September 2024 Spotlight

  NOR’EAST RADIO – OCTOBER 5, 2024

SEPTEMBER ’24 PPM BOSTON, NYC, LONG ISLAND, PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON DC, BALTIMORE, PROVIDENCE, HARTFORD.

CLARK SMIDT, Broadcast Advisor  www.broadcastideas.com  978 502 6633  clarkfmidt@gmail.com  Advisor/Connector has participated in Greater Boston Broadcast Management since 1970.

August 15-September 11, gives us the SEPTEMBER 2024 PPM Radio Results.  October monthlies run September 12-October 9. The Fall ’24, 2-Book Survey runs September 12-December 4. Total Numbers offer an important look at format trends.  Smart interpretation and strategy add income & audience without major investment.  If a station cume ranks higher than share, it means tune-outs and time for adjustment.  Big News: Audacy moves forward, Presidential Election in one month & NYC NAB this week.

BOSTON (10) JUNE/JULY/AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2024 CLUSTERS – The August Top 3 Cluster Race was separated by only 1.9…September it’s 0.8 ! Talk about close: Beasley Pulls Ahead of iHeart by a hair: 25.1-23.3-22.9-23.1, iHeart 21.8-22.8-23.1-23.0, Audacy 19.0-20.8-21.2-22.3. All Boston Radio Details Count!

2-1-1.  WWBX Audacy Hot A/C #4 cume 476-481k 6.9-7.0-7.8-9.6. Biggest +1.8 Hub Jump gets another #1.  1-2-2.  WBZ/FM Beasley Sports #6 cume 388-447k 9.9-7.7-7.5-8.6. +1.1 “Sports Hub” leads Beasley Cluster.  3-3-3.  WROR Beasley Classic Hits #2 cume 602-641k 6.3-6.8-6.4-6.1. Slips further behind WBMX by 1.4-3.5. 4-4-4.  WMJX Audacy A/C #1 cume 696-722k 5.5-6.0-5.7-5.2. “Magic” cluster mate “Mix” leads by 2.1-4.4. 9-8-5.  WZLX iHeart Classic Rock #8-5 cume 390-448k 3.7-3.9-4.3-4.9. Moves up 3 spots as The Top Rocker.

6-5-6.  WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk #12 cume 328-317k 4.7-4.7-4.7-4.4. News leader again: WBZ 1030, #1 N/T. 6-7-7.  WXKS/FM iHeart CHR #2-3 cume 651-635k 5.0-4.7-4.4-4.3. KISS dominance is no longer #1 in Boston. 5-6-8.  WBUR Boston Univ. News/Talk #11 cume 338-349k 5.4-5.1-4.6-4.2. WBZ-AM news lead just 0.1-0.2. 13-9-9. WGBH ‘GBH News/Talk #13 cume 289-305k 3.1-4.1-3.9. Steady and close behind WBUR by 0.5-0.3.  8-10-10.  WEEI/FM Audacy Sports #14 cume 274-301k 4.1-4.0-3.7. Sorry Sox; Huge Salute to Joe Castiglione.  10-12-11. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk #22 cume 124k 2.9-3.3-3.5-3.5. Respectable, just below the Boston Top 10.

13-11-12. WKLB Beasley Country stays #9 cume 387k 3.9-3.1-3.8-3.4. 6am-2pm are now shows from Philly. 10-14-13. WBQT Beasley Hot A/C #5-7 cume 432-442k 2.9-3.3-3.1-3.1. Moves up a spot but not cheap to keep. 10-13-14 TIE. WBGB Audacy Adult Hits #8 cume 408-440k 3.0-3.3-3.4-2.9. Ties MJX & ZRM with -0.5 dips. 16-15-14 TIE. WCRB ‘GBH Classical #19 cume 190-233k 2.2-2.2-2.3-2.9. Rare +0.6 gain for Boston Classical. 15-16-16. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR #10 cume 303-357k 2.1-2.4-2.1-2.4. Stuck in “Two-Ville.” Too bad. 20-17-17. WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative #16 cume 252-284k 1.8-1.8-1.9-2.0. Shows flaws with Adult Alt. 16-17-18. WBOS Beasley Business News #12-18 cume 306-258k 2.0-2.2-1.9-1.8. Just transitioned from Rock. 19-19-19. WBWL iHeart Country #17 cume 224-278k 1.7-1.9-1.7-1.6. #2 Country by 1.2-2.1-1.8. Hear No Bull.

21-22-20. WXLO Cumulus Hot A/C #17 cume 230k 1.2-1.1-1.2-1.5. Big signal, #2 in Worcester 6.3. 17-20-21. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative. #20 cume 150k 2.0-2.1-1.6-1.2. Slips. Total Alt. 3.5-3.2. 21-21-22. WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical #21 cume 141k 1.1-1.1-1.5-1.0. Ouch. Boston Hispanic pop is 12%.  23. WXKS-AM iHeart Talk #24 cume 21k. 0.8. 24. WMJX Stream Audacy 0.3-0.6 #25, 21-30k. 25. WCTK Hall Communications Country 0.3 #23 cume 55k, #1 Providence 9.0. 26. WBGB Stream Audacy 0.2k #28 cume 10k. 4-WAY TIE @ 27 0.1: WUMB UMass Variety #26 cume 30k; WRCA-AM Beasley Classic Rock (what’s left of WBOS) #27 cume 29k; WWFX Cumulus Classic Rock #28 cume 16k; WVEI-AM Audacy Sports (Worcester) #30 cume 4k. Boston Share Change Range +1.6 / -0.5

