This trip will not follow any geographical parameters – the destinations will be determined by size and include the Nielsen Audio entries size #11 though #20. Clark Smidt provides the digits and the comments.
Radio Ratings Scorecard and Commentary
By Clark Smidt – Broadcast Connector
When we last dove into markets 11-20, Canada had just pulled Voltair off-line. Now, we’re on the heels of the double secret probation Nielsen webinar. Whatever ever goes down the wish list beyond accurate recording is: Larger sample, more PPMs more often to new respondents, include 65-74s as the new power money demo and please post a total audience share/cume number for every station meeting minimum listening levels. Radio’s Audio Delivery is more than Hot! Let’s prove it!
For your review, here’s the “print & share” RBR Score Card with March/April/May/June trends from May 23-June 20. Once again, only 6+ Nielsen subscribers are there to share from the current process. Nielsen Audio Portable People Meter / PPM Markets #11 Detroit thru #20 Denver:
Stations are FM unless noted.
11. DETROIT, MI. 6+ population 3,732,000. 48 Stations, 60% Subscribe. Ethnic: Black 22%, Spanish 4%.
1 WOMC CBS Classic Hits. + 1.7; 5.6-7.0-7.3 for biggest jump; #2 cume 1,079,500 tops #3 by 100 pers.
2 WXYT CBS Sports. – 0.6; 8.5-8.4-7.1, the other 3 Sports total 1.6-1.5 combined; shares down 10.0-8.6.
3 WWJ-AM CBS News. – 0.4; 6.7-6.3-6.3, leads 6 N/Ts; WJR-AM at 3.8. CBS repeats #1, 2, 3 winners.
4 WCSX Greater Media Classic Rock. – 0.3; 6.5-6.3-6.2, Classic Rock WDTW trails 3.0-2.2-2.4.
5 WMXD iHeart UrbanA/C. – 0.3; 6.1-5.1-5.8, roller coaster re-ride over UrbanA/C WDMK 2.0-0.9-1.4.
6 WKQI iHeart CHR + 0.1; 4.8-4.8-4.9, ahead of CHR WDZH 2.0-1.9-1.7. CHR shares hold 8.9-8.1-8.1.
7 WRIF Greater Media Rock. + 0.1; 4.7-5.1-4.8. Four Rockers (Regular, Mod, 2 Classic) 16.4-17.3-16.6.
8 WJLB iHeart Urban. – 0.2; 4.9-4.7-4.7, Urban WGPR behind 2.1; Urban/Gospel trends 21.6-19.5-20.4.
9 WYCD CBS Country.+ 0.5; 4.1-4.5-4.6, up again; leads Cumulus Country WDRQ 2.5-2.8-2.6.
9 WNIC iHeart A/C. + 0.1; 4.5-4.4-4.6, #1 cume 1.249 mil, shares lead Cumulus HotA/C WDVD 0.3-0.4.
11 WDMK Radio One Urban A/C. + 0.3; 4.1-4.2-4.4, #2 of 2 Motown Urban A/Cs.
12 WDVD Cumulus Hot A/C. + 0.3; 3.9-4.1-4.2; the lone Hot A/C; add WNIC & A/C gains 8.4-8.5-8.8.
13 WJR-AM Cumulus Media News/Talk. – 0.2; 4.0-4.1-3.8, 2nd of 6 N/Ts; Total dips 13.0-13.0-12.3.
13 WDTW iHeart Classic Rock. + 0.3; 4.1-4.2-4.4. The 3 Boomer Classics – Hits & Rock – hold at 17.3.
15 WDZH CBS CHR. + 0.4; 2.8-2.9-3.2.
16 WPZR Radio One Gospel WPZR. – 0.1; 3.0-2.8-2.9 is now 0.3 ahead of WGPR.
17 WGPR Radio One Urban. – 0.9; 3.5-2.7-2.6.
18 WDRQ Cumulus Country. + 0.4; 1.6-1.7-2.0. Country pair with WYCD gains 5.4-6.2-6.6.
19 CIDR Bell Media Canada Adult Alternative. – 0.2; 2.0-2.0-2.0-2.0-1.8-1.8.
19 CIMX Bell Media Canada Modern Rock. + 0.1; 1.7-1.7-1.7-1.7-1.8-1.8. Over the boarder tie.
21 WRCJ Detroit Public Television Classical. + 0.2; 1.1-1.1-1.3.
22 WMGC Greater Media Sports, 1.3-1.2-1.1 vs. iHeart WDFN 0.3, CBS WXYT 0.1. Worth it?
23 WUOM Michigan Public Media News/Talk – 0.3; 1.2-1.2-0.9.
News/Talk: Wayne State WDET 0.8; AMs Radio One WCHB 0.3; Bell CKLW 0.2, Bell Oldies CKWW 0.1.
A/M/J Swings: + 1.7 Classic Hits WOMC, + 0.5 Country WYCD; – 0.9 Urban WGPR, – 0.6 Sports WXYT
M/A/M/J Shares: CBS 26.3-28.0-29.3-28.6, iHeart 24.2-24.0-23.4-24.1, Greater Media 12.7-12.0-12.6-12.1, Radio One 10.2-11.0-10.8-10.1-10.2, Cumulus 10.2-9.5-9.9-10.0. Trend samples often shows close scores!
