Northeast Radio – February 24, 2024

Nor’east Radio March 25, 2024  PPM UPDATES
FEBRUARY NEW YORK, WASH DC, PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON, PROVIDENCE, HARTFORD, Long Island, Baltimore                                                   

FCC Grants HEBA Nighttime Approval


CLARK SMIDT, Broadcast Advisor www.broadcastideas.com 978 502 6633 clarkfmidt@gmail.com

On March 18, the FCC approved nighttime operation for the HEBA (High Efficiency Broadband Antenna) at its current site on 940 AM, Webster, MA. (www.loudandclean.com) The patented HEBA sits on a single-family-dwelling plot of land, with NO buried ground system, NO ground wires and NO lights necessary. This one is just 72 feet tall. Added value to AM antenna land. Please call for information.

February 1-28, 2024 PPM results show latest format trends.
Understanding the numbers is essential for preparations to win without major investment.

NEW YORK (1) FEBRUARY ’24 CLUSTERS Holiday-January-February: iHeart 31.8-27.2-28.5, Audacy 19.4-22.2-20.0), Spanish Broadcasting System 7.6-7.7-7.2, WNYC Public 7.3-7.8-6.7, Media Holding Inc. 6.6-6.4-6.5. NYC Live 25: iHeart holds the Top 3 spots: 1. WLTW A/C 14.3-7.7-8.4, 3.58 million, #1 cume; 2. WAXQ Classic Rock 5.9-6.6-6.9, 1.75million #6 cume; 3. WHTZ CHR 4.6-5.5-5.6, 2.45mil #2 cume; 4. WNYC Public N/T 4.1-4.5-4.7, 617k #17 cume; TIE 5: WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.4-6.2-4.6, 2.27mil #3 cume; TIE 5: WBLS Media Holding Urban A/C 4.7-4.8-4.6, 1.28mil #9 cume; 7. WINS-FM Audacy News 3.9-4.7-4.5 (0.4 stream), 1.55mil #7 cume; 8. WKTU iHeart RhymCHR 4.0-4.0-4.2, 2.23mil #4 cume; 9 TIE: WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 3.9-3.7-4.1, 2.17mil #5 cume; 9 TIE: WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 4.6-4.3-4.1, 1.51mil #8 cume; 11. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 3.0-3.5-3.8, 452k #19cume; 12: WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 2.3-2.8-3.1, 1.08mil #12 cume; 13 TIE: WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.1-2.2-2.2, 911k #13; 13 TIE: WPLJ K-Love Contemp. Christian 2.1-2.1-2.2, 709k #16 cume; 15. WFAN-FM Audacy Sports 2.3-2.7-2.0 (+0.8 stream), 785k #15 cume; 16. WQHT Media Holding RhymCHR 1.9-1.6-1.9, 1.09mil #11; TIE 17: WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 1.8-1.7-1.8, 1.1mil #10, TIE 17: WQXR-FM WNYC Classical 2.0-1.9-1.8, 433k #20 cume; 19. WCBS-AM Audacy News 1.6-1.7-1.7, (+0.1 stream) 465k #18; 20. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.2-1.7-1.6, 271k #23 cume. 21. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.4, 801k #14 cume; 22. WNYC-AM Public N/T 1.1, 128k #34 cume; 23. WKXW Talk Townsquare 1.0, 242k #24 cume; 25. WFAN Stream 0.8, 131k #33 cume. iHeart cluster lead back up 12.4-5.0-8.5 over Audacy; 12 stations have million+ cumes.

WASHINGTON DC (8) FEBRUARY ‘24 CLUSTERS HOL/JAN/FEB: iHeart 19.5-18.1-18.1, Audacy 13.0-12.8-13.8, American University 11.5-12.8-13.0, Urban One 12.7-12.6-12.6, Hubbard 6.5-8.5-7.9, Howard Univ. 7.7-7.2-7.6. DC Top 20: 1. WAMU American U. News/Talk 11.5-12.7-13.0 535k #5 cume; 2. WTOP-FM Hubbard News 6.3-8.3.7.6, 658k #2 cume;  3. WHUR Howard Univ. Urban A/C 7.7-7.2-7.4, 555k #4 cume; 4. WASH-FM iHeart A/C 11.0-6.5 -5.9, 839k #1 cume; 5. WMMJ Urban One A/C 5.5-5.0-5.2, 420k #10; 6. WETA Public Classical up again 3.8-4.6-5.0, 272k #13 cume; 7. WMAL Cumulus N/T 3.1-4.5-4.5, 210k #16; 8. WKYS Urban One Contemporary 3.9-4.2-3.8, 381k #11 cume; TIE 9: WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 3.9-3.5-3.7, 603k #3 cume; TIE 9. WWDC iHeart Modern Alt Rock 2.9-3.5-3.7, 451k #8 cume; TIE 11: WGTS Contemporary Christian -3.1-3.3-3.5, 268k #14 cume; TIE 11: WZMQ iHeart Country 2.9-2.6-3.1, 311-247-277k #13 cume; 13. WPGC Audacy RhymCHR 2.9-3.1-3.4, 458k #7 cume; 14. WPRS Urban One Gospel 2.8-3.0-3.1, 254k #15 cume; 15. WIHT iHeart CHR 2.9-2.7-2.8,531k #6 cume; 16. WJFK Audacy Sports 2.6-2.8-2.3 (+0.8 stream), 193k #18; TIE 17: WIBG iHeart Classic Rock 2.1-2.2-2.1, 450k #9 cume; TIE 17: WLZL Audacy Spanish Tropical 2.0-2.2-2.1, 201k #17; 19. WDCN-LP La Nueva Spanish CHR 1.1-1.2-1.2, 97k #21; 20. WAFY Manning Hot A/C 1.0, 82k #23 cume. iHeart leads Audacy by 4.3. Cumes ranked higher than shares indicate a strong signal with tune-outs.