NEW YORK (1) JULY/AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2024 CLUSTERS: iHeart 27.6-27.8-27.0, Audacy 21.4-20.9-20.4, Spanish Broadcasting System 6.8-6.8-7.7, Media Holding Inc. 7.0-7.3-7.1, WNYC Public Radio 6.2-5.96.3. WCBS-AM 880 News is gone, leased by Good Karma Sports as WHSQ. iHeart repeats again with the Top 2, WCBS/FM at #3, WABC-AM up to #6: 1-1. WLTW A/C 7.3-8.0-8.5, 3.42-3.55 million, #1 cume. 3-2. WAXQ Classic Rock 6.9-5.9-6.1, 1.93-1.87 mil #6 cume. 4-3. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.2-5.4-5.6, 2.37-2.61mil #4-3 cume. 2-4. WHTZ CHR 5.9-6.5-5.5, 2.61mil #2 cume. 5-5. WBLS Media Holding Urban A/C 4.9-5.0-5.1, 1.53mil #8. 9-6. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 3.8-4.0-4.4, 433-459k #18 cume, great TSL. TIE 7: WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 4.1-4.1-4.3, 1.66mil #7 cume, TIE 7: WINS-FM Audacy News 4.3-4.3-4.3 (+0.5 stream Ties #32), 1.53mil #9 cume. 9. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 4.0-4.1-4.2, 2.27mil #5 cume. 10.  WKTU iHeart Rhym CHR 4.0-3.7-3.4, 2.48mil #4 cume. 11. WNYC Public N/T 3.5-3.2-3.2, 547k #17 cume. TIE 12: WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.0-2.3-2.6, 836-885k #14. TIE 12: WFAN-FM Audacy Sports 2.6-2.7-2.6 (+0.9 stream #23), 895-929k #12 cume. 14. WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 2.7-2.7-2.5, 911k #13 cume. 15. WQXR-FM WNYC Classical 1.9-1.9-2.3, 305-343k #21 cume. 16. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemp. 1.8-2.1-2.2, 1.21mil #11 cume. 17. WQHT Media Holding Rhym CHR 2.4-2.3-2.0, 1.26 mil #10 cume. 21-18. WPLJ K-Love Contemporary Christian 2.0-1.4-1.3, 585-696k #16 cume. 19. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.7-1.5-1.3, 843k #15 cume. 20. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.7-1.6-1.2, 258k #24. 21. WKXW Townsquare Talk 1.1, 361k #20 cume. 22. WFUV Fordham Adult Alternative 1.0, 333k #22. 23. WFAN Stream 0.9, 176k #28. TIE 24 @ 0.8: WNYC-AM Public N/T 0.8, 138k #34 cume & TIE 24: WWRV-AM Spanish Religion 65k #43. 3-WAY TIE 26 @ 0.7: WHUD Pamal A/C 418K #19 cume, TIE 26: WMGQ Beasley A/C 256k #26, TIE 26: WSKQ Stream 149k, #32. 3-WAY TIE 29 @ 0.6: WBGO Public Jazz, 277-293k #23 cume, TIE 29: WHSQ-AM Sports (was 880 WCBS-AM News) 256k #25 cume & TIE 29: WKMK Press Country.  4-WAY TIE 32 @ 0.4: WWYZ Press Classic Rock #27 cume 187k, WADO-AM Univision Spanish #36 113k, WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business #39 110k, WINS Stream #39 98k cume. iHeart tops Audacy 6.2-6.9-6.6. Change Range: +0.5 / -1.0.

LONG ISLAND NY (20) JULY/AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2024 CLUSTERS. iHeart pulls ahead of Audacy by -0.1 to +1.2: iHeart 17.1-17.7-19.6, Audacy 17.6-17.8-18.4, Connoisseur 15.4-15.6-14.8. Cox Media Group 12.1-13.7-12.0. Stations: 1-1. WBAB CMG Classic Rock 8.0-9.3-7.9, 449-437k #1 cume, 1.8 lead. 2-2. WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.4-4.8-6.1, 415-451k #2 cume. TIE 3: WINS-FM Audacy News 5.0-4.7-4.9, 318k #9 cume. TIE 7-TIE 3: WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 3.6-4.1-4.9, 327-363k #6 cume. TIE 5: WALK Connoisseur A/C 4.0-4.3-4.6, 383k #3 cume. TIE 5: WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 4.1-4.4-4.6, 316k #6-8 cume. 7. WBLI CMG CHR 4.0-4.2-3.8, 372k #4 cume.  LI Stations #3-6 within 0.3.  8. WLTW Audacy A/C 2.7-3.1-3.5, 341-368k #5 cume. 9. WWWF Connoisseur Country 3.4-4.1-3.4, 183k #12 cume. 10. WKYJ Connoisseur A/C 3.4-3.0-3.3, 325k #7 cume. 11. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 2.1-2.0-3.1 +1.1 gain, 80-60k #21 cume. 12. WKTU iHeart RhymCHR 2.2-2.5-2.9, 300k #10. 13. WFAN Audacy Sports 2.6-2.8-2.6, 172-158k #14. 17-14. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 1.9-1.8-2.4, 251-223k #11 cume. 15. WWSK Connoisseur Rock 1.9-2.2-2.2, 203-179k #13. 19-16. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 1.6-1.6-1.6, 131k #16. 20-17. WINS Stream 1.0-1.3-1.5, 36k #23. 3-WAY TIE 18: WHLIAM Connoisseur Oldies 2.7-2.0-1.3, 98-78k #18 cume. TIE 18: WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 1.0-1.1-1.3, 75k #19. TIE 18: WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.5-1.2-1.3, 41k #22. 21. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 1.2-1.7-1.2, 155k #15 cume. 22. WXKB Audacy Classic Hip Hop 0.7-0.8-0.9, 90-108k #17. 23. WHSQ-AM Audacy Sports (former WCBS-AM 88 News leased to Good Karma) 2.3-1.9-0.8 67k, #20. TIE 24 @ 0.6: WSHU Sacred Heart Univ. Classical 36k #24 & TIE 24 WLIR Red Apple Talk, 17k #28 cume. Change Range: +1.3 / -1.4.   

 PHILADELPHIA (9) JULY/AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2024 CLUSTERS: Audacy 30.1-29.0-29.8, Beasley 24.3-23.9-23.3, iHeart 18.4-18.1-19.0. Stations: 1-1. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 8.2-9.0-8.9 549-627k #8-7 cume. 3-2. WIP-FM Audacy Sports 7.7-7.0-8.0 (+2.0 stream #16 share), 605-769k #5-3 cume. 3-3. WMMR Beasley Rock 7.2-8.1-7.8, 652-628k #4-6 cume. 4-4. WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 6.7-6.7-6.6, 702-790k #2 cume. 5-5. KYW-AM Audacy News 5.0-4.8-4.9 (+1.1 stream #23 share), 487k #9. 6-6. WBEB Audacy A/C 4.6-4.7-4.8 #1 cume 960k. 12-7 gain WPPZ Urban One R&B Oldies 3.6-3.1-4.1 +0.1, 352k #15. 7-8 TIE: WXTU Beasley Country 4.9-3.8-3.9, 568-551k #7-8. 10-8 TIE: WUSL iHeart Urban Contemp 3.6-3.3-3.9, 402-428 #12. 10-10. WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 3.8-3.7-3.8, 716-642k #2-5 cume. 12-11. WHYY Public N/T 3.2-3.3-3.2, 260k #16. 8-12. WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 3.8-3.7-3.1, 604-653k #6-4 cume. 14-13 TIE: WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 2.3-2.7-2.5, 460-516k #9. 16-13 TIE: WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.5-1.8-2.1, 445k #11. 15. WRNB Urban One (Philadelphia cont’d) Urban Contemporary 2.2-2.3-2.1, 365k #14. 20-16 TIE: WIP-FM Stream Audacy Sports 2.1-1.7-2.0, 166k #23-21 cume, 13-16 TIE: WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 2.8-2.8-2.0, 147k #23. 21-18 TIE: WPEN Beasley Sports 1.4-1.4-1.9, 191-241k #20-17 cume, 19-18 TIE: WUMR iHeart Spanish CHR 2.0-1.8-1.9, 207k. 3-WAY TIE 20: WRFF iHeart Modern Alt. Rock 1.9-1.9-1.8, 382k #13, TIE 20: WXPN U. Penn. Adult Alt. 2.1-1.4-1.8, 176k #22 cume, TIE 20: WRTI Temple Univ. Classical 1.9-2.0-1.8, 109-116k #24. 23. KYW-AM Stream Audacy News 0.8-0.6-1.1, 55k #27 cume. 24. WSPT Townsquare CHR 0.9, 212k #18. TIE 25: WSTW Forever Hot A/C 0.8. 199k #20, TIE 25: WKXW Townsquare Talk 0.8, 108k #25. Audacy leads Beasley 5.8-6.1-6.5. Share Change Range: +1.0 / – 0.8.

