Ratings Drive Time: Top 10 Results

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Clark-SmidtThe Nielsen Audio ratings reports from the virtual pen of radio veteran Clark Smidt have cycled back to the biggest markets in the biz. Here are the latest stats, with commentary, from New York to Boston.


New York to Boston: The Top 10 Comes Around Again
By Clark Smidt, Broadcast Connector
Meter markets #1 New York – # 10 Boston are in the spotlight. Exact dates for the June round are May 21-June 17. Nielsen Portable People Meter (PPM) results are inspiring summer adjustments at a different pace. With your experience and imagination, fill in the blanks for what’s hot and what’s not. Here’s the Print & Share RBR Scorecard & Commentary for 6+ total shares, Nielsen subscribers only, in The Top 10 US Radio Markets:

1 NEW YORK, NY. 6+ pop. 15,697,400. 51 stations, 73% Nielsen subscribers. Ethnic: Spanish 23%, Black 17%.
Rank Calls Format Owner 3 month gain/loss Apr/May/June 6+ Trend Commentary
1 WLTW Adult Contemporary iHeart. – 0.9; 7.9-7.6-7.0, lone A/C slips but keeps #1 share, #1 USA cume 5,661,200.
2 WCBS-F Classic Hits CBS. + 0.3; 6.3-6.5-6.6 just 0.4 back, #3 USA cume 3.913 mil; Tops ClassicRock WAXQ, 2.4.
3 WBLS Urban A/C Emmis. + 1.1; 4.9-6.0-6.0, above iHeart Urban WWPR by 1.8 & Rhythmic-A/C WKTU by 2.0.
4 WHTZ CHR iHeart. + 0.5; 5.2-5.6-5.7, #2 cume 4.9 mil. Leads CHRs Emmis Rhym WQHT 1.9 & CBS WBMP 2.5.
5 WSKQ-F Tropical Spanish Broadcasting (SBS). – 0.5; 5.7-5.5-5.2; Tops 6 Spanish subscribers. Total 12.0-11.7-11.3.
6 WAXQ Classic Rock iHeart. – 0.6; 5.2-4.9-4.6, as the only subscribing NYC Rocker.
7 WWPR Urban iHeart. + 0.5; 3.7-3.9-4.2. The Urban/Urban A/C/Gospel Total rises: 8.8-10.2-10.5.
8 WKTU Rhythmic A/C iHeart. + 0.4; 3.7-3.7-4.1 wins over Hot A/Cs CBS WWFS 1.7 & CMLS WPLJ by 1.8.
9 WQHT Rhythmic-CHR Emmis. Holds, 3.8-3.6-3.8. NYC CHR trio moves 11.7-11.2-12.0-12.7.
10 WINS News CBS. – 0.4; 4.1-3.7-3.7, lead vs. sister WCBS 0.7-0.6, WNYC-F 1.3-1.6; N/T dips 14.6-14.0-13.6.
11 WFAN-F/WFAN Sports CBS. + 0.2; 3.2-3.6-3.4, Yankees baseball leads WEPN-F by 2.3, All NY Sports: 5.1-4.6.
12 WBMP CHR CBS Radio. + 0.2; 3.0-2.8-3.2. Two similar CBS O&Os CHR/HotA/C space out by 0.8.
13 WCBS News CBS. + 0.3; 2.8-3.0-3.1. News stations moving back up amidst lots of CBS Radio shuffle talk.
14 WWFS Hot A/C CBS. – 0.5; 2.9-2.9-2.4, drops both drive DJs as Cumulus Hot A/C WPLJ comes within 0.1.
14 WXNY Spanish CHR Univision. – 0.6; 3.0-2.7-2.4, SBS Spanish Hits WPAT-F now trails but just 0.1.
16 WPLJ Hot A/C Cumulus. – 0.1; 2.4-2.5-2.3. The only Hot A/C leads Cumulus WNSH by 0.5 & WABC by 0.6.
16 WPAT/FM Spanish Hits SBS. + 0.1; 2.2-2.2-2.3. The 11.5 Spanish Total is disproportionate to the population.
18 WNYC-F News/Talk NYC Broadcast Foundation. – 0.5; 2.6-2.4-2.1, NYCBF’s 3 non-comms move 4.4-3.6-3.8.
19 WNSH Country Cumulus. + 0.1; 1.7-1.7-1.8. The one NYC Country NJ signal is 0.1 ahead of 50kw 77 WABC!
20 WABC Talk Cumulus. Flat, 1.7-1.5-1.7; #20 share tie & #20 cume. 50,000 whats.
20 WOR Talk iHeart. + 0.1; 1.6-1.7-1.7, Mets need to hit.
22 WKXW Talk Townsquare, NJ. + 0.1; 1.2-1.2-1.3. News/Talk WNYC 0.6 ties NJ WBGO Newark Public Jazz.
23 WEPN-F Sports ESPN Radio ties WQXR Classical & WADO Spanish N/T Univision; all hit 1.1.
26 WHUD A/C Pamal from Westchester, 0.7
27 WBGO Newark Public Jazz ties WNYC Public Talk at 0.6.
29 WFUV Adult Alternative Fordham U, NJ’s WMGQ A/C Greater Media, WKMK/WTHU Press Country tie, 0.5.
32 WXPK Adult Alternative Pamal Westchester & WLIB Emmis Gospel tie at 0.3
34 WJLK-F Hot A/C Townsquare, WQBU RegMex Univision & NJ Press Hot A/C WWZY/WBHK all tie at 0.2.
38 WEPN Spanish Sports ESPN brings up the rear, 0.1.
April/May/June Swings: + 1.1 Urban A/C WBLS-F, + 0.5 CHR WHTZ-F, + 0.5 Urban WWPR-F; – 0.9 A/C WLTW,
– 0.6 Classic Rock WAXQ-F, 0.6 Spanish CHR WPAT-F.
Mar/Apr/May/June Shares: iHeart 26.5-27.3-27.4-27.3; CBS 23.9-22.3-22.5-22.4; Emmis 9.4-8.9-9.9-10.1; SBS 7.4-7.9-7.7-7.5; Cumulus 5.4-5.8-5.7-5.8. Four month trends frequently find identical share coincidences.