PHILADELPHIA (9) FEBRUARY ‘24 CLUSTERS HOL/JAN/FEB Audacy 36.7-30.9-30.5, Beasley 19.8-25.5-27.6, iHeart 18.4-15.1-15.5, Public Radio 8.1-7.4-7.0. Urban One 4.6-4.7-5.4. PHA TOP 25: One-Two Beasley Win: 1. WMGK Classic Rock 6.5-8.2-9.1, 813k #2 cume; 2. WMMR Rock 5.7-7.5-8.0, 723k #4 cume; 3. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 8.6-7.3-6.8, 496 #9 cume; 4. WBEB Audacy A/C 16.8-5.5-6.3, 963k #1 cume; 5. KYW-AM Audacy News 4.7-6.2-6.0 (+0.3 stream), 499k #8; 6. WIP-FM Audacy Sports 5.7-7.0-5.7 (+2.0 stream), 458k #10 cume; 7. WXTU Beasley
Country 3.7-5.2-5.0, 532k #7 cume; TIE 8: WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 2.7-3.8-4.2, 757k #3 cume; TIE 8: WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 2.4-3.1-4.2, 628k #5 cume; 10. WUSL iHeart Urban 4.1-3.8-3.6, 422k #11 cume; 11. WPPZ
Urban One R&B Oldies 2.6-2.9-3.4, 319k #14; 12. WHYY Public N/T 2.8-3.1-3.3, 268k #16; 13. WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 2.7-3.1-3.1, 551k #6 cume; 14. WRFF iHeart Adult Alternative 2.1-2.2-2.1, 442 427-433k #11; 3-WAY 15 TIE: WRNB Urban One Contemporary 2.0-1.8-2.0, 303k #15 cume; TIE 15: WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 1.7-2.2-2.0, 121k #24; TIE 15: WIP-FM Stream Audacy Sports 1.5-2.3-2.0, 67k #25; 18. WRTI Temple University Classical 2.5-2.4-1.9, 152k #22 cume; TIE 19: WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.1-1.9-1.8, 430k #12 cume; TIE 19: WXPN U. Penn Adult Alternative 2.3-1.9-1.8, 188k #20. Audacy Cluster keeps a 2.9 lead over Beasley.

BOSTON (10) FEBRUARY ’24 CLUSTERS HOL/JAN/FEB: Beasley 20.8-25.8-24.2, iHeart 22.0-22.2-20.3, Audacy 24.6-18.0-18.6, WGBH 6.8-7.4-7.1, WBUR 6.1-6.0-6.1. BOS: 1. WBZ/FM Beasley Sports 9.2-11.2-9.1, 429k #6 cume; 2. WMJX Audacy A/C 14.2-6.7-6.4, 716k #1 cume; 3. WBUR Boston University N/T 6.1-6.0-6.1, 368k #9 cume; 4. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 3.9-5.2-6.0 598k #3 cume; 5. WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 5.0-4.9-5.2, 391k #7 cume, TIE 6: WWBX Audacy Hot A/C 2.8-4.5-4.9, 459k #4 cume; TIE 6. WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk 4.7-4.6-4.9, 370k #8 cume; 8. WGBH Public News/Talk 3.9-4.2-4.6, 296 #13 cume; 9. WXKS-FM iHeart CHR 3.9-4.3-4.2, 601k #2 cume; 10. WKLB Beasley Country 3.0-4.1-4.0, 353k #10; 11. WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 3.1-2.9-3.7, 423k #6 cume; 12. WEEI-FM Audacy Sports 2.8-3.9-3.3, 247k #16; 13. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 3.1-2.8-3.2, 100k #21 cume; 14. WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 2.8-3.2-2.9, 439k #5 cume; 15. WCRB ‘GBH Public Classical 2.9-3.2-2.5, 227k #17 cume; 16. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 1.7-2.2-2.4, 345k #11 cume; 17. WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative 1.7-1.7-2.1, 275k #14; 18. WBOS Beasley Classic Rock 1.8-1.9-2.0, 304 #12; 19. WBWL iHeart Country 1.7-1.6-1.7, 214k #18; 20. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 1.5-1.7-1.4, 140k #20 cume. Beasley 3.9 ahead of iHeart; 5.8 over Audacy.