WASHINGTON DC (8) JULY/AUGUST/SEPTMBER 2024 CLUSTERS: iHeart 19.9-16.3-19.3, Audacy 13.2-14.6-13.1, American University 10.6-10.6-12.2, Hubbard 12.4-11.0-10.8, Urban One 11.6-11.2-10.0, Howard University 7.1-6.8-8.3. Stations: 1-1. WAMU American Univ. News/Talk 10.4-10.5-12.1, 463-495k #8-4 cume.  2-2. WTOP FM Hubbard News 10.7-9.8-9.2, 689-694k #2 cume. 3-3. WHUR Howard University Urban A/C 6.7-6.4-7.9, 438-497k #9-6 cume. 4-TIE 4: WASH-FM iHeart A/C 4.8-4.8-4.5, 734-724k #1 cume. TIE 7-TIE 4: WETA Public Classical 4.0-3.9-4.5, 283k #14-13 cume. TIE 7-6. WZMQ iHeart Country 3.7-3.9-4.3, 303-332k #13-12 cume. 6 TIE-7: WMMJ Urban One Urban A/C 4.4-4.1-4.0, 341k #11. 10-TIE 7: WMAL Cumulus News/Talk 3.6-3.7-4.0, 173-188k #17-16 cume. TIE 11-TIE 9: WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 4.1-3.6-3.7, 588-595k #3 cume, 5-TIE 9: WWDC iHeart Modern Alt. Rock 4.5-4.4-3.7, 491k #7-8 cume. TIE 11-11: WBIG Audacy Classic Rock 3.3-3.6-3.5, 571-497k #5 cume, TIE 11: WGTS Christian Contemp. 3.5-3.0-3.2, 291-240k #15. 16-12. WGTS Christian Contemporary 3.0-3.2-3.2, 240-277k #15-14 cume. TIE 13-13: WIHT iHeart CHR 3.5-3.4-3.1, 560-497k #6-7 cume. 13-14. WKYS Urban One Urban Contemp. 3.3-3.4-3.0, 326-346k #12-10 cume. TIE 9-15. WPGC Audacy Rhythmic CHR 3.8-3.8-2.7, 418-394k #10-9 cume. 15-16. WPRS Urban One Gospel 3.3-3.3-2.5, 162k #18. 17-17. WLZL-FM Audacy Spanish Tropical 1.5-1.8-2.0, 180-200k #18-15 cume. 18-18. WJFK Audacy Sports 1.7-1.8-1.6 (+0.8 stream #18 share), 186k #17 cume. 19. WBQH-AM Hubbard Mexican 1.3-1.0-1.4 44k #26. TIE 20 @ 0.9 WDCN-LP La Nueva Spanish CHR, 66k #24 cume & TIE 20: WLZL Stream Audacy Spanish 35k #28. 22. WJFK Stream Audacy Sports, 27k #29 cume, TIE 23 @ 0.7: WAFY Manning Hot A/C, 68k #22 & TIE 23: WDCH Audacy Business News, 82k #21. TIE 25 @ 0.6: WFLS Alpha Country 92k #19 cum & TIE 25: WRBS Contemp Christian, 67k #23. iHeart leads Audacy by 6.4-1.7-6.2. Share Change Range: +1.6 / -0.8.

BALTIMORE (23) JULY/AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2024 CLUSTERS: Audacy 15.6-16.5-15.1, Urban One 14.4-14.9-18.5, iHeart 13.5-11.1-10.7, Hearst 8.4-10.1-10.3, YPR 6.6-7.5-6.1. Big 1-2 punch for Urban One leads the clusters and stations: 4-1. WWIN Urban One Urban A/C 6.7-6.0-8.7, +2.7 jump, 233-267k #5 cume. 3-2. WERQ Urban One Urban Contemporary 6.4-7.6-8.6 adds a point, 335-353k #2 cume. 1-TIE 3: WLIF Audacy Adult Contemporary 7.5-9.3-7.5 gives back last month’s 1.8 gain, keeps the # 1 Cume 400-409k. 2-TIE 3: WIYY Hearst Rock 6.5-7.8-7.5, 285-276k #4 cume. TIE 7-5. WRBS Bright Contemp. Christian 5.6-4.2-4.5, 174-193k #9 cume. 6-6. WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 4.7-4.5-4.3, #3 cume. TIE 7-7. WPOC iHeart Country 6.6-4.2-4.1, 198k #8 cume. 5-8. WYPR Public N/T 4.6-4.8-3.8, 97k #14. 9-9 TIE: WZBA Times Shamrock Classic Rock 3.5-3.4-3.3, 220-235k #7-6 cume, 10-9 TIE: WJZ-FM Audacy Sports 3.3-3.3-3.3-3.3, 128-136k #11. 14-11. WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 2.9-2.3-2.8, 106-123k #13-12 cume. 12-12. WCBM-AM Talk 2.0-2.4-3.2, 64k #17. 13-13. WWMX Audacy Hot A/C 3.3-2.6-2.5, 232-223k #6-7 cume. 12-14. WTMD ‘YPR Adult Alternative 2.0-2.7-2.3, 100k #13. 15-15. WZFT iHeart CHR 2.0-2.0-2.0, 181k #10 cume. 16-16. WBJC Public Classical 2.5-1.9-1.5, 57k #17. 17-17. WTOP-FM Hubbard News 1.2-1.3-1.4, 69k #16 cume. TIE 20-18. WLIF-HD2 Audacy Inspirational. Gospel 32k #22. 18-TIE 19 @ 0.9: WKYS Urban One Urban Contemporary, 103-83k #14-15 & TIE 19: WEAA Public Jazz (+0.2 Stream), 55k #19 cume. TIE 21 @ 0.7: WGTS Contemp. Christian 43k #20 & TIE 21: WDCH Audacy Business News 37k #201. 23-23. WCAO-AM iHeart Insp. Gospel 0.3, 19k #24. TIE 24 @ 0.2: WMMJ Urban One A/C 22k #23 & TIE 24 WEAA Stream Public Jazz 9k #23. Urban One jumps to lead over Audacy by 3.4, iHeart by 7.8 and Hearst by 8.2. Change Range +2.7 / – 1.8