2 LOS ANGELES, CA. 10,860,300. 69 stations, 61% subscribe. Spanish 43%, Black 7%.
1 KRTH Classic Hits CBS. Holding, 5.2-5.1-5.2, it’s very crowded at the top: 3 stations are within 0.1.
2 KBIG Hot A/C iHeart. – 0.3; 5.4-5.1-5.1, exclusive Hot A/C almost at the Top, again! #1 LA cume 3.729
2 KOST A/C iHeart + 0.2; 4.9-4.5-5.1, stays 0.9 ahead of Smooth A/C KTWV.
4 KIIS-F/KVVS-F CHR iHeart. – 0.5; 5.4-5.0-4.9, keeps a 1.5 advantage over CBS KAMP.
5 KTWV Smooth A/C CBS. + 0.9; 3.5-3.9-4.4, unique adult format gains as KHHT changes R&B Oldies to Urban.
6 KSWD Classic Rock Bonneville. – 0.2; 3.9-3.9-3.7, now Entercom and leads Cumulus Classic Rock KLOS, 1.0.
7 KCBS-F Adult Hits CBS. – 0.3; 3.9-3.6-3.6, this LA exclusive format stays steady in the Top 10.
8 KFI Talk iHeart. + 0.1; 3.4-3.5-3.5, stays #1 of 7 LA News/Talkers. Total shares slide 12.3-12.0-11.3.
9 KAMP-F CHR CBS. – 0.2; 3.6-3.6-3.4, the 3 CHRs – 2 regular & one Rhythmic – dip 11.5-11.4-11.0.
10 KLVE Romantica Univision. – 0.3; 3.6-3.4-3.3, leads 9 LA Spanish formats; subscriber Total stays at 18.9.
11 KRRL Urban iHeart. Flat, 3.1-3.3-3.1 on the recent change from R&B Oldies KHHT.
12 KKGO Country Mt. Wilson FM Broadcasters. + 0.8; 2.3-2.2-2.4-3.0. Only LA Country. Mt.Wilson Jazz KKJZ 0.7.
13 KLAX-F Regional Mexican SBS. + 0.5; 2.4-2.8-2.9 vs Reg.Mex.Univision KSCA 2.3; Liberman KBUE 1.6.
14 KRCD/KRCV Spanish Adult Hits Univision. + 0.6; 2.2-2.4-2.8.
15 KNX/KNX-HD2 News CBS. – 0.2; 2.9-3.0-2.7, LA’s exclusive All-News.
15 KPWR Rhythmic-CHR Emmis. + 0.2; 2.5-2.8-2.7, still regrouping from the recent LA talent wars.
15 KROQ Modern Rock CBS. – 0.2; 2.9-2.7-2.7, iHeart ModRock KYSR/KSRY trails by 0.3
15 KLOS Classic Rock Cumulus Media. + 0.7; 2.0-2.4-2.7 moves forward.
19 KSCA Regional Mexican Univision. + 0.2; 2.2-2.2-2.4. Univision Spanish N/T KTNQ again holds at 0.3.
20 KLYY/KDLD/KDKE Spanish Adult Hits Entravision. Flat, 2.3-2.4-2.3, SBS Spanish 2CHR KXOL-F 0.5.
20 KYSR/KSRY Modern Rock iHeart. – 0.1; 2.4-2.3-2.3. Add CBS KROQ & LA ModRock for a 5.0 Total.
22 KPPC News/Talk Southern California Public. – 0.2; 2.2-2.1-2.0 vs. Santa Monica College N/T KCRW 1.4.
23 KXOL-F Spanish CHR SBS. + 0.3; 1.5-1.7-1.8. Entravision’s Spanish CHR KSSE 0.9, KNTQ Spanish 0.3.
24 KBUE/KEBN/KBUA Regional Mexican Liberman 1.6 and Lieberman Ranchera KWIZ 0.9.
25 KUSC Classical University Southern California, 1.5, format exclusive; KKJZ Jazz also exclusive at 0.7.
26 KCRW/KCRI/WCRU/WCRY News/Talk Santa Monica College, 1.4. 27 KSPN Sports ESPN, 1.3.
27 KDAY/KDEY-F R&B Oldies 1.2 29 KLJH Urban A/C Taxi Productions (Stevie Wonder) 1.5-1.3-1.0.
30 KWIZ-F Lieberman Ranchera, KEIB iHeart Talk, KSSE SpanCHR Entravision, KLAC-A iHeart Sports,
and KSFH-F Salem Christian are all part of a 5-way 30th place tie at 0.9.
35 KRLA-A Salem Talk KRLA-A and KKJZ Mt Wilson Jazz KKJZ-F tied at 0.7
37 KABC Cumulus Talk 0.4; 38 LAAl Sports KLAA-A & Univision Spanish N/T KTNQ tie at 0.3.
40 KFWB CBS Sports & KPFK Pacifica Variety Talk tie at 0.2. Lots of LA ties.
Swings: + 0.8 Country KKGO, + 0.7 Classic Rock KLOS-F; – 0.5 KLJH-F Urban/AC, – 0.5KIIS-F/KVVS-F,
– 0.4 Spanish CHR KSSE-F.
Shares: iHeart 25.9-26.4-25.6-25.8, CBS 21.5-22.4-22.4-22.0, Univision 8.8-8.0-8.3-8.8, SBS 4.0-3.9-4.5-4.7,Bonneville 3.9-3.9-3.9-3.7, Mt. Wilson 3.7, Cumulus 3.1.

