Ratings Big Market Round-up

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Clark-SmidtToday’s look at Nielsen Audio results through late June will focus on the lower tier of the big market chart, and will further focus on top of the individual charts all the way from #31 Salt Lake City UT to #52 Hartford CT, with numbers and commentary from analyst Clark Smidt.


Ratings Big Market Round-up
By Clark Smidt, Radio Connector
Last Look at Nielsen June. The hits just keep on comin’ and the PPM cycle is starting to show July.
Here’s a slightly abbreviated Top 10 snap shot of what’s been happening with PPM trends: Market #31 Salt Lake City to #52 Hartford. As is the norm, Nielsen subscribers only with a broad 6+ number:
FM unless noted. Rank Format Owner April/May/June trend.

31. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. 1,716,200. Stations 50, Subscribers 64%. Spanish 14%, Black 1%.
1 KBZN Hot A/C KLO Broadcast. + 1.0; 7.1-7.2-8.1. Now #1 cume 679k. Total 5 A/Cs up 21.4-22.0.
2 KSFI Soft AC Bonneville. + 0.1; 7.4-7.9-7.5.
3 KZHT CHR iHeart. + 0.2; 7.1-6.9-6.9-7.1, lead over Broadway CHR KUDD grows 2.6-2.6-2.6-3.4.
4 KODJ Classic Hits iHeart. + 1.4; 4.9-4.6-6.3, Boomers and Classics Rock. Total: 13.1-12.4-14.1.
5 KNRS/KNRS-AM Talk iHeart+ 0.3; 4.8-4.6-5.1.
6 KSOP-F Country KSOP. Flat. 5.0-4.8-5.0, CMLS KUBL back 1.1; Broadway KEGA behind 3.1.
7 KSL/KSL-FM News/Talk Bonneville. – 2.6; 7.3-6.3-4.7; Ouch! University Utah KUER trails by 0.9.
8 KRSP-F Classic Hits Bonneville. – 0.5; 5.0-4.5-4.5, double gold in the Top 10.
9 KJMY Hot AC iHeart. – 0.4; 4.5-4.3-4.1, vs CMLS A/C KBEE 1.5; A/C KSQN 0.8.
10 KUBL Country Cumulus. – 0.2; 4.1-4.2-3.9
Broadway cluster of 6 finished out of the Top 10. Brigham Young Classical 1.9. Two AdultHIts tie at 1.6.
Swings: + 1.4 Classic Country KSOP-AM; + 1.0, HotA/C KBZN; – 2.6 N/T KSL-A/F; – 0.6 CHR KUDD,
– 0.6 Classical KBYU-F.
Shares: iHeart 24.9-22.6-23.9-22.8, Bonneville 18.9-19.7-18.7-16.7, Broadway 15.4-13.8-15.2,-14.0
Cumulus 10.6-11.2-11.3-10.8, KLO Broadcasting 7.8-7.0-8.0-9.1.

32. LAS VEGAS, NV. 1,682,100. Stations 45, Subscribers 69%. Spanish 28%, Black 11%.
1 KSNE Adult Contemporary iHeart. – 0.9; 10.0-9.1-9.1,#1 cume dips 581-550k, solo A/C.
2 KMXB Hot A/C CBS. + 0.8; 5.9-6.2-6.7 vs no gain HotA/Cs KVGS 2.3, Kemp KVGQ 0.6.
3 KKLZ Classic Hits Beasley. + 1.6; 5.0-5.9-6.6, now 1.0 over Lotus Classic Rock KXPT.
4 KXPT Classic Rock Lotus. + 0.7; 4.9-4.7-5.6, co-owned Rock KOMP 2.2-2.1-2.6.
5 KLUC Rhythmic-CHR CBS. – 0.4; 5.9-5.6-5.5, a 2-way fight leads Kemp KVEG by 1.4.
6 KOAS Rhythmic Oldies Beasley. + 0.8; 4.3-4.1-5.1, interesting format, turns north.
7 KWNR Country iHeart. + 1.5; 3.5-4.7-5.0, leads Beasley Country KCYE by 1.7.
8 KWID Spanish Classic Hits Lotus. + 0.1; 4.3-4.1-4.4, leads 6 Hispanic genres, 13.8-13.7.
9 KCYE Country Beasley. + 0.5; 2.8-3.2-3.3. Moving up, into a 3-way tie.
10 KVEG Rhythmic-CHR Kemp. – 0.3; 3.4-3.2-3.1. Two Rhythmic-CHRs dip 9.3-8.8-8.6.
Only CHR subscriber iHeart CHR KPLV, 2.9. Nevada Public Classical KCNV 1.9, N/T KNPR 1.4.
Swings: + 1.6 ClassicHits KKLZ, + 1.5 Country KWNR; – 1.0 Christian KSOS, – 0.9 A/C KSNE.
Shares: Beasley 14.4-14.8-16.1-17.9, CBS 19.4-17.3-17.5-17.3, iHeart 15.6-16.6-16.8-17.0, Lotus 14.3-13.9-13.1-13.9, Univision 7.4-6.8-6.6-6.0. Beasley wins Vegas.