PROVIDENCE (44) JULY/AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2024 CLUSTERS: Cumulus 22.2-24.3-23.9, iHeart 24.4-23.2-22.7, Hall Communications 8.4-7.6-9.4. Stations with big 1.8 jump for country: 4-1. WCTK Hall Country 7.8-7.2-9.0, 233-245k #5 cume.  2-1. WWLI Cumulus A/C 7.1-7.9-8.6, 299-312k #1 cume.  3-2. WHJY (Providence, cont’d) iHeart Classic Rock 8.1-7.8-7.9, 249-255k #4 cume. TIE 5-4. WSNE iHeart A/C 7.4-7.1-7.6, 293-284k #3 cume. TIE 3-5. WPRO-AM Cumulus Talk 7.1-7.3-7.3, 88-96k #8-7 cume. 4. TIE 5-6. WPRO-FM Cumulus CHR 5.5-7.1-6.2, 285k #2 cume. 7-7. WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 7.1-6.5-4.9, Biggest Dip -1.6, 209-203k #6 cume. 8-8. WGBH-FM ‘GBH Public N/T 2.3-2.2-3.1, 64-68k #10-9. TIE 10-9. WHJJ-AM iHeart Talk, 1.6-1.7-2.1, 33-41k #13-12 cume & TIE 10-10. WVEI-FM Audacy Sports 2.3-1.7-1.9, 67k #10. 9-11. WWKX Cumulus Rhym CHR 2.3-1.9-1.7, 89-86k #7-8 cume. 12-12. WNPN Rhode Island Public N/T 1.6-1.4-1.6, 38-50k #12-11. 14-13. WSKP-AM Red Wolf Oldies 1.0-1.1-1.4, 28k #15. 13-14. WKKB Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 1.3-1.3-1.1, 40k #13. 15-TIE 15: WJMF Bryant Univ. Classical 0.4, 17-20k #16 & 16-TIE 15: WNBH-AM Hall Classic Hits 0.4, 27-36k #14. 17-17. WELH Wheeler School Rock 0.3, 18k #17. TIE 18-18. WPRV-AM Cumulus Sports, 0.1 4k #18, 3-WAY TIE 19 @ 0.0: WCAI ‘GBH Public N/T 2k, #19, WCRB ‘GBH Classical 1k #20, WSNE-HD2 Talk 00. Close Race: Cumulus leads iHeart 0.9-1.2. Change Range: +1.8 / -1.6

HARTFORD (54) JULY/AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2024 CLUSTERS: Audacy 30.7-31.5-32.6, iHeart 23.6-21.1-22.0, Red Wolf 12.5-16.1-16.5. Audacy takes the Top 3: 1-1. WRCH Soft A/C 8.8-10.3-9.5, 278-263k #1 cume. 4-2. WTIC/FM Hot A/C 9.9-7.5-9.3 +1.8, 204-182k #4 cume. 2-3. WZMX Rhythmic CHR 7.6-9.0-8.9, 132-142k #7. 3-4. WHCN iHeart Classic Hits 7.3-7.8-7.8, 192-185k #3-2 cume. 5-5. WDRC-FM Classic Rock Red Wolf 5.4-6.7-6.8, 173-161k #5-6 cume. 6-6. WWYZ iHeart Country 7.5-5.8-5.8, 161-176k #6-5 cume. 8-TIE 7: WKSS iHeart CHR 5.2-4.3-4.9, 176-183k #4-3 cume & 7-TIE 7. WNPR Connecticut Public News/Talk 4.6-4.9-4.9, 60-68k #12-11 cume. 9. WTIC-AM Audacy N/T 3.6-3.5-3.7, 67-62k #11-12. TIE 10-10: WPLR Connoisseur Classic Rock 2.9-2.6-2.9, 101-89k #8-10 cume, TIE 10-TIE 11: WMRQ Red Wolf Modern Alt. Rock 2.7-2.6-2.7, 99-103k #9 cume & 13-11 TIE: WBOM-AM Urban A/C 2.3-2.1-2.7 +0.6, 57k #13. 11 TIE-13: WMRQ-HD2 Spanish Tropical 2.5-2.4-2.3, 55k #14. 15-14. WKCI iHeart CHR 2.1-1.7-1.9, 97-104k #10-8 cume. 14-15. WDRC-AM Talk 1.9-1.9-1.6, 38-30k #15. 16-16. WUCS iHeart Sports 1.3-1.3-1.4, 27k #16. 17-TIE 17: WFCR University Mass N/T 0.6, 15k #17 cume & two Audacy Streams TIE 17 @ 0.6: WTIC-AM N/T 7k #20, and WTIC-FM 4k #21. 20-20. WNTY-AM Red Wolf Oldies 0.4, 12k #18. 21. WPOP-AM N/T Audacy 0.2, 9k #19. Audacy is 7.1-10.4-10.6 over iHeart.  Share Change Range: +1.8 / -0.8.

JULY-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER ‘24 NOR’EAST CLUSTER RACE WIN-PLACE-SHOW:

NEW YORK (1)               iHeart 27.6-27.8-27.0     Audacy 21.4-20.9-20.4   Spanish Broadcasting 6.8-6.8-7.7

WASHINGTON DC (8)  iHeart 19.9-16.3-19.3     Audacy 13.2-14.6-13.1   American Univ. 10.6-10.6-12.2

PHILADELPHIA (9)      Audacy 30.1-29.0-29.8    Beasley 24.3-23.9-23.3          iHeart 18.4-18.1-19.0

BOSTON (10)                  Beasley 23.3-22.9-23.1     iHeart 22.8-23.1-23.0           Audacy 20.8-21.2-22.3

LONG ISLAND (20)       iHeart 17.1-17.7-19.6      Audacy 17.6-17.8-18.4          Connoisseur 15.4-15.6-14.8  

BALTIMORE (23)          Urban One 14.8-14.9-18.5  Audacy 15.6-16.-15.1        iHeart 13.5-11.1-10.7       

PROVIDENCE (44)        Cumulus 22.2-23.2-23.9      iHeart 24.4-24.3-22.7        Hall Comm. 8.4-7.6-9.4

HARTFORD (54)            Audacy 30.7-31.5-32.6        iHeart 23.6-21.1-22.0         Red Wolf 12.5-16.1-16.5

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AUGUST 3, 2024 – LATEST REVIEW OF SPRING/JUNE NORTHEAST RADIO The Summer Spotlight is on the area many of us started, passed through or stayed. NEW ENGLAND & UPSTATE NEW YORK It’s where we first learned our craft before radio left Main Street for Wall Street. Given the current horror stories of layoffs, distraction with podcasts, debt service and bankruptcies… Radio Renaissance connects Low-Cost Local Content & Connection.

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NEW YORK: HUDSON VALLEY (41) Spring/Fall/Spring ‘24 Clusters: iHeart 14.3-14.8-13.1, Pamal 10.3-8.7-9.0. Stations: 1. WHUD Pamal A/C 5.5-5.4-4.8. 2. WHTZ iHeart CHR 3.3-3.7-4.0. 3. WSPK Pamal CHR 2.9-2.2-2.7. 4. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 2.5-2.5 -2.2. TIE 5: WLTW iHeart A/C 2.0-2.3-2.1. TIE 5: WWPR iHeart Urban 2.6-2.0-2.1. TIE 7: WKTU iHeart RhymCHR 2.2-2.7-1.5. TIE 7: WXPK Pamal Adult Alternative 1.9-1.1-1.5. 9. WOR-AM Talk 1.7-1.6-1.2. 10 TIE @ 0.3: WGNY Sunrise Oldies & WOSR Albany Medical College News/Talk.

