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NEW YORK (1) AUGUST ‘23 CLUSTERS June-July-August iHeart 27.5-28.0-28.3, Audacy 24.1-23.9-23.4, Media Holding Inc. 7.9-7.5-7.8, Spanish Broadcasting System 7.0-6.7-7.0, WNYC Public 6.1-7.4-6.6. Market Swings: +0.8 WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR; -0.9 WCBS/FM Audacy Classic Hits. No major changes. TOP NYC STATIONS: July-Aug Change, Aug Cume & Rank): 1. WLTW iHeart A/C 7.6-7.7-8.1 +0.4, 3.698 million, #1 cume; 2. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 6.8-7.1-6.5 -0.6, 1.8943 mil #7 cume; 3. WBLS Media Holding Urban A/C 5.5–5.1-5.4 +0.3, 1.539 mil #9 cume; 4. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.9-6.1-5.2 -0.9, 2.84 mil #3 cume; 5. WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.2-5.4-5.1 -0.3, 2.728 mil #5 cume; 6. WKTU iHeart RhymCHR 4.4-4.2-5.0 +0.8, 3.017 mil #2 cume; 7. WINS-FM Audacy News 4.3-4.9-4.9 steady (+0.3 stream), 1.626 mil #8 cume; 8. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 4.2-4.0-4.4 +0.4, 1.943 mil #6 cume; 9. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 4.6-4.3-4.3 steady, 2.746 mil #4 cume; TIE 10: WNYC-FM Public News/Talk 3.4-3.7-3.1 -0.6, 672k #17 cume; TIE 10: WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 3.4-3.2-3.1 -0.1, 443k #20 cume; 12. WFAN Audacy Sports 3.1-2.8-2.9 +0.1 (+1.0 stream), 997k #14 cume; 13. WCBS-AM Audacy News 2.7-2.6-2.5 -0.1 (+0.3 stream), 779k #16 cume; 14. WQHT Media Holding RhymCHR 2.4-2.4-2.4 steady, 1.443 mil #10 cume; TIE 15: WQXR-FM WNYC Classical 1.6-1.9-2.2 +0.3, 341k #22 cume; TIE 15: WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 2.0-2.0-2.1 +0.1, 1.471 mil #9 cume; 17. WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 2.7-2.0-2.0 steady, 1.026 mil #12 cume; 18. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.7-1.7-1.9 +0.2, 1.010k #13 cume; 19. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.0-1.8-1.8, 1.008k #14; 20. WPLJ KLove Contemp. Christian 1.4-1.4-1.6 +0.2, 508k #18 ; 21. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.4-1.4 -1.4, 258k #26; 22. WNYC-AM News/Talk 0.8-1.5-1.3 -0.2, 144k #28; 23. WEPN Emmis Sports 368k #20 cume 1.0-0.8-1.1 +0.3, 462k #19; 24. WFAN Strm Audacy Sports 218k #28 ; TIE 25 @ 0.8: WKXW Townsquare Talk, 279k #24 cume & WSKQ Strm Spanish 243k #27; 3-WAY TIE 26: WBGO Public Jazz, 320k #22, WFUV Fordham U. Adult Alt 281k #23 & WWRV-AM Spanish Relig Teaching 80k.