3. CHICAGO, IL. 7,819,200. 84 stations, 52 % subscribe. Spanish 20%, Black 18%.
1 WAVZ Urban A/C iHeart. – 0.4; 6.9-6.8-6.5, big TSL #9 cume, vs Urbans WGCI at 3.8 & WPWX 2.1.
2 WTMX Hot A/C Hubbard. – 0.2; 5.2-4.8-5.0, iHeart WLIT/FM behind 1.4. All HotA/C dips 9.7-8.8-8.6.
3 WBBM/WCFS News CBS. – 0.8; 5.4-5.3-4.6. Recent split has the Cubs on AM; Total 7.6-7.7-6.7.
4 WGN Talk Tribune. + 0.9; 3.4-3.3-4.3, #2 of 5 N/Ts and leads Public WBEZ & CBS WCFS-F by 2.2.
5 WKSC-F CHR iHeart. + 0.1; 4.0-3.9-4.1, #1 cume 2.359-2.418 million, tops Rhym-CHR WBBM-F by 1.0.
6 WJMK Classic Hits CBS. + 0.5; 3.5-3.5-4.0. Classic Jack grows lead over The Drive to 0.8 & WLS-F 0.4.
7 WGCI-F Urban iHeart. + 0.7; 3.1-3.3-3.8. Urban/UrbanAC/Gospel 6 station Total up 13.6-13.9.
8 WLIT/FM Hot A/C iHeart. – 0.2; 3.8-3.5-3.6, 3rd Hot A/C is Digity suburban WXLC at 0.6. Alpha to be?
9 WOJO Regional Mexican Univision. + 0.4; 3.1-3.1-3.5 vs SBS Regional Mexican WLEY-F at 1.9.
10 WBBM-F Rhythmic CHR CBS. – 0.7; 4.0-3.7-3.3. WKSC stays ahead, this round.
11 WDRV/WWDV Classic Hits Hubbard. Flat, 3.2-3.1-3.2. The 3 Classic Hitters Total 10.5-9.4-9.9-10.0.
12 WKQX Modern Rock Cumulus. – 0.3; 3.4-3.0-3.1, Chicagoland’s only Modern Rocker.
13 WXRT Adult Alternative CBS. Sticks, 3.0-3.1-3.0, as Chicagoland’s only Adult Alternative.
14 WLS-F Classic Hits Cumulus. + 0.1; 2.7-3.3-2.8.
15 WUSN Country CBS. Stays, 2.7-3.0-2.7. #1 Country; iHeart WEBG trails by 0.8. Digity WCCQ stays at 0.5.
16 WLUP-F Classic Rock Cumulus. Flat, 2.6-2.5-2.6 vs Classic Rocks Matrix WFXF at 0.3, Digity WRXQ 0.2.
17 WSHE-F A/C Hubbard. + 0.1; 2.2-2.5-2.3. Nothing huge so far, from the rebranded A/C.
18 WBEZ News/Talk Chicago Public Media. – 0.4; 2.5-2.4-2.1. N/T 5 station Total steady 14.6-14.5-14.2.
18 WCFS-F CBS News. 0.0-2.2-2.4-2.1 now 3rd month after the WBBM split the combo shows a net loss 1.0.
18 WPWX Urban Crawford. + 0.3; 1.8-2.0-2.1. Crawford Gospel WYCA 0.1.
18 WPPN Spanish Hits Univision.+ 0.4; 1.7-1.8-2.1. Univision Spanish N/T WRTO, also holding at 0.1.
22 WEBG-F Country iHeart. – 0.1; 2.0-2.4-1.9
22 WSCR Sports CBS. – 0.6; -2.5-2.0-1.6, a tight Sports race with local content.
22 WLEY-F Regional Mexican Spanish Broadcasting. – 0.3; 2.2-1.8-1.9. Spanish subscribers move 8.5-7.8-8.6.
25 WKMP-LP Soft A/C Weigel. + 0.9; 0.7-0.9-1.6. Nice trend.
25 WMVP Sports ESPN. – 0.3; 1.8-2.1-1.5. Chicago Sports with 4 pro teams takes swing and a miss on a low 4.1.
25 WFMT Classical Window to the World. + 0.4; 0.9-1.2-1.3. Nice trend for the world-wide content provider.
27 WLS Talk Cumulus, Steady, 1.1-1.1-1.1. Another blow torch 50kw AM BSTS (Big station that …..). Sad.
27 WVIV-F/WVJX-F Univision Spanish Urban also ties Digity Rock WIIL-F, for a 3-way, 1.1.
30 WERV-F Classic Hits Digity ties WSRB-F Urban A/C Crawford at 0.9.
32 WGRB-F Gospel iHeart, WMBI-F Religious Teaching Moody Bible & WSSR-F A/C Digity tie at 0.6.
35 WXLC-F A/C Digity ties WCCQ Country Digity at 0.5. Suburban Digity (Alpha?) cluster tracks 4.2-3.8-3.8.
36 WZSR-F A/C Matrix 0.4. 37 WFXF-F Classic Rock Matrix 0.3
38 WDCB-F Jazz College of DuPage & WRXQ-F Digity Classic Rock ties at 0.2.
40 WONU-F/WUON-F Christian Olivet NazareneU, WYCA-F Gospel Crawford, WRTO SpanN/T UniV, all 0.1.
Swings: + 0.9 Talk WGN-A, + 0.7 Urban WGCI; – 0.8 WBBM News, – 0.7 Rhythmic CHR WBBM-F.
Shares: CBS 22.4-21.1-23.0-21.6, iHeart 21.0-20.6-20.7-20.5, Hubbard 11.3-10.6-10.4-10.5, Cumulus 10.2-9.8-9.9-9.6, Univision 6.9-5.8-6.0-6.8.