12. MIAMI, FL. 3,670,900. 52 Stations, 63% Subscribe. Spanish 50%, Black 21%.
1 WLYF ENTERCOM A/C. + 0.5; 6.8-7.1-7.3, The ETM-LFM deal brings Top Spot & #1 cume 1.144 mil.
2 WHQT Cox Urban A/C. – 0.6; 7.6-6.9-6.8, #14 cume, #2 share shows an ever stronger TSL.
3 WAMR Univision Spanish Hits. – 0.9; 5.9-5.9-5.0, leads 10 Spanish (Tropical-Hits-N/T) 26.3-27.7-27.0.
4 WFEZ Cox Soft A/C. + 0.5; 4.4-4.3-4.9. Total Soft-Hot-Urban-Regular A/C shares move 22.5-22.1-22.9.
5 WEDR Cox Urban. + 0.4; 4.4-5.0-4.8, vs iHeart Urban WMIB at 2.5-2.6-2.4.
6 WHYI iHeart CHR. – 0.3; 4.8-4.6-4.5. The 3 Miami Anglo CHRs are holding 12.9-13.2-13.1.
7 WFLC Cox CHR. – 0.6; 5.0-4.7-4.4, below iHeart CHR WHYI 0.1and 0.2 up on CBS Rhym-CHR WPOW.
7 WMXJ ENTERCOM Classic Hits. – 0.2; 4.6-4.0-4.4, ETM-LFM deal bennies. MXJ leads WBGG by 0.5.
9 WXDJ Spanish Broadcasting Tropical. + 0.8; 3.5-3.9-4.3, dirt fight vs Tropical WRTO. WCMQ trails 1.1.
10 WRTO Univision Tropical. + 0.2; 4.0-3.9-4.2, Tropical Up, 11.1-10.3-11.1-11.7. Sounds like a new drink.
10 WMGE iHeart Spanish CHR. + 0.2; 4.0-4.3-4.2. Steady.
10 WPOW CBS Rhythmic-CHR. + 1.1; 3.1-3.9-4.2. The 3-way CHR slugfest vs HYI & FLC stays within 0.3.
13 WBBG iHeart Classic Rock. Sticks 3.9-4.3-3.9, as the only Miami Rock anything station.
13 WMIA iHeart Hot A/C. + 0.2; 3.7-3.8-3.9, Hot A/C in Miami is also exclusive.
15 WCMQ Spanish Broadcasting Tropical. + 0.4; 2.8-3.3-3.2. #3 of 3 as The Tropical Trailer.
16 WKIS CBS Country. – 0.4; 3.5-3.2-3.1, Miami’s Lone Ranger.
17 WAQI-AM Univision Spanish News/Talk. + 0.4; 2.5-2.9-2.9. WQBA-AM same owner, format, share 0.2.
18 WMIB iHeart Urban. – 0.1; 2.5-2.6-2.4.
19 WLRN/WKVM Dade County School Board News/Talk. – 0.4; 2.4-2.3-2.0 remains Miami’s #1 Anglo N/T.
20 WAXY Sports ENTERCOM. 1.6-1.5-1.9. Another part of the Lincoln Financial deal.
21 WIOD-AM iHeart News/Talk. – 0.3; 1.7-1.5-1.4.
22 WKCP American Public Classical. – 0.2; 1.4-1.5-1.2 slips off-key.
22 WSUA-AM Groupo Latino Radio Spanish N/T also slips – 0.2; 1.4-1.4-1.2.
24 WURN-AM/WLVJ-AM Union Radio Spanish News/Talk. 0.9-1.1-1.1 for the AM combo.
25 WQAM-AM Sports CBS, 1.1 vs iHeart Sports WINZ-AM 0.2. Heritage stations, big in their day.
26 WRMB Moody Bible Religious Teaching, 1.0 vs WAYF WAY Media Christian, 0.6.
27 WWFE-AM Felix Broadcasting Spanish, 0.7; WRHC-AM Felix Spanish Standards 0.1-0.0.
Swings: + 0.9 Rhythmic-CHR WPOW, + 0.8 Tropical WXDJ; – 0.9 Spanish Hits WAMR, – 0.6 UrbanA/C WHQT, – 0.6 CHR WFLC.
M/A/M/J Shares: iHeart 20.3-20.8-21.3-20.5, Cox 20.2-21.4-20.9-20.9, ENTERCOM 11.7-13.0-12.6-13.8, Univision 12.4-12.6-12.7-12.3, CBS 8.0-7.9-8.2-8.3, SBS 8.0-7.1-6.3-7.2-7.5.
