DECEMBER NOR’EAST RADIO – January 3, 2025  PERSONS 6+ PPM BOSTON, NEW YORK CITY, LONG ISLAND, PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON DC, BALTIMORE, PROVDENCE & 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.  Please hear WATX AM 1220 CLASSICS! Digital Demo adjusts to your market & competition.

November 7-December 4, brings us the DECEMBER 2024 PPM RADIO RESULTS with Holiday Jumps included. The Holiday Monthly runs through January 8. Smart interpretation and strategy add income & audience without major investment. Lessons Learned & Practiced During Last Year:

AM Radio is Essential in Cars & Homes & sounds excellent on Digital!
Higher Ranking Cume vs. Lower Share = Tune-Outs.                                              Smart Adjustment & Music Curation is not costly.
Classic Hits + Classic Rock = Strong Adult Audience.                                                  Christmas Favorites have lasting appeal.
Seasoned Broadcasters Make It Happen.                                                                    Protect and Encourage Talent & Local Information.
Home Studios are fantastic. Podcasts, not so much.                                                Tight and Bright Attracts. Top Heavy Spending is Bad.

BOSTON (10) Population 4.413 million. Hispanic 12% Black 8%. OCT/NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024 CLUSTERS: iHeart 24.9-26.6-25.8. Beasley 22.3-20.8-21.3. Audacy 19.5-18.9-20.8.  

3-T4-1. WMJX Audacy A/C 6.3-5.8-8.3, #1 cume 734-667-759k. Audacy A/C combo brings it 5.0 from #1.

1-1-2. WBZ/FM Beasley Sports, 8.3-8.5-8.2 #4-3-4 cume 525-573-517k. “Sports Hub” is just 0.1 behind #1.

5-T4-3. WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk 5.5-5.8-6.0, #10 cume 331-344-336k. Essential AM for News & Weather.

2-T4-4. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 7.1-5.8-5.9, #2-4-2 cume 648-567-619k. 0.1 under ‘BZ, time to freshen up.

4-2-5. WWBX Audacy Hot A/C 5.6-6.1-5.4, #4-5-7 cume 476-462-419k. Magic sister makes MIX #3 music FM.

10-9-6. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 4.1-4.0-5.0, nice +1.0 jump #20-19 cume 143-151k, makes the case for car AM.
6-3-7. WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 4.4-5.9-4.8, #6-5 cume 461-441-450k. Share dip -1.1, as demo prefers Xmas.

7-7-8. WXKS/FM iHeart CHR 4.3-4.4-4.7, #3-2-3 cume 638-647-601k. Jingle Ball no help, needs new answers

8-8-9. WBUR Boston Univ. N/T 4.2-4.2-4.0, #12 cume 327-320-302k. WBZ-AM news lead grew 1.3-1.6-2.0.

8-10-10. WGBH ‘GBH News/Talk 4.2-3.9-3.6, #13 cume 302-293-279k. Fewer improvements than on WCRB.

12-11-11. WCRB ‘GBH Classical 3.4-3.8-3.5, #17-16 cume 224-237-219k. Just 0.1 back of WGBH at less cost.

11-11-12. WEEI/FM Audacy Sports 3.8-3.7-3.4, #15 cume 301-267-238k. Off season is the time for new plays.

14-T14-TIE 13. WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 2.9-2.7-3.2, #7-6 cume 457-423-428k. Trails ‘BX by 3.4-2.2, let’s see.

13-13-TIE 13. WKLB Beasley Country 3.0-2.9-3.2, #11 cume 387-409-347k. Syndicated shows only tie WBQT.

15-T14-15. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 2.7-2.7-2.8, #9 cume 342-333-338k. Big signal but just sort of there.

16-16-16. WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 2.5-2.6-2.7, #8 cume 443-389-383k. Time to stick the fork. Huge potential

17-17-17. WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative 2.0-2.1-2.0, #14 cume 250-277-264k. There sits the opportunity!

T18-18-18. WBWL iHeart Country 1.6-1.5-1.3. #18 cume 280-230-197k. Country was #1, now a total 4.5 share.

T18-19-19. WXLO Cumulus Hot A/C 1.6-1.4-1.2, #14-15-17 cume 297-268-211k. Big signal #2 Worcester 6.3.

20-21-20. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 1.3-1.0-1.1, #21 cume 135k. Adult Alternative holds at 3.1.

