Radio Resources Presents October 2023 (9/14 ? 10/11) Nielsen Audio PPM Ratings Day 4: Eagle Soars In Jacksonville

[Colorado Media Newsroom]

From Radio Insight:

The fourth and final day of Nielsen Audio’s PPM releases for the month bring Austin, Raleigh/Durham, Indianapolis, Nashville, Milwaukee, Providence, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Greensboro/Winston-Salem, West Palm Beach, Memphis, and Hartford.
All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings.

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Austin

Waterloo Media Variety Hits “103.5 Bob-FM” KBPA continues its downward trend 9.6 to 8.6 to lead* the market. Audacy AC “Majic 95.5” KKMJ is down 8.0 to 7.0. iHeartMedia Country 98.1 KVET-FM is up 5.5 to 5.8. Public News/Talk 90.1 KUT-FM rises 5.3 to 5.6. Waterloo Media Talk 590/99.7 KLBJ jumps up 3.4 to 4.7.
Waterloo Media Classic Rock 93.7 KLBJ-FM drops 4.7 to 4.0. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “102.3 The Beat” KPEZ trends down 5.0 – 4.7 – 3.5. AAA 98.9 KUTX drops 3.2 to 2.5. Township Media Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” 1490 KJFK slides 2.3 – 1.9 – 1.6.
Waterloo Alternative “101X” KROX-FM trends up 2.0 – 2.3 – 2.8.
Raleigh/Durham

Radio One Adult R&B “Foxy 107.1/104.3” WFXC/WFXK remains on top holding at a 10.1 share. Public News/Talk 91.5 WUNC-FM rises 9.1 to 9.4. iHeartMedia’s “Talk 106.1” WTKK drops 9.4 to 8.2. Capitol Broadcasting AC “Mix 101.5” WRAL-FM is down 8.3 to 7.6. Curtis Media’s stations return to the public numbers with Classic Hits “Kix 102” WKIX-FM/WKJO/WKXU trending up 3.7 – 4.2 – 6.9.
Curtis Media Variety Hits “96.1 BBB” WBBB rises 5.2 to 5.9. iHeartMedia Classic Rock 100.7 WRDU rises 5.0 – 5.5 – 5.8.
Curtis Country 94.7 WQDR gains 4.3 to 5.6, while iHeartMedia Country “B93.9” WNCB is up 3.4 to 4.0. Radio One Gospel “103.9 The Light” WNNL gains 2.8 to 3.9. Capitol Broadcasting Sports “99.9 The Fan” WCMC-FM trends up 2.3 – 3.1 – 3.5.
Radio One Hip Hop “K97.5” WQOK falls 6.3 – 4.1 – 3.3.
iHeartMedia CHR “G105” WDCG is down 2.4 to 2.0, for what Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is the lowest share for 105.1 since Spring 1977. Curtis CHR “Pulse-FM” 96.9 WPLW returns to the listings with a 1.6 share.
Indianapolis

Cumulus Media Classic Hits 104.5 WJJK reclaims the lead up 7.3 to 8.2. Radio One AC “B105.7” WYXB falls 8.2 to 7.1. Radio One News/Talk 93.1 WIBC gains 6.1 to 6.9. Cumulus Country 95.5 WFMS (5.8 to 6.1) and CHR 99.5 WZPL (6.0 to 6.1) tie for fourth.
Educational Media Foundation Christian AC “K-Love” 101.9 WKLY rises 4.0 – 4.4 – 4.9. Radio One Sports “93.5/107.5 The Fan” WIBC-HD2 is up 2.8 – 3.5 – 4.3. iHeartMedia Classic Alternative “Indy 103.3” WOLT is up 3.5 to 4.2.
Sarkes Tarzian AAA 92.3 WTTS drops 5.4 to 4.6. Public News/Talk 90.1 WFYI falls 6.4 to 4.6.
Nashville

Midwest Communications AC “Mix 92.9” WJXA rises 9.3 to 10.0. Midwest Variety Hits “96.3 Jack-FM” WCJK trends up 7.6 – 8.6 – 9.1 – 9.8. Cumulus Sports “104.5 The Zone” WGFX is up 7.2 to 7.4. Cumulus Classic Country “95.5 Nash Icon” WSM-FM rebounds 5.6 to 6.2. iHeartMedia CHR “107.5 The River” WRVW jumps up 4.7 – 5.0 – 5.7 to tie Cumulus Conservative Talk “99.7 WTN” WWTN (down 6.1 to 5.7).
iHeartMedia Country “The Big 98” WSIX trends down 6.8 – 5.5 – 5.1. Public News/Talk 90.3 WPLN-FM crashes 5.5 to 4.1. Cromwell Media Rock “102.9 The Buzz” WBUZ falls 4.4 – 3.4 – 2.7.
Salem Christian AC “94 The Fish” WFFH/WFFI trends up 2.5 – 2.7 – 3.3.
Midwest Classic Country “Y’all 106.7” WNFN jumps 1.0 to 1.9.
Milwaukee

iHeartMedia Conservative Talk 1130 WISN inches up 9.6 to 9.7 to leapfrog back over Good Karma’s 620 WTMJ as it dips 9.8 to 9.6. Saga Classic Rock “Hometown Rock 96.5” WKLH slips 9.6 – 9.0 – 7.8. iHeartMedia Country “FM 106.1” WMIL is down 8.4 to 7.2, while sister Classic Hits “95.7 Big-FM” WRIT-FM rises 6.3 to 6.9.
Milwaukee Radio Alliance AC “B93.3” WLDB is down 6.0 to 5.5. Audacy Hot AC “99.1 The Mix” WMYX rises 4.1 to 4.6, while CHR “103.7 Kiss-FM” is up 2.7 – 3.4 – 3.9.
Ahead of its early Christmas music flip on Wednesday, Saga’s “Pure Oldies 106.9” WRXS trends down 3.1 – 2.3 – 2.0.
Providence