33. KANSAS CITY, MO. 1,640,300. Stations 41, Subscribers 66%. Black 13%, Spanish 8%.
1 KCFX Classic Rock Cumulus. + 0.2; 7.1-6.1-7.3, up vs ClassicHits KCMO 4.4, AdultHits KCJK 2.6.
2 KCSP-AM/KCSP-HD2 Sports Entercom + 1.5; 4.1-7.4-6.6. Royals get the hits.
3 KZPT Hot A/C Entercom. – 0.3; 5.8-5.7-5.5, share slides, #1 cume holds 505-511k.
3 KXMV CHR Steel City. – 0.1; 5.6-5.5-5.5, vs Cumulus CHR KCHZ 4.3-3.6-3.7.
5 KRBZ Modern Rock Entercom. Hangs, 5.2-5.7-5.2, beats Rock KQRC by just 0.4.
6 KPRS Urban Carter. – 0.2; 5.3-4.8-5.1, lead over KMJK Cumulus Urban A/C 3.9-4.3-4.0.
7 KQRC Rock Entercom+ 0.5; 4.3-4.3-4.8. Three Rockers (Classic, Mod, Reg) up 16.6-16.1-17.3.
8 KFKF Country Steel City. – 0.8; 5.3-4.8, only a 0.4 lead on other brother Country KBEQ.
9 KCMO Classic Hits Cumulus. – 0.2; 4.6-4.6-4.4. Cumulus Adult Hits KCJK is 3.2-2.5-2.6.
10 WDAF Country Entercom. – 0.8; 4.9-4.1-4.1, four KC Country stations dip 13.8-12.6-12.1.
Only A/C KCKC Steele City drops 4.6-3.8-3.5; Two N/Ts U MO KCUR, ETM KMBZ tie at 3.1.
Big AMs Sports WHB Union 2.7 (KC Sports 9.4) Talk ETM KMBZ 1.8, Talk CMLS KCMO 1.6.
Swings: + 1.5 Sports KCSP-AM, + 0.7 Christian KJNW; – 1.1 A/C KCKC, – 0.8 Country KFKF, – 0.8 Country WDAF.
Shares: Entercom 29.7-29.3-32.1-31.0, Cumulus 24.5-25.2-22.9-24.0, Steel City 17.6-18.4-17.5-16.6.

34. ORLANDO, FL. 1,596,200. Stations 43, Subscribers 58%. Spanish 28%, Black 16.5%.
1 WRUM Tropical iHeart. + 0.4; 8.0-8.7-8.4, refill at #1, Entvisn Tropical WNUE 2.5-1.9-1.6.
2 WOCL Classic Hits CBS. + 0.4; 5.9-6.3-6.3, Orlando’s only Classic stays solid.
2 WPOZ/WMYZ Christian Central Florida Ed. + 1.2; 5.1-6.0-6.3, Gospel partner WPOZ-HD3, 2.2.
4 WXXL CHR iHeart. – 0.5; 6.7-7.0-6.2, #1 cume 531k vs CBS CHR WJHM 3.3-3.0-3.2.
5 WMMO A/C Cox. + 0.1; 5.8-5.3-5.9, just a 0.1 hair separating iHeart A/C WMGF.
5 WWKA Country Cox. + 1.1; 4.8-5.2-5.9, bang! JVC Country WOTW, 1.0. Country 5.5-5.7-5.9.
7 WMGF A/C iHeart. – 0.4; 6.2-5.2-5.8. A/C pair + solo Hot A/C WOMX goes 16.6-15.7-16.9.
8 WOMX Hot A/C CBS. + 0.6; 4.6-5.2-5.2, four A/Cs incl Urban A/C WCFB: 21.9-20.8-22.0.
9 WCFB Urban A/C Cox. – 0.2; 5.3-5.1-5.1. Only other Urban iHeart WTKS-HD2 shows 1.1-1.3.
10 WPYO Rhythmic-CHR Cox. + 0.4; 4.2-4.7-4.6, add CHRs WXXL, WJHM: 14.2-14.7-14.0.
iHeart ModRock WJRR 3.5. N/T Cox WDBO 2.8 vs. non-comm WMFE 2.0. Jazz WUCF U CentFL 1.6.
Sports: Cox WDBO 1.1, iHeart WYGM 0.5, Sports Total: 1.6-1.3-1.4-1.6. Orlando HD solos up 4.5-4.6.
Swings: + 1.2 Christian WPOZ, 1.1 Country WWKA; – 0.8 N/Ts WDBO & WFME, – 0.7 Tropical WNUE.
Shares: iHeart 31.6-31.9-32.2-31.3, Cox 27.0-25.6-25.9-26.1, CBS 12.2-13.8-14.5-14.7, Central Florida Ed Foundation 8.9-7.7-8.7-8.9.