22-23-21. WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical 1.0-1.1-0.9, #19-20 cume 149k. Not catching. Spanish total stays 2.0. ALSO TIED 21 @ 0.9: WMJX Stream Audacy, 60k #23 & 21. WXKS-AM iHeart Talk #26 cume with 35k. 26-28-24. WCCM-AM Costa-Eagle Spanish 0.3-0.7, 23-25k stays at #28 cume. 25. WBOS Beasley Business News 0.8-0.8-0.6, #22 cume 102-99-81k. Changed Classic Rock to Bloomberg. 26. WNNW-AM Costa-Eagle Spanish Tropical 0.6-0.4, 67-55k #23-24 cume. 27. WUMB UMass Variety 0.3, 28-39k #27-25 cume. TIE 28 @ 0.2: WRCA-AM Classic Rock (was WBOS/FM) 30k #26; TIE 27. WMVX-AM Costa-Eagle Classic Hits 21-19k #29. TIE 30 @ 0.1: WWFX Cumulus Classic Rock 19-16k #30 & TIE 30 WBGB Stream Audacy 7k #31
cume. 32. WVEI-AM Audacy Sports 600 #32 cume (50kw WEEI-AM 850 remains a no show). iHeart  leads Beasley 2.6-5.8-4.5 and tops Audacy by 5.0. Boston is Anybody’s ball game in 2025. November-December Share Change Range: + 2.5 Xmas WMJX / – 1.1 Classic Rock WZLX.

NEW YORK (1) Pop. 16.56 million. Hispanic 26% Black 17%. OCT/NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024 CLUSTERS: iHeart 27.0-26.8-27.4, Audacy 21.0-20.7-19.7, Spanish Broadcasting System 7.1-7.9-8.0,
Media Holding Inc. 7.6-7.4-7.9, WNYC Public 7.0-7.0-6.7.

1-1-1. WLTW A/C 8.2-7.8-9.7, 3.55-3.51-3.643 million, #1 cume. Always Tops NYC with +1.9 Xmas gain.

5-3-2. WBLS Media Holding Urban A/C 5.8-5.5, 1.41-1.36-1.267 mil #9 cume. NYC iconic heritage station.

2-2-3. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 6.1-6.0-5.5, 1.87-1.74-1.69mil #7 cume. I loved Mark Parenteau in PMD.

9-6-4. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 4.0-4.9-5.1, 1.72-1.5-1.65 mil #6-8-6 cume. Stays NYC # Spanish Service.

4-4-TIE 5. WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.7-5.4-4.9, 2.39-2.53-2.24mil #2-4-2 cume. Huge legacy: Z-100 worst to first.

8-9-TIE 5. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 4.4-4.2-4.9, 2.29-2.11-2.16mil #5 cume. I miss Scott and the Nightbird.

7-8-7. WINS-FM Audacy News 4.6-4.5-4.8 (+0.4 stream), 1.62-1.57-1.61mil #7-8-7 cume. Smart move to FM.

3-5-8. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.5-5.3-4.5, 2.61-2.53-2.22mil #2-3-4 cume. Santa or missing heritage?

6-7-9. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 5.0-4.8-4.4, 560-503-512k #18 cume. Great job with an AM turnaround, JC!

11-12-10 TIE: WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR 3.5-3.5-3.6, 2.48-2.52-2.24mil #3 cume. Still walking in rhythm.

10-10-10 TIE: WNYC/FM Public N/T 3.9-4.0-3.6, 634-620-601k #16 cume. Class of New York City for years.

T13-13-12. WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 2.5-2.6-3.0, 964-938k #12 cume. Total NYC Spanish share 11.9. 12-11-13. WFAN-FM Audacy Sports 3.3-3.6-2.7 (+0.8 stream), 1.05mil-871k #12-14 cume. Tough NY sports.

T15-T15-14. WQXR-FM WNYC Public Classical 2.5-2.2-2.3, 343-360-372k #19 cume. NYC Classical Forever. 15-15-T15-15. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.3-2.2-2.0, 883-930k #13 cume. Always remembered as BM from NJ. 17-17-16. WQHT Media Holding Rhym CHR 1.8-1.9-1.9, 1.08 mil #12-11 cume. Maybe something new coming for NY.

16-14-TIE 17: WWPR iHeart Urban Contemp. 2.1-2.3-1.8, 1.09mil-999k #11 cume. Less luster but still powerful 18-18-TIE 17: WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.4-1.8-1.8, 295-327k #23-28. Buckley’s great heritage station in NYC. T18-19-19. WPLJ K-Love Contemp. Christian 1.4-1.6-1.7, 696-624-668k #17-15 cume. Worthy of the prayers?

T20-20-20. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.2-1.3-1.2, 764-660k, basic tied #17 cume. Spin the format wheel? T20-21-21. WKXW Townsquare Talk 1.2-1.2-1.1, 384-359-311k #20-21 cume. Great job Walt Sabo back when. T27-22. WMGO Beasley A/C 0.9, 281-286k #24 cume. 4-WAY TIE 23 @ 0.8: WFUV Fordham Adult Alt. 271k #25, WNYC-AM Public N/T, 118-104k #34, WSKQ Stream 211-172k, #26 cume, WFAN Stream 219-150k #27 cume.