13. SEATTLE, WA. 3,477,300. 58 Stations, 59% Subscribe. Spanish 8%, Black 6%.
1 KQMV Hubbard CHR. + 0.2; 6.6-6.9-6.8, is #2 cume by 14k. iHeart CHRs KBKS 3.2, KYNW 0.9.
2 KKWF Entercom Country. + 0.3; 5.3-4.9-5.6, tops CBS Country KMPS 2.3-1.7-1.9. All Country 8.1-9.3.
3 KISW Entercom Rock. – 0.6; 6.0-5.8-5.4, top Rock vs Classic KZOK 5.2, Mod KNDD 2.6, KKBW 0.4.
4 KZOK CBS Classic Rock. + 0.3; 4.9-5.6-5.2, up & down lead on iHeart Classic Hits KJR 0.2-0.9-1.8-0.3.
5 KIRO Bonneville News/Talk. – 0.2; 5.1-5.0-4.9, tops NW Public N/T KUOW 0.5, KOMO-A/F by 2.8.
5 KJR iHeart Classic Hits. + 0.9; 4.0-3.9-4.9, SEA Classic Hits/Classic Rock Total grows 8.2-8.9-9.5-10.1.
7 KRWM Hubbard Soft A/C. – 0.2; 5.0-4.6-4.8, #1 cume 1.04 mil; 4 ACs with 2 Hot,1 Mod go 13.4-12.8-14.1.
8 KUOW/KUOW-AM/KQOW Northwest Public News/Talk + 0.1; 4.3-4.1-4.4. The 5 N/T shares Total 13.0.
9 KIRO/KIRO-HD2 Bonneville Sports. + 1.0; 3.0-3.2-4.0, ups lead on Sports KJR-AM/KJR-HD2, 0.3-1.5-1.8.
10 KMPS CBS County. + 0.7; 3.0-3.2-3.7.
10 KPLZ Sinclair Hot A/C. + 0.8; 2.9-2.9-3.7. Two Seattle Hot A/Cs just 0.4 apart, Total 6.4-6.3-6.0-7.0.
12 KNDD Entercom Modern Rock. + 0.1; 3.5-3.5-3.6 vs. Hubbard ModA/C KLCK 2.3, AA Friends KEXP 1.7.
13 KCMS Christa Media Christian. – 0.8; 4.3-4.2-3.5, add 0.3 @ 2 Christa KWPZ, WCIS-AM/KCIS-HD3: 4.1.
14 KJAQ CBS Adult Hits. – 0.4; 3.8-3.8-3.4, market exclusive “Jack” remains average.
15 KHTP Entercom Hot A/C. – 0.1; 3.4-3.1-3.3, now trails Sinclair Hot A/C KPLZ from 0.2 up to 0.4 down.
16 KBKS iHeart CHR- 0.6; 3.8-3.5-3.2, vs RhythmicCHRs iHeart KUBE 2.5, Public Schools KNHC is 1.0.
17 KING Classic Radio, Classical. – 0.4; 3.5-3.2-3.1. Long time Class with Classical…but slipping.
18 KUBE iHeart Rhythmic CHR. + 0.1; 2.4-2.6-2.5.
19 KPLU/KPLI/KVIX Pacific Lutheran University Jazz. + 0.4; 2.0-2.3-2.4. Boasts #1 Top 20 metro Jazz share.
20 KLCK Hubbard Modern A/C. + 0.2; 2.1-2.2-2.3.
21 KJR-AM/KJR-HD2 iHeart Sports. + 0.2; 1.9-2.5-2.1 vs CBS Sports KFNQ-AM/KFNQ-HD3 0.2, KHHO 0.0.
22 KOMO-AM/FM Sinclair News. – 0.2; 2.2-2.0-2.0.
23 KEXP Adult Alternative Friends of KEXP + 0.2; 1.5-1.8-1.7. Along with Mod Rock, usually a tricky format.
24 KTTH-AM Bonneville Talk 1.7-1.7-1.6.
25 KNHC Rhythmic-CHR Seattle Public Schools 1.0.
26 KVI-AM Sinclair Talk 1.1-1.0-0.9 ties KYNW iHeart CHR 0.5-0.9-0.9.
28 KIXI-AM/KIXI-HD2 Hubbard Adult Standards, 0.8.
29 KKBW iHeart Rock KBCS Bellevue Community College Variety 0.4 ties KWPZ Crista Christian 0.4.
31 WWPZ Christa Christian 0.3 ties KCIS-AM/KCIS-HD3 Christa Religious Teaching, 0.3.
Swings: + 0.9 Classic Hits KJR-F, + 0.8 Hot A/C WPLZ; – 0.8 Christian KCMS-F, – 0.6 Rock KISW-F, – 0.6 CHR KBKS-F
Shares: Entercom 17.6-18.2-17.3-17.9, Hubbard 15.1-14.3-13.4-14.7, iHeart 13.0-12.8-13.0-14.0, Bonneville 10.0-10.1-10.0-10.4, CBS 10.8-11.9-12.6-12.5