BUFFALO (59) June ‘24 Clusters: Townsquare 24.1, Cumulus 19.5, Audacy 18.3, Cumulus 18.6, Buffalo Public 5.9. April/May/June: 1. WBLK Townsquare Urban 9.0-9.0-10.1. 2. WYRK Townsquare Country 8.2-8.7-8.7. 3. WGRF Cumulus Classic Rock 7.7-7.5-8.0. 4. WHTT Cumulus Classic Hits 7.0-7.2-7.0. 5. WBEN-AM Audacy News/Talk 7.3-6.5-5.8. 6. WSKE Audacy CHR 5.9-5.6-5.3. 7. WGR-AM Audacy Sports 4.5-4.3-4.5. 8. WTSS Townsquare A/C 4.8-4.4-4.0. 9. WEDG Cumulus Rock 3.3-3.7-3.9. 10. WBFO Public N/T 2.8-2.7-3.4. 11. WECK-AM Shula Oldies 3.4-3.6-3.0; 12. WNED Public Classical 2.5-2.2-2.4. 13. WBUF Townsquare Classic Rock 1.2-1.3-1.3. 14. WLLK Audacy Country 1.4-1.6-1.2. 15. WWWS-AM Audacy R&B Oldies 0.9-0.9-1.1.

ROCHESTER (60) June ‘24 Clusters: Audacy 22.0, iHeart 13.5, Langston 9.6, Seven Mountains 7.4, Public 3.3. A/M/J ’24 Stations: 1. WDKX Langston Monroe Urban 8.2-7.1-9.6. 2. WBEE Audacy Country 7.5-7.4-7.5. 3. WCMF Audacy Classic Rock 5.5-6.2-7.0. 4. WHAM-AM iHeart News/Talk 6.3-6.5-5.9. 5. WRMM Seven Mountains Soft A/C 4.2-4.0-5.6. 6. WPXY Audacy CHR 4.3-4.7-4.0. 7. WBZA Audacy A/C 3.1-3.4-3.1. 8. WAIO iHeart Talk 3.4-3.5-2.7. 9. WDVI iHeart Country 2.3-2.4-2.3. 10. WXXO Public Classical 2.2-24-2.3. 11. WFKL Seven Mountains Adult Hits 1.9-1.5-1.3. 12. WRUR U. Rochester
Adult Alternative 1.0-1.3-1.2. TIE 13 @ 1.0: WXXI-AM Public N/T & WKGS iHeart CHR; 15. WZNE 7 Mtns. Mod/AltRk. 0.9.

ALBANY (67) June ‘24 Clusters: Pamal 24.9, iHeart 21.4, Townsquare 11.5, Albany Medical College 5.0. A/M/J ’24: 1. WFLY Pamal CHR 4.5-5.9-6.2. TIE 2: WYJB Pamal A/C 437-5.2-5.6; TIE 2: WPYX iHeart Classic Rock 6.1-4.7-5.6. 4. WGNA Townsquare Country 6.2-5.6-5.4. 3-WAY TIE 5: WAMC Albany Medical College News/Talk 5.3-5.1-5.0; TIE 5: WGY-AM iHeart N/T 4.3-4.2-4.6; TIE 5: WAJZ Pamal RhymCHR 3.9-4.3-4.6. 8. WRVE iHeart Hot A/C 4.3-3.5-3.9. 9. WTRY iHeart Adult Hits 4.9-4.5-4.3. 10. WQBK Townsquare Classic Rock 2.6-3.0-3.1. 11. WGDJ-AM Capital Talk 2.8-3.0-3.0. TIE 12 PAMAL: WKLI-FM Country 2.7-2.9-2.8 & TIE 12: WROW-AM Oldies 2.6-2.9-2.8. TIE 14 @ 2.3: WKKF iHeart CHR & WMHT Public Classical. 16. WQBK-HD2 Townsquare Urban 1.5. 17. WINU Pamal Classic Country 1.3. TIE 18 @ 1.1: WBUG RCN
Rosser Country & WTMM Townsquare Sports. 20. WFFG Pamal Country 0.9. 21. WEXT Public Adult Alternative 0.8.

SYRACUSE (100) June ’24 Clusters: iHeart 26.8; Wolf/Fox 12.8, Cumulus 12.2, Public Radio 7.8. A/M/J: 1. WNTQ Cumulus CHR 6.5-6.4-8.0. 2. WBBS iHeart Country 7.7-7.2-7.4. 3. WYYY iHeart A/C 5.7-6.4-7.0. 4. WSYR-AM iHeart N/T 5.3-6.0-6.2. 5. WSEN Wolf Classic Hits 5.5-5.4-5.2. 6. WWHT iHeart CHR 5.7-5.6-4.6. 7. WAQX Cumulus Rock 2.6-2.6-3.8. 8. WOLF Wolf Country 3.0-3.4-3.6. TIE 9: WMVN Wolf RhymCHR 4.9-4.6-3.4. TIE 9: WRVO SUNY N/T 3.0-3.4-3.4, 11. WCNY Public Classical 2.2-2.4-2.4. TIE 12: WAER N/T Syracuse U. 1.6-1.2-1.4; TIE 12. WHEN-AM iHeart Adult Urban 1.6-1.2-1.4. TIE 14 @ 0.6: WOLF-AM Wolf Sports & WJPZ Syracuse Adult Alternative. Galaxy Cluster Does Not Subscribe.

POUGHKEEPSIE (166) Sp/Fall‘23/Sp’24 Clusters: Pamal 14.1-15.9-16.1, Townsquare 13.3-16.3-14.5, iHeart 14.1-13.8-13.2, Sunrise 4.5-3.3-3.6, Radio Woodstock 1.7-2.5-2.8. Sp/Fa’23/Sp’24: 1. WSPK Pamal CHR -8.7-9.2-8.9. 2. WPDH Townsquare Rock 7.1-8.8-8.1. 3. WHUD Pamal A/C 3.7-4.6-5.2. TIE 4: WRNQ iHeart A/C 4.1-4.2-4.00; TIE 4: WPKF iHeart CHR 4.6-3.8-4.0. 6. WGNY Sunrise Oldies 4.1-2.9-3.6; 3-WAY TIE 7: WCZX Townsquare Country 2.5-3.3-2.8; TIE 7: WRWD iHeart Country 2.1-2.9-2.8; TIE 7: WDST Radio Woodstock Adult Alternative 1.7-2.5-2.8. 10. WRRV Townsquare Modern
Alt Rock 2.5-2.5-2.4. 11. WBPM Pamal Classic Hits 1.7-2.1-2.0. 3-WAY TIE 12 @ 1.2: WKIP-AM iHeart Talk, TIE 12: WBWZ iHeart Classic Rock & TIE 12: WALL-AM Newslink Classic Hits.