27. WBGO Public Jazz 0.7, 296k #22 cume, adding another signal would be excellent. 4-WAY TIE 28 @ 0.5: WHUD Pamal A/C 395-326-304k #22 cume, TIE 28 WKMK Press Country 185-139k #28-30, 28. WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business 122-113k #33 cume, 28. WNUV Hope Spanish Christian 77-93k #37 cume. iHeart tops Audacy 6.0-6.1-7.7.  NYC Nov-Dec. Change Range: + 1.9 Xmas WLTW / – 0.9 Sports WFAN

LONG ISLAND / NYC (20) Pop. 2.53 million Hispanic 20%, Black 10%
OCT/NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024 CLUSTERS. Very Close: Audacy 17.0-20.2-18.3, iHeart 18.7-18.0-17.6, Connoisseur 16.1-17.0-17.5, Cox Media Group 12.8-11.7-11.6. *LI Stations:

3-2-1. WINS-FM Audacy News 5.6-6.5-7.1, 319-336-337k #8-5-4 cume. 1010 WINS, Wins Long Island!

1-1-2. WBAB* Cox Classic Rock 8.5-7.4-6.4, 437-433-392k #2 cume. Strong showing despite -1.0 holiday dip.

4-4-3. WALK* Connoisseur A/C 5.0-4.9-5.0, 380-359-349k #3-1 cume. Back in the LI driver’s seat.

2-3-4. WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.7-5.6-4.8, 415-420-330k #1-5 cume. Seasons and curation changes listening habits.

T7-7-5. WBLI* Cox CHR 4.0-3.9-4.6, 349-353-320k #4-6 cume. Strong local rocker for Long Island.

10-11-6. WLTW Audacy A/C 3.3-3.2-4.4, 340-331-344k #6-3 cume. Holiday Magic from the New York City.

T11-T13-7. WWSK* Connoisseur Rock 2.6-2.9-3.9, 170-167-190k #13-12. Nice jump into the LI Top 10.

9-9-8. WKJY* Connoisseur A/C 3.8-3.7-3.7, 333-323-297k #7 cume. Holding well and adding cluster strength.

T6-6-TIE 9: WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.0-4.2-3.3, 296k #8 cume. Seems folks want more NYC Oldies.

6-8-TIE 9: WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 4.3-3.8-3.3, 305-280-243k #9 cume ties #17 WKTU with exact cume.

5-5-TIE 11: WFAN Audacy Sports 4.7-4.6-3.2, 218-229-176k #12-13 cume & 14-10-TIE 11: WWWF* Connoisseur Country 2.5-3.3-3.2, 156-162-163k repeats #14 cume. 11-12-13. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 2.6-3.0-2.7, 253-237-235k #11 cume.

16-14-14. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 2.0-2.3-2.5, 74k #19-18 cume. 18-17-15. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.7-2.0-2.2, 44-51-49k #21-20 cume. 18T-18-16. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 1.6-1.9-1.8, 127-125k #16-15. T15-15-TIE 17: WHLI* Connoisseur Oldies 2.2-2.2-1.7, 95k, #17 & 11T-16-TIE 17 WKTU iHeart Rhym. CHR 2.6-2.1-1.7, 290-265-243k #9 cume tie with WAXQ.

T19-T21-19. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 1.1-1.0-1.4, 71-95k #20-17 cume. T19-T19-3 WAY TIE 20 @ 1.2: WWPR iHeart Urban Contemp. 145-118k #15-16 cume, T19-T21-TIE 20: WINS Stream, 31-37k #22 cume. 23-T19-TIE 20: WLIR* Red Apple Talk 1.2, 19-17k #26 cume. 23. WXKB Audacy Classic Hip Hop 0.7, 90-70k #18-28 cume. TIE 24 @ 0.6: WSHU Sacred Heart CT. Classical 31-35k #23. TIE 24: WBLI* Stream 25k #25. TIE 25: WBBR-AM Bloomberg 11k #30. & Classic Rock WBAB* Audacy leads iHeart by 2.2-0.7, Connoisseur by 3.2-0.8.  L.I. Market Change Range: + 1.2 Xmas WLTW / -1.0

PHILADELPHIA (9) Pop. 4.75 million. Hispanic 10%, Black 21%. OCT/NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024 CLUSTERS: Audacy 30.8-28.9-30.4, Beasley 25.3-25.3-25.2, iHeart 18.2-17.1-17.3.

3-2-1. WMMR Beasley Rock 7.9-8.3-8.3, 641-649-598k #6 cume. Despite Holiday music, Rock ‘MMR wins.

2-1-2. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 8.2-8.4-8.1, 572-591-539k #7 cume, long time Urban favorite just 0.2 from #1.