35. COLUMBUS, OH. 1,523,900. Stations 37, Subscribers 59%. Black 16%, Spanish 3%.
1 WCOL Country iHeart. Steady, 11.7-11.7-11.7 vs Wilks Classic Country WHOK 1.4-1.2.
2 WNCI CHR iHeart. – 0.6; 10.6-9.3-10.0, #1 cume 619-610k; solitary CHR.
3 WTVN Talk iHeart. – 0.4; 7.3-7.7-7.1-7.3 vs Ohio State N/T WOSU 2.8-3.0. N/Ts: 9.5-9.9-10.3.
4 WSNY A/C Saga. + 0.4; 6.2-5.5-6.6, Saga Hot A/C WVMX at 2.9. Total A/C w Urban: 13.7.
5 WODC Classic Hits iHeart. – 0.1; 5.3-5.4-5.2; Wilks ClRock WLVQ 4.8, Saga ClHits WNND 2.5
6 WLVQ Classic Rock Wilks. + 0.2; 4.2-4.6-4.8. Classic Rock/Classic Hits Total: 12.7-12.5-12.5.
7 WCVO Christian One Connect Media. – 0.7; 5.0-4.7-4.3. Pew-mate WZNP 0.2; Total 5.4-5.1-4.5.
8 WXMG UrbanA/C Radio One. – 0.9; 5.1-5.4-4.2, v Urbans iHeart WZCB 3.5, Radio1 WCKX 3.2.
8 WBNS-F Sports Radiohio. – 0.3; 4.5-4.3-4.2 vs Sports RadiohioWBNS 0.4, iHeart WYTS 0.2.
10 WZCB Urban iHeart. + 0.4; 3.1-3.8-3.5 vs. WCKX neck & neck close gap 0.1-0.4-0.3.
N/T WOSU Ohio State U. + 0.5; 2.5-2.8-3.0. Classical WOSA 0.9. Buckeyes go 3.2-3.6-3.9.
ModRocks iHeart WBWR 1-8-1.9-2.2 vs WWCD 2.3-2.2-2.1.
Swings: + 0.6 Classic Rock WLVQ, + 0.5 N/T WOSU; – 0.9 UrbanA/C WXMG, – 0.7 Christian WCVO.
Shares: iHeart 39.7-40.5-39.4-40.1, Saga 10.9-11.4-10.9-12.0, Radio One 8.8-9.5-8.1-8.8-7.4, Wilks 6.4-6.0-6.0-6.0, Radiohio 5.1-4.7-4.5-4.6.

37. AUSTIN, TX. 1,476,900. Stations 34, Nielsen Subscribers 79%. Ethic: Spanish 30%, Black 7%
1 KBPA Adult Hits Emmis. – 0.7; 8.1-7.8-7.4, stand-alone format done right, on top.
2 KASE Country iHeart. + 0.2; 6.6-7.0-6.8, now just 0.4 over partner WVET; iHeart ranks 2-3-4.
3 KVET Country iHeart. + 0.8; 5.6-5.9-6.4, vs Genuine Austin KOKE 2.1. Country up 14.1-14.6-15.3.
3 KHFI CHR iHeart. + 0.8; 5.6-5.9-6.4. #1 Cume 520k. iHeart Rhythmic-CHR KPEZ 5.6.
5 KUT News Univ. Texas Austin. + 0.8; 5.2-5.4-6.0, N/T leader vs Emmis KLBJ-AM 3.1. N/T 9.0-9.3.
6 KPEZ Rhythmic-CHR iHeart. + 0.5; 5.1-5.5-5.6. Entercom UrbanA/C KKMJ-HD3 shows at 3.6.
7 KKMJ A/C Entercom. – 0.1; 4.9-4.7-4.8, ETM has UrbanA/C KKMJ-HD & ModA/C KAMX for 12.8.
8 KAMX Modern A/C Entercom. + 0.5; 3.9-4.1-4.4. vs. Emmis ModRock KROX 4.8-4.3-4.0.
9 KLBJ-F Rock Emmis. + 0.4; 3.9-4.5-4.3. Emmis’ market complements with KROX & AA KGSR.
10 KFMK Christian Crista Media. Stands, 4.2-3.9-4.2, Anglo & Spanish Inspirationals, 5.8-4.2-5.1.
3-way Adult Alternative: Emmis KSGR 3.2, U TX Austin WUTX 1.2, iHeart KVET-HD2, 0.2.
Sports: + 0.8 @ CHR KHFI, Country KVET, News KUT, + 0.6 RegMex KLBQ; – 0.8 ModRock KROX, – 0.7 Adult Hits KBPA.
Shares: iHeart 24.9-24.7-25.5-25.4, Emmis 25.7-25.5-26.7-25.1, Entercom 11.5-15.7-13.2-12.8, UTexas Austin 7.4-7.8-6.8-7.2; Univision 5.3-5.7.

