By Clark Smidt, Broadcast Connector (www.broadcastideas.com)
Nielsen put out all September PPM results for in just two days. Exact survey dates for September: August 13-September 9. October survey ended on the 7th and November runs from October 8-November 4, the day after Election Day.
The all 2015 Diary book is running through December 2. Total shares from Nielsen paying customers.
Here, he looks at Chicago, San Francisco and Dallas results.
- CHICAGO, IL. 7,819,200. 84 stations, 52 % subscribe. Spanish 20%, Black 17%.
- iHeart 20.8-21.6-21.5-19.7. 2. CBS 21.6-20.1-20.6-21.6. 3. Hubbard 10.5-11.0-11.3-11.2.
- Cumulus/Merlin 9.6-9.5-9.7-9.8. 5. Univision 6.8-6.5-6.7-7.0. 6. Digity/Alpha 3.2-2.6.
1 WAVZ Urban A/C iHeart. – 0.1; 5.8-5.3-5.7, still a 2.0 lead over Urban partner WGCI 3.7.
2 WTMX Hot A/C Hubbard. + 0.4; 5.0-5.6-5.4, iHeart WLIT trails 1.8-2.3-2.0. Hot A/C hangs 8.6-8.2-8.9-8.7.
3 WBBM-AM/WCFS News CBS. + 0.6; 4.7-4.6-5.3. Cubs boost AM. 5 N/Ts up 14.2-13.7-13.7-14.9.
4 WKSC CHR iHeart. + 0.1; 3.9-3.8-4.0, #1 cume 2.418-2.355- 2.276-2.219 mil vs RhymCHR WBBM 3.6-3.1.
5 WGCI Urban iHeart. 3.8-3.8-3.7-3.7. Urban/UrbanAC/Gospel Total 13.9-13.4-9.7-9.9 (WPWX unsubscribed).
6 WGN-AM Talk Tribune. – 0.1; 3.7-3.-3.6, #2 of 5 N/Ts vs Public WBEZ at 2.5 & CBS WCFS 2.3.
7 WLIT Hot A/C iHeart. + 0.2; 3.2-3.3-3.4, 3rd Hot A/C is Digity/Alpha suburban WXLC 0.5-0.7.
8 WJMK Classic Hits CBS. – 0.8; 4.1-3.6-3.3. vs Classic Hits WDRV Hubbard 3.1 & Cumulus WLS-F 2.9.
9 WKQX Modern Rock Cumulus/Merlin. 3.1-3.1-3.2-3.2, Chicago’s only Modern Rocker.
9 WOJO Regional Mexican Univision. – 0.1; 3.3-3.1-3.2 vs # 28 SBS Regional Mex WLEY 1.7-1.6-1.7.
11 WBBM RhymCHR CBS. – 0.3; 3.4-3.6-3.1 ties WDRV/WWDV Classic Hits Hubbard. – 0.4; 3.5-3.1-3.1.
13 WLS Classic Hits Cumulus. – 0.3; 3.2-3.0-2.9. Chicagoland has 4 Classic Hits 9.8 & 3 Classic Rockers 3.1.
14 WUSN Country CBS. – 0.1; 2.9-3.1-2.8. #1 Country vs iHeart WEBG 2.4-2.4, Digity/Alpha WCCQ 0.4-0.4.
15 WSHE A/C Hubbard. + 0.2; 2.5-2.6-2.7. Digity/Alpha #30 Hot A/C WXLC 0.7/WSSR 0.6 & Matrix WZSR 0.4.
16 WXRT Adult Alternative CBS. – 1.0; 3.6-3.6-2.6, takes a bad month for the team.
17 WLUP Classic Rock Cumulus/Merlin. + 0.3; 2.2-2.3-2.5. ClassicRock Digity/Alpha WRXQ 0.4, Matrix WFXF 0.2. 17 WBEZ N/T Chicago Public 2.1-2.1-2.5.
19 WPPN Spanish Hits Univision 2.2-2.5-2.4 as partner #27 WVIV/WVIX SpanUrban hits 1.2. 19 WEBG Country iHeart. 2.4-2.4-2.4. Digity/Alpha County WCCQ 0.4.
21 WCFS News CBS. 2.2-2.1-2.3. 22 WSCR-AM Sports CBS. 2.1- 2.0-2.2 23 WLEY RegMex SBS 1.7.
24 WRME-LP Soft A/C Venture Tech 1.6 ties WMVP-AM Sports ESPN 1.6.
26 WIIL Rock Digity/Alpha 1.3.
27 WLS-AM Talk Cumulus 1.2. When 50kw signals can’t break a two, time to admit you don’t know what to do.
27 WMBI Moody Bible Teaching is part of a 3-way tie with WLS-AM & Spanish Urban WVIV/WVIX, each 1.2.
30 WSSR A/C Digity 0.6. 31 WGRB-AM Gospel iHeart and WERV Classic Hits Digity tie at 0.5.
33 WZSR A/C Matrix, WCCQ Country & WRXQ Classic Rock both Digity all tie at 0.4.
36 0.2 @ WFXF ClassicRock Matrix, WDCB Jazz DuPage, WONU O.Nazarene ChristRock, WRTO-A SpN/T UniVsn.