14. PHOENIX, AZ. 3,222,700. 51 Stations, 66.6% Subscribe. Spanish 28%, Black 5.5%.
1 KESZ iHeart Adult Contemporary. – 0.4; 7.3-6.7-6.9, #1 share, #1 cume 1.166 mil; only A/C.
2 KSLX Hubbard Classic Rock. + 1.6; 4.5-5.3-6.1. Big jump. Classics hold 10.0-11.5-11.5. Hot.
3 KOOL CBS Classic Hits. – 0.1; 5.5-6.2-5.4, works when the Greatest Hits match the market.
4 KFYI-AM/KFYI-HD2 iHeart Talk. – 0.1; 5.3-5.4-5.2, leads 4 Talkers and 2.6 over N/T KKFR.
4 KUPD Hubbard Rock. + 0.5; 4.7-5.3-5.2. The 3 complementary Hubbard Rockers gain, again.
6 KMXP iHeart Hot A/C. – 0.1; 5.0-5.1-4.9, leads 2.6-2.4 over Yucaipa Hot A/C KMVA/KEXX.
7 KYOT iHeart Adult Hits. + 1.4; 3.2-3.7-4.6, solo Phoenix Adult Hits catches some lightning.
8 KZZP iHeart CHR. – 1.0; 5.0-4.6-4.0, leads RhymCHRs CBS KZON by 0.8, Yucaipa KKFR 1.5.
9 KINX iHeart Country. – 0.9; 4.8-4.2-3.9. Country drops 8.9-7.9-7.3 in a close 0.5 rodeo.
10 KMLE CBS Country. – 0.7; 4.1-3.7-3.4, continues to slide but gap behind KINX stays at 0.5.
11 KZON CBS Rhythmic-CHR. – 0.5; 3.7-3.5-3.2, lead on Rhythmic-CHR KKFR smaller, 1.0-0.8-0.7.
12 KDKB Hubbard Modern Rock. + 0.1; 3.0-3.4-3.1.
12 KMVP Bonneville Sports . + 1.1; 2.0-2.5-3.1. Beats 3 small Sports; Total up 2.9-3.7-4.3.
14 KTAR-F Bonneville News/Talk. – 0.3; 3.2-3.0-2.6, again that 0.1 hair over non-comm N/T KJZZ.
15 KJZZ Maricopa County Community College News/Talk. – 0.3; 3.2-2.7-2.5.
15 KHOT-F Univision Regional Mexican. – 1- 0.7; 3.2-2.7-2.5, vs RegMexicans KLNZ 2.4, KNAI 1.8.
15 KKFR Yucaipa RhythmicCHR. – 0.2; 2.7-2.7-2.5, RhythmicCHR shares down 6.8-6.4-6.2-5.7.
15 KMVA/KEXX Yucaipa Hot A/C. – 0.2; 2.7-2.4-2.5.
19 KLNZ Entravision Regional Mexican. – 0.1; 2.5-2.5-2.4, up 0.6 vs Farmworker RegMex KNAI.
20 KFLR Family Life Christian. – 0.3; 2.3-1.5-2.0, as the solitude Inspirational format.
21 KAJM Sierra H. Rhythmic Oldies. 2.1-2.0-1.9 vs Hubbard Oldies KAZG-AM 0.2.
21 KOMR/KKMR Univision Spanish Adult Hits, 1.9. All 6 Spanish/Regional Mexican: 12.0-11.8.
21 KVVA-F/KDVA Entravision Spanish Adult Hits, 1.9.
24 KNAI Farmworker Ed Regional Mexican 1.8.
25 KOAI Yucaipa Soft A/C 1.5, not the Oasis of its former self.
26 KBAQ Maricopa Country College Classical 1.1 ties WNRJ Sierra H. Urban 1.1.
28 KQMR Univision Spanish Urban 1.0.
Sports AMs: KTAR Bonneville 0.6; KGME iHeart ties KDUS Hubbard & KMBM Spanish all 0.3.
Swings: + 1.6 Classic Rock KSLX-F, + 1.4 Adult Hits KYOT, + 1.1 Sports KMVP-F; – 1.0 CHR KZZP-F,- 0.9 Country KNIX-F
Shares: iHeart 28.9-31.1-30.1-29.8, Hubbard 12.3-12.5-14.5-14.9, CBS 14.2-13.3-13.4-12.0, Yucaipa 6.4-6.3-6.7-6.5, Bonneville 5.7-5.2-6.0-6.3.
