 5.0-4.9-4.6 and ModRock KRBZ 4.4. CMLS: UrbanA/C KMJK slips 4.9-4.7-4.5, Oldies KCMO/F 5.0-4.5-4.4. University of St. Paul Christian KNJW 3.3-3.2-3.4, University of Kansas Classical trimulcast .8, Carter Gospel KPRT .6, Public TV/19 AA KTBG .4. News/Talk: ETM KMBZ-A/F 3.4-4.3-4.2, University of Missiouri KCUR 2.6-2.5-3.0, CMLS Talk KCMO .9. Sports: ETM KCSP/WCSP-HD2 gains 3.5-3.3-4.2. KC Stats: Stations 39, Subscribers 59% AfroAm 13%, Spanish 8%, Swings +.9 Sports KCSP, -1.0 Urban KPRS. Shares: ETM 28.7, Steel City 19.9, CMLS 18.9.

34. ORLANDO, FL. 1,596,200. Central Florida Educational Foundation Christian WPOZ/WMYZ wins #1 share 6.7-6.6-7.0 with #7 cume. Cox Media takes “place & show” with Country WWKA 6.6-6.3-6.7 and UrbanA/C WMGF 7.5-7.6.5. 4th is a photo finish with iHeart A/C WMGF 5.6, 6.8, 5.9 and CBS Classic Hits WOCL 5.8-5.6-5.8. iHeart: CHR WXXL takes #1 cume 478k on 6th share 5.1-5.7-5.7. The perfect calls for Tropical WRUM (as in bottle of…) 4.6-5.2-5.3, ModRock WJRR 4.4-4.4-3.8 and Urban WTKS-HD2 .7-1.1-1.2. Cox: RymCHR WPYO 4.8-5.3-5.4, A/C WMMO 4.8-4.7-4.3. CBS: HotA/C WOMX 5.4-5.3-5.1 and CHR WJHM 2.9-2.8-2.7. TTB Media stand-alone SpanishHis WHKQ 2.9-2.4-2.5, Entravision Tropical WNUE 2.1, Central Florida Ed Gospel WPOZ-HD3 at 1.9 plus Urban WPOZ-HD2 .4. University of Central Florida Jazz WUCF/F 1.7. N/T. I iHeart WTKS 4.1-4.1-4.7, Community Communications Group WFME 2.0-2.3-2.5, iHeart WFLF 1.0. Sports: WDBO WDBO .8, iHeart WYGM .4. Disney-Seaworld Stats: Stations 41, Subs 59%, Spanish 28%, AfroAm 16%, Swings +1.2 N/T WMFE, -.9 A/C WMGF. Shares: Cox 27.1, iHeart 22.3, CBS 13.6 , Central Florida Ed. Foundation 9.3

35. COLUMBUS, OH. 1,523,900. Another iHeart stronghold grabbing all Top 4 slots and a #1-2 cume. Country WCOL rides up front 11.3-12.4-11.6 for Top share and 2nd cume. #2 share and #1 cume is CHR WNCI 10.59.7-10.5 at 600k. Talk WTVN 5.0-5.1-5.3 and ClassicHits WODC 4.5-5.3-5.1, edging Wilks Broadcasting ClassicRock WLVQ into 5th, 5.0-5.8-4.9. Radio One Urban WCKX 5.3-5.2-4.7 ties their own UrbanA/C WXMG 4.5-5.0-4.7. Chistian Voice WCVO 3.3-3.5-3.8 and WZMP .3, ModRock WWCD, Ltd. 2.5-2.3-2.5, iHeart ModA/C WZCB 2.4-2.2-2.3 plus ClassicRock WBWM 2.6-1.9-1.8. Columbus School District Variety WCBE 1.2 ties Wilks ClassicCountry WHOK 1.2. Ohio State Classical WOSA .9. N/T/S. Ohio State U. N/T 3.2-3.3-3.5; iHeart Sports WYTS .3. Columbus Day Stats: Stations 38, Subscribers 45%, AfroAm 16%, Spanish 3%. Swings +.8 CHR WNCI, -.9 ClassicRock WLVQ. Shares: iHeart 36.6, Radio One 9.4, Wilks 6.1, Ohio State U 4.4, Christian Voice 4.1,

36. SAN JOSE, CA. Largely San Francisco radio. Top 5: N/T KQED 6.1 ties Univision SpanishAdult KBRG 6.1. Digity A/C KBAY 5.5, CBS News KCBS 5.3 and Digity HotA/C KEZR 5.2 is 5th with #1 cume 441k. “Do You Know the Way” Stats: Stations 46, Subscribers 80%, Spanish 26%, AfroAmn 3%, Swings +1.2 SpanishAdult KBRG, – .5 Talk KSFO. Shares: iHeart 14.8, CBS 12.9, CMLS 12.0, Univision 12.1, Digity 10.7, ETM 9.2.