Swings: + 0.6 N/T WBBM/WCFS, + 0.4 Hot A/C WTMX; – 1.0 Adult Alternative WXRT, – 0.8 Classic Hits WJMK.
- SAN FRANCISCO, CA. 6,463,500. 48 stations, 73% subscribe. Spanish 22%, Black 7%.
- iHeart 17.6-18.4-17.1-18.4. 2. CBS 16.7-16.1-15.1-15.6. 3. Entercom 13.2-12.7-14.8-14.2.
- Cumulus 14.7-12.1-12.4-13.6.
1 KCBS/KFRC-F News/Talk CBS. – 0.2; 5.9-5.8-5.7 as N/T leader vs Public KQED 4.6 & Cumulus KGO-AM 1.4.
1 KNBR Sports Cumulus. + 1.3; 4.4-5.2-5.7, Giants tie at the top vs. Entercom KGMZ 1.5, Cumulus KTCT 0.3.
3 KIOI Hot A/C iHeart. Sticks 4.9-4.6-4.9, as the 3 Hot A/Cs go 10.4-10.4-10.4-10.0-10.4.
4 KOIT A/C Entercom. – 0.7; 5.5-5.7-4.8, #1 cume 1.7-1.685 mil, leads Digity/Alpha A/C KBAY by 3.4-3.6-2.7.
5 KQED, Inc. News/Talk. + 0.3; 4.3-4.8-4.6. Iconic calls; 6 SF News/Talk subscribers up 14.7-14.8-15.4-14.7.
6 KYLD Rhythmic-CHR iHeart. + 0.6; 3.6-3.8-4.2.
7 KLLC Hot A/C CBS. + 0.1; 4.0-4.0-4.1, “Alice” edges partner KMVQ with a fine line between CHR & HotA/C.
8 KMVQ-F CHR CBS. – 0.1; 4.0-3.8-3.9 in a tight cluster of 5 stations within 0.5.
9 KMEL Urban iHeart. + 0.1; 3.7-3.4-3.8, as the lead over Entercom Urban A/C KBLX trends 1.4-1.3-1.0-0.7-1.3.
10 KRBQ Rhythmic A/C Entercom. + 0.4; 3.3-3.8-3.7.
11 KBRG Spanish Adult Univision. – 0.2; 3.1-2.8-2.9 vs RegMexicans KSOL/KSLQ UniVsn 2.0 & KRZZ SBS 1.8.
12 KBLX Urban A/C Entercom. – 0.3; 2.7-2.7-2.4 tied with KOSF Classic Hits iHeart. – 0.2; 2.6-2.4-2.4.
14 KSAN Classic Rock Cumulus. Iconic calls go 2.0-2.0-2.3. Total of 3 Classic Rock/Classic Hits 5.5-5.9-5.6-5.8.
15 KISQ Rhythmic Oldies iHeart. – 0.5; 2.7-2.9-2.2. Slipped on that one.
15 KBAY A/C Digity/Alpha. + 0.1; 2.1-2.1-2.2, and the 3 Alpha A/C mates KUIC, KKIQ, KKDV add 1.6.
17 KFOG/KFFG Adult Alternative Cumulus. 1.8-2.1-1.8-2.1, the only SF Alternative.
18 KSOL/KSQL Regional Mexican Univision, 1.9-1.7-2.0.
19 KITS Modern Rock CBS. 2.0-1.8-1.9, exclusive format; add 2 Classic Rockers for a steady 5.4-5.3-5.0-5.3.
20 KRZZ RegMex SBS, 1.9-2.0-1.8 ties KSFO-AM Talk Cumulus, 2.0-1.9-1.8.
22 KDFC/KXSC/KOSC Classical University Southern California. –0.5; 2.2-1.7-1.7, exclusive format is off key.
23 KGMZ/KGMZ-HD2 Sports Entercom, 1.5 vs #32 CMLS Sports KTCT-AM 0.3. Sports moves 7.5-8.6-6.5-6.9-7.5.
24 KGO-AM N/T Cumulus. 1.3-1.5-1.4 as another 50kw boomer bombs. SF Unified School Dist. N/T KALW 0.4
24 KEZR Hot A/C Digity/Alpha 1.4. 26. KUFX Classic Rock Entercom 1.1. 27 KKSF-AM Talk iHeart 0.8.
28 KSJO Country Principle, KUIC & KKIQ A/C Alpha all at 0.6. 31 KKDV A/C Alpha ties N/T KALW at 0.4.
33 KNEW-AM Bloomberg Business iHeart 0.1.
Swings: + 1.3 Sports KNBR, + 0.6 Rhym-CHR KYLD; – 0.7 A/C KOIT, – 0.5 RhymOldies KISQ, – 0.5 Classical KDFC.