Complete March 20 Boston Spotlight: https://1drv.ms/w/s!AoaA0zThaI9Vg9txt8i3GrV2mwaHnQ?e=JMgQzZ

PROVIDENCE (44) FEBRUARY ‘24 CLUSTERS HOL/JAN/FEB: Cumulus 30.5-23.3-23.8, iHeart 18.3-20.8-21.9, Hall Communications 7.7-8.7-8.5. PROV TOP 20: 1. WWLI Cumulus A/C 19.0-9.8 -9.2, 347k #1 cume. 2. WHJY iHeart Classic Rock 6.6-7.0-9.1, 235k #3 cume; 3. WCTK Hall Country 7.3-8.3-7.9, 230k #5 cume; 4. WPRO-AM Cumulus Talk 5.9-6.9-6.8, 99k #7; 5. WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 6.7-6.7-6.0, 212 #6 cume; 6. WSNE iHeart Hot A/C 4.2-6.1-5.7, 234k #4 cume; 7. WPRO-FM Cumulus CHR 3.9-4.5-5.1, 273k #2 cume; 8. WGBH-FM Public N/T 1.6-2.1-2.4, 77k #10. 9. WKKB-FM Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 1.9-2.3-2.1 2k #11; 10. WWKX Cumulus RhymCHR 1.7-2.1-2.0, 84k #8; 11. WVEI-FM Audacy Sports 2.0-2.1-1.7, 81k #8 cume; 12. WNPN RI Public N/T 1.3-1.5-1.4, 42k #12; 13. WHJJ-AM iHeart Talk 1.1, 22k #15; 14. WJMF Bryant University Classical 0.9, 20k #16; 15. WSKP-AM Oldies Red Wolf 0.7, 22k #17 cume; TIE 16: WNBH-AM Hall Classic Hits 0.6, 32k #13; TIE 16: WELH Wheeler School Rock 0.6, 18k #17; TIE 18: WCAI ‘GBH Public N/T 0.1, 7k #18; TIE 18: WCRB ‘GBH Classical 0.1, 5k #19. 20. WSNE-HD2 Talk 0.0 1k #20. Cumulus leads iHeart 2.2-2.5-1.9; Talk WPRO-AM 6.8, CHR WPRO-FM 5.1.

HARTFORD (54) FEBRUARY ’24 CLUSTERS HOL/JAN/FEB: Audacy 35.1-33.8-33.6, iHeart 22.1-22.2-22.2, Red Wolf 13.1-14.5-12.8. HTFD: 1. WRCH Soft A/C 16.9-10.0-10.6, 262k #1 cume; 2. WTIC-FM Hot A/C 5.6-10.0-9.4, 193k #2 cume; 3. WHCN FM iHeart Classic Hits 7.5-7.2-7.6, 163k #4 cume; 4. WZMX-FM Rhythmic CHR Audacy 5.6-6.4-6.9, 137k #6 cume; 5. WWYZ iHeart Country 5.4-6.1-6.7, 159k #5 cume; 6. WTIC-AM Audacy News/Talk 5.2-6.6-5.7, 71k #11 cume; 7. WNPR-FM Connecticut Public News/Talk 4.0-4.1-5.1, 68k #12 cume; 8. WKSS iHeart CHR 4.8-5.1-4.7, 185k #3 cume; 9. WDRC-FM Classic Rock Red Wolf 4.0-4.1-4.1, 125k #7 cume; TIE 10: WPLR-FM Connoisseur Classic Rock 2.1-2.7-2.9, 85k #9; TIE 10: WMRQ-HD2 Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 4.0-4.1-2.9, 47k #14;  12. WMRQ Red Wolf Modern/Alternative Rock 2.1-2.3-2.2, 97k #8; 13. WKCI iHeart CHR 1.9-1.8-1.8, 77k #10; TIE 14: WBOM-AM Red Wolf Urban A/C 1.3-1.8-1.6, 48k #13; TIE 14: WDRC-AM Red Wolf Talk 1.5-1.8-1.6, 23k #16;
16. WUCS iHeart Sports 2.5-2.0-1.4, 36k #15; 17. WTIC-FM Stream Hot A/C 0.6, 9k #19; 3-WAY TIE 18 @ 0.4: WFCR Univ. Mass News/Talk 16k #17; TIE 18: WNTY-AM Oldies Red Wolf 15k #18; TIE 18: WTIC-AM Stream
Audacy 3k #20; TIE 21 Audacy Streams @ 0.0, 0 cume: WRCH Soft A/C & WZMX RhymCHR. Audacy cluster 33.6 stays 11.4 over iHeart 22.2. WHCN Classic Hits #3, 50kw WTIC-AM #6. WNPR N/T #7, WDRC/FM #9.