37. AUSTIN, TX. 1,4761900. Emmis Communications has the #1 & #1 combo win with 9.0-9.4-8.6 share and 494k cume. iHeart cleans the table with 6+ rankers 2 thru 5: Country KVET 6.0-5.5-5.6.9 and “other brother” country KASE 7.5-6.9-6.8. CHR KHFI 5.1-5.6-5.3 ties RymCHR 4.2-5.0-5.3. Music: Stand-alone Christa Media Christian KFMK 4.8-4.8-5.0. Entercom: ModA/C KAMX 4.7-4.6-4.3, A/C KKMJ 3.1-3.8-3.7, UrbanA/C KKMJ-HD3 2.8-2.8-2.7. Emmis: Rock KLBJ 4.5-4.2-4.2, ModRock KROX 4.1-4.2-4.1, RegMex KLZT 4.2-3.6-3.7, AA KGSR 3.1-2.7-2.6. Genuine Austin Radio: Country KOKE 2.1, SpanishChristian KTXX-HD3 1.7, RegMex KTXX-HD2 1.4. Univision: SpanishCHR KLJA 3.1-2.3-3.2, RegMex KLQB 2.2-2.1-2.6. University of Texas Austin AA KUTX 1.3, Capital Broadcasting Classical KMFA 1.0, Principle LPFM AA KDRP .5 and iHeart AA KVET-HD2 .2. N/T/S. EMMS Talk 3.8-4.2-4.1, University of Texas Austin News KUT 3.8-4.1-3.6, Genuine Austin Radio Sports KTXX 1.6, iHeart Sports KVET 1.2, ETM Talk KJCE .3. Austin “Tat” Stats: Stations 35, Subscribers 77%, Spanish 30%, AfroAM 7%, Swings +1.4 Country KVET, -.8 AdultHits KBPA. Shares: Emmis 27.3, iHeart 25.7, Entercom 11.0, Genuine Austin Radio 6.8, Univision 5.8, U. Texas Austin 5.2.

38. MILWAUKEE. 1,474,500. iHeart is 1-3-5: Country WMIL-F #1 share 10.5-11.9-11.6 with 2nd cume, iHeart ClassicHits WRIT is 3rd, 7.1-7.0-6.9 with #1 cume 447k and 5th place Talk WISN 4.6-4.8-5.4. Between in 2nd finds Journal Broadcast Group N/T WTMJ 9.2-8.9-8.7, Entercom ModA/C WMYX/F is 4th share 5.9-5.7-5.5. ETM CHR WXSS 4.9-4.8-4.8, then a 3 way tie between: Journal AdultHits WLWK 3.7-4.7-4.2, iHeart Urban WKKV 4.0-3.7-4.2 and Milwaukee Radio Alliance ModRock WLUM 4.9-4.5-4.2 as MRW (Times Shamrock) co-owned A/C WLDB is 3.8-3.9-3.6 and Adult Standards WZTI .5. iHeart CHR WRNW 3.1, Radio Milwaukee AA WYMS .8, Milwaukee School of Engineering AA WMSE .3. News/Talk: U. Wisconsin WUWM 2.5, Wisconsin Public WHAD 2.1. Sports: ETM WSSP 1.4-1.8-2.1, iHeart WOKY .2. Wisconsin Stats: Stations 37, Subscribers 49%, AfroAm 16%, Spanish 9%, Swings +.6 Talk WISN, -.5 AdultHits WLWK. Shares: iHeart 30.8, Journal 12.9, Entercom 11.5, Milwaukee Radio Alliance 8.3.

Take-aways: ClassicHits stays strong, local content wins, national sports is not automatic, Nielsen shows smaller markets make better use of HD. KEEP THE CAMPAIGN GOING and VOTE FOR RADIO! IT CONNECTS!

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Media Connector Clark Smidt, provides non-duplicated input adding to content, presentation, local service that sells and new business. Another Boomer who started on AM radio ’66, he’s been involved in FM since ’67, TV ’68 (besides the Peanut Gallery ’53-’56) Boston management ’71, advised since ’82 and owner/operator 1987-2012. Prompt, no-cost results with existing resources. www.broadcastideas.com. 978 470-2120. Andover, MA.