38. MILWAUKEE. 1,474,500. Stations 38, Subscribers 63%. Black 16%, Spanish 9%.
1 WRIT Classic Hits iHeart. + 2.3; 7.8-9.5-10.1, up again! #1 cume 567k. Classic Rock WKLH 5.7.
2 WMIL Country iHeart. – 2.1; 10.5-9.5-8.4, Milwaukee’s only Country slips from May #1 tie.
3 WTMJ News/Talk EW Scripps. – 2.1; 10.1-8.4-8.0, leads 5 News/Talkers down 19.8-17.8-16.9.
4 WMYF Hot A/C Entercom. + 1.0; 5.7-6.3-6.7, vs Milwaukee Radio Alliance Hot A/C WLDB 3.4.
5 WKLH Classic Rock Saga. + 0.3; 5.4-5.5-5.7, Classic Hits/Classic Rock Total goes 13.2-15.0-15.8.
6 WISN Talk iHeart. – 0.1; 5.7-5.7-5.6 vs Public N/Ts Wisconsin WHAD 1.9; U WI WUWM, 1.4.
7 WKKV Urban iHeart. + 0.1; 5.5-5.6-5.6, vs Saga Urban A/C WJMR 3.7.
8 WHQG Rock Saga. + 0.1; 4.5-3.9-4.6, El Hog now leads ModRock WLUM-F by 0.5.
9 WLUM Modern Rock Milwaukee Alliance. + 0.2; 3.9-4.0-4.1. The 3 Rocks gain 13.4-14.4.
10 WXXS CHR Entercom. Sticks 3.9-3.8-3.9, vs iHeart CHR WRNW 3.0, Saga RhmCHR WNRG 2.4.
News/Talk Wisconsin Public WHAD 1.9 vs. U Wisconsin N/T WUWN 1.4.
Sports: WSSP Entercom 1.3-1.3-2.0 vs. iHeart Sports WOKY 0.6-0.6-0.3. Sports up 1.9-2.3.
Adult Alternative: Radio Milwaukee WYMS 0.8 vs Milwaukee School of Engineering WMSE 0.3.
Etc: WZTI Milwaukee Alliance RhymOldies 0.2 ties Saga Christian WJYI 0.2.
Swings: + 2.3 Classic Hits WRIT, + 1.0 HotA/C WMYX; – 2.1 Country WMIL, – 2.1 N/T WTMJ-AM, – 0.5 N/T WHAD.
Shares: iHeart 33.0-32.5-33.2-33.0, Saga 15.6-15.5-15.2-16.6, EW Scripps 12.5-13.4-11.3-11.4, Entercom 11.0-10.9-12.1-11.9, Milwaukee Radio Alliance 7.6-6.8-7.7-8.0.

40. INDIANAPOLIS, IN. 1,429,100. 37 stations, 59% Subscribers. Black 16%, Spanish 6%.
1 WZPL CHR Entercom. + 1.4; 6.2-6.3-7.6, #1 cume 448k vs Radio One CHR WNOW 3.6-3.2-3.8.
2 WYXB Soft A/C Emmis. + 0.7; 6.3-6.0-7.0, vs ETM Hot A/C WNTR 3.9-3.8-4.1; All AC’s 11.6.
3 WLHK Country Emmis. – 0.7; 7.5-7.1-6.7, vacates #1. CMLS Country WFMS at 5.4.
4 WJJK Classic Hits Cumulus. + 0.5; 6.1-6.7-6.6, Classic Hits/Classic Rock/RhymOldies 18.1-17.9-16.8.
5 WIBC Talk Emmis. + 1.0; 5.4-5.1-6.4, #1 N/T, vs Metropolitan WFYI 2.9. N/T hangs 7.8-7.8-9.3.
6 WFBQ Classic Rock iHeart. – 0.6; 6.4-6.1-5.8. Out of character slip for the format.
7 WFMS Country Cumulus. – 0.1; 5.5-5.6-5.4. Two on the Country Trail hole up at 13.0-12.2-12.2.
8 WHHH Rhythmic-CHR Radio One. + 0.7; 3.9-3.9-4.8 vs. Radio One CHR WNOW 3.6-3.2-3.8.
9 WOLT Modern Rock iHeart. – 1.3; 6.0-5.3-4.7, market exclusive format trips.
10 WTLC Urban A/C Radio One. – 0.2; 4.7-4.6-4.5; Radio One Gospel WTLC slips 1.4-1.1.
CMLS Rym Oldies WRWM has another slide 6.1-5.6-5.1-4.4. ETM WNRT Hot/AC 3.9-3.8-4.1.
Sports: Emmis WFNI-AM 2.1-2.5-2.7, WIBC-HD2 1.3; iHeart WNDE-AM 0.5, Sports Up 3.9-4.6.
Swings: + 1.4 CHR WZPL, + 1.0 Talk WIBC; – 1.3 ModRock WOLT, – 0.8 WRMW.
Shares: Emmis 22.6-22.3-22.0-24.2, Cumulus.7-17.2-17.4-16.4, Radio One 14.8-13.6-13.1-14.2, iHeart 11.9-13.0-11.9-11.0, Entercom 9.7-10.3-10.3-11.7.