6-5-3. WBEB Audacy A/C 4.3-4.9-7.8, 936-975-1.065 million #1 cume. Always top cume but lower Xmas share.

1-3-4. WIP-FM Audacy Sports 9.8-7.5-7.3 (+1.7 stream = 9.0), 769-969-763k #1-3-4 cume strong Philly Sports.

4-4-5. WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 6.7-7.0-7.0, 729-766-729k #3-2-2 cume, long standing Top 5, strong cume.

7-6-6. WXTU Beasley Country 4.2-4.8-4.6, 521-556-523k #8-9 cume. Country continues nicely in Philadelphia.

5-7-7. KYW-AM Audacy News 4.8-4.4-3.9 (+1.2 stream=5.1), 484-459-402k #11-12-T11 with Alt. Rock WRFF

12-T9-8. WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 2.9-3.2-3.5, 691-683k #5 cume. Another FM with high rank cume vs share.

9-8-9. WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 3.5-3.8-3.8, 681-696-691k #4-3 cume, please see above re: cume & share.

9-T9-10: WUSL iHeart Urban Contemporary 3.8-3.2-3.0, 391-383-379k #12-13 cume, Urban was down in Dec.

9T-9-11. WPPZ Urban One R&B Oldies 3.5-3.2-2.8, 323-311-282k #15-14-15 cume, only WRNB gained Urban shares.

13-T9-TIE 12: WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.7-3.2-2.7, 481k #10 & T15-13-TIE 12: WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 2.3-2.9-2.7, 143-118k #22-25 cume. 19-16-TIE 14: WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 2.1-2.2-2.5, 528-538k #9-8 cume & 11-14-TIE 14: WHYY Public N/T 3.1-2.6-2.5, 233-238k #17. 18-17-TIE 16: WRNB Urban One Contemporary 2.2-2.1-2.4, 311-354k #13-14 cume & 15T-18T-16 TIE: WXPN UPenn. Adult Alternative 2.3-2.0-1.8, 210-185, #20 cume.

22-20-18. WRTI Temple University Classical 1.5-1.9-2.3, 126-144-158k, #24-21-22. 20-15-TIE 19: WRFF iHeart Modern Alternative. Rock 1.8-2.3-1.8, 426-478-401k #T11 cume. 15-T18-TIE 19: WPEN Beasley Sports 1.9-2.3-2.0, 291-289-282k #16 cume. 21-21-TIE 21: WUMR iHeart Spanish CHR 1.7-1.6-1.7,
207-214-181k #19-18-21 cume. 14-T22-TIE 21: WIP-FM Stream Audacy Sports 2.5-1.2-1.7, 226-108-126k #24 cume. 23. KYW-AM Stream, 0.8-0.8-1.2, 36-54k #25 cume. TIE 24 @ 0.9: WSTW Forever Hot A/C 213k #18 & WPHT-AM Stream 42k #26 cume.  Audacy over Beasley 5.5-3.6-5.2. Share Range: + 3.9 Xmas WBEB / – 0.5 @ News KYW-AM, CHR WIOQ & Modern Alt WRFF.

WASHINGTON DC (8) Pop. 5.1 million. Hispanic 18%, Black 27% OCT/NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024 CLUSTERS: iHeart 19.3-20.5-22.7, American University 11.9-11.8-12.2, Audacy 13.5-12.7-11.6, Hubbard 10.8-10.2-10.1, Urban One 8.6-9.9-8.8. Howard University 9.3-8.1-7.1.

1.1.1. WAMU American University News/Talk 11.8-11.7-12.1, 491-476 #6-5 cume. Always on Top of DC.

2-2-2. WTOP/FM Hubbard News 9.1-8.9-9.0, 723-743-689k #2 cume. Consistently excellent content & billing

4-4-3. WASH-FM iHeart Adult Contemporary 5.1-5.1-7.3, 727-757-818k #1 cume getting the Christmas Kick.

3-3-4. WHUR Howard University Urban A/C 8.5-7.6-7.0, 471-466k #7 cume. Strong as a DC Top 5 contender.

T4-5-5. WETA Public Classical 4.2-4.4-5.0, 277-291-278k, #13 cume. Solid ranking for major metro classical.

T8-T9-6. WWDC iHeart Modern Alternative Rock 3.8-3.6-4.6 +1.0, 469-442k #8 cume. Nice Alt. Rock shares.

6-7-7. WZMQ iHeart Country 4.1-4.0-4.2, 328-320k #11 cume, USA format thrives for our Nation’s Capital.

11-8-8. WMMJ Urban One Urban Adult Contemporary 3.5-3.9-3.7, 334-340-314k #12-10-12 cume. #2 UA/C.

T8-T9-TIE 9: WIHT iHeart CHR 3.8-3.6-3.6, 544-521k #5-4 cume. Greater cume rank than share position.