WASHINGTON DC (8) AUGUST ‘23 CLUSTERS J/J/A: iHeart 18.4-19.3-19.1, Audacy 13.0-13.2-13.3, Urban One 11.9-12.4-11.8, American University 11.0-11.6-11.7, Hubbard 8.8-9.9-9.9. Market Swings: +0.5 WIBG Audacy Classic Rock; -1.3 WGTS Contemp.Christian. Top 20 in DC: 1. WAMU American University News/Talk 11.0-11.6-11.5 -0.1, 497k #7 cume; 2. WTOP-FM Hubbard News 8.2-9.1-9.3 +0.2, 775k #2 cume; 3. WASH- FM iHeart A/C 6.0-7.1-6.9 -0.2, 899k #1 cume; 4. WMMJ Urban One Urban A/C 6.5-6.8-6.7 -0.1, 438k #10 cume; 5. WHUR Howard Univ. Urban A/C 6.4-5.8-5.5 -0.3, 473k #9 cume; 6. WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 4.8-3.9-3.7 -0.2, 665k #3 cume; 7. WMAL Cumulus News/Talk 3.6-3.5-3.5, 211k #16 cume; 8. WGTS Contemporary .Christian 5.3-4.7-3.7 -1.3, 264k #13 cume; 9. WMZQ iHeart Country 2.7-3.1-3.3 +0.2, 287k #12 cume; 10. WKYS Urban One Contemporary 2.6-2.7-3.1 +0.4, 412k #11 cume; 3-WAY TIE 11: WPGC Audacy Rhythmic CHR 3.1-3.2-3.0 -0.2, 547k #5 cume; TIE 11: WBIG iHeart Classic Rock 2.6-2.5-3.0 +.5, 507k #6 cume; TIE 11: WWDCiHeart Modern Adult Rock 3.1-2.8-3.0 +0.2, 483k #8 cume; 14. WIHT iHeart CHR 4.0-3.8-2.9 -0.9, 565k #4 cume; 15. WJFK Audacy Sports 2.4-2.4-2.6 +0.2 (+0.7 Stream), 204k #16; 16. WETA Public Classical 2.4-2.0-2.3 +0.3; 255k #14 cume; 17. WLZL Audacy Spanish Tropical 1.3-2.0-2.2 +0.2, 192k #16 cume; 19. WAFY Manning Hot A/C1.2-1.6-1.6, 101k #19 cume; 20. WDCN-LP La Nueva Spanish CHR 0.9-1.4-1.3 -0.1, 73k #22 cume.
PHILADELPHIA (9) AUGUST ‘23 CLUSTERS J/J/A: Beasley 29.6-27.5-27.2, Audacy 25.2-26.5-25.8, iHeart 17.5-18.1-17.2. Market Swings: +0.9 WIP-FM Audacy Sports; -1.0 KYW-AM Audacy News. TOP 20: 1. WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 10.6-9.8-9.5 -0.3, 945k #2 cume; 2. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 7.8-8.1-7.4, -0.7, 570k #7 cume; 3. WMMR Beasley Rock 6.3-6.3-6.4, 693k #5 cume; TIE 4: (up from 9) WIP-FM Audacy Sports 3.8-4.6-5.5 +1.1 (+0.6 stream), 592, #6 cume; TIE 4: WXTU Beasley Country 6.6-5.5-5.5, 547k #9 cume; 6. WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 5.7-5.5-5.3 -0.2, 829k #3 cume; 7. WBEB Audacy A/C 5.7-5.4-5.1 -0.3, 1.047mil #1 cume; 8. WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 5.2-4.9-4.9, 702k #4 cume; 9. KYW-AM Audacy News 5.3-5.6-4.6 -1.0 (+0.1 stream), 505k #9 cume; 10. WHYY Public N/T 4.2-4.2-3.8 -0.4, 289k #15 cume; 11. WUSL iHeart Urban 3.0-3.7-3.5 -0.2, 468k #11 cume; 12. WPPZ Urban One R&B Oldies 3.4-3.5-3.2 -0.3, 324k #13 cume; 13. WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 2.8-2.8-3.1+0.3, 545k #10 cume; 14. WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.6-2.4-2.4, 553k #8 cume; 15. WRFF iHeart Adult Alt. 2.3-2.3-2.2, 375k #12; 16. WRNB Urban One Contemp. 2.4-2.2-1.9 -0.3, 321k #14; 17. WXPN U.Penn Adult Alternative. 1.6-1.9-1.8, 200k #19; TIE 18: WUMR iHeart Spanish CHR 1.8-1.6-1.7, 201k #18 TIES 18: WPST Townsquare CHR, 1.6-1.6-1.7, 223k #17; TIE 20 @ 1.3: WRTI Temple U. Classical, 140k #22 & WSTW Forever Hot A/C 279k, #16.