42. PROVIDENCE, RI. 6+ pop. 1,381,00. 28 Stations, 57% Subscribe. Spanish 10%, Black 5%.
1 WCTK Country Hall. + 2.7; 7.2-9.2-9.9, badda-boom! private operator Hall stays on Top!
2 WHJY Rock iHeart. + 1.1; 8.2-8.3-9.3. Nice but can’t catch Country.
3 WWLI A/C Cumulus. – 2.0; 10.4-9.2-8.4, odd man out of the top spot.
4 WPRO CHR Cumulus. – 0.8; 8.5-8.3-7.7, slip slidin’ away? #1 cume 523k is only a 9k lead.
5 WWBB Classic Hits iHeart. + 1.3; 5.9-6.5-7.2. Only Classic Hits in RI keeps the trend up.
6 WSNE Hot A/C iHeart. – 0.1; 6.5-6.3-6.4, always a bridesmaid, A/C-Hot A/C: 16.9-15.5-14.8.
7 WPRO-AM/WEAN Talk Cumulus. – 0.7; 5.3-5.1-4.6, leads 5 talkers off 9.6-8.7-8.6-7.5.
8 WVEI Sports Entercom. – 0.2; 3.0-2.9-2.8. Boston WEEI feed reflects tough Sox season.
9 WWKX Rhythmic-CHR Cumulus. – 0.9; 3.4-2.9-2.5. Hang on, New Bedford Class A drops.
10 WKKB Tropical Davidson Media. – 0.2; 1.7-1.4-1.5. Had recent 3 share levels.
N/T: WGBH Boston 1.4, WHJJ-AM iHeart 0.7, WPRV-AM Cumulus 0.4; WELH/WRNI RI Public 0.4.
Classical: WJMF Bryant University 0.6; WCRB Boston no longer shows.
Swings: + 2.7 Country WCTK, + 1.3 Classic Hits WWBB; – 2.0 A/C WWLI, – 0.9 RhymCHR WWKX.
Shares: Tie At the Top: Cumulus 28.3-28.4-26.2-23.6, iHeart 18.2-21.1-21.7-23.6, Hall 7.6-7.2-9.8.

43. RALEIGH, NC. 1,377,700. 40 Stations, 60% Subscribe. Black 22.5%, Spanish 10%.
1 WQDR-F Country Curtis. + 0.6; 8.0-8.7-8.6, now ahead of iHeart Country WNCB by 5.1.
2 WRAL A/C Capitol. + 0.2; 7.5-7.3-7.7. The lone A/C #1 cume gains 502-541k.
3 WUNC News/Talk University NC Chapel Hill. – 0.1; 7.3-6.5-7.2, #1 of 4 N/Ts: 13.2-13.0-12.6.
4 WDCG CHR iHeart. – 1.3; 7.5-6.9-6.2, vs Curtis CHR WPLW 4.7. CHR: 12.1-11.1-10.9.
4 WBBB Adult Hits Curtis. + 1.0; 5.2-5.6-6.2. Exclusive, presentation breaks into the Top 5.
6 WFXC/WFXK Urban A/C Radio One. + 0.6; 5.4-5.8-6.0. Cluster has Urban, Urban A/C, Gospel.
7 WQOK Urban Radio One. + 0.2; 5.5-5.4-5.7. Radio One’s 3 Urbans dip 16.9-16.8-15.6.
7 WRDU Classic Rock iHeart. + 0.3; 5.4-5.4-5.7 vs Curtis Classic Hits WKIX 2.8-3.3-3.6.
9 WPLW CHR Curtis. + 0.1; 4.6-4.2-4.7.
10 WNNL Gospel Radio One. -2.1; 6.0-5.6-3.9. Exclusive Gospel share takes a tumble.
Curtis WKIX Classic Hits 2.8-3.3-3.6. iHeart WNCB Country iHeart slides 3.7-4.0-3.5.4.0. Raleigh’s lone
Ed Informational WCPE/WBUX/WURI/WZPE Classical. 1.8-2.2-2.8.
Sports: WCMC Capitol 3.3-3.2-2.6. Capitol Sports WDNC-AM, 0.3. Sports down 4.1-3.5-2.9.
Spanish: WYMY Curtis Regional Mexican 2.4-2.3-2.0. WLCY Spanish Sports Capitol 0.2.
N/T WPTF-AM Curtis 1.8-1.5-1.9. NC CentralU WNCU News 0.3. Shaw U Jazz WSHA 0.2.
Swings: + 1.0 Adult Hits WNNN, + 1.0 Classical WCPE, + 0.8 Classic Hits WKIX; – 2.1 Gospel WNNL, – 1.3 CHR WDCG.
– Shares: Curtis Media 27.3-26.6-25.4-26.7-27.5, iHeart Media 21.2-22.8-23.3-21.7, Radio One 17.2-16.9-17.0-15.6; , Capitol Broadcasting 11.7-10.4-10.8, U. UNC Chapel Hill 7.3-6.5-7.3

