July 2023 (6/22 ? 7/18) Nielsen Audio PPM Ratings Day 3: A Red Wave For WLW

[Colorado Media Newsroom]

From Radio Insight:

Day 3 of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases are now available for Charlotte, Portland, San Antonio, Salt Lake City, Sacramento, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Cleveland and Columbus.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.

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Charlotte

Radio One Adult R&B “105.3 R&B” WOSF rises 7.6 to 8.0 for what Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is a record high for the station. iHeartMedia Variety Hits “102.9 The Lake” WLKO is up 7.3 to 7.5. Beasley Country 103.7 WSOC rises 5.6 to 6.3. Radio One News/Talk 1110 WBT/99.3 WBT-FM jumps up 4.8 to 6.1 for its highest share since December 2020 tying Beasley Adult R&B “V101.9” WBAV (6.1 to 6.1).
iHeartMedia Country “96.9 The Kat” WKKT falls 5.5 to 4.3, while sister Alternative “106.5 The End” WEND is down 4.7 to 4.1. Beasley AC “K104.7” WKQC drops 5.2 to 3.9.
Portland

iHeartMedia Classic Hits “106.7 The Eagle” KLTH rises 9.1 to 9.5. iHeart AC “K103” KKCW is up 8.4 to 8.8. Public News/Talk 91.5 KOPB-FM rises 5.9 to 6.2. Alpha News/Talk 101.1 KXL is up 5.6 to 5.8. Classical 89.9 KQAC jumps up 4.8 to 5.6.
The national PR for Alpha Media CHR “Live 95.5” over its AI midday host does nothing to help local ratings as the station holds at a 3.0 share.
San Antonio

Cox Classic Hits 101.1 KONO-FM is up 8.9 to 9.1. iHeartMedia AC “Q101.9” KQXT slips 7.7 to 7.2. iHeart Country “KJ 97” KAJA dips 6.1 to 5.7. Cox Classic Rock “106.7 The Eagle” KTKX rises 5.2 to 5.5, while sister Rock 99.5 KISS-FM is up 5.0 to 5.4.
Univision Rhythmic AC “Vibe 107.5” KVBH rises 4.2 to 4.9. Cox Hot AC “Magic 105.3” KSMG is up 3.7 to 4.2.
Cox Country “Y100” KCYY drops 5.6 to 4.5.
Salt Lake City

Bonneville AC “FM 100” KSFI rises 11.0 to 11.6. Bonneville Classic Rock “103.5 The Arrow” KRSP jumps up to second 5.2 to 6.4. iHeartMedia Classic Hits 94.1 KODJ dips 6.0 to 5.8, while sister Conservative Talk 570 KNRS/105.9 KNRS-FM falls 5.6 to 4.6 to tie Capitol Broadcasting AC “Now 97.9” KBZN (4.5 to 4.6).
KSOP Inc. Country “Z104.3” KSOP-FM is down 5.3 to 4.2. iHeartMedia AC “My 99.5” WJMY slides 4.6 to 3.8, while Cumulus AC “B98.7” KBEE is up 3.3 to 3.8.
Sacramento

iHeartMedia News/Talk 1530 KFBK/93.1 KFBK-FM jumps up three shares 9.6 to 12.6 which Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is its best share since Fall 1994. Audacy Classic Rock “Eagle 96.9” KSEG rises 10.2 to 10.7. Bonneville’s Country 105.1 KNCI (5.9 to 5.4) and AC “Mix 96” KYMX (5.1 to 5.4) tie for third. Audacy Alternative “Alt 94.7” KKDO dips 5.1 to 4.7.
Audacy Rhythmic CHR 102.5 KSFM rises 2.9 – 3.1 – 3.5, but CHR “106.5 The End” KUDL slides 4.1 – 3.5 – 2.7. Audacy’s “98 Rock” KRXQ is down 4.0 – 3.7 – 3.4.
iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 650 KSTE and Rhythmic AC “V101” KHYL both are down 4.6 to 3.7.
Orlando

iHeartMedia AC “Magic 107.7” WMGF holds its lead 8.7 to 8.5. Cox Adult R&B “Star 94.5” WCFB jumps up 6.4 to 7.7. Audacy Classic Hits “105.9 Sunny-FM” WOCL holds at a 6.8. Cox Classic Rock 98.9 WMMO is down 7.5 to 6.7. iHeartMedia Spanish Tropical “Rumba 100” WRUM is off 6.2 to 6.1.
Cox Country “K92.3” WWKA plummets 7.0 – 5.7 – 3.8. Audacy Hot AC “Mix 105.1” WOMX is off 5.2 to 4.7. iHeartMedia Hot Talk “Real Radio 104.1” WTKS-FM dips 4.6 to 4.0. Cox Spanish Hot AC “Exitos 96.5” WOEX trends down 3.1 – 2.9 – 2.1.
iHeartMedia Conservative Talk “540 WFLA” WFLF jumps up 0.4 – 1.3 – 1.6.
Pittsburgh