HOLIDAY-JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2024 NORTHEAST CLUSTER RACE

NEW YORK iHeart 31.8-27.2-28.5 Audacy 19.4-22.2-20.0 Spanish Broadcasting 7.6-7.7-7.2                                                                                          ‘][-

WASHINGTON DC iHeart 21.6-18.1-18.1 American U. 11.5-12.8-13.1 Urban One 12.7-12.7-12.6

PHILADELPHIA Audacy 36.7-30.9-30.5 Beasley 19.6-25.5-27.6 iHeart 18.4-15.1-15.5

BOSTON Beasley 20.8-25.7-24.2 iHeart 22.0-22.2-20.3 Audacy 24.6-18.0 -20.3

PROVIDENCE Cumulus 30.5-23.3-23.8 iHeart 18.3-20.8-21.9 Hall Communications 7.7-8.7-8.5

HARTFORD Audacy 35.1-33.8-33.6 iHeart 22.1-22.2-22.2 Red Wolf 13.1-14.5-12.8


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Nor’east FEBRUARY 2024 Updates follow as a BONUS LISTING from www.broadcastideas.com:

LONG ISLAND NY (20) PPM HOL/JAN/FEB ‘24 Top Clusters: iHeart 19.4-17.2-18.5, Audacy 17.8-17.2-17.8, Connoisseur 19.0-17.6-17.1; CMG Cox Media Group 8.7-11.0-9.9. LI Top 20 shares, cume & rank: 1. WBAB CMG
Classic Rock 5.2-7.2-6.9, 435k #1 cume. 2. WHTZ iHeart CHR 4.4-5.1-5.5, 403k #2; TIE 3: WKJY Connoisseur A/C 4.6-5.1-5.1, 323k #6 cume; TIE 3: WINS/FM Audacy News 3.3-4.8-5.1, 305k #7; 5. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 3.4-3.8-4.8 291k #9; 6. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 3.6-5.8-4.4, 304 #8; 7. WALK Connoisseur A/C 9.2-4.7-4.1, 343k #3 cume; 8. WKTU iHeart RhymCHR 2.4-3.0-3.1, 289k #10; 9. WHLI-AM Connoisseur Oldies 1.9-3.5-3.0, 100k #17; TIE 10: WBLI CMG CHR 3.3-3.6-2.8, 329k #4 cume; TIE 10: WLTW iHeart A/C 5.9.2-3.3-2.8, 327k #5 cume. TIE 12: WNEW/FM Audacy Hot A/C 2.4-2.3-2.7, 195k #12; TIE 12: WFAN Audacy Sports 3.5-4.6-2.7 190k #13; 14: WWSK Connoisseur Rock 1.6-2.2-2.5. 175k #14 cume; 15. WBZO CHANGED TO COUNTRY from Classic Hits, Connoisseur
1.7-2.1.-2.1, 214k #11 cume; 16. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 2.0, 115k #16; (15); 17. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 1.8, 70k #19 (Add WLIR/FM 0.2); 18. WCBS-AM Audacy News 1.7, 92k #18; 19. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.2, 50k #20; TIE 20 @ 1.1: WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 124k #15 & TIE 20: WSHU Sacred Heart Classical 43k #21.

BALTIMORE MD (23) PPM HOL/JAN/FEB 2024 Top Clusters: Audacy 35.6-23.2-20.9, Urban One 12.9-13.2-14.9, iHeart 11.1-10.5-13.4, Hearst 6.6-7.7-8.8. BALTIMORE TOP 20: 1. WLIF Audacy A/C 15.0-11.8-10.4 427k #1 cume; TIE 2: WERQ Urban One Contemporary 6.8-6.1-7.1, 358k #2 cume; TIE 2: WWIN Urban One A/C 4.9-5.9-7.1, 279k #5; 4. WPOC iHeart Country 5.1-6.4-7.0, 243k #7; TIE 5: WWMX Hot A/C Audacy 3.0-4.6-5.4, 317K #4 cume; TIE 5: WRBS Bright Contemporary Christian 5.3-5.0-5.4, 217k #8; 7. WIYY Hearst Rock 3.9-4.4-5.0, 217k #9; 8. WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 3.7-3.5-4.4, 338k #3 cume; 9. WZBA Times Shamrock Classic Rock 2.4-2.7-3.7, 244k #6; 10. WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 2.7-4.3-3.3, 90k #15 cume; 11. WYPR Public News/Talk 3.4-3.4-3.2; 121k #12 cume; 12. WJZ-FM Audacy Sports 4.5-4.8-3.1, 142k #11; 13. WBJC Public Classical 2.2-3.7-2.1, 67k 17; 14. WCBM-AM Talk 1.5-1.9-2.0, 56k #18; 16. WZFT iHeart CHR 1.5, 161k #10 cume; 17. WLIF-HD2 Audacy Insp. Gospel 1.4, 42k #20; 18. WTOP/FM Hubbard News 1.3, 71k #16; 19. WKYS Urban One Contemporary 0.7, 110k #13; TIE 20 @ 0.6: WEAA Public Jazz, 53k #19; TIE 20: WDCH Audacy Business News, 37k #21 cume.


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BOSTON RADIO UPDATE – DECEMBER 2023 Jan 5, 2024

CLARK SMIDT, Broadcast Advisor                    978 502 6633   clarkfsmidt@gmail.com    www.broadcastideas.com

Happy New Year! New England’s major PPM Market results for November 8 – December 6, 2023. Holiday Numbers: December 7 – January 3; January 4-31, 2024 will show more normal returns.