4. SAN FRANCISCO, CA. 6,131,500. 49 stations, 69% subscribe. Spanish 22%, Black 7%.
1 KNBR Sports Cumulus. + 1.4; 4.8-5.1-6.2, “Basaball’s been berry good”- SNL vs KGMZ 1.7, KTCT 0.7.
2 KCBS/KFRC-F News/Talk CBS. – 0.4; 6.3-6.3-5.9, N/T leader beats KQED by 2.2; Cumulus KGO by 4.9.
3 KIOI Hot A/C iHeart. + 0.2; 4.2-4.6-4.4, the 3 Hot A/C format Total holding steady 9.9-10.3-10.4-10.4.
3 KMVQ-F CHR CBS. + 0.2; 4.2-4.3-4.4 ups the edge 0.2-0.7 over iHeart Rhythmic-CHR KYLD.
3 KLLC Hot A/C CBS. – 0.1; 4.5-4.2-4.4, tops iHeart HotA/C KIOI 0.1, Digity KEZR 2.5. 3-way tie for 3rd.
6 KOIT A/C Entercom. – 0.5; 4.8-4.8-4.3, #1 cume slides 1.729-1.615-1.564 mil, lead over KBAY: 2.9-2.4.
7 KQED, Inc. News/Talk. Holds 4.2-4.1-4.2, the 6 SF News/Talk subscribers dip 15.6-15.2-15.1-14.7.
8 KYLD Rhythmic-CHR iHeart. + 0.2; 3.5-4.1-3.7, adding CHR WMVQ, SF CHRs move 7.7-8.4-8.1.
9 KMEL Urban iHeart. – 0.7; 4.3-3.9-3.6, the lead over Entercom Urban A/C KBLX falling 1.9-1.4-1.3.
10 KBRG Spanish Adult Univision. – 0.5; 3.7-3.4-3.2 vs UniV RegMex KSOL 1.9, SBS KRZZ 1.6.
11 KRBQ Rhythmic A/C Entercom. + 0.5; 2.6-2.9-3.1, moving nicely.
12 KISQ Rhythmic Oldies iHeart. – 0.6; 3.4-2.7-2.8, still needs hotter Rhythmic dance moves.
13 KDFC/KXSC/KOSC Classical University Southern California. – 0.1; 2.7-2.8-2.7-2.7, exclusive format.
14 KBLX Urban A/C Entercom. – 0.1; 2.4-2.2-2.3, could be too close to Entercom partner KRBQ.
15 KOSF Classic Hits iHeart. – 0.1; 2.2-2.7-2.1, Total on 3 Classic Rock/Classic Hits 5.9-6.1-5.5.
15 KSAN Classic Rock Cumulus. – 0.2; 2.3-1.9-2.1, historic calls stay ahead of KUFX 0.4-0.7.
17 KITS Modern Rock CBS. Flat, 2.0-2.0-2.0, format exclusive. All 3 with Rock handles: 5.7-5.4-5.4.
18 KSFO Talk Cumulus. – 0.1; 2.0-2.2-1.9. Cumulus News KGO down 1.4-1.2, N/T Unified KALW 0.5.
18 KBAY A/C Digity. – 0.2; 2.1-1.9-1.9, beats the 3 A/C Alpha Total KUIC, KKIQ, KKDV 1.5, by 0.4.
18 KSOL/KSQL Regional Mexican Univision. – 0.2; 2.1-1.8-1.9, leads RegMex KRZZ 0.3, KXZM 1.1.
21 KFOG/KFFG Adult Alternative Cumulus. – 0.2; 2.1-1.8-1.9, interestingly, only SF Alternative format.
22 KGMZ/KGMZ-HD2 Sports Entercom. + 0.2; 1.5-1.5-1.7. CMLS Sports KTCT 0.7. Sports up 7.5-8.6.
23 KEZR Hot A/C Digity, stays 1.6-1.6-1.6, ties KRZZ Regional Mexican SBS 1.6.
25 KUFX Classic Rock Entercom. 1.4-1.5-1.3.
26 KGO News Cumulus 1.6-1.4-1.2. N/T iHeart KKSF 0.9-0.9, N/T SF Unified Schools KALW 0.4-0.5.
27 KXZM Regional Mexican Lazer 0.8 ties KSJO Cumulus Country 0.8. 29 KTCT Sports Cumulus 0.7.
30 KKIQ-F, KUIC-F & KKDV-F 4-way tie for Alphas A/Cs and SF Unified N/T KALW. All show 0.5.
31 KNEW Bloomberg Business News LMA on iHeart goes 0.1-0.1. BBR stays no-show in NYC & Boston.
Swings: + 1.4 Sports KNBR, + 0.5 Rhym AC KRBQ-F; – 0.7 Urban KMEL-F, – 0.6 Rhym Oldies KISQ
Shares: iHeart 19.4-18.4-19.0-17.6, CBS 16.9-17.0-16.8-16.7, Cumulus 13.2-13.7-13.2-14.7, Entercom 12.0-12.7-13.2-12.7.