44. NORFOLK, VA. 1,358,100. 37 Stations, 59% Subscribe. Black 32%, Spanish 5%.
1 WVKL Urban A/C Entercom. Holds, 11.7-12.6-11.7, #1 cume 382k. 5 Urbans 26.6-26.4-25.5.
2 WOWI Urban iHeart. -1.2; 10.7-9.7-9.5, now 2.7 from the top. Virtual tie for #2 cume by 100.
3 WNOR Rock Saga. Stays, 6.0-5.3-6.0 vs. Saga Classic Rock WAFX holding 4.2- 4.3.
4 WGH Country Max. – 0.4; 5.5-5.6-5.1, just one Norfolk Country subscriber.
5 WVBW Classic Hits Max. – 0.2; 5.1-5.2-4.9, tight fight between Classic Hits & Classic Rock.
6 WWDE A/C Entercom. + 0.4; 4.0-3.9-4.4. A/C brands move up 23.7-24.3-24.8.
7 WAFX Classic Rock Saga. + 0.1; 4.2-4.2-4.3. Saga’s “Rock” brands pair goes 10.0-9.5-10.3.
8 WPTE Modern A/C Entercom. + 0.1; 3.9-3.4-4.0. Moves back.
9 WNVZ Rhythmic-CHR Entercom. – 0.9; 4.7-4.2-3.8. Total of 3 CHRs slips 10.0-9.5-9.8.
10 WVHT CHR Max. + 0.5; 3.1-3.0-3.6, lead on iHeart CHR WNOH moves 1.2- 0.7-1.2.
Of Note: WGH-AM Urban A/C Max Broadcast. 1.7-1.6-2.0. WJOI Adult Stand. Saga, 0.5-0.7-1.4.
WVSP Sports Max Broadcast. 1.7-1.7-1.3 is the only Norfolk Sports station.
Swings: + 0.5 CHR WVHT, + 0.5 RhymOldies WHBT, + 0.4 A/C WWDE; – 1.2 Urban WOWI, – 0.9 Rhym-CHR WNVZ.
Shares: Entercom 23.8-24.3-24.1-23.9, iHeart 17.2-17.9-17.8-17.7, Max 17.9-17.1-17.1-16.9, Saga 10.7-10.2-9.5-11.7.

45. NASHVILLE, TN. 1,285,000. 54 Stations, 44% Subscribe. Black 16%, Spanish 6%.
1 WJXA Soft A/C Midwest. – 2.0; 11.6-11.0-9.6, #1 cume 520-552-514k.
2 WCJK Adult Hits Midwest. – 0.2; 8.2-9.4-8.0, solid Adult Hits, still a Duke 1-2 punch.
2 WRVW CHR iHeart. + 0.4; 7.6-8.3-8.0, vs Cumulus CHR WNFN 2.1. CHRs: 9.1-10.6-10.1.
4 WUBT Urban iHeart. – 0.8; 8.1-7.2-7.3, vs CMLS Urban A/C WQQK 4.7. Urban/Gospel 12.2-12.6.
5 WNRQ Classic Rock iHeart. + 1.3; 5.8-6.3-7.1. Only other Rock, Cromwell Modern WBUZ 3.1-2.7.
6 WSIX Country iHeart. + 1.3; 4.3-5.2-5.6, #1 Country with 0.8 now separating 3 of 4 subscribers.
7 WKDF Country Cumulus. + 0.6; 4.5-4.9-5.1, now 2nd Country by 0.5. Cowboy Up: 14.2-15.9-16.8.
8 WSM Country Cumulus. + 1.0; 3.8-4.1-4.8. Again, Top 10 ranks: 2 Midwest, 4 iHeart, 4 Cumulus.
9 WQQK Urban A/C Cumulus. + 0.1; 4.6-4.4-4.7. Works to stabilize.
10 WGFX Sports Cumulus. – 0.9; 5.6-4.7-4.5. Team Cromwell: WPRT 0.8, WQZQ-AM 0.3; 5.8-5.6.
WPLN-F News/Talk Nashville Public Radio. 3.6-3.5-3.4.
Cromwell: WBUZ Modern Rock 2.9-3.1-2.7. Gospel WPRT-HD2, -0.6.
WSM Country Ryman Hospitality 1.6-1.7-1.3 Grand Ol’ Oprey.
Classical: Nashville Public Radio WFCL 0.8 vs Mid TN State Univ WMOT 0.1.
Sports WPRT Cromwell 0.8, team mate WQZQ 0.3. Nashville Sports: 1.3-1.1-1.1.
Swings: + 1.3 Classic Rock WNRQ, + 1.3 Country WSIX, + 1.0 Country WSM; – 2.0 SoftA/C WJXA,
– 0.9 Sports WGFX.
Shares: iHeart 26.5-27.5-28.6-29.7, Cumulus 24.8-23.9-22.9-21.2, Midwest 19.0-19.8-20.4-17.6, Cromwell 5.0-4.7-4.7, 4.8-4.4, Nashville Public 4.9-4.5-4.3-4.2.