16. MINNEAPOLIS, MN. 2,756,200 Stations 46, Subscribers 54%. Black 8%, Spanish 5%.
1 KDWB iHeart CHR. – 0.5; 9.0-8.7-8.5. A 3-way tie for #1, cumes within 69k of each other.
1 KSTP Hubbard HotA/C. + 0.8; 7.7-8.5-8.5, #1 cume 1.095 mil, leads HotA/C KTCZ by 3.0.
1 KQQL iHeart Classic Hits. + 0.4; 8.1-8.1-8.5, leads Classic Rock 1.4-1.9-2.0.
4 KEEY iHeart Country. – 0.1; 6.9-6.9-6.8, topping CBS Country KMNB 2.0-2.2-1.5.
5 KRQS Cumulus Classic Rock. – 0.2; 6.7-6.2-6.5, Twin City Classics score a 15.0 share.
6 KTIS U NWestern St. Paul Christian + 0.8; 5.3-5.5-6.1. The inspirational combo offers 6.8.
7 KTCZ iHeart Hot A/C. – 0.2; 5.7-5.9-5.5. Hot A/C pair shares move 12.9-13.4-14.4-14.0.
8 KZJK CBS Adult Hits. – 0.4; 5.7-5.5-5.3, market exclusive for a challenging format.
8 KMNB CBS Country. + 0.4; 4.9-4.7-5.3. Two Country formats gain 11.8-11.6-12.1.
10 KXXR Cumulus Media Rock. – 0.1; 5.2-5.0-5.1. Still leads Mod Rock KTWN by 3.9-3.7-3.3.
11 KFXN iHeart Sports. – 0.9; 5.7-5.7-4.8. Sports winner as Hubbard & Cumulus combine 1.5-1.4.
12 WCCO-AM/WCCO-HD2 CBS News/Talk. – 0.2; 4.0-5.0-3.8. Big N/T leads 5 that dip13.0-11.3.
13 KNOW-F American Public News/Talk. – 0.9; 4.3-4.0-3.4, now just 0.4 behind CBS N/T WCCO.
14 KCMP American Public AdultAlternative. – 0.5; 3.3-2.6-2.8; KCMP & KNOW Streams @ 0.2.
15 KTLK-AM/KTLK-HD2 iHeart Talk+ 0.2; 2.2-2.2-2.4, gains over Hubbard Talk KTMY 0.6-0.9.
16 KTWN Northern Lights (Minnesota Twins) Modern Rock. + 0.5; 1.3-1.3-1.8. Will it hold?
17 KTMY Hubbard Broadcasting Talk. 1.4-1.6-1.5.
18 KSJN American Public Media Classical. 1.6-1.7-1.4.
19 KSTP-AM/KSTP-HD2 Hubbard Sports, 1.2, vs. Cumulus Sports WCVX/WGVZ/WRXP, 0.3-0.2.
20 KMOJ Center Communication & Development Urban. 1.1-1.3-1.0, the exclusive Urban format.
21 KTIS-AM University North Western St. Paul Religious Teaching 0.7.
22 WCVX/WGVZ/WRXP Cumulus Sports trio just 0.2 combined. Total Sports shares down 7.2-6.2.
23 KBEM Minnesota Public Schools Jazz. Slipping 0.4-0.3-0.2.
Swings: + 0.8 Hot A/C KTSP-F, + 0.8 Christian KTIS-F, + 0.5 ModRock KTWN; – 0.8 Sports KXFN, – 0.7 News/Talk KNOW.
Shares: iHeart 38.7-37.6-37.5-36.5, CBS 13.8-14.6-15.2-14.4, Cumulus 11.9-12.2-12.2-11.5-11.8,
Hubbard 10.1-10.3-10.1-11.2, American Public 9.5-9.4-8.6-9.9. Similar results=same people sample?