10-6-TIE 9: WMAL Cumulus News/Talk 3.6-4.1-3.6, 177-173k #17. Steady cume, holds on in the DC Top 10.

12-T9-11. WGTS Public Christian Contemporary 3.3-3.6-3.5, 270-265k #14 cume, hoping politicians still pray.  7-T13-12: WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 4.0-3.3-3.1, 588-580-547k #3 cume. Top 3 cume but not a Top 10 share.
13-T13-13: WBIG iHeart Classic Rock 3.1-3.3-2.9, 548-471k #5-4-6 cume. Why do big signals get low shares?

15-12-14. WPRS Urban One Gospel 2.3-3.4-2.3, 180-173-160k #18. The Lord giveth shares and taketh away.  14-15-15 TIE. WPGC Audacy Rhythmic CHR 2.4-2.4-2.2, 373-406-376k #9 cume & 16-17-15 TIE: WKYS Urban One Contemporary 2.2-2.0-2.2, 345-310-347k #10-12-10 cume. 17-18-17. WLZL-FM Audacy Spanish Tropical 2.0-1.7-2.0, 195-183k #15 cume.

18-16-18. WJFK Audacy Sports 1.8-2.1-1.5 (+0.6 stream=2.1), 191-176k #16 cume. 19-19-19. WBQH-AM Hubbard Regional Mexican 1.2-1.0, 49-38k #25-26 cume. 20. WDCH Audacy Business News 0.9, 93-106k #TIE 20. TIE 21 @ 0.7: WDCN-LP La Nueva Spanish CHR 68-92k #23-22 & TIE 21: WLZL Stream Spanish Tropical, 24k #29. TIE 23 @ 0.6: WJFK Stream Sports, 36k #27 cume & TIE 23: WERQ Urban One Contemporary 124-109k #19. TIE 25 @ 0.5: WAFY Manning Hot A/C 51-45k #24 & TIE 25: WFLS Alpha Country 92k #22 cume.  iHeart over American Univ by 10.5 and Audacy 6.5-7.8-11.1. D.C. Change Range: + 1.4 Xmas WASH / -0.6 @ Urban A/C WHUR & Sports WJFK.

BALTIMORE Pop. 2.45 million. Hispanic 8%, Black 30%. (23)  OCT/NOV/ DECEMBER 2024 CLUSTERS: Audacy 15.3-16.2-17.8, Urban One 16.6-17.1-14.8, iHeart 10.8-12.4-11.4, Hearst 10.7-9.3-9.6, YPR 7.2-8.5-6.9.4-3-1. WLIF Audacy A/C 6.8-6.8-7.7

4-3-1. WLIF Audacy A/C 6.8-6.8-7.7. #1  cume 375-385-431k, The Holiday Winner with only a +0.9  Santa lift, so far.

T1-4-2. WIYY Hearst Rock 7.7-6.6-6.9, holding 251k #5 cume, strong Baltimore Rocker, 3.9 up on competition.

T1-2-3. WWIN Urban One Urban A/C 7.7-7.5-6.7, 296-268-271k #4 cume, December was not kind to Urban.

3-1-4. WERQ Urban One Urban Contemporary 7.2-7.6-6.6, 344-307.7k #3 cume as previously said about coal.

T8-T7-5: WJZ-FM Audacy Sports 3.8-4.7-5.0, 146-152 stays #11 cume. Thanks to Football for the good kick.

7-9-TIE 6: WPOC iHeart Country 4.3-4.5-4.6, 227-207-186k #8 cume, steady Country numbers in Maryland.

5-6-TIE 6: WRBS Bright Contemp. Christian 4.5-5.6-5.5, 179-183 #10-9 cume. Christian is solid in DC-Baltimore.

T8-T7-8: WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 3.8-4.7-4.4, 312-308k, #3-2 cume. Another high cume, lower share situation.

6-5-9. WYPR Public N/T 4.6-5.6-4.0, 132-117-120k steady #12 cume but a big 1.6 share dip. Sometimes you have to go figure.

11-10-10. WCBM-AM Talk 3.2-3.4-3.7, 62-66k #17. 13-T11-11. WWMX Audacy Hot A/C 2.9-3.0-3.4, 232-246k #6 cume. 10-13-12. WZBA Times Shamrock Classic Rock 3.7-2.8-3.0 216-237k #7 cume. 14-T11-13. WTMD ‘YPR Public Adult Alternative 2.6-2.9-2.9, 113-109k #13-14 cume. 12-T14-14: WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 3.0-2.7-2.7, 109-114k #14 -13 cume. #15-T14-15. WZFT iHeart CHR 2.4-2.7-2.0, 185-178k #10.