46. GREENSBORO, NC. 1,219,700. 45 stations, 47% subscribe. Black 22%, Spanish 8%.
1 WQMG Urban A/C Entercom. – 0.2; 9.8-9.7-9.6. Soul Urban A/C. Entercom repeats 1-2-4 wins.
2 WSMW Adult Hits Entercom. – 1.2; 9.3-9.0-8.1. Exclusive, done well, ‘nuther dip, #2 cume by 5k.
3 WTQR Country iHeart. + 1.1; 6.9-7.0-8.0 nice lift vs. Entercom Country WPAW back 2.1
4 WJMH Rhym-CHR Entercom. Holding 7.8-7.3-7.8 vs iHeart CHR WMKS 6.6, Dick WKZL 5.7.
5 WMAG Adult Contemporary iHeart. Stays 7.3-7.2-7.3 only A/C holds #1 Cume 455-450-445k.
6 WMKS CHR iHeart. + 0.7; 5.9-5.6-6.6 beats Dick CHR WKZL by 0.9.
7 WPAW Country Entercom – 0.4; 6.3-6.4-5.9. Country Total 13.3-13.5-13.9; Curtis WPCM-AM 0.0
8 WKRR Classic Rock Dick. – 0.6; 6.4-7.8-5.8. Big May/June dump.
9 WKZL CHR Dick. – 1.1; 6.8-5.6-5.7, #3 of 3 CHRs.
10 WVBZ Modern Rock iHeart. + 2.2; 1.6-1.7-3.8. What up with that? Voltair or PPM respondent change?
N/T: WFDD Wake Forest U. + 0.6; 2.0-2.1-2.6, iHeart WPTI 2.3; WUNC 1.8, Curtis WSJS 1.3. N/T 8.0.
Regional Mex Curtis WYMY 1.8, only Spanish listed; 7 non-subscribers.
Gospel: Entercom WEAL-AM 0.4 & WPET-AM 0.2, Baker Family WXRI 0.3 & WTJY 0.1, Winston-Salem State Jazz WSNC 0.2. The only subscribing Sports Curtis WCOG-AM, 0.1.
Swings: + 2.2 Rock WVBZ, 1.1 Country WTQR; – 1.2 Adult Hits WSMW, -1.1. CHR WKZL. Shares: Entercom 33.3-33.4-32.6-32.5, iHeart Media 23.3-24.4-24.5-25.7, Dick Broadcasting 11.3-11.9-13.2-13.4-11.5.

48. WEST PALM BEACH, FL. 1,163,200. 34 Stations, 50% Subscribers. Spanish 19%, Black 17%.
1 WRMF Hot A/C Digity. + 0.7; 9.2-10.6-9.9, #1 cume 466-433k, market’s only Hot A/C.
2 WIRK Country Digity. – 0.2; 7.1-5.7-6.9, solo W.Palm Country comes back. Digity has 3 of Top 5.
3 WOLL A/C iHeart. – 0.9; 7.7-6.8-6.8, trails WRMF 3.1 & leads WEAT by 2.0.
4 WEAT A/C Digity. – 0.6; 5.4-5.5-4.8. Hot A/C, A/C, Urban A/C quartet minor dip 26.3-26.8-25.5.
4 WAYF Christian WAY. + 0.4; 4.4-4.1-4.8. WRMB Moody Bible is at 1.0.
6 WKGR Classic Rock iHeart. + 0.4; 3.9-3.8-4.3, just one Palm Beach station with a Rock handle.
7 WMBX Urban A/C Digity. Flat, 4.0-3.9-4.0. Will Digity become an Alpha dog?
8 WLDI CHR iHeart. Flat, as well, 3.8-3.7-3.8. The lone CHR; low show for iHeart’s CHR style.
9 WZZR Talk iHeart. + 0.3; 2.6-2.9-2.9. Lead N/T of 5 with a very steady 7.3-7.2-7.4-7.3.
10 WRLX Spanish Hits iHeart. + 0.5; 1.9-1.9-2.4. One Spanish subscriber vs 8 not listed.
Ill-fated American Public Classical’s finale is 1.6-1.7. Partners WPBI-HD2 News drops 1.6-1.0-0.8.
And co-owened Classical WKCP falls off the charts. Any Classical savior, out there?
Swings: + 0.7 Hot A/C WRMF, + 0.5 Spanish Hits WRLX; – 0.9 A/C WOLL, – 0.6 A/C WEAT.
Shares: Digity Media 26.6-24.7-25.7-25.6, iHeart Media 20.1-21.5-21.0-22.1.