UTICA (173) Sp/Fall‘23/Sp’24 Clusters: Townsquare 30.9-33.4-34.8, RCN Rosser Communications 9.7-9.0-8.9, State University of New York 1.6-2.3-1.7. Sp/Fa’23/Sp’24: Townsquare Top 4: 1. WFRG Country 10.2-13.1-13.3; 2. WOUR
Classic Rock 6.1-6.8-6.4; TIE 3: WLZW A/C 7.3-6.3-5.2; TIE 3: WODZ Classic Hits 6.9-4.5-5.2. TIE 5: WSKS RCN A/C 4.5-3.6-4.7 & TIE 5: WIBX-AM Townsquare N/T 4.5-2.7-4.7. TIE 7 RCN: WBUG Country 2.0-2.7-2.1 & WUTQ Talk 2.0-2.7-2.1. 9. WRVO SUNY N/T 0.8-1.4-1.3. TIE 10 @ 0.4: WRVN SUNY N/T & TIE 10: WCAN Albany Medical N/T.

CONNECTICUT:  FAIRFIELD (73) June ’24 Clusters: Connoisseur 26.4, Sacred Heart University & Spanish Broadcast System TIE @ 3.2. Apr/May/June Top 4 Connoisseur: 1. WEBE Adult Contemporary 8.6-9.9-11.0. 2. WEZN Hot A/C 7.0-7.0-6.7; 3. WICC-AM News/Talk 4.8-5.2-5.0; TIE 4: WPLR Classic Rock 2.9-3.3-3.2; TIE 4. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 2.2-2.7-3.2. 6. WSHU Sacred Heart U. Classical 3.7-3.3-3.0. 7. WNYC-FM Public N/T 1.3-1.6-1.5. 8. WFUV Fordham University Adult Alternative 0.8-1.2-1.2. TIE 9 @ 0.9: WNPR Connecticut Public News/Talk & TIE 9: WYBC Yale Broadcasting Co. 11. WFOX
Connoisseur Rock 0.5. 12. WMNR Town of Monroe Classical 0.3. 13. WSHU-AM Sacred Heart U. News/Talk 0.2.

NEW HAVEN (125) Sp/Fa’23/Sp’24 Clusters: Connoisseur 14.2-12.1-15.9, WYBC 11.1-9.0-10.9, iHeart 17.4-13.1-8.9, Red
Wolf 5.4-6.6-5.5, Town of Monroe 1.5-1.5-3.5, Sacred Heart University 3.7-3.4-2.1. Stations: 1. WYBC Urban Contemporary 10.9-9.0-10.4. 2. WPLR Connoisseur Rock 5.7-5.5-7.2. 3. WEBE A/C Connoisseur 5.2-4.2-6.0. 4. WKCI iHeart CHR 6.3-5.5-5.3. 5. WMNR Town of Monroe Classical 1.3-1.0-3.0. 3-WAY TIE 6: WEZN Connoisseur Hot A/C 2.6-2.2-2.5; TIE 6: WELI-AM iHeart Talk 1.3-1.7-2.5; TIE 6: WDRC-FM Red Wolf Classic Rock 2.4-1.5-2.5. 9. WMRQ-HD2 Red Wolf Tropical 1.5-3.2-2.1; 10. WSHU Sacred Heart Classical 3.3-2.7-1.9. 11. WKCI-HD2 iHeart Urban Contemporary 0.9. 12. WMRQ Red Wolf Mod/Alt. Rock 0.7. TIE 13 @ 0.5: WGRS Town of Monroe Classical; TIE 13: WYBC-AM Yale News/Talk. 4-Way TIE 15 @ 0.2: WSUF Sacred Heart News/Talk; TIE 15: WNTY-AM Red Wolf Oldies; TIE 15: WICC-AM Connoisseur
N/T & TIE 15: WAVZ-AM iHeart Sports. iHeart Media Hartford & Clark Media do not subscribe.

NEW LONDON (181) Spring ’24 Clusters: Red Wolf 19.5, Hall Communications 16.5, Comulus 7.4. Sp/Fa’23/Spring’24 1. WBMW Red Wolf Adult  Contemporary 8.5-8.7-9.5. 2. WCTY Hall Country 9.0-9.2-7.4. 3. WNLC Hall Classic Rock 2.8- 3.4-3.7. 4. WWRX Red Wolf CHR 4.3-4.9-4.2. TIE 5: WQGN Cumulus CHR 4.3-4.4.3.7; TIE 5: WBMW-HD4 Red Wolf A/C 1.4-3.4-3.7. 7. WKNL Hall Oldies 2.8-2.9-3.2. 8. WMOS Cumulus Classic Rock 3.5-3.4-2.6. 9. WJJF Red Wolf N/T 2.8-1.9- 2.1. TIE 10 @ 1.1: WICH-AM Hall Adult Standards & TIE 10: WXLM-AM Cumulus Talk.

DANBURY (196) Clusters Sp/Fa’23/Sp’24: Berkshire 20.3-20.2-16.8; Townsquare 7.1-8.2-10.2; iHeart 3.8-3.8-3.6, Sacred Heart U 4.3-4.3-3.0. Fa’22/Sp’23/Fa’23: TIE AT #1: WDAQ Berkshire Hot A/C 10.4-10.4-8.4, TIED AT #1: WRKI Townsquare Rock 6.0-7.1-8.4. 3. WLAD-AM Berkshire Talk 6.6-5.5-5.4; 4. WSHU Classical 3.8-3.8-3.0; TIE 5: WKCI iHeart CHR 2.2-2.2-2.4; TIE 5: WMNR Town of Monroe Classical 2.2-1.6-2.4. 7. WDAQ-HD2 Berkshire Country 1.8. TIE 9 @ 1.2: WDAQ-HD3 Berkshire Classic Hits & TIE 9: WHTZ iHeart CHR. 11. WQQQ Albany Medical College N/T 0.6

MASSACHUSETTS: SPRINGFIELD (103) Clusters Sp’24: Saga 14.4, iHeart 13.7, Audacy 11.6, Red Wolf 6.1. Apr/May/Jun ’24: 1. WMAS Audacy Adult Contemporary 8.1-8.3-9.1. 2. WAQY Saga Classic Rock 9.4-8.3-7.8. 3. WSPR-AM Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 5.4-4.9-4.9. 4. WHYN/FM iHeart Hot A/C 4.8-5.1-4.7. 5. WHYN-AM iHeart Talk 5.2-4.3-4.1. 6. WRNX iHeart Country 3.8-3.7-3.7. 7. WFCR New England Public Radio N/T 3.8-3.4-3.3. 8. WLZX Saga Rock 2.5-2.4-2.5. 9. WWEI Audacy Sports 2.7-2.0-2.1. 10. WLZX-HD3 Saga Oldies 1.3-1.4-2.1. 11. WMAC Albany Medical College N/T 1.5-1.2-1.4. TIE 12 @ 1.2: WACM-AM Red Wolf CHR & WHYN-HD2 iHeart Urban Contemp. 14. WRSI Saga Adut Alternative 1.0. 15. WAMH Amherst College 0.8. 16. WHMP-AM Saga Talk. TIE 17 @ 0.4: WAIC NEPR Classical & TIE 17: WLZX-HD2 Saga Classic Hits. 3-WAY TIE 19 @ 0.2: WHLL-AM Audacy Spanish CHR, TIE 19 New England Public Radio: WINZ-AM N/T & WNNZ Classical.