17-16-16. WTOP-FM Hubbard News 1.3-1.6-1.8 79k #16 cume. T18-17. WBJC Public Classical 1.4-0.9-1.6, 52k #18 cume. 21-18. WGTS Public Contemporary Christian 0.6-0.8-1.2, 49k #20. 17-TIE 19 @ 0.9: WKYS Urban One Urban Contemporary, 95k #15 cume & T18-TIE 19 WLIF-HD2 Audacy Inspirational Gospel, 43k #21. T18-21. WEAA Public Jazz 0.8 (+0.3 Stream), 51k #19. T22-22 WDCH Audacy Business News 0.7, 39k #21; TIE 23 @ 0.4: WMMJ Urban One A/C 37-41k #22. & WCAO-AM iHeart Insp. Gospel, 17.6k TIE #24 cume. TIE 25 @ 0.2: WPRS Urban One Insp. Gospel, 17.6k TIE #24 & WEAA Jazz Stream 6.4k #25 cume. Audacy now leads Urban One by 3.0, iHeart by 6.4. Change Range +0.9 Xmas WLIF / -1.6 News/Talk WYPR.

PROVIDENCE (44): Pop. 1.473 million. Hispanic 14%, Black 6% OCT/NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024 CLUSTERS: Cumulus 25.1-26.2-24.3. iHeart 20.4-19.2-19.4. Hall Communications 8.8-7.7-9.2.

1-1-1. WWLI 8.6-8.4-8.8, 326-317-328k #1-1-1 cume. Usually on top but Christmas helped with a +1.2 boost.

1-T2-2. WCTK Hall Country 8.1-7.3-8.5, 245-221-242k #5-4 cume. Also gets a +1.2 jump. Well run, private company.

T2-2-3. WPRO-AM Cumulus Talk 8.1-8.5-8.1, 106-110-106k #7-7-7 cume. Another tribute to AM Necessity!

4-3-4. WHJY iHeart Classic Rock 7.4-7.6-7.1, 267-261-225-261k #3-3-5 cume. Once the King of Federal Hill.

T5-5-TIE 5. WPRO/FM Cumulus CHR 6.1-6.4-5.4, 272-281-265k #2-2-3 cume. Heritage Top 40 dips a share.

7-7-TIE 5: WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 4.9-4.6-5.4, 206-187-194k #6-6-6 cume. Maybe the RI hit crowd has grown older.

T5-6-7. WSNE iHeart Hot A/C 6.1-4.9-5.2, 251-247-243k #4-4-3 cume. For some reason ‘SNE stays below #5 share

8-8-8. WGBH-FM ‘GBH Public News/Talk 3.0-3.4-3.6, 63-67-75k #10-10-9. Big signal not on local non-comms.

13-T11-9. WNPN Rhode Island Public News/Talk 1.7-1.8-2.0, 50-54k #12-11 cume. Steady gains, good shows.

12-10-10. WHJJ-AM iHeart Talk 2.0-2.1-1.7, 37-42-42k #13-12 cume. You must admit, AM Matters in cars. Please tell the folks in Washington DC.

T10-T11-11: WVEI/FM Audacy Sports 2.1-1.8-1.5, 84-78-69k #9-9-10 cume; Boston feed needs new plays. 9-11-TIE 12. WWKX Cumulus Classic Rock 2.4-2.4-1.1, 77k #8 cume. Did the change from Rhym CHR work?

T10-11-TIE 12: WKKB Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 2.1-1.8-1.1, 40-56-36k #11-13; -0.7 for sole Spanish format. 14-14-14 WSKP-AM Red Wolf Oldies 1.0-1.0-0.8, 25-28k #13-15 cume. 14-T15-15: WNBH-AM Hall Classic Hits 0.7-0.4-0.7, 32-27-31k #14 cume. TIE 16 @ 0.3: WELH Wheeler School Rock, 24-20k #16 & TIE 16: WJMF Bryant Univ. Classical, 17k #17. 3-WAY TIE 20 @ 0.1: WCAI ‘GBH Public N/T 4k #18. TIE 20 WPRV-AM Cumulus Sports 0.1, 4k #19. TIE 20: WCRB ‘GBH Classical, 2k #20. Cumulus leads iHeart 7.0-4.9. Providence Change Range: Tie @ + 1.2 Xmas WWLI & Country WCTK / – 1.3 recent Classic Rock WWKX.

HARTFORD (54) Pop. 1.09 million. Hispanic 16%, Black 12% OCT/NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024 CLUSTER SHARES:                          Audacy 33.5-32.7-34.6. iHeart 22.7-23.3-22.6. Red Wolf 16.3-16.3-14.7.

Audacy has the Top 3. 1-1-1. WRCH Soft Adult Contemporary 9.9-10.2-12.5, 255-266-283k. Always #1 cume plus a Christmas Kiss.

2-2-2. WZMX Rhythmic CHR 9.5-10.0-9.0, 145-149-144k #7-7 cume. Holiday hop keeps MIX above the pack.