BOSTON (10) AUGUST ‘23 CLUSTERS J/J/A: iHeart 26.6-24.8-26.3, Beasley 23.1-21.3-22.5, Audacy 16.7-18.1-17.0. Market Swings: +1.1 WBWL iHeart Country; -1.0 WBGB Audacy Adult Hits. Hub Stations: 1. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 6.0-6.2-6.5 +0.3, 677k #2 cume; 2. WMJX Audacy A/C 5.3-5.4-6.9 +0.9, 759k #1 cume; TIE 3: WBUR Boston University News/Talk 5.7-6.1-5.6 +0.4, 367k #11 cume &TIE 3: WBZ-FM Beasley Sports 5.5-4.9-5.6 +0.7, 363k #12 cume; TIE 5. WXKS-FM iHeart CHR 5.3-5.4-5.2 -0.2, 674k #3 cume & TIE 5: WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 4.7-4.3-5.2 +0.9, 485k #6 cume 7. WKLB Beasley Country 5.3-4.3-4.4 +0.1, 400k #8 cume; 8. WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk 4.8-4.5-4.2 -0.3, 351k #14 cume; 9. WWBX Audacy Hot A/C 4.6-4.9-4.0 -0.9, 522k #4 cume 10. WGBH-FM Public News/Talk 4.0-3.8-3.9 +0.1, 275k #17 cume; 11. WEEI-FM Audacy Sports 3.4-3.5-3.7 +0.2, 354k #13 cume; 12. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 4.1-3.4-3.5 +0.1, 135k #19; 13. WBWL iHeart Country 2.3-2.3-3.4 +1.1 (up from 17), 269k #18 cume; 14. WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 3.7-3.1-3.2 +0.1, 428k #7 cume; 15. WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 3.1-4.0-3.0 -1.0, 488k #5 cume; 16. WBOS Beasley Classic Rock 2.6-2.5-2.8 +0.3, 383 #10 cume; 17. WJMN iHeart Rhythm CHR 2.2-2.1-2.3 +0.2, 384 #9 cume; 18. WXRV Northeast Adult Alt. 2.6-2.7- 2.1 -0.6, 340k #15 cume; 19. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 2.1-2.3-1.8 -0.5, 164k #20 cume; 20. WCRB Public Classical WGBH 1.9-1.7-1.6 -0.1, 167k #19 cume; 21. WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical 1.8-1.6-1.4 -0.2, 161k #21 cume; 22. WXLO Cumulus Hot A/C 2.0-2.0-1.2, 299k #16; 23. WXKS-AM iHeart Talk 1.4-1.2-1.1 -0.1, 43k #24; TIE 24 @ 0.3: WNNW-AM Costa Eagle Spanish 49k #23 & WUMB UMass Variety, 40k #25 cume; 26. WCTK Hall Country 0.2, 52k #22 cume, 27. WMVX-AM Costa Eagle Classic Hits 0.1, 28k #27 cume; 4-WAY TIE 28 @ 0.0: WWFX Cumulus Classic Rock 30k (26) with Audacy’s WEEI-AM Sports 11k (28), WBGB Adult Hits 9k (29) and WBGB HD2 A/C 6k (30).
PROVIDENCE (44) AUGUST 2023 CLUSTERS J/J/A: Cumulus 23.9-25.5-24.7, iHeart 22.9-22.4-20.9, Hall Communications 8.9-8.4-9.0. Market Swings: +0.8 WKKB Red Wolf Spanish Tropical; -1.0 WPRO-FM Cumulus CHR. Stations: 1. Cumulus A/C WWLI 8.9-9.6-9.7 +0.1, 412k #1 cume; 2. WHJY iHeart Classic Rock 8.1-8.3-8.4 +0.1, 331k #2 cume; 3. WCTK Hall Country 7.3-7.8-8.2 +0.4, 268k #5 cume; 4. WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 9.0-8.0-7.1, 252k #6 cume; 5. WPRO-AM Cumulus Talk 5.9-6.2-6.8, 84k #10; WPRO-FM Cumulus CHR 7.1-7.4-6.4, -1.0, 316k #3 cume; 6. WPRO-AM Cumulus Talk 5.2-5.9-6.2 +0.3, 89k #8 cume; 7. WSNE iHeart Hot A/C 6.3-5.7-4.9 -0.8, -0.6, 277k #4 cume; 3-WAY TIE 8: WVEI-FM Audacy Sports 2.2-2.12.6, 88k #8, TIES 8: WBZ-FM Beasley Sports 2.8-2.5-2.6 +0.1, 87k #9 & TIES 8: WKKB-FM Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 2.3-1.8-2.6 +0.8, 78k #11; 11. WGBH-FM Public News/Talk 2.4-1.9-2.0 +0.1, 62k #13; 12. WKLB Beasley Country 2.3-1.8-1.9 +0.3, 78k #10; 13. WWKX Cumulus Rhym CHR 1.8-2.2-1.7 -0.5, 97k #7; 14. WNPN-FM RI Public News/Talk 1.6-1.5-1.4 -0.1, 42k #16; 15. WNBH-AM Hall Classic Hits 0.8, 42k #14; TIE 16 @ 0.5: WJMF Bryant U. Classical 15k #18 TIES 16. WSKP-AM Oldies Red Wolf 21k #16; 18. WHJJ-AM iHeart Talk 0.4, 15k #17; 3-WAY TIE 19 @ 0.1: WELH Wheeler School Rock, 12k #19, WSNE HD2 Talk 10k #20 & WPRV-AM Cumulus Sports 7k #21 cume.