Hall Communications “Cat Country 98.1” WCTK claims the Providence lead as it slips 9.9 to 9.3. Cumulus AC “Lite 105.1” WWLI falls 10.9 to 9.0 to tie iHeartMedia Rock 94.1 WHJY for second with WHJY rising 8.5 to 9.9. iHeart Classic Hits “B101” WWBB is up 6.7 to 6.9. Cumulus News/Talk 630 WPRO/99.7 WEAN rises 6.1 to 6.5.
Cumulus CHR “92 Pro-FM” WPRO-FM falls 6.5 to 5.4 for its lowest share since Holiday 2020.
Beasley’s “98.5 The Sports Hub” WBZ-FM Boston trends up 2.6 – 3.3 – 3.6.
Norfolk/Virginia Beach

Audacy Adult R&B “95.7 R&B” WVKL increases its lead the three share points up 10.2 to 10.6. Sinclair Variety Hits “93.7 Bob-FM” WNOB rises 6.6 to 7.6. Audacy AC “101.3 2WD” WWDE is up 7.3 to 7.4. Saga Classic Rock “106.9 The Fox” WAFX is down 6.4 to 5.9. iHeartMedia Hip Hop “103 Jamz” WOWI is off 5.5 to 5.2.
Max Media AC “92.9 The Wave” WTWV-FM rises 3.6 to 5.0.
Following its quiet move back to Rhythmic CHR this summer, Audacy’s “Z104” WNVZ trends up 2.4 – 3.1 – 3.6.
Jacksonville

Cox Classic Rock “96.9 The Eagle” WJGL jumps 10.6 to 11.7 for what Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is an all-time record high for the frequency. Renda AC 96.1 WEJZ is up 8.3 to 9.1. Cox Talk 104.5 WOKV-FM is down 8.2 to 7.5. iHeartMedia Country 99.1 WQIK drops 7.5 to 6.8 to tie Cox Soft AC “Easy 102.9” WEZI as it drops 7.1 to 6.8 (but its stream adds an additional 2.0 share).
iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101.5” WSOL falls 8.1 – 7.3 – 6.5 following Cox’s move of competing “Hot 106.5” WHJX from a translator to the full-powered signal as it rises 1.7 to 2.6.
iHeartMedia Rock “107.3 Planet Radio” WWJK (and switched back to its heritage WPLA call letters as of this week) rises 4.3 to 5.0. The downgrade of Cox Alternative “X99.5” from 106.5 to the WOKV-HD2 fed translator hasn’t hurt it as it holds at a 1.6.
Greensboro/Winston-Salem

Audacy Adult R&B 97.1 WQMG rises 11.2 – 13.6 – 14.0 for its largest share since January 2022. Audacy’s Variety Hits “98.7 Simon” WSMW slides 12.5 – 11.1 – 10.4. iHeartMedia AC “Mix 99.5” dips 7.8 to 7.5. Audacy Hip Hop “102 Jamz” WJMH rises 6.2 to 7.2 to tie for fourth with Dick Broadcasting Classic Rock “Rock 92” WKRR as it rises 6.8 to 7.2.
iHeartMedia Country “Q104.1” WTQR falls 6.5 to 4.6.
Both CHRs rise with Dick’s 107.5 WKZL up 2.9 to 3.2 and iHeartMedia’s “Hits 100.3” WMKS rising 2.1 to 2.6.
West Palm Beach

Hubbard Classic Hits “Sunny 107.9” WEAT maintains its top spot holding at a 7.9 share. Hubbard Adult R&B “X102.3” WMBX rises 6.9 to 7.4. iHeartMedia AC “Kool 105.5” WOLL inches up 6.0 to 6.1. Hubbard Hot AC 97.9 WRMF falls 7.0 to 5.1 for what Huff notes is its lowest share since April 2011. It is followed by sister Country 103.1 WIRK up 3.2 – 3.9 – 4.2.
Hope Media Group Christian AC “Way-FM” 88.1 WAYF slides 3.9 – 3.2 – 2.8. Hubbard Conservative Talk 850 WFTL rises 1.8 to 2.3.
Memphis

iHeartMedia Adult R&B “V101” KJMS holds its lead 11.8 to 11.9. Audacy AC “104.5 The River” WRVR holds at an 11.0 share. iHeart Hip Hop “K97” WHRK plummets 10.3 to 7.6. iHeartMedia Gospel “95.7 Hallelujah-FM” WHAL-FM holds at a 6.9 share. Audacy Country “99.7 The Wolf” WLFP is down 7.6 – 6.3 – 5.6.
iHeartMedia R&B Oldies 1070 WDIA rises 3.2 to 3.9.
iHeartMedia Hot AC “102.7 Kiss-FM” WEGR drops 3.9 to 2.8.
Note: Neither Cumulus or Flinn subscribe to Nielsen in the Memphis market.
Hartford

Audacy AC “Lite 100.5” WRCH maintains its lead 10.5 to 10.3. iHeartMedia Classic Hits “105.9 The River” WHCN rises 7.4 to 8.0. iHeartMedia’s “Country 92.5” WWYZ is up 6.2 to 6.7. Audacy Hot AC 96.5 WTIC-FM slides 7.6 – 6.6 – 6.3. iHeartMedia CHR “Kiss 95.7” WKSS is off 6.2 to 6.1.
iHeartMedia Sports “ESPN 97.9” WUCS gains 1.3 – 1.7 – 2.5.



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