4-4-3. WTIC/FM Audacy Hot A/C 7.9-7.1-7.9, 199-202-178k #2-2-2 cume nicely complements the top cluster.

4-3-TIE 4: WHCN iHeart Classic Hits 8.1-9 0-7.1 big -1.9 dipper as seen elsewhere, 186-177-162k #3-3-4 cume.

6-5-TIE 4: WWYZ iHeart Country 6.2-6.5-7.1, 173-147k #6-4-6 cume. ‘YZ always presented CT Country well.

5-6-6. WDRC/FM Red Wolf Classic Rock. 6.9-5.8-5.4, 170-159-162k #6-5 cume. Not what used to be Big D.

T7-7-7. WNPR Connecticut Public News/Talk 4.6-5.4-5.2, 65-77-76k #12-9-11 cume. Leads WTIC-AM by 0.8.

T7-8-TIE 8: WKSS iHeart CHR 4.6-4.2-4.4. 182-169-174k #4-5-3 cume. Larger cume than share. Freshen up time?

9-9-TIE 8: WTIC-AM Audacy News/Talk 4.2-4.0-4.4, 71-64-64k #11-13-12 cume.  Once upon a time the 50kw AM ruled with boxcar numbers in the morning.

10-10-10. WPLR Connoisseur Classic Rock 3.2-3.6-3.5, 88-80-91, #9-10-10 cume, strong New Haven mornings.

Red Wolf has the Next 3 spots with good use of HD:  12-T12-11. WMRQ Modern Alt Rock 3.0-3.0-2.9, 104-101k #8 cume. 11-11-TIE 12: WMRQ-HD2 Spanish Tropical, 2.8-3.5-2.7, 63-53k #13 & 13-T12-TIE 12 WBOM-AM 2.6-2.9-2.7, 68-50k #14 cume.

14-14-14. WKCI iHeart CHR 2.0-1.7-2.3, 86-94k #10-9. 15-15-15. WUCS iHeart Sports 1.6-1.5-1.5, 38k #15 cume. T16-16. WFCR U. Mass N/T 1.2-1.0 1.3, 17k  #17 cume. 17. WDRC-AM Red Wolf Talk 0.8, 20k #16. 18. WTIC-FM Stream Audacy Hot A/C 0.6, 5k #20. 3-WAY TIE 19 @ 0.2. WTIC-AM Stream Audacy N/T 3k #21, 19. WPOP-AM iHeart N/T & 19. WNTY-AM Red Wolf Oldies, 19k #18. Audacy leads iHeart 10.8-9.4-12.0. Share Change Range: + 2.3 Xmas WRCH / – 1.9 Classic Hits WHCN.

RADIO is LICENSED BROADCASTING – Digital Reaches Everyone Everywhere Clark Smidt 978 502-6633 www.broadcastideas.com clarkfsmidt@gmail.com

Thank you for your communication. Here’s to a great 2025 for All Radio.

NOR’EAST RADIO – NOVEMBER 30, 2024

NOVEMBER ’24 PPM BOSTON, NYC, LONG ISLAND, PHILADELPHIA, WASH DC, BALTIMORE

CLARK SMIDT, Broadcast Advisor   www.broadcastideas.com   978 502 6633 clarkfmidt@gmail.com  Advisor/Connector has participated in Greater Boston Broadcast Management since 1970. Listen to WATX AM 1220 CLASSICS! Digital Demo adjusts to your format, market & competition. When the cume audience ranks higher than share rank, it’s time for a New Year’s Resolution and Cost-Efficient Adjustment.

BOSTON (10) SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2024 CLUSTERS. iHeart leads Beasley 2.6-5.8; a nice final total for Alan Chartrand. iHeart 23.0-24.9-26.6. Beasley 23.1-22.3-20.8. Audacy 22.3-19.5-18.9.

2-1-1. WBZ/FM Beasley Sports, 8.6-8.3-8.5 #6-4-3 cume 447-525-573k. “Sports Hub” wins by a 2.4 share.

1-4-2. WWBX Audacy Hot A/C 9.6-5.6-6.1, #4-5 cume 481-476-462k. Rebounds as Boston’s #1 music station.

5-6-3. WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 4.9-4.4-5.9, #6-6 cume 448-461-441k. Big share jump +1.4 for the top rocker.

4-3-TIE 4. WMJX Audacy A/C 5.2-6.3-5.8, #1 cume 722-734-667k. Pre-Santa. Solid A/C combo for Audacy.

3-2-TIE 4. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 6.1-7.1-5.8, #2-4 cume 641-648-567k. Biggest dip -1.3 in a tight race.

6-5-TIE 4. WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk 4.4-5.5-5.8, #11-10 cume 317-331-344k. Best News, Traffic, Weather.