5. DALLAS, TX. 5,301,200. 66 stations, 55% subscribe. Spanish 26%, Black 16%.
1 KHKS CHR iHeart. – 0.4; 7.6-7.8-7.2, #1 share, #1 cume 2.034-1.878 million; only market CHR.
2 KDMX Hot A/C iHeart. – 0.6; 5.4-5.1-4.8, slips 1.5-1.1 over CBS Hot A/C KVIL. Hot A/Cs: 8.5-8.7-8.5.
3 KLUV Classic Hits CBS. – 0.1; 4.7-4.9-4.6, exclusive, and just 0.2. ahead of Heart Classic Rock KZPS.
3 KPLX Country Cumulus. – 0.1; 4.7-4.7-4.6, Cumulus Country monopoly with KSCS stays at 8.2, again.
5 KZPS Classic Rock iHeart. + 0.9; 3.8-4.6-4.7. Big D Classic Hits & Classic Rock Total gains 9.3-9.8.
5 KLTY Christian Salem. Holding, 4.4-4.2-4.4, above First Dallas Christian KCBI 1.9-2.4; Xian up 6.5-6.8.
7 KVIL Hot A/C CBS. + 0.6; 3.1-3.6-3.7. The hits keep on comin’.
7 KLNO Regional Mexican Univision + 0.6; 3.1-3.2-3.7, tops 6 Reg.Mexican format Total: 10.9-10.1-10.9.
9 KSCS Country Cumulus. + 0.1; 3.5-3.5-3.6. Do two same formats with same owner help or hurt the flank?
10 KKDA-F Urban Service Broadcasting. Flat, 3.4-3.8-3.4. Urbans + RhymOldies KSOC dip 11.2-10.5.
11 KRNB Urban A/C Service Broadcast. – 0.4; 3.5-3.3-3.1, now over CMLS KLIF-F 1.2, under KKDA-F 0.3,
12 KJKK Adult Hits CBS. + 0.5; 2.4-2.4-2.9, exclusive format gets movement.
13 KBFB Rhythmic-CHR Radio One. – 0.5; 3.3-3.1-2.8. Exclusive Rhythmic-CHR.
14 KEGL Rock iHeart. – 0.3; 2.9-2.9-2.6, ties other iHeart Rock WDGE. DFW Rock scores 5.5-5.0-5.2.
14 KDGE Rock iHeart. + 0.3; 2.3-2.1-2.6. iHeart & Cumulus play “format dupe double down” in Big D.
15 WBAP N/T Cumulus. + 0.1; 2.4-2.5-2.5. Now the lead Dallas N/T by 0.2 on KRLD, 0.5 over KERA.
16 KRLD-FM Sports CBS. + 0.6; 1.8-2.0-2.4. Sports stations (3) Total 5.5.
17 KRLD/KRLD-HD2 News/Talk CBS. + 0.2; 2.1-2.4-2.3 vs N/Ts WSKY 0.8, CMLS KLIF/KLIF-HD2 0.4.
18 KSOC/KSOC-HD2 Rhythmic Oldies Radio One. – 0.5; 2.6-2.4-2.1, trails Classic Hits KLUV 2.1-2.5-2.5.
19 KCBI Christian First Dallas Media. – 0.3; 2.3-2.3-2.0 vs. KJRN SW Adventist University Christian 0.4.
19 KERA News/Talk North Texas Public. – 0.6; 2.6-2.2-2.0, still sliding. N/T 5 station Total: 8.0-8.3-7.8.
21 KTCK Sports Cumulus + 0.3; 1.6-2.1-1.9. Ticket vs CBS Sports KRLD-F stretches up from 0.1 to 0.4.
21 KMVK Regional Mexican CBS. – 0.4; 2.3-2.0-1.9. Univision RegMex KFZO drifts 0.8-0.6-0.7.
21 KLIF-F Urban Cumulus. + 0.2; 1.7-1.7-1.9.
24 KZZA Regional Mexican Liberman. – 0.3; 2.0-1.7-1.7 ties its own same format on KNOR 1.6-1.2-1.7.
26 KDXX/KESS Spanish Hits Univision. 1.6-1.5-1.6. Univision Spanish News/Talk KFLC 0.0, twice.
27 KBOC-F Regional Mexican Liberman 1.3 ties KKXT Adult Alternative North Texas Public 1.3-1.2.-1.3
29 KESN Sports Cumulus, 1.2. Cumulus N/T KLIF-KLIF-HD2, 0.4 ties KJRN Christian.
30 KFZO-F Reg.Mex Lieberman 0.7. 31 KSKY Talk Salem 0.6. iHeart Talk KFXR 0.1.
Swings: + 0.6 in a 3-way tie: Hot A/C KVIN-F, Reg Mexican KLNO-F & Sports KRLD-F, + 0.5 Adult Hits KJKK;
– 0.6 Hot A/C KDMX, – 0.6 N/T KERA-F, – 0.5 Rhythmic-CHR KBFB-F, -0.5 Rhythmic Oldies KSOC.
Shares: iHeart 21.1-22.8-22.7-21.6, CBS 16.3-16.4-17.3-27.7, Cumulus 15.8-15.6-16.3-16.1, Service Broadcast. 7.2-6.9-7.1-6.5, Univision 6.0, Liberman 4.7.

6. HOUSTON, TX. 5,025,800. 59 stations, 56% subscribe. Spanish 34%, Black 18%.
1 KODA Soft A/C iHeart. + 0.2; 7.4-7.7-7.6; #1 cume 2.267-2.313 million, exclusive format.
2 KKBQ Country Cox. Flat, 6.1-6.2-6.1, outrides Country CBS KILT again 2.3, Cox Classic KTHT by 3.6.
3 KLTN Regional Mexican Univision. – 0.2; 6.2-6.2-6.0, tops 9 Hispanic format Total: 19.9.19.8-20.2.
4 KMJQ Urban A/C Radio One. – 1.3; 6.8-6.5-5.5, promising lead loss over iHeart Urban KQBT 2.9-2.0.
5 KGLK/KHPT Classic Rock Cox. – 1.2; 6.4-5.6-5.2, Classic Hits changed to Classic Rock, off 1.2 so far.
6 KSBJ/KUBU Christian KSBJ Educational Foundation. + 0.2; 4.4-4.9-4.6. Onward Christian Soldiers…
6 KBXX Rhythmic-CHR Radio One. Flat at 4.6, now leads CHRs Rhym KKHH 0.6 and KRBE 0.8-1.2.
8 KTBZ-F Modern Rock iHeart. – 0.7; 4.9-4.7-4.2, format exclusive, 2 Houston Rock brands dip 9.8-9.4.
9 KKHH CHR CBS. + 0.8; 3.2-4.2-4.0, levels & leads CHR KRBE by 0.6; retains Top 10 rank.
10 KTRH News/Talk iHeart. + 0.3; 3.6-3.6-3.9, #1 News stays 1.4 ahead of University Houston N/T KUHF.
11 KILT-F Country CBS. – 0.4; 4.2-3.9-3.8. Houston’s 3 Country Total shares steady 12.5-12.4-12.4.
11 KHMX Hot A/C CBS. + 0.6; 3.2-3.7-3.8, exclusive; only other market A/C is Urban KMJQ tied at #3.
13 KQBT Urban iHeart. – 0.3; 3.8-3.6-3.5, add Rhythmic Oldies & All Urban shares go 11.5-12.4-11.7-10.9.
14 KRBE CHR Cumulus. – 0.2; 3.6-3.4-3.4, a little less behind CBS CHR KKHH 0.8-0.6.
15 KLOL Spanish Hits CBS. + 0.1; 3.2-3.0-3.3, moves 0.4 ahead of Univision Spanish Hits KAMA.
16 KAMA Spanish Hits Univision. + 0.2; 2.7-2.8-2.9.
17 KOVE-F Spanish Adult Hits Univision. – 0.3; 3.0-2.7-2.7.
18 KTJM/KJOJ Regional Mexican Liberman. 2.3-2.4-2.6. Same owner/formats stay KQQK 1.6, KEYH 0.3.
19 KTHT/KTHT-HD2 Classic Country Cox. + 0.3; 2.2-2.3-2.5. Country Classics might be growing.
19 KUHF News/Talk University Houston. + 0.7; 1.8-2.2-2.5; University Houston Classical KUHA 1.0-1.3.
21 KROI Rhythmic Oldies Radio One. + 0.1; 1.8-1.6-1.9.
22 KBME Sports iHeart 0.4; 1.2-1.4-1.6, as the 5 Sports Total holds 3.7-4.1-4.1.
23 KQQK Regional Mexican Liberman. 1.6. 24 KUHA 1.3.
25 KILT Sports CBS. – 0.3; 1.6-1.7-1.2. Sports: Gow KFNC 0.6, Gow KGOW 0.1, CBS KIKK 0.0.
26 KQBU-F Regional Mex. Univision 0.8, KYBJ/KZBJ Ed Christian 0.2, UniV Spanish N/T KLAT 0.0.
Swings: + 0,8 CHR KKHH-F, + 0.7 N/T KUHF-F; – 1.3 Urban A/C KMJQ-F, – 1.2 Classic Rock KGLK.
Shares: iHeart 20.8-21.8-21.9-21.7, CBS 15.9-15.5-16.5-16.1, Cox 12.8-14.7-14.1-13.8, Univision 12.4-12.6-12.6-12.4, Radio One 12.6-13.2-12.6-12.0.