17. SAN DIEGO, CA. 2,648,300. Stations 41, 73% Subscribe. Spanish 31%, Black 5%.
1 KIFM Soft A/C ENTERCOM. + 0.1; 5.4-5.3-5.5, the 5 AC Total: 20.4-20.2-20.3-20.2.
2 KMYI iHeart Hot A/C. – 0.3; 5.7-5.5-5.4, for a very close SD Top 3, all within 0.1.
2 XHRM Local Media San Diego (LMSD) Rhythmic Oldies. + 0.4; 5.0-5.5-5.4. Format potential.
4 KHTS-F iHeart CHR. – 0.6; 5.7-5.7-5.1, drops 1st to 4th, #1 cume stays 875k vs CHR KEGY at 3.1.
5 XHITZ Local Media San Diego RhythmicCHR. + 0.1; 4.6-4.0-4.7, vs iHeart RhymA/C KSSX 2.4.
6 KSON/KSOQ-FM ENTERCOM Country. + 0.4; 4.1-3.9-4.5, just one subscribing Country format.
7 KYXY CBS Adult Contemporary. + 0.4; 3.9-4.1-4.3.
8 KPBS/KQVO San Diego State U. News/Talk. + 0.4; 3.8-4.2-4.2, takes iHeart N/T KOGO by 1.6.
9 XEPRS-AM Broadcast Co of Americas Sports. – 0.2; 4.2-4.6-4.0 vs iHeart Sports KLSD-AM 1.0.
9 KGB iHeart Media Classic Rock. + 0.4; 3.6-3.4-4.0, takes Radio SD Classic Hits XHPRS by 0.6.
11 KLQV Univision Spanish Adult Hits. + 0.6; 3.0-3.2-3.6, vs Spanish Hits XHLTN 1.8 & XHOCL 1.0.
12 KIOZ iHeart Rock. – 0.6; 4.1-3.7-3.5 vs Mod Rockers Entercom KBZT 2.6 & LMSD XETRA 2.4.
13 XHPRS Broadcast Co of Americas Classic Hits. + 0.5; 2.9-3.0-3.4. New owner, nice trend.
14 KLNV Univision Regional Mexican. – 0.3; 3.4-3.5-3.1 vs. Uni Radio Regional Mexican, 0.9.
14 KEGY CBS Radio CHR. – 0.3; 3.4-3.2-3.1, #3 of 3 CHRs, Total slips 13.7-13.9-12.9.
16 KFMB Midwest TV Hot A/C. – 0.1; 2.7-2.7-2.6. Not much going on at the bottom of the A/C pack.
16 KBZT ENTERCOM Modern Rock. Flat. 2.6-2.7-2.6 the lead over LMSD ModRock XETRA just 0.2.
16 KOGO-AM iHeart News/Talk. – 0.3; 2.9-2.5-2.6, good lead 1.2 ahead of Midwest TV N/T KFMB.
19 KSSX iHeart Rhythmic A/C. – 0.1; 2.5-2.7-2.4.
19 XETRA Local Media San Diego (LMSD) Modern Rock. + 0.3; 2.1-2.7-2.4. ModRock goes 4.7-5.4-5.0.
21 KPRI Compass Media Adult Alternative. + 0.2; 2.0-1.9-2.2 both a stand-alone & the only AA in SD.
22 XHTLN Imagen Informativa Spanish Hits – 0.3; 2.1-2.1-1.8.
23 KFMB-AM Midwest TV News/Talk. – 0.3; 1.7-1.6-1.4. The co-owned big CBS/TV doesn’t seem to help.
24 KLSD-AM iHeart Sports 1.0 ties XHOCL MVS Spanish Adult 1.0, XHGKX MVS Spanish CHR 0.3.
26 XHTY Uni Radio Regional Mexican, 0.9. 27 XHFG Uni Radio Spanish CHR, 0.6.
28 KSDS San Diego Community College Jazz, 0.4. XEPE Broadcast Co. of American Sports, 0.3.
Swings: + 0.6 Spanish AdultHits KLQV, + 0.5 ClassicHits XHPRS; – 0.6 CHR KHTS, – 0.6 Rock KIOZ,
– 0.3 HotA/C KMYI, – 0.3 Regional Mexican KLNV.
Shares: iHeart 25.4-25.6-24.6-24.0, ENTERCOM 12.6-12.1-11.9-12.6, Local Media San Diego (LMSD) 12.0-11.7-12.2-12.5, CBS 7.4-7.3-7.3-7.4, Univision 6.7-6.7.
18. TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG, FL. 2,441,800. 49 Stations, Subs 53%. Spanish 16%, Black 12%.
1 WDUV Cox Soft A/C. – 2.1; 11.1-9.9-9.0, the lead over partner #2 WXGL drops 4.7-4.0-3.0.
2 WXGL Cox Classic Hits. – 0.2; 6.2-5.9-6.0, advantage on Beasley Classic Hits WRBQ, 0.6.
3 WFLZ-F iHeart CHR. – 0.3; 6.1-5.9-5.8, the gap ahead Cox CHR WPOI goes 1.7-1.1-1.4.
3 WFUS iHeart Country. + 1.1; 4.7-5.7-5.8. Good ride, tight fight. Country Total up 9.3-9.6-10.5.
5 WQYK-F Beasley Country. + 0.7; 4.9-4.8-5.6, now trails iHeart Country WFUS by 1.0.
6 WRBQ-F Beasley Classic Hits. – 0.1; 5.5-5.8-5.4. Total market share remains a steady 11.7.
7 WWRM Cox Adult Contemporary. – 0.2; 5.3-4.7-5.1, only “regular” A/C grows #1 cume, 745-761k.
8 WLLD Beasley Rhythmic-CHR. – 0.2; 5.0-4.6-4.8. CHR 3 stations slide 16.2-15.5-15.3-15.0.
9 WPOI Cox CHR. Holds, 4.4-4.8-4.8. Tampa’s CHRs range within 1.4 and are all Top 10.
9 WFLA-AM iHeart Talk. + 0.5; 3.9-4.7-4.4, tops Cox WHPT by 1.9, U.So.Florida N/T WUSF 2.6.
11 WBTP iHeart Urban. – 1.; 5.3-4.5-4.3, lone Urban subscriber, in the middle of 5 iHearts in a row.
11 WMTX iHeart Hot A/C. – 0.2; 4.5-4.2-4.3. Soft, Hot & Warm A/C shares track 20.9-17.9-18.4.
13 WXTB iHeart Rock. + 0.3; 3.9-4.3-4.2, is 1.8 ahead of ModRock WSUN & doubles Rock WBRN 2.1.
14 WDAE-AM iHeart Sports. + 0.5; 3.1-3.5-3.6, Tampa has 3 pro teams and one Sports subscriber.
15 WCIE Radio Training Christian. + 0.4; 2.6-2.9-3.0. Inspirational retreats 4.0-4.0-3.7.
16 WYUU Beasley Spanish CHR. + 0.2; 2.4-2.1-2.6, only Spanish subscriber serves 16% audience comp.
17 WHPT Cox Talk. Sticks 2.5-2.7-2.5, 2nd of 4 N/Ts, Total format share tracks 8.7-8.8-9.8-8.7.
18 WSUN Cox Modern Rock. + 0.6; 1.8-1.9-2.4. Mod Rock: a format demanding extra fine tuning.
19 WBRN Beasley Rock. Flat, 2.1-2.0-2.1 as 4 Rockers: Classic, Mod & 2 Regular gain 9.2-9.6-10.1.
20 WUSF University South Florida News/Talk. – 0.4; 2.2-2.1-1.8
21 WMTX-HD2 iHeart Classic Rock, Stuck 1.4-1.4-1.4.
22 WKEZ/WHGN/WKZM Moody Bible Religious 0.5, from 3 FMs.
23 WBVM Diocese St. Petersburg Christian Rock 0.5.
24 WSMR University South Florida Classical 0.4, holds that note to tie WHNZ-AM 0.4.
26. WHFS-AM Beasley Business, 0.1 and WJIS Radio Training Christian, 0.1 share the cellar.
Swings: + 0.7 Country WQYK, + 0.6 ModRock; – 2.1 Soft A/C WDUV-F, – 1.2 Urban WBTP.