WORCESTER (115) Clusters Spring ’24: iHeart 13.0, Cumulus 11.8, Audacy 5.3. Sp/Fa’23/Sp’24: 1. WSRS iHeart Adult Contemporary 9.5 -10.3-8.7. 2. WXLO Cumulus Hot A/C 5.2-5.3-6.3. 3. WATG-AM iHeart Talk 3.7-2.5-4.3. 4. WWFX
Cumulus Classic Rock 3.1-3.2-4.1. TIE 5: WNCN Public Jazz 0.8-2.7-1.7; TIE 5: WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 2.1-2.1-1.7. 7. WORC Cumulus Country 2.7-0.7-1.4. 8. WEEI/FM Audacy Sports 1.7-1.4-1.2. 9. WMJX Audacy A/C 1.4-0.9-1.0. TIE 10 Audacy @ 0.7: WVEI-AM Sports & TIE 10: WWBX Hot A/C. 12. WFCR New England Public Radio N/T 0.5. 13. WCUW Public Variety 0.2. CAPE COD release scheduled August 8.

NEW HAMSPSHIRE: PORTSMOUTH (121) Sp/Fa’23/Sp’24 Clusters: iHeart 23.9-21.9-17.1; Townsquare 9.5-7.9-9.2; Binnie Media 3.7-3.3-5.2. NH Public Radio 4.7-3.6-2.3. 1. WHEB iHeart Classic Rock 7.9-6.1-8.3. 2. WOKQ Townsquare Country 5.7-7.8-6.3. 3. WGIR-FM iHeart Rock 1.9-3.2-3.1. 4. WSHK Townsquare Classic Hits 2.2-1.7-2.9. WBYY Binnie Classic Hits
1.0-1.9-1.6. TIE 6: WEVO NHPR N/T 4.5-3.4-2.3 & TIE 6: WERZ iHeart 1.4-1.9-2.3. 8. WTBU iHeart Country 0.7-1.0-2.1. 9. WQSO-AM iHeart N/T 2.2-1.0-1.3. 10. WTSN-AM Binnie Talk 1.4-0.7-1.0. Binnie TIE 11 @ 0.5: WFNQ Classic Hits (Nashua) & WLNH Classic Hits (Laconia). Binnie Maine TIE 13 @ 0.3: WFNK Classic Hits & WBQQ Soft A/C.

CONCORD-LAKES (169) Sp/Fa’23/Sp’24 Clusters: Binnie Media 11.7-9.8-14.1, NH Public Radio 9.0-8.2-9.0, Lakes Media 8.5-7.8-6.2; iHeart 4.7-5.3-4.5. Stations: 1. WEVO NHPR News/Talk 7.3-7.0-7.0. 2. WGIR iHeart Rock 4.7-5.3-4.5; 3. WLNH Binnie Media Classic Hits 2.6-2.9-4.1. TIE 4: WLKZ Lakes Media Classic Rock 3.8-4.9-3.7; TIE 4: WNHW Binnie Media Country 4.3-2.5-3.7. 6. WWLK Lakes Media Soft A/C 4.7-2.9-2.5. 7, 8 & 9 All Binnie Media: 7. WNNH Rock 0.9-0.8-2.1; 8. WJYY CHR 1.7-2.0-1.7, 3-WAY TIE 9: WTPL Talk 1.3-1.6-1.2, TIED 9: WEMJ-AM 0.9-0.0-1.2 & TIED at 9: WEVJ NHPR N/T 0.4-0.4-1.2. NHPR TIE 12 @ 0.4: WEVH N/T TIES 12: WCNH Classical.

MANCHESTER (195) Sp/Fa’23/Sp’24 Clusters: Saga 18.8-17.3-15.9, iHeart 15.7-15.1-9.4, Townsquare 3.2-3.4-4.7, NH Public Radio 3.2-4.0-4.6, Binnie Media 2.1-3.4-3.6. Stations: 1. WZID Saga A/C 13.4-11.7-12.4. 2. WGIR iHeart Rock 8.1-7.3-7.3. 3. WOKQ Townsquare Country 3.2-3.4-4.7. 4. WEVO NHPR News/Talk 2.7-3.4-4.1 TIE 5: WGIR-AM iHeart Talk 1.6-2.2-2.1 TIES 5: WFNQ Binnie Media Classic Hits 0.5-2.2-2.1. 4-WAY TIE 7 @ 1.0: WFEA-AM Saga Talk; TIE 7: WZID-HD3 Saga Classic Country; TIE 7: WMLL Saga Country (flipped from Classic Hits, Dec. 18) & TIE 7: WJYY Binnie Media CHR. 3-WAY TIE 11 @ 0.5: WEVS NHPR News/Talk TIE 11: WZID-HD2 Saga Classic Hits & TIE 11: WEMJ-AM Binnie Media Talk.

LEBANON NH-WHITE RIVER VT (217) Sp/Fa’23/Sp’24 Clusters: Great Eastern 16.3-19.0-21.2, Vermont Public Radio 17.1-15.4-18.1, Pamal 3.5-5.2-6.9, Sugar River Media 8.0-7.5-4.5, Yankee Kingdom 2.0-2.2-3.8 TIES Binnie Media 2.7-2.9-3.8, New Hampshire Public Radio 3.4-2.9-3.1 1. WDHQ Great Eastern Classic Rock 7.5-6.6-9.0. 2. WVPR VT Public N/T 8.2-8.1-7.5; TIE 3: WXXK Great Eastern Country 5.4-5.9-4.5; TIE 3: WNCH VT Public Classical 4.8-4.4-4.5 3-WAY TIE AT 5: WXLF Country 2.7-2.9-3.8 Binnie Medi; TIE 5: WGXL Great Eastern Hot A/C 2.0-3.9-3.8 TIE 5: WYKR Yankee 2.0-2.2-3.8; 4-WAY TIE 8 @ 2.1 PAMAL: WJJR A/C, WJEN Country & WZRT CHR. TIE 8: WTBU iHeart Country. 4-WAY TIE 11 Sugar River @
1.5: WNTK-AM Talk & WFRD Rock; TIE 11: WEVH N/T NHPR & TIE 11: WFXY Great Eastern Oldies.