7. WASHINGTON, D.C. 4,522,700. 53 stations, 53% subscribe. Black 27%, Spanish 14%.
1 WTOP-F/WTLP-F News Hubbard. + 0.6; 7.9-8.1-8.5. The 5 DC News/Talkers stay strong 20.6-21.4-20.7.
2 WAMU News/Talk American Univ. + 0.2; 7.1-8.0-7.3, dips 0.8 below WTOP, 3.9 above Cumulus WMAL.
3 WIHT CHR iHeart. + 0.4; 6.5-6.2-6.9, wipes Cumulus CHR WRQX 4.1-4.3.
4 WHUR-F Urban A/C Howard University. – 0.1; 6.2-5.7-6.1, tops the 3 Radio One Urbans by at least 1.8.
5 WASH A/C iHeart. + 0.4; 5.3-6.0-5.7, #1 cume 1.432-1.264 mil; wins vs 6 DC A/C genres, Total 21.5.
6 WBIG-F Classic Rock iHeart. + 0.1; 4.6-4.5-4.7, format exclusive. No Greatest Hits in the Capitol?
7 WIAD Hot A/C CBS. + 1.1; 3.3-3.8-4.4. CBS Balto A/C WLIF & Hot A/C WWMX both stick, 0.2.
8 WKYS Urban Radio One. + 0.9; 3.4-3.9-4.3, leads partner Radio One Urban A/C WMMJ again by 0.9.
9 WPGC-F Rhythmic CHR CBS. + 0.5; 3.4-4.3-3.9. Exclusive format levels out.
10 WWDC Modern Rock iHeart. – 0.2; 3.8-4.1-3.6, exclusive format; 2 Rock genres Total 9.0-8.4-8.6-8.3.
11 WETA/WGMS Classical Greater Washington Educational Telecomm. – 0.6; 4.1-3.1-3.5. Some reprise.
12 WMAL-F/WMAL News/Talk Cumulus. – 0.6; 4.0-3.7-3.4.
13 WMZQ iHeart Country. – 0.4; 3.7-3.4-3.3. The only Cowboy ridin’ Pennsylvania Avenue.
14 WMMJ Urban AC Radio One. – 0.3; 3.5-3.0-3.2. All Urban, including Urban A/C & Gospel: 16.1-16.5.
15 WPRS-F iHeart Gospel. – 1.3; 4.2-3.5-2.9. Raise your voice and brighten the song.
16 WRQX CHR Cumulus. + 0.2; 2.4-2.1-2.6. Offering some push.
17 WGTS Christian Columbia Union College. – 0.9; 3.4-3.4-2.5, needs Inspiration.
18 WJFK-F Sports CBS. + Flat, 2.4-2.6-2.4, still beats Red Zebra Sports by 1.1. DC Sports: 3.7-3.8-3.7.
19 WLZL Tropical CBS. – 0.1; 1.7-1.7-1.6, exclusive format can hit Top 5, elsewhere.
20 WNEW-F News/Talk CBS. – 0.2; 1.5-1.5-1.3. More adjusts needed here, also “Barefoot in Baltimore.”
21 WTEM/WWXT/WWXX Red Zebra Sports 1.0, other Red Zebra Sports WSPZ 0.3.
21 WNIC Hot A/C Centennial, 1.0. Centennial’s other suburban VA Hot A/C WNIC-F, 0.7.
Etc: WFED-A Talk Hubbard 0.2. WAMU-HD2 American University Blue Grass, 0.1.
Swings: + 1.1 Hot A/C WIAD, + 0.9 Urban WKYS-F; – 1.3 Gospel WPRS-F, – 0.9 Christian WGTS-F.
Shares: iHeart 24.6-23.9-24.2-19.5, CBS 11.9-12.5-14.3-14.0, Radio One 11.3-11.1-10.4-10.4, Hubbard 9.1-8.0-8.2-8.7, Cumulus 6.0-6.8-6.4-6.0.

8. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 4,493,700. 48 stations, 58% subscribers, Black 21%, Spanish 8%.
1 WBEB A/C Jerry Lee. + 0.7, 6.5-5.8-7.2, snaps back! #1 cume up 1.55-1.62-1.87 million.
2 WOGL Classic Hits CBS. + 0.9; 6.0-6.8-6.9. Close #2. Classic Rock / Hits /Oldies: 18.2-17.8-17.8.
3 WDAS-F Urban A/C iHeart. + 0.1; 5.7-5.6-5.8, tops 6 Urban/Rhym/Gospel. Total: 19.2-18.4-18.1.
4 WMGX Classic Rock Greater Media. – 0.4; 6.0-5.7-5.6.
5 WMMR Rock Greater Media. + 0.6; 4.9-5.1-5.5. Philly’s 3 Rockers – Classic/Mod/Reg: 15.7-15.6-15.1.
6 WXTU Country CBS. + 0.5, 4.9-5.7-5.4, CBS makes the lone, former Beasley Country add up.
7 KYW News CBS. – 0.5; 5.4-5.3-4.9, #1 N/T dips. WHYY & Co trails 2.3. Total 4 N/T: 11.0-10.8-10.5.
8 WIOQ CHR iHeart. + 0.1; 4.6-4.7-4.7, now 1.1 ahead of CBS Amp CHR WZMP.
8 WUSL Urban iHeart. + 0.2; 4.5-4.7-4.7. Steady as show goes.
10 WRFF Modern Rock iHeart. – 0.8; 4.8-4.8-4.0, 3rd Rock is behind Gtr.Media WMMR 1.5, WMGK 1.6.
11 WZMP CHR CBS. + 0.9; 2.7-3.0-3.6, moves ahead with the Amp brand placed on Rhym-CHR WRDW.
12 WIP-F Sports CBS. – 1.3; 4.8-4.3-3.5, tops Greater Media sports WPEN by 1.9. Sports off: 6.8-6.4-5.4.
13 WBEN-F Adult Hits Greater Media. + 0.1; 3.2-3.1-3.3, unique format can still jump, maybe.
14 WISX iHeart Rhythmic A/C. Sticks 3.2-3.4-3.2.
14 WRNB R&B Oldies Radio One. Stays 3.2-3.3-3.2. Radio One Oldies battle vs WPHI-F, separated by 0.9.
16 WHYY/WNJN/WNJS/WNJB/WNJM/WNJZ. News/Talk x 6. – 0.1; 3.2-3.1-3.1, averages 0.5 per station.
17 WPPZ Gospel Radio One. – 0.5; 2.8-2.3-2.3, currently muffles a joyful noise.
18 WPHI-F Rhythmic Oldies Radio One. – 0.5; 3.5-3.0-3.0, started higher, now holding in a family feud.
19 WPEN Sports Greater Media. – 0.1; 2.0-2.1-1.9.
20 WPHT-A Talk CBS. 1.7-1.7-1.7-1.6. Townsquare Talk WKXW 0.7. Four Rivers Christian WBYO 0.2.
21 WRTI Temple University Classical 1.4 in a non-comm tie with U Penn. Adult Alternative WXPN 1.4.
22 WPST Hot A/C Connoisseur 1.2. 23 Townsq’s Talk WKXW-F 0.9, Country WPUR & A/C WFPG 0.1
Swings: + 0.9 Classic Hits WOGL-F, + 0.9 CHR WZM. + 0.7 A/C WBEB; – 0.9 Rhythmic Oldies WPHI-F,
– 0.8 Mod Rock WERF-F.
Shares: CBS 24.9-25.5-26.8-25.9, iHeart 22.8-19.8-23.2-22.4, Greater Media 17.1-16.1-16.0-16.3, Radio One 8.4-9.0-8.1-7.6.

9. ATLANTA, GA. 4,322,100. 71 stations, 45% subscribe. Black 34%, Spanish 10%.
1 WVEE Urban CBS. + 0.7; 8.5-9.0-9.2, leads 7 Urban types incl 2 Rhythmic Oldies. 27.9-26.4-29.8-28.8.
2 WALR/FM Urban A/C Cox. + 0.7; 6.4-6.6-7.1, up again & whacks Radio One Urban A/C WAMJ by 3.4.
3 WSB/WSBB-FM News/Talk Cox. – 0.6; 7.4-7.3-6.8, #1 of 8 News/Talkers. Total: 13.2-12.4-12.1.
4 WFSH-F Christian Salem. – 0.3; 6.2-6.5-5.9, Fish are diving but still 4.8 over Christian WVFJ at 1.1.
5 WSB-F Adult Contemporary Cox. – 0.7; 6.3-6.1-5.6, #1 cume 1.415 mil, 208k lead. Cox keeps #2, 3 & 5.
6 WUBL Country iHeart. + 0.7; 4.6-4.9-5.3 tops Cumulus Country WKHX by 1.5. Country Up 8.0-8.7-9.1.
7 WWPW CHR iHeart. + 0.5; 4.7-4.8-5.2, battle on! Lead over Cumulus CHR WWWQ grows 0.2-0.8-1.5.
8 WSRV Classic Hits Cox. + 0.3; 4.6-4.3-4.9, leads Cumulus Classic Rock WNNX 3.2 & two RhymOldies.
9 WPZE Gospel Radio One. + 0.3; 4.0-4.0-4.3, the only Gospel subscriber.
10 WHTA Urban Radio One. + 0.3; 3.6-3.9-3.9, lots of Atlanta Urban action.
11 WKHX Country Cumulus. + 0.4; 3.4-3.5-3.8. Country #2 of 2.
11 WSTR Hot A/C Lincoln Financial. + 0.8; 3.0-3.2-3.8, exclusive format, now belongs to Entercom!
13 WWWQ CHR Cumulus. – 0.8; 4.5-4.0-3.7, Total CHR shares are steady 9.2-9.0-9.1.
13 WAMJ/WUMJ Urban A/C Radio One. – 0.2; 3.9-4.0-3.7. Urban A/C Total jumps to 11.0.
15 WABE News/Talk City of Atlanta Board of Education. – 0.4; 2.9-2.6-2.5.
16 WRDA/WRDG Modern Rock iHeart. + 0.1; 2.3-2.4-2.4, Cox ModRock WTSH-F holds 0.5 and trails 1.9.
17 WNNX Classic Rock Cumulus. – 0.2; 1.9-1.8-1.7. Total Atlanta Rock Share drops 5.6-5.0-4.7-4.6.
17 WBZY Regional Mexican iHeart. – 0.2; 1.7-1.7-1.5, only Spanish subscriber serving a 10% population.
19 WYAY News/Talk Cumulus. + 0.1; 1.3-1.2-1.4.
20 WZGC Sports CBS. – 0.8; 2.1-1.8-1.3, slips but leads Lincoln/Entercom WQXI by 1.1. Sports 2.4-2.1-1.5.
20 WWWQ-HD3 Rhythmic Oldies Cumulus. + 0.3; 1.4-1.5-1.3.
22 WCLK Jazz Clark Atlanta University. 1.1-1.1-1.1-1.3-1.1. Ties Christian WVFJ-F, 1.0-0.8-1.1.
24 WAMJ-HD2 Rhythmic Oldies Radio One 0.6. WTSH Modern Rock Cox 0.5.
25 WUBL-HD3 & WGST Talk both iHeart and tie WRAS-F News/Talk Georgia State U, all with 0.4.
28 WWWQ-HD2 Country Cumulus, WQXI-A Sports Lincoln/Entercom and WGKA Talk Salem all tie at 0.2.
Swings: + 0.8 Hot A/C WSTR-F, + 0.7 Urban WVEE-F, + 0.7 Urban A/C WALR-F, + 0.7 Country WUBL-F;
– 0.8 CHR WWWQ-F, – 0.8 Sports WZGC-F, – 0.7 A/C WSB-F.
Shares: Cox 24.5-25.3-24.8-24.9, iHeart 14.3-14.1-14.3-15.4, Radio One 13.5-12.4-12.7-12.5, Cumulus 12.9-12.6-12.3-12.1, CBS 10.4-10.8-10.9-10.5. Lincoln Financial now Entercom: 4.0. More to come?