HARTFORD (54) AUGUST 2023 CLUSTERS J/J/A: Audacy 28.5-27.5-28.9, iHeart 26.1-25.1-24.7, Red Wolf 11.2-13.9-13.0. Market Swings: +0.5 @ WRCH Audacy Soft A/C, with iHeart’s WZMX Rhym CHR & WKCI CHR; -1.4 WMRQ Red Wolf Modern Alt. Rock. HTFD: 1. WRCH Audacy Soft A/C 9.9-9.6-10.1 +0.5, 270 #1 cume; 2. WTIC-FM Audacy Hot A/C 8.4-8.4-7.6 -0.8, 207k #3 cume; 3. WHCN-FM iHeart Classic Hits 8.0-8.0-7.5 -0.5, 214k #2 cume; 4. WWYZ iHeart Country 7.3-7.2-7.3, 189k #5 cume; 5. WKSS iHeart CHR 6.9-6.3-5.5 -0.8, 198k #4 cume; 6. WDRC-FM Classic Rock Red Wolf 4.6-4.9-5.0, 177k #6; 7. WTIC-AM Audacy News/Talk 5.5-4.7-4.8, 80k #11; 8. WZMX-FM Rhythmic CHR Audacy 4.2-3.7-4.2 +0.5, 131k #7; 9. WNPR-FM Connecticut Public News/Talk 3.5-3.7-4.0 +0.3, 66k #12 cume; 10. WMRQ-HD2 Spanish Tropical Red Wolf 3.5-2.3-2.7 +0.4, 65k #13; New Haven TIE 11: WPLR-FM Connoisseur Classic Rock 2.4-2.3-2.5 +0.2, 96k #10 & WKCI iHeart CHR 2.2-2.0-2.5 +0.5,104k #9; 13. WMRQ Red Wolf Modern Alternative Rock 3.1-3.7-2.3 -1.4, 113k #8; 14. WDRC-AM Red Wolf Talk 1.5-1.6-1.5, 29k #16; TIE 15 @ 1.3: WUCS-FM iHeart Sports, 34k #15 TIES 15. WBOM-AM Urban A/C Red Wolf, 36k #14; 17. WTIC-AM Stream Audacy N/T 0.8, 14k #18; 18. WFCR UMass N/T 0.6, 21k #17; Audacy Stream TIE 19 @ 0.4: WTIC-FM Hot A/C 4k #22 & WZMX Rhym CHR 7k #21; TIE 20 @ 0.2: WRCH Soft A/C Stream 4k #23 & WNTY-AM Red Wolf Oldies 10k #19.
JUNE-JULY-AUGUST 2023 NORTHEAST CLUSTER RACEWIN: PLACE: SHOW:
NEW YORK iHeart 27.5-28.0-28.3 Audacy 24.1-23.9-23.4 Media Holding 7.9-7.5-7.8
WASHINGTON DC iHeart 18.4-19.3-19.1 Audacy 13.0-13.2-13.3 Urban One 11.9-12.4-11.8
PHILADELPHIA Beasley 29.6-27.5-27.2 Audacy 25.2-26.5-25.8 iHeart 17.5-18.1-17.2
BOSTON iHeart 26.6-24.8-26.3 Beasley 23.1-21.3-22.5 Audacy 16.7-18.2-17.0
PROVIDENCE Cumulus 23.9-25.5-24.7 iHeart 22.9-22.4-20.9 Hall Communications 8.9-8.4-9.0
HARTFORD Audacy 28.5-27.5-28.9 iHeart 26.1-25.1-24.7 Red Wolf 11.2-13.9-13.0
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