It’s All fascinating.  With timely talk about cross genre and mixed era programming, Holiday hit tunes since Gene Autry deliver winning A/C December formats: New York (1) WLTW +2.8 from Nov/Dec to 11.3 for a 4.6 lead; Washington DC (8) gets a 1.7 lift but the 9.6 is in second place by 1.7 behind 11.3 N/T WAMC. Philadelphia (9) WBEB gets a 4.4 jump to 9.5 but still a scant 0.1 over #1 Urban A/C WDAS. Boston (10) WMJX gains 3.8 to 9.3 and edges out Sports WBZ/FM by 0.1. Providence (44) WWLI adds 3.8 for a solid 4.0 lead over Country WCTK.  Hartford (54) WRCH is no surprise with a 1.4 gain for a 3.3 lead over#2 WHCN Classic Hits.  Long Island (20) WBAB Classic Rock scores 6.6, over A/C WALK at 6.2 and WLTW 5.7.  Baltimore (23) WLIT +2.3 wins with 9.8 and leads #2 Urban WERQ 7.2 by 2.6. Top 10:  Los Angeles (2) A/C KOST +4.8 wins 10.1 over Classic Hits KRTH 5.1. Chicago (3) WLIT +5.0 to 12.3 leads Classic Rock WDRV 5.8 by 6.5.  San Francisco (4) KOIT adds +2.1 at 10.1 topping N/T KQED by 3.5. Dallas (5) WDGE gets a 5.1 lift to 8.6 and takes Sports WTCR at 5.2 by 5.6.  Houston (6) KODA jumps 5.2 to 12.0 taking Classic Rock KGLK 6.1 by 5.9.  Atlanta (7) shows WSB-AM N/T 8.3, Classic Hits WSRV 8.2 and Christian WFSH at 8.0.  The Holiday numbers will undoubtedly show similar leads, if not greater.

NEW YORK (1) DECEMBER ‘23 CLUSTERS October-November-December: iHeart 26.2-27.8-30.9, Audacy 22.5-22.9-21.0, WNYC Public 7.7-7.2-7.6 (All Public stations 9.3-8.7), Spanish Broadcasting System 7.2-6.9-6.9, Media Holding Inc. 7.6-7.6-6.4. Market Swings: +2.8 WLTW iHeart A/C; -0.7 WINS-FM News. TOP 25 NYC STATIONS: Nov-Dec Change, Oct-Nov-Dec Cume & Dec Rank. iHeart takes 4 out of Top 5: 1. WLTW A/C 7.8-8.5-11.4 +2.8, 3.58-3.96-4.11 million, #1 cume; 2. WAXQ Classic Rock 5.9-6.4-6.7 +0.3, 1.95-1.88-175mil #6 cume; TIE 3. WHTZ CHR 5.2-5.4-4.9 -0.5, 2.64-2.72-2.59 mil #4 cume;  TIE 3: WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.2-5.2-4.9, 2.61-2.75-2.63mil #3 cume; 5. WKTU up from #10 iHeart RhymCHR 4.1-3.7-4.7 +1.0, 2.9-2.71-2.65mil #4-#2 cume; 6. WBLS Media Holding Urban A/C 5.4-5.0-4.5 -0.5, 1.45-1.45-1.38mil #9 cume; 7. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 4.2-4.1-4.4 +0.3, 2.5-2.39-2.31 mil #5 cume;  8. WNYC Public N/T 4.4-4.0-4.3 +0.3, 606-630k #17 cume; 9. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 4.2-4.1-4.2, 1.79-1.68-1.54mil #7 cume; 10. WINS-FM down from #6 Audacy News 4.3-4.8-4.1 -0.7 (0.3 stream), 1.5-1.65-1.5mil #8 cume; 11. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 3.1-3.0-2.8, 480-499-440k #20 cume; 12. WFAN-FM Audacy Sports 2.9-2.8-2.5 (+0.9 stream), 1.07mil-988-920k #14 cume; TIE 13: WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 3.0-2.7-2.3 -0.4, 967-999-994k #12 cume; TIE 13: WQXR-FM WNYC Classical 2.0-2.1-2.3, 378-399-432k #21 cume 15. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 2.0-2.1-2.2, 1.24-1.25-122mil #10 cume; 3-WAY TIE 16: WQHT Media Holding RhymCHR 2.2-2.2-1.9, 1.39-1.25-1.2mil #11; TIE 16. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.2-2.1-1.9, 970-1.05mil-939k #13; TIE 16: WPLJ K-Love Contemp. Christian 2.5-1.7- 1.9, 638-488-632k #16cume; 19. WCBS-AM Audacy News 2.3-1.9-1.7, (+0.2 stream), 674-627-530k #19; 20. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.7-2.1-1.6 942k-1.03mil-855k #15 cume; 21. WEPN Emmis Sports 1.4-1.5-1.3, 561-594-553k #18 cume. 22. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.2-1.3-1.1, 277-331-263k #23 cume. 23. WNYC-AM Public N/T 1.3-1.1-1.0, 176-141-158k #31; 3-WAY TIE @ 24 @ 0.9: WHUD Pamal A/C, WKXK Townsquare Talk & WFAN Audacy Sports Stream.  iHeart cluster 9.9 share lead; all but 3 fluctuations are less than 0.5; Top 7 are music stations; 11 stations at 1mil+ cume.