10. BOSTON, MA. 6+ population 4,022,600. 63 stations, 44% subscribe. Spanish 9%, Black 7%.
1 WROR-F Classic Hits Greater Media. – 0.2; 7.4-7.7-7.2, #1 now habit forming. Ups ClassicRock WZLX 2.5.
2 WKLB Country Greater Media. + 0.6; 5.4-5.9-6.0. Timely jump to beat back the “Bull” WBWL, 4.0-4.2-3.9.
3 WMJX A/C Greater Media. – 0.4; 6.3-5.9-5.9, takes back #1 cume 1.421 mil, edging WXKS-F by 11,600.
4 WXKS CHR iHeart. – 0.7; 6.3-6.0-5.6, looks like KISS is settling in at 4th place.
5 WBZ News/Talk CBS. – 0.9; 6.3-5.8-5.4, News/Traffic/Wx torch leads WBUR by 1.4, WRKO 2.5, WGBH 2.9.
6 WEEI-F Sports Entercom. – 0.2; 4.9-4.6-4.7, largest lead 1.1 over the Sports Hub WBZ-F in many seasons.
6 WZLX Classic Rock CBS. + 0.2; 4.5-4.4-4.7, small gain, needle & damage done. Classic ROR+ZLX 12.1-11.9.
8 WBUR News/Talk Boston University. + 1.6; 2.4-3.2-4.0, rebound sound as lead grows over WGBH 0.8-1.3.
9 WBMX Hot A/C CBS. – 0.3; 4.2-4.8-3.9, not a CBS day. Only other Hot A/C is WXLO Worcester 1.7.
9 WBOS Greater Media Modern Rock. + 0.5; 3.4-3.7-3.9. The tie with WBMX is significant.
11 WBZ-F Sports CBS. – 1.1; 4.7-4.6-3.6, for a real off-season big dipper. Boston Sports Total: 8.8-9.6-9.2-8.3.
11 WBQT Rhythmic A/C Greater Media. – 0.4; 4.0-3.5-3.6, another significant tie and an 0.5 lead over WJMN.
13 WAAF Rock Entercom. – 0.2; 3.5-3.5-3.3. IMHO, Boston misses real Rock WBCN and real Oldies WODS.
14 WXRV Adult Alternative Northeast. + 0.7; 2.5-3.0-3.2. Up again with a different variety of tight rotation tunes.
15 WJMN Rhythmic CHR iHeart. – 0.2; 3.3-3.1-3.1, topped by “The River”?! Still a 0.2 lead over AMP.
16 WRKO Talk Entercom. + 0.6; 2.3-2.5-2.9. Crawlin’ back with mixed moves. N/Ts up 14.1-14.4-15.6.
17 WODS CHR CBS. – 0.5; 3.3-2.9-2.8. Not an Amp hit. 6-way HotAC/CHR/Rhythmic overkill: 22.9-22.2-20.7.
18 WGBH Educational Foundation News/Talk. – 0.4; 3.1-2.7-2.7, good stuff needing better push & packaging.
19 WBWL Country iHeart. + + 0.7; 1.4-1.7-2.1. Ridin’ hard to spoil WKLB. Country Total 8.1; once a Hub zero.
20 WCRB Classical WGBH Educational Foundation. + 0.2; 1.6-1.4-1.8. Should grab more of Boston by the ears.
21 WXLO Hot A/C Cumulus. – 0.1; 1.8-1.9-1.7. Big Metrowest signal bangs into Boston.
22 WCTK Country Hall Communications. – 0.1; 1.2-1.2-1.1, but Hall Comm is now #1 in the Providence market!
23 WERS Variety Emerson College. + 0.1; 0.7-0.7-0.8. Class B signal with plenty of potential talent.
24 WKOX 0.6. Just changed from Spanish to Talk, clears Rush, Hannity & Beck. Talk WRKO shifts as WMEX tries.
25 WEEI-A Sports Entercom 0.4. 50kw at 850. Not local. No wonder AM often goes nowhere.
26 WFNX Adult Hits Northeast. 0.0-0.2-0.3. Simulcast WXRV from Athol (not the body part). Well known calls.
27 WWFX, Classic Hits Cumulus. “The Pike” from Worcester drives to Boston with a token 0.1.
27 WUMB Folk University Massachusetts, 0.1 from 5 good FM signals. Big opportunity to grow from a 41k cume.
Swings: + 1.6 N/T WBUR, + 0.7 Adult Alternative WXRV-F, + 0.7 Country WBWL; – 0.9 Sports WBZ/FM, – 0.9 News/Talk WBZ, – 0.7 CHR WXKS-F.
Shares: Greater Media 27.0-26.5-26.7-26.6, CBS 22.9-23.0-22.5-20.4, iHeart 11.3-11.8-11.4-11.4, Entercom 9.6-9.4-11.1-11.3.

Takeaways:
* Plenty of ways to listen; not as many great things to hear.
* New channels mean nothing if they’re not easily received.
* Audio Content Connects All.
* Think out of the box or stay trapped in one.
* Primaries are Prime for Radio!

With all talk about Voltair, let’s conclude with a quote from Voltaire: “Common sense is not so common.”

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Exclusive Market Buddy Checks. Sustained results. Synergy/Information/35+/Political.
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