Shares: iHeart 33.7-33.1-33.8-34.2, Cox 29.9-31.3-29.9-29.4, Beasley 20.1-19.9-19.3-20.6.
19. Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island), NY 2,423,700. 55 stations, 62% subscribe. Spanish 15%, Black 9%.
* Long Island stations. Most subscribers are New York City, please see all latest trends: www.rbr.com.
1 WHTZ iHeart CHR. – 0.1; 6.2-6.2-6.1, #1 share, #1 LI cume 752k & #4 NYC cume 4.904 million.
2 WFAN/WFAN-AM CBS Sports. – 0.8; 5.8-5.5-5.0. “Fan” & Yankees stay again at #11 in NYC.
3 * WALK-F Connoisseur A/C. – 1.9; 6.8-6.0-4.9, never #3; catching NYC A/C WLTW less 1.5-0.8.
4 * WBLI Cox Media CHR. – 0.1; 4.9-4.6-4.8. Repeats in the LI Top 5.
4 WBLS Emmis Urban A/C. + 0.6; 4.2-4.5-4.8, while in NYC ‘BLS rank stays #3 and 6.0.
6 WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock. + 0.5; 3.9-4.8-4.4, leads Cox ClassicRock *WBAB/WHFM 0.7-1.5-0.6.
7 WCBS-F CBS Classic Hits. + 0.2; 4.0-4.1-4.2. NYC #2, 6.6 tops *Connoisseur WBZO on LI 1.0-0.6.
8 WLTW iHeart A/C. + 0.5; 3.6-4.5-4.1 while #1 NYC share & cume: 7.6-7.0 & 5.845-5.661 mil.
9 WCBS CBS News. + 0.1; 3.8-3.8-3.9 vs. 2.8-3.0-3.1 in NYC. Island’s Top N/T, leads WINS by 0.5.
10 * WBAB/WHFM Cox Classic Rock. + 0.6; 3.2-3.3-3.8. Classic Rock/Classic Hits Totals 15.3-15.4.
11 * WBZO Connoisseur Classic Hits. + 0.7; 2.9-3.1-3.6, nice bounce but NYC Classics beat the locals.
12 WINS CBS News. – 0.2; 3.6-3.4-3.4, 1010 Give Us 20 Minutes is 3.7 in NYC; LI N/T Totals 15.3.
12 WKTU iHeart Rhythmic A/C. + 0.2; 3.2-3.2-3.4, ticks up. NY Rhythmic A/C pair is 6.6-5.5-5.9.
14 * WKJY A/C Connoisseur. + 0.2; 3.0-3.0-3.2. Slight tick but both Conn A/Cs miss previous levels.
15 WBMP CBS CHR. + 0.3; 2.3-2.1-2.6.
16 WOR iHeart Talk. + 0.3; 2.2-2.4-2.5. The 50kw signal is always strong to the east.
16 WQHT Emmis Rhythmic-CHR + 0.1; 2.4-2.3-2.5.
18 WPWR-F iHeart Urban – 0.4; 2.8-2.6-2.4. Slippage as NYC Urban formats on LI inch 7.0-7.1-7.2.
18 * WWSK Connoisseur Media Rock. Holding, 2.4-2.2-2.4, gets established in the 2’s.
20 WNSH Cumulus Country. + 0.9; 1.3-1.4-2.2. NJ signal finds more fans on LI vs 1.8 in The City.
21 WPLJ Cumulus Hot A/C Sticks at 2.1-2.1-2.4, ‘bout same in NY, 2.3. CMLS 3 in a row: #20-21-22.
22 WABC Cumulus Talk – 0.4; 2.4-2.1-2.0 to top its NYC 1.7 share. And, you can hear it everywhere!
24 WWFS CBS Hot A/C. 1.9-1.8-1.8, and not so “fresh.” Dipped in NY 2.9-2.4 vs AMP, trails here, 0.8.
25 WEPN Sports. 1.2-1.9-1.6. “Let’s Go Mets?”
26 WNYC Non-Comm N/T 1.2. 27 WFUV Fordham U Adult Alternative ties WPAT SBS Spanish 1.0.
Remaining subscribers are New York market stations with less than a 1.0 share on Long Island.
Swings: + 0.7 Classic Hits WBZO, + 0.6 Classic Rock WBAB/WHFN; – 1.9 A/C WALK-F, – 0.8 Sports WFAN
Shares: iHeart 20.8-22.9-23.7-22.9, CBS 24.1-21.4-20.3-20.9, *Connoisseur 13.9-15.1-14.3-14.1, *Cox 7.4-8.1-7.9-8.6, Emmis 7.8-6.6-6.8-7.3, Cumulus 6.3.