iHeartMedia Classic Hits “94.5 3WS” WWSW surges up 11.2 to 12.8 to expand its lead of sister Classic Rock 102.5 WDVE (down 9.9 to 9.2). Steel City Media Variety Hits “96.9 Bob-FM” WRRK rises 6.9 to 7.1. Audacy Sports “93.7 The Fan” KDKA-FM is down 7.1 to 6.7. Renda AC “Wish 99.7” WSSH rises 5.4 to 5.7.
Las Vegas

iHeartMedia AC “Sunny 106.5” KSNE surges up 6.4 to 8.1 to reclaim the Las Vegas lead. Lotus Regional Mexican “La Buena 101.9” KWID falls 8.4 to 7.4. Beasley Classic Hits 96.3 KKLZ rises 5.6 to 5.9. Audacy Hot AC “Mix 94.1” KMXB jumps up 3.5 to 4.9. iHeartMedia Country “95.5 The Bull” KWNR is up 4.6 to 4.8.
Audacy Rhythmic AC “Q100.5” KXQQ is down 4.9 to 4.2. Lotus Classic Rock “97.1 The Point” KXPT slides 4.4 – 3.4 – 2.8.
Latino Media Network Spanish Rhythmic “La Kalle 99.3” is up 2.5 to 3.2. Latino Media Network Regional Mexican “103.5 Zona MX” KISF falls 3.5 to 1.6. Entravision’s Regional Mexican “La Tricolor 105.1” KQRT trends down 3.6 – 3.0 – 1.8.
Cincinnati

With the Cincinnati Reds going on a hot streak around its rookie players, team flagship iHeartMedia News/Talk 700 WLW explodes up 13.0 to 16.0 for what Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is its largest share since Spring 1978. Cumulus Classic Hits 103.5 WGRR is off 10.7 to 8.9. Hubbard CHR “Q102” WKRQ rises 6.2 to 7.0. Hubbard Country “B105” WUBE moves in the opposite direction 7.2 to 6.5. Cumulus AC “Warm 98.5” WRRM is off 5.8 to 5.0.
Cumulus AC “Mix 94.9” WREW is up 4.2 to 4.8. iHeartMedia Rock 102.7 WEBN is up 2.7 to 3.4. Cumulus County “Cat Country 94.1” WNNF trends down 2.0 – 1.8 – 1.1.
iHeartMedia Rhythmic CHR/Gold “Kiss 107.1” jumps up 1.8 – 3.2 following its July 4 weekend music revamp.
Kansas City

Cumulus Media’s duo of Classic Rock “101 The Fox” KCFX (10.5 to 10.3) and Classic Hits 94.9 KCMO-FM (9.4 to 9.8) hold onto their usual spots atop Kansas City. Steel City Media Country 94.1 KFKF rises 4.2 to 5.3. Audacy Country “106.5 The Wolf” WDAF-FM falls 6.3 to 5.0. Audacy News/Talk 98.9 KMBZ-FM rises 4.3 to 4.9.
Steel City AC “KC 102.1” KCKC is up 4.1 to 4.6. Northwestern Media Christian AC “Life 88.5” KJNW-FM is up 3.1 to 3.7. Audacy Rock “98.9 The Rock” KQRC drops 4.7 to 3.7, while sister Alternative “Alt 96.5” KRBZ trends down 3.6 – 2.9 – 2.6 and Hot AC “99.7 The Point” KZPT goes 3.1 – 2.8 – 2.3.
Cleveland

iHeartMedia Classic Hits “Majic 105.7” WMJI’s lead narrows up 10.2 to 10.3, while Radio One Adult R&B 93.1 WZAK jumps up 8.8 to 10.0. Audacy Classic Rock 98.5 WNCX is up 7.5 to 7.8. iHeartMedia Country 99.5 WGAR rises 6.8 to 7.7 and sister Variety Hits “106.5 The Lake” WHLK is up 6.8 to 7.1.
iHeartMedia News/Talk 1100/106.9 WTAM drops 5.8 to 5.1. Public News/Talk 89.7 WKSU/104.9 WCPN is down 5.7 to 4.9.
Columbus

iHeartMedia takes the top three spots with Country 92.3 WCOL maintaining its lead 11.0 to 10.9, CHR 97.9 WNCI rises 6.6 to 7.0, and News/Talk 610 WTVN is up 6.2 to 6.9. Saga Classic Rock “QFM 96” WLVQ is off 6.5 to 6.3. iHeart Classic Hits “93.3 The Bus” WODC jumps up 4.0 to 5.1.



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