VERMONT: BURLINGTON (147) Sp/Fa’23/Sp’24 Clusters: Hall Communications 28.0-24.2-25.8, Vermont Public Radio 14.7-11.4-11.8, Vox Media 8.5-16.6-10.3, Sisson Broadcasting 6.9-6.6-8.8, Radio Vermont 2.6. Stations: 1. WOKO Hall Communications Country 12.9-9.6-14.4. 2. WVPS Vermont Public N/T 11.6-8.9-8.5. 3. WXXX Sisson CHR 4.4-4.2-6.3. 4.
WEZF Vox Hot A/C 5.7-10.9-6.0. 5. WIZN Hall Classic Rock 5.0-5.4-5.3. TIE 6 Hall: WKOL Classic Hits 5.7-6.4-4.2 & TIE 6: WBTZ Modern Alt. Rock 3.8-1.9-4.2. TIE 8: WVMT-AM Sisson Talk 2.5-2.2-2.5; TIE 8: WXZO Vox Media Classic Hits 1.6-2.5. 10. WOXR Vermont Public Radio Classical 1.9-1.3-2.1. 11. WCVT Radio Vermont 0.0-1.3-1.8. 5-WAY TIE 12 @ 0.7: WCPV Vox Media Country, WJKS Great Eastern Country, WJOY-AM Hall Adult Standards, WXLU St. Lawrence University N/T & TIE 12: WEAV-AM Vox Sports. 9-WAY TIE 17 @ 0.4: WVTX Vox Classic Hits, WNBZ Classic Hits Sea Comm, Great Eastern
WWFK Classic Rock & WSNO Adult Hits, Vermont Radio WDEV N/T & WCVT Stream Classic Hits & Vermont Public Radio N/T WVPR, WVPS Stream, WXOM Classical & WXLL St. Lawrence University News/Talk.

MONTPELIER (243): Sp/Fa’23/Sp’24 Clusters: Vermont Broadcast Associates 13.5-14.0-15.3, Vermont Public Radio 14.3-15.9-14.6, Vox Media 8.0-8.9-10.6, Great Eastern 10.8-8.9-9.7 TIES Radio Vermont 8.1-9.0-9.7. 1. WEZF Vox Hot A/C 8.0-8.9-10.6. 2. WVPS VT Public N/T 8.9-10.9-8.7. 3. WWFY Great Eastern Country 5.4-5.9-5.8. VBA TIE 4: WJJZ Country 2.7-
3.0-3.8 & WKXH 3.6-2.0-3.8. 5-WAY TIE 6 @ 2.0: WDEV N/T & WDEV-AM N/T Radio Vermont, WGMT VBA A/C, WCVT Radio Vermont Classic Hits & WRFK Great Eastern Classic Rock. TIE 11 @ 1.9: WBPA Vermont Public N/T & TIE 11: WIKE-AM VBA Classic Hits. 7-WAY TIE 14 @ 1.0 Vermont Public Classical WVXR, WVTI & WHJZ, VPR N/T WVPR & WVPS Stream, TIES 17: WLVB Radio Vermont Country & TIE WSTJ-AM VBA Adult Alternative.

MAINE: PORTLAND (91) Sp/Fa’23/Sp’24 Clusters: Saga 20.9-20.3-20.5, Townsquare 16.6-19.8-19.0; Binnie Media 13.7-11.4-13.7, Maine Public 13.5-10.6-11.0, Atlantic Coast Fuller-Jeffrey 4.1-4.4-2.8. Stations: 1. WBLM Townsquare Classic Rock 7.1-5.3-8.5. 2. WMEA Maine Public N/T 8.9-8.8-8.3. 3. WFNK Binnie Classic Hits 5.1-7.2-6.6. 4. WPOR Saga Country 6.8-4.5-6.3. 5. WTHT Binnie Country 6.7-2.9-5.0. TIE 6: WHOM Townsquare A/C 4.8-5.6-4.4 & TIE 6: WMGK Saga Hot A/C 4.4-2.7-4.4. 8. WJBQ Townsquare CHR 4.8-3.4-4.1. 9. WGAN-AM Saga N/T 3.9-2.9-2.8. TIE 10: WCLZ Saga Adult Alternative
2.2-4.0-2.7; TIE 10: WQBA Maine Public N/T 4.6-1.8-2.7. TIE 12: WYNZ Saga Adult Hits 2.7-2.5-2.9; TIE 12: WCYY Townsquare Modern Alt Rock 1.7-2.3-2.0. 14. WBAE-AM Saga Soft A/C 1.7. 3-WAY TIE 15 @ 1.3: WPEI Atlantic Coast Sports, WYNZ-HD2 Saga Oldies, WHKR Binnie Media Rock. 18. WJJB Atlantic Coast Sports 0.9. 3-WAY TIE 19 @ 0.6: WLOB-AM Atlantic Coast Talk, WHTP Mainstream Media CHR, WHEB iHeart Classic Rock. TIE 22 @ 0.3: WZAN-AM Saga Country TIES 22 Binnie Media WBYY Classic Hits & WBQQ Soft A/C. TIE 25: WEVJ NHPR N/T TIES 25: WBQX Binnie Classic Hits.

BANGOR (212) Sp/Fa’23/Sp’24 Clusters: Townsquare 22.4-20.5-24.1, Blueberry 24.7-26.2-19.0, Zone/Stephen King 13.6-12.6-12.6, Maine Public Radio 7.7-7.8-8.3. Stations: TIE AT #1: WKIT Zone Classic Rock 12.4-10.8-11.4 TIES # 1: WQCB Townsquare Country 8.2-10.2-11.4; 3-WAY TIE 3: WMEH Maine Public News/Talk 4.7-6.0-5.7; TIES Townsquare WBZN CHR 7.1-4.2-5.7 & WWMJ Classic Rock 5.3-3.0-5.7. 6. WVOM Blueberry Talk 5.3-8.4-5.1. TIE 7 Blueberry: WTOS Rock 4.7-3.6-4.4 & WBFB Country 3.5-2.4-4.4. TIE 9 Blueberry: WKSQ Adult Contemporary 4.7-5.4-3.8 & WBAK Classic Hits 4.7-4.2-3.8. 3-WAY TIE 11 @ 1.3: WBQE & WMEA Maine Public N/T & TIE 11: WEZQ Townsquare Sports. 4-WAY TIE 14 @ 0.6: Zone AM’s WTOS Rock & WZON Oldies, TIES 14: WTOS-AM Blueberry Rock & WNSX Stoney Creek Classic Hits.

AUGUSTA-WATERVILLE (242) Sp/Fa’23/Sp’24 Clusters: Blueberry 17.7-20.1-19.0, Townsquare 16.6-15.3-14.0, J. Hanson Co. (formerly Mountain Wireless) 13.7-12.4-12.0, Maine Public 9.8-7.6-8.0. Stations: 1. WFMX J. Hanson A/C 7.8-7.6-8.0. 3-WAY TIE 2: Townsquare WEBB Country 7.8-8.6 & WMEE CHR 8.8-6.7-7.0 and TIES 2: WABK Blueberry Classic Hits 3.9-5.7-7.0. 5. WTOS Blueberry Rock 4.9-6.7-6.0. 6. WMEA Maine Public N/T 6.9-5.7-5.0. TIE 7: WCTB J. Hanson Country 5.9-4.8-4.0 & TIE 7 WVQM Blueberry Talk 5.9-5.7-4.0. 9. WBQA Maine Public N/T 3.0. Blueberry TIE 10 @ 1.0: WQSS A/C
& WVOM Talk.

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