20. DENVER, CO. 2,362,700. Stations 48, 69% Subscribe. Spanish 21%, Black 6%.
1 KQMT Entercom Classic Rock. + 0.7; 5.9-5.7-6.6, good times for Entercom, despite deal edits.
2 KBCO iHeart Adult Alternative. + 1.1; 5.1-5.9-6.2, nice trend but the Rocky Mt. High now #2.
3 KTCL iHeart Modern Rock. + 0.2; 5.4-5.4-5.6, Modern Rock format stays in Denver’s Top 3.
4 KYGO BONNEVILLE Country. + 0.6; 4.7-5.1-5.3, B’Ville kissed, tops Country KWOF by 3.3.
5 KRFX iHeart Classic Rock. Stays, 5.2-4.-5.2. Classic Rock Shares move 10.4-11.1-10.7-11.9.
6 KOSI BONNEVILLE Soft A/C. + 0.2; 4.5-5.2-4.7. #1 cume up 745-759k, 4 A/Cs dip 14.8-13.9.
7 KXKL Wilks Classic Hits. + 0.4; 3.8-3.5-4.2. Total 6 Classic Hits/Classic Rock/Oldies: 19.1.
8 KPTT iHeart Rhythmic-CHR. – 0.6; 4.7-4.3-4.1. ENTERCOM Rhym-CHR KQKS back by 0.6.
9 KALC Entercom Hot A/C. – 0.5; 4.5-4.1-4.0. vs. Wilks Hot A/C KIMN at 3.2.
9 KLDV Christian Educational. – 0.3; 3.7-4.1-4.0. Mile High’s one subscribing prayer.
11 KXPK Entravision Regional Mexican. – 1.0; 4.8-4.6-3.8. Spanish shares also dip: 8.7-8.4-7.4.
12 KCFR Public Broadcast Colorado News/Talk. – 1.8; 5.3-4.7-3.5, Whoops! Just 0.1 over KOA.
12 KJMN Entravision Spanish Adult Hits. – 0.3; 3.8-3.8-3.5. 21% Hispanic pop, 3 subscribers.
12 KQKS ENTERCOM Rhythmic-CHR. + 0.1; 3.4-3.4-3.5, two Rhythmic-CHR’s dip 8.1-7.7-7.6.
15 KOA-AM/KOA-HD2 iHeart News/Talk. – 0.1; -3.5-3.4-3.4, #2 of 5 N/T off 10.6-10.4-9.7-8.9.
16 KBPI iHeart Rock. – 0.1; 3.5-3.3-3.4. Solo straight ahead Rock vs 3 Classic and 1 Modern.
16 KIMN Wilks Hot AC. Flat, 3.2-3.3-3.2.
18 KYGO-HD2 ENTERCOM Comedy. + 1.2; 1.8-1.9-3.0. Unique HD channel has ‘em laughing!
19 KJHM Max Rhythmic A/C. Holding 2.0-2.2-2.0, steady but will it grow?
19 KKFN BONNEVILLE Sports. + 0.2; 1.8-2.2-2.0, only competition KJAC, 0.7; Total 2.8-2.7.
19 KWOF Wilks Country. – 0.3; 2.3-2.0-2.0. Denver Country rides 6.4-7.0-7.1-7.3.
22 KFCO Max Rhythmic Oldies. + 0.3; 1.6-2.0-1.9. Max Rhythmic stations fluctuate 3.2-4.2-3.9.
23 KRWZ-AM/KWRZ-HD2 ENTERCOM Oldies. + 0.7; 0.8-1.4-1.5. Nice to hear AM Oldies up.
24 KHOW-AM iHeart Talk, 1.2-1.0-1.3.
25 KVOD Colorado Public Classical. 0.9-1.2-1.1.
26 KUVO/KVJZ Rocky Mountain Public Network Jazz, 1.1-0.9-0.7.
26 KJAC Front Range Sports, 0.7.
28 KEZW-AM/KEZW-HD2 Entercom Adult Standards, 0.5
28 KVOQ Colorado Public Adult Alternative, 0.5.
28 KUNC/KRNC Community Radio North Colorado News, 0.5.
31 KCKK-AM Hunt Classic Rock 0.3
32 KKZN-AM iHeart Talk, 0.2. 33 KMXA-AM Entravision Romantica, 0.1.
Swings: + 1.1 Adult Alternative KBCO-F, + 0.7 Classic Rock KQMT-F; – 1.8 N/T KCFR-F, – 1.0 RegMex KXPK – 0.7 tie Mod Rock KTCL, N/T KCFR-F, SpanAdHits KJMN, – 0.6 tie Christian KLDV & RhymCHR KQKS.
Shares: iHeart 29.0-28.7-28.1-29.2, Entercom post Lincoln Financial 15.0-15.5-15.1-19.1, Bonneville Entry 8.0; Entravision 9.0-8.7-8.5-7.4, Wilks 8.8-9.3-8.8-7.4, Colorado Public 7.0-6.6-6.3-5.1.
Takeaways:
* Voltair or Not Voltair; That is the question. Getting it right is the answer!
* While better processing should mean better listening, whose ears do we want – human or mechanical?
* At CBS/FM in the ‘70s, I carried around the favored, strategic Optimod settings in my wallet.
* Sounding great is Radio’s mandate. Who and what do we want to hear it?
* Oldies, Classic Hits, R & B Gold, Modern Standards, Album Favorites, all on the corner of Fresh & Familiar.
* Radio has momentum and innovation keeps it going!
* June numbers crank up the Change Machine
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