- DALLAS, TX. 5,633,600. 66 stations, 52% subscribe. Spanish 26%, Black 16%.
- iHeart 22.7-21.6-21.9-20.4. 2. CBS 17.7-17.4-18.0-18.9. 3. Cumulus 16.1-14.9-16.0-16.6.
- Service Broadcast 6.5-6.9-6.2-6.2. 5. Univision 6.0-6.8-6.2-5.5.
- Radio One 5.4-6.0.
1 KHKS CHR iHeart. + 0.1; 6.9-6.8-7.0, #1 share, #1 cume 1.765- 1.725 mil; the Lone Star CHR.
2 KPLX Country Cumulus. + 0.6; 5.1-5.9-5.7, CMLS Country duo with KSCS moves 8.2-8.3-9.3-9.0.
3 KLUV Classic Hits CBS. + 0.9; 4.5-5.0-5.4, also one of a kind leads iHeart Classic Rock KZPS by 1.3.
4 KLTY Contemp.Christian Salem. + 0.8; 3.8-3.9-4.6. Total the 3 Christian/Inspirational formats at 7.2.
5 KDMX HotA/C iHeart. – 0.5; 4.8-5.1-4.3, leads CBS HotA/C KVIL 1.1-1.7-1.5; format falls 8.8-8.5-7.1.
6 KZPS Classic Rock iHeart. – 0.5; 4.6-4.1-4.1. Classic Hits/Classic Rock gains 9.0-9.1-9.1-9.8.
7 KBFB Rhythmic-CHR Radio One. + 0.4; 3.2-3.4-3.6. Exclusive Rhythmic-CHR stepping up.
8 KKDA Urban Service. – 0.2; 3.7-3.4-3.5. Urbans + RhymOldies KSOC 10.5-11.0-9.9-10.5.
9 KLNO Regional Mexican Univision – 0.9; 4.3-4.0-3.4, tops 6 RegMex subscribers: 10.5-10.6-11.5.
9 KJKK Adult Hits CBS. + 0.7; 2.7-3.0-3.4, exclusive format gaining.
11 KSCS Country Cumulus. + 0.1; 3.2-3.4-3.3. Doubling up (or down) in the same format is interesting.
12 WBAP-AM N/T Cumulus. + 0.6; 2.5-2.7-3.1. Top AM & N/T vs Public KERA 2.0, CBS KRLD-AM 1.6.
13 KMVK Regional Mexican CBS. + 1.0; 1.9-2.3-2.9 vs Lieberman RegMex KNOR 1.4.
14 KVIL Hot A/C CBS. – 0.9; 3.7-3.4-2.8, just one subscribing Hot A/C.
14 KEGL Rock iHeart. Holds 2.8-3.4-2.8. Good trend as Rock Total dips 10.0-9.1.
14 KRLD Sports CBS. – 0.1; 2.9-2.8-2.8. The 3 Dallas Sports stations grow 5.5-5.8-5.8-6.1.
17 KRNB Urban A/C Service. – 0.5; 3.2-2.8-2.7 vs Urban Cumulus KLIF 1.7-1.9.
18 KSOC/KSOC-HD2 Rhythmic Oldies Radio One. + 0.2; 2.2-2.0- 2.4.
19 KDGE Rock iHeart. – 0.2; 2.4-2.5-2.2 vs. North Texas Public AA KKXT 1.5-1.3.
19 KTCK-AM Sports Cumulus. + 0.4; 1.8-2.0-2.2.
21 KCBI Christian First Dallas. 2.4-2.1-2.1. 22 KERA N/T North Texas Public. 2.2-2.0-2.0
23 KLIF Urban Cumulus. 1.7-1.9-1.9-1.7-1.9. 24 KNOR Regional Mexican Lieberman 1.6-1.4-1.8.
25 KRLD/KRLD-HD2 News/Talk CBS. 1.6. N/Ts Salem WSKY 0.6, CMLS KLIF-AM/KLIF-HD2 0.4.
26 KZZA Reg.Mex. Lieberman 1.5-1.3-1.5. 27 KKXT AA North Texas Public 1.6-1.5-1.3.
28 KDXX/KESS SpanHits Univision – 0.5; 1.7-1.5-1.2 ties WRR Classical City of Dallas 1.0-1.1-1.2
30 KESN Sports ESPN 1.1. 31 KBOC RegMex Lieberman 1.0. 32 KFZO RegMex Univision 0.9.
33 WSKY-AM Talk Salem 0.6. 34 KJRN Christian SW Adventist U. 0.5.
35 KLIF-AM/KLIF HD2 N/T Cumulus. Swings: + 1.0 RegMex KMVK, + 0.9 Classic Hits KLUV; – 0.9 Hot A/C KVIL, – 0.9 RegMex KLNO, – 0.5Hot A/C KDMX, – 0.5 Classic Rock KDMX.
Broadcast Connector Clark Smidt adds audience, advertisers & value with your existing resources.
Started 1966, Boston Management 1970, Advising Broadcast & Business Clients since 1982.
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