WASHINGTON DC (8) DECEMBER ‘23 CLUSTERS O/N/D: iHeart 19.4-19.9-21.6, Urban One 12.3-12.0-12.6, Audacy 13.3-13.1-11.6, American University 11.9-12.7-11.4 (All Public Stations 25.1-26.0-25.3), Hubbard 8.4-7.7-7.1Market Swings: +1.7 WASH iHeart A/C; -1.4 WAMU American University N/T. DC Top 20: 1. WAMU American U. News/Talk 11.9-12.7-11.3 509-509-578k #5 cume; 2. WASH-FM iHeart A/C 7.1-7.9-9.6 +1.7, 950-911k-1.04mil #1 cume3. WTOP-FM Hubbard News 8.1-7.4-6.9 -0.5, 731-683-721k #2 cume; 4. WHUR Howard Univ. Urban A/C 5.9-6.6-6.8 +0.7, 543-572-572k #4 cume5. WMMJ Urban One A/C 5.6-5.8-5.8, 420-450-473k #8; 6. WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 3.6-3.7-4.3 +0.6 588-629-641k #3 cume7. WKYS Urban One Contemporary 3.6-3.3-3.8 -0.5, 397-416k #10 cume; 8. WGTS Contemp.Christian 4.8-4.4-3.6 -0.8, 366-324k #11 cume; 9. WMAL  Cumulus N/T 4.0-4.6-3.5 -1.1, 222-228-214k #16;  TIE 10. WWDC iHeart Modern Alt Rock 3.0-3.3-3.4, 436-463-470k #9 cume; TIE 10: WETA up from 17, Public Classical 2.2-2.1-3.4 +1.3, 236-195-225k #14 cume; 12. WPGC Audacy RhymCHR 3.0-3.1-3, 476-490-499k #7cume; TIE 13: WITH iHeart CHR 2.7-2.6-2.9, 515-574-554k #5 cume; TIE 13: WZMQ iHeart Country 3.3-3.1-2.9, 289-311k #12 cume; 15. WIBG iHeart Classic Rock 3.3-3.0-2.8, 530-508-538k #6 cume; 16. WPRS Urban One Gospel 2.8-2.6-2.7, 207-208-233k #13 cume from #17;  17. WJFK Audacy Sports 2.6-2.8-2.4 (+0.5 Stream) 241-234-220k #15; TIE 18: WLZL Audacy Spanish Tropical 1.8-1.6-1.3, 196-222-186k #16; TIE 18: WAFY Manning Hot A/C 1.3-1.1-1.3, 112-99-125k #17 cume 20. WDCN-LP La Nueva Spanish CHR 1.4-1.5-1.1, 92-97-88k #20. 21. WWEG Manning Classic Hits 1.0 #22. iHeart has a 9.0 lead.

PHILADELPHIA (9) DECEMBER ‘23 CLUSTERS O/N:/D Audacy 30.5-31.2-29.6, Beasley 25.9-24.7-23.9, iHeart 18.3-16.9-18.6, Public Radio 6.9-8.3-7.2. Market Swings: +4.4 WBEB Audacy A/C; -1.9 WIP/FM Audacy Sports. TOP 20: 1. WBEB Audacy A/C 4.7-5.1-9.6, 932-941k-1.27mil #1 cume; 2. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 8.6-8.7-9.4574-574-609k #7 cume; 3. WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 8.2-7.9-7.9, 907-857-779k #3 cume; 4. WIP-FM Audacy Sports 8.2-8.5-6.6 -1.9 (+1.3 stream), 864-971-698k #4 cume from #1; 5. WMMR Beasley Rock 6.9-6.1-6.1, 668-571-654k #5 cume; 6. WXTU Beasley Country 5.9-5.9-5.3 -0.6, 677-604-583k #8 cume; 7. KYW-AM Audacy News 5.4-5.3-5.2 (+0.1 stream) 502-516-504k #10; 8. WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 5.2-5.0-4.1 -0.9, 874-801-808k #2 cume; 9. WUSL iHeart Urban 3.5-3.6-3.8, 405-465-450k #12 cume; 10. WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 3.7-3.5-3.4, 690-676-616k #6 cume; 11. WHYY Public N/T 3.1-2.9-2.8, 277-251-232k #17; 7 PHILADELPHIA Stations separated by 0.1, 3-WAY TIE 12: WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 2.8-2.7-2.2 -0.5, 554-561-521k #9; TIE 12: WXPN U. Penn Adult Alternative 1.8-2.0-2.2 up from #20, 184-207-218k #19 cume; TIE 12: WRTI Temple Univ. Classical 2.0-2.2-2.2, 140-151-152k #22 cume; 4-WAY TIE 15: WPPZ Urban One R&B Oldies 2.4-2.2-2.1, 313-314-295k #15; TIE 15: WRFF iHeart Adult Alternative 2.1-2.3-2.1, 459-482-442k #13; TIE 15: WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.3-2.3-2.1, 545-560-503k #11 cume; TIE 15: WRNB Urban One Contemporary, 1.4-1.7-2.1 +0.4, 193-343k #14 cume up from #21; 19. WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 2.1-2.2-1.7, 144-141-100k #24; TIE 20: WPST Townsquare CHR 0.9-1.3-1.4, 227k cume #18; TIE 20: WUMR iHeart Spanish CHR 1.6-1.6-1.4, 185k #21 cume. Audacy Cluster has a 5.6 share lead over Beasley.