49. JACKSONVILLE, FL. 1,156,700. 39 Stations, 44% Subscribe. Black 21%, Spanish 7%.
1 WEJZ Soft A/C Renda. Steady on Top, 11.0-10.3-11.0, #1 cume 496-496k; other A/C is Urban.
2 WJGL Classic Hits Cox. + 0.1; 8.5-7.4-8.6 vs iHeart Rhythmic Oldies 4.5. Total up 13.1.
3 WQIK Country iHeart. – 1.4; 9.2-8.4-7.8, holds rank as Renda Country is within 1.3.
4 WAPE CHR Cox. Stands 7.1-6.9-7.1 vs iHeart CHR WKSL dipping to 4.8.
4 WGNE Country Renda. – 0.5; 7.0-6.7-6.5. Country pair rides south, 16.2-15.1-14.3.
6 WOKV News/Talk Cox. + 0.6; 5.9-6.7-6.5 vs N/T WJCT 3.1-3.0-3.4.
7 WXXJ Modern Rock Cox. + 0.6; 4.3-5.0-4.9. Only other Rock, iHeart WKSL-HD2 at 0.3.
8 WKSL CHR iHeart. – 0.7; 5.5-5.2-4.8. CHR pair trending down 13.0-12.6-12.1-11.9.
9 WJBT Urban iHeart. – 1.0; 5.6-5.2-4.6 vs Cox Urban WJGL-HD2, showing a steady 2.9.
9 WHJX Urban A/C Cox. + 0.3; 4.3-5.0-4.6 still a tight fight with Rhythmic Oldies WSOL, 4.5.
Adult Hits WWJK Adult Hits iHeart is another steady mid-range performer, here: 3.9-4.1.
WJGL-HD2 Urban Cox 2.8-2.8-2.9 has a nice HD showing. Urban drifts 12.6-13.2-12.1.
Sports: iHeart WFXJ-AM is the only Jacksonville Sports subscriber at 0.2.
Swings: + 0.6 N/T WOKV, + 0.6 ModRock WXXJ, + 0.5, Christian WMUV; – 1,4 Country WQIK, – 1.0 Urban WJBT.
Shares: Cox Media 32.6-32.9-33.9-38.6, iHeart Media 28.9-29.3-27.9-26.3, Renda 17.8-18.0-17.0-17.5.

52. HARTFORD, CT. 1,072,700. 25 Stations, 52% Subscribe. Spanish 13%, Black 11%.
1 WWYZ Country iHeart. + 1.3; 7.7-8.4-9.0. WRCH only dethroned a couple of times; this is one.
2 WRCH Soft A/C CBS. – 1.5; 9.6-8.9-8.1, only other 2nd place recent finish, post-holiday Jan.’15.
3 WKSS CHR iHeart. + 0.3; 7.7-7.5-8.0, #1 cume 420k takes CBS Rhym-CHR WZMX by 1.3.
4 WTIC Hot A/C CBS. – 0.2; 7.4-7.8-7.2 Will CBS leave this under-radio’d market?
5 WHCN Classic Hits iHeart. – 0.3; 7.3-7.3-7.0, stays 1.5 up on Connoisseur Classic Rock WDRC. 6 WZMX Rhythmic-CHR CBS. + 1.3; 5.4-6.7-6.7.
7 WTIC-AM News/Talk CBS. – 1.2; 7.0-5.4-5.8. Only 50kw CT AM, not what it was; Sports in PMD.
8 WDRC Classic Rock Connoisseur. + 1.3; 4.2-4.7-5.5. The inland “Whale” swims north, up the river.
9 WNPR/WPKT/WEDW/WRLI News/Talk Connecticut Ed. Telecomm. – 0.2; 2.9-2.6-2.7. Potential!
10 WUCS Sports iHeart. + 0.3; 1.7-2.0-2.0. iHeart Sports WPOP stays at 0.1 and Sports stays at 2.1.
News: University Massachusetts WFCR. 1.1-0.8-1.2, once great Five College Radio. N/T 12.4-9.8-9.7.
AM Talk Quadcast: WDRC/WMMW/WSNG/WWCO Connoisseur. – 0.3; 1.2-1.0-0.9. Wasted words.
Swings: + 1.3 for 3: Country WWYZ, RhymCHR WZMX, Classic Rock WDRC, + 0.3 CHR WKSS,
+ 0.3 Sports WUCS; – 1.5 Soft A/C WRCH, – 1.2 N/T WTIC-AM.
Shares: CBS 31.1-29.4-28.1-27.5, iHeart 22.3-24.5-25.3-26.1, Connoisseur 6.7-5.4-5.7-6.4.

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* Is a big jump or slide due processing or a change in the limited sample?
* Fresh & Familiar works. What about some innovation for Mass Appeal that Sells?
* One size doesn’t NOT fit all: Wall Street vs. Main Street & Local Wins.
* Radio’s on a roll proving greater than ever Audio Delivery to new listening habits & gadgets.
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