BOSTON (10) DECEMBER ‘23 CLUSTERS O/N/D: A Very Tight Race finds the top 3 clusters within a 2.9. iHeart 23.4-24.0-23.3, Beasley 26.2-24.9-22.8, Audacy 17.4-17.1-20.4, All Public Stations 14.8, WGBH 6.8, WBUR 5.6. Market Swings: +3.8 WMJX Audacy A/C; -1.5 WBZ/ FM Beasly Sports. Boston:  1. WMJX Audacy A/C 5.7-5.5-9.3 +3.8, 772-801-899k #1 cume; 2. WBZ/FM Beasley Sports 10.9-10.7-9.2 -1.5, 624-617-562k #4 cume; 3. WBUR Boston University News/Talk 5.4-6.4-5.6-0.8, 398-483-405k #9 cume; 4. WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 4.6-5.4-5.4, 508-508-444k #8 cume; 5. WBZ-AM iHeart News/ Talk 4.5-5.0-5.1, 370-393-368k #10 cume. 6. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 5.3-5.2-4.9 -0.3, 667-638-593k #3 cume; 7. WWBX Audacy Hot A/C 4.6-4.9-4.3 -0.6, 544-525-479k #5 cume;  8. WGBH Public News/Talk 3.8-3.9-4.2, 305-337-338k #14 cume; 9. WXKS-FM iHeart CHR 4.9-4.9-4.1 -0.8, 705-705-634k #2 cume; 10. WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 3.1-3.1-3.6 +0.5, 511-504-450k #6 cume; 11. WKLB Beasley Country 3.9-3.6-3.4 -0.2, 400-367-365k #11; 12. WEEI-FM Audacy Sports 3.8-3.6-3.2 -0.4, 341-317-282k #15; 13. WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 3.8-3.1-3.1, 498-497-448k #7 cume. 14. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 2.3-2.5-2.9 +0.4, 120-123-123k #21; 15. WCRB Public Classical 2.1-2.3-2.6 +0.3, 231-231-223k #18; 16. WBOS Beasley Classic Rock 2.3-2.2-2.1, 380-344-342k #13; 17. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 2.3-2.1-2.0, 199-171-183k #20;  Editor’s note: December or not, any Boston station with a decent signal in Boston under a 2.0 needs a New Year’s resolution. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 2.3-2.0-1.9, 372-401-352k #12 cume; TIE 19: WXRV Northeast Adult Alt. 2.4-2.4-1.8, 316-305-246k #16; TIE 19: WBWL iHeart Country 2.7-2.1-1.8 -0.3, 267-260-227k #17cume; 21 TIE: WXLO Cumulus Hot A/C 1.4-1.4-1.3, 305-291-266k #15; 21 TIE: WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical 1.3 flat, 174-176-186k #19; 23. WXKS-AM iHeart Talk 0.8 flat, 24k #26; TIE 24 @ 0.4: WNNW-AM Costa Eagle Spanish, 44k #23. TIE 24: WUMB UMass Variety flat, 38k #24; 26. WCTK Hall Country 0.2, 54k #22, #2 Providence 9.0; 3-WAY TIE 27 @0.1: WWFX Cumulus Classic Hits 29k #25, WMVX-AM Costa Eagle Classic Hits 17kcume #27; WRCAAM Beasley Business News 11k #29k. TIE 30 @ 0.0: WCCM-AM Costa Eagle Spanish Hits 11k #29 & WBGB Stream Audacy Adult Hits #30.

 PROVIDENCE (44) DECEMBER ‘23 CLUSTERS O/N/D: Cumulus 23.8-23.1-25.8, iHeart 20.6-21.3-19.6, Hall Communications 9.8-10.0-9.4, Public 4.7-5.0. Market Swings: +3.8 WWLI Cumulus A/C; -0.9 @ WHJY iHeart Classic Rock & WKKB Red Wolf Spanish Tropical.  Stations: 1. WWLI Cumulus A/C WWLI 9.0-9.2-13.0 +3.8, 395-418-457k #1 cume. 2. WCTK Hall Country 9.3-9.5-9.0 -0.5, 263-277-236k #5 cume3. WHJY iHeart Classic Rock 9.0-8.1-7.2 -0.9, 292-280-252k #3 cume; 4. WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 6.9-6.9-6.9, 241-259-238k #4; 5. WPRO-AM Cumulus Talk -6.5-6.8-6.4, 89-89-91k #8; 6. WSNE iHeart Hot A/C 5.0-4.7-4.6, 267-269-233k #6 cume; 7. WPRO-FM Cumulus CHR 5.4-5.3-4.5, 286-292-269k #2 cume; 8. WBZ-FM Beasley Sports 3.6-3.4-3.2, 103-108-101k #7; 9. WKKB-FM Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 2.3-3.6-2.7 -0.9, 72-68-57k #13; 10. WKLB Beasley Country 2.3-2.3-2.4, 78-70-67k #11; 11. WVEI-FM Audacy Sports 2.4-2.0-2.3, 88-85-86k #10 cume; 12. WGBH-FM Public N/T 2.4-2.0-2.1, 74-62-65k #12. 13. WWKX Cumulus RhymCHR 1.9-1.8-1.9, 87-98-89k #9; 14. WNPN-FM RI Public N/T 1.4-1.6-1.5, 51-46-42k #14; TIE 15: WSKP-AM Oldies Red Wolf, 0.8 26k #17; TIE 15: WHJJ-AM iHeart Talk 0.8, 24k #17; 17. WJMF Bryant U. Classical 0.7, 18k #19; 18. WELH Wheeler School Rock 0.2-0.5, 16k #19; 19. WNBH-AM Hall Classic Hits 0.4, 28k #15; 3-WAY TIE 20 @ 0.1: WCAI Public WGBH N/T 5k #21, WCRB Classical 2k #22 & WSNE HD2 Talk 8k #20cume. Cumulus tops iHeart by 6.2, Talk WPRO-AM 6.4 over CHR WPRO-FM 4.5

HARTFORD (54) DECEMBER ‘23 CLUSTERS O/N/D: Audacy 27.9-28.0-30.7, iHeart 25.8-26.7-26.5, Red Wolf 14.3-14.7-13.5. Public Radio 4.9. Market Swings: +1.4 WRCH Audacy A/C; -0.5 @ WKSS iHeart CHR & WDRC/FM Red Wolf Classic Rock. HARTFORD:  1. WRCH Audacy Soft A/C 10.3-10.7-12.1 +1.4, 264-266-307k #1 cume; 2. WHCN-FM iHeart Classic Hits 8.0-9.0-8.6 -0.4, 204-185-169k #4 cume; 3. WWYZ iHeart Country 6.7-7.5-8.2 +0.7, 171-159-162k #5 cume; 4. WTIC-FM Audacy Hot A/C 6.3-6.1-6.8 +0.7, 200-202-204k #2 cume; 5. WTIC-AM Audacy News/Talk 5.1-4.8-4.3, 80-69-72k #11 cume; 6. WKSS iHeart CHR 6.1-5.4-4.9 -0.5, 202-200-2.1k #3 cume; 7. WZMX-FM Rhythmic CHR Audacy 4.2-4.4-4.7 +0.3, 138-133-136k #6;  8. WMRQ-HD2 Spanish Tropical Red Wolf 3.4-4.0-4.5 +0.5, 64-68-70k #13; 9. WNPR-FM Connecticut Public News/Talk 3.8-4.0-4.3 +0.3, 70-70-72k #12 cume; 10. WDRC-FM Classic Rock Red Wolf 4.6-4.2-3.7 -0.5, 155-159-132k #7 cume; 11. WPLR-FM Connoisseur Classic Rock 2.3-3.3-2.7 -0.6, 78-96-80k #10; 12. WUCS iHeart Sports 2.5-2.3-2.5, 57-47-50k #14; 13. WMRQ Red Wolf Modern Alternative Rock 2.3-2.7-2.3, 102-107-93k #8; 14. WKCI iHeart CHR 2.3-2.3-2.1, 104-99-83k #9; 15. WDRC-AM Red Wolf Talk 1.9-1.9-1.6, 30-27-23k #16; 16. WBOM-AM Red Wolf Urban A/C 1.3-1.3-1.2, 39-37-38k #15; 3-WAY TIE 17 @ 0.6: WFCR UMass N/T, 22-33-15k #17 cume, TIE 17: WRYM-AM Viva Spanish Tropical 13k #19 cume & TIE 17: WZMX Stream Audacy RhymCHR 5k #24; 3 WAY TIE 20 @ 0.4: Audacy Streams WTIC-FM Hot A/C 9 #20 TIES WTIC-AM N/T 8k #21 and WRCH Soft A/C 7k #22; 23. WNTY-AM Red Wolf Oldies, 14k #18. 24. WPOP-AM iHeart N/T, 0.0 5k #23. No big changes, WHCN Classic Hits #2, WDRC Classic Rock #10, 50kw WTIC-AM #5, Public WNPR #9.

OCTOBER-NOVEMBER-DECEMBER   2023   NORTHEAST CLUSTER RACE    WIN, PLACE & SHOW

NEW YORK              iHeart 26.2-27.8-30.9        Audacy 22.5-22.9-21.0        WNYC Public 7.7-7.2-7.6

WASHINGTON DC     iHeart 19.4-19.9-21.6    Urban One 12.3-12.0-12.6  Audacy 13.3-13.1-11.6

PHILADELPHIA   Audacy 26.9-30.5-29.6   Beasley 28.2-25.9-23.9        iHeart 17.4-18.3-18.6

BOSTON                   iHeart 23.4-24.0-23.3        Beasley 26.2-24.9-22.8        Audacy 17.4-17.1-20.4

PROVIDENCE       Cumulus 23.8-23.1-25.8    iHeart 21.3-20.2-19.6           Hall Comm. 9.8-10.0-9.4

HARTFORD           Audacy 27.9-28.0-30.7      iHeart 25.8-26.7-26.5           Red Wolf 14.3-14.7-13.5

 

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