7-7-7. WXKS/FM iHeart CHR 4.3-4.4-4.7, #3-2 cume 635-638-647k. Holds at unlucky #7 share. Needs sparkle.

8-8-8. WBUR Boston Univ. N/T 4.2-4.2-4.2, #12 cume 349-327-320k. WBZ-AM news lead grew 0.2-1.3-1.6.

11-10-9. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 3.5-4.1-4.0, #20 cume 127-143k, Heritage AM stays Top 10 with local talk.

9-8-10. WGBH ‘GBH News/Talk 3.9-4.2-3.9, #13 cume 305-302-293k. Fewer improvements than on WCRB.

T14-12-11. WCRB ‘GBH Classical 2.9-3.4-3.8, #17 cume 233-224-237k. Encore! Another gain for Classical.

10-11-12. WEEI/FM Audacy Sports 4.0-3.7-3.7, #14-16 cume 274-301-267k. Off season time now to regroup.

12-13-13. WKLB Beasley Country 3.4-3.0-2.9, stays #9 cume 387-409-347k. Slips with shows from elsewhere.

13-14-TIE 14. WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 3.1-2.9-2.7, stays #7 cume 442-457-423k. Trailing WWBX by 2.7-3.4.

16-15-TIE 14. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 2.5-2.7-2.7, #10-11 cume 357-342-333k. Spoiler or just spoiled?

T14-16-16. WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 2.9-2.5-2.6, #8 cume 443-389k. A good fix could make Audacy #2 cluster.

17-17-17. WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative 2.0-2.0-2.1, #17-14 cume 284-250-277k. Nice brand, still flawed.

19-T18-18. WBWL iHeart Country 1.6-1.6-1.5. #15-18 cume 280-230k. Country was once #1, now a 4.4 share.

20-T18-19. WXLO Cumulus Hot A/C 1.5-1.6-1.4, #14-15 cume 297-268k. Big signal is #2 in Worcester at 6.3.

22-23-20. WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical 1.0-1.0-1.1, #19 cume 137-156k. Hispanic pop 12% total share is 2.0.

21-20-21. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 1.2-1.3-1.0, #21 cume 142k, Slipping. Adult Alt Share 3.1.

22. WXKS-AM iHeart Talk 0.8-1.1-0.9, #27-25 cume 29-37k. Compared to 50kw 850 with didly-dip point zip.

23. WBOS Beasley Business News 1.8-0.8-0.8, #22 cume 258-102-99k. Changed Classic Rock to Bloomberg.

24. WNNW-AM Costa-Eagle Spanish Tropical 0.6, 67k #23 cume. 25. WMJX Stream Audacy 0.5, 47k #24.  26. WCCM-AM Costa-Eagle Spanish 0.3, 23k #28 cume.

6-WAY TIE 27 @ 0.1: WRCA-AM Classic Rock
(was WBOS/FM) 30k #26; TIE 27. WUMB UMass Variety 28k #27; TIE 27. WMVX-AM Costa-Eagle Classic

Hits 21k #29; TIE 27. WWFX Cumulus Classic Rock 19k #30; TIE 27. WBGB Stream Audacy 8k #31 cume; TIE 27. WVEI-AM Audacy Sports(Worcester, not WEEI-AM) 3k, #32 cume.  Boston October-November Share Change Range: + 1.4 / – 1.3

NEW YORK (1) SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2024 CLUSTERS: iHeart 27.0-27.0-26.8, Audacy 20.4-21.0-20.7, Spanish Broadcasting System 7.7-7.1-7.9, Media Holding Inc. 7.1-7.6-7.4, WNYC Public 6.3-7.0-7.0. iHeart repeats again with the Top 2; all Top 5 dip with same rankers; WSKQ Spanish has +0.9 top gain, WABC combines at 5.0. Stations:

1-1-1. WLTW A/C 8.5-8.2-7.8, 3.42-3.55-3.51 million, #1 cume. 3-2-2. WAXQ Classic Rock 6.1-6.1-6.0, 1.87-1.74-1.69mil #7 cume. 5-5-3. WBLS Media Holding Urban A/C 5.1-5.8-5.5, 1.41-1.36mil #9-9 cume. 2-4-4. WHTZ CHR 5.5-5.7-5.4, 2.39-2.53mil #2-4 cume.

4-3-5. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.6-5.5-5.3, 2.37-2.61-2.53mil #3-2-3cume. T7-9-6: WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 4.3-4.0-4.9, 1.59-1.72mil #8-6 cume. 6-6-7. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 4.4-5.0-4.8, 560-503k #18 cume. 7-7-8. WINS-FM Audacy News 4.3-4.6-4.5 (+0.4 stream), 1.62-1.57mil #7-8 cume. 8-9-9. WNEW-FM\ Audacy Hot A/C 4.2-4.4-4.2, 2.29-2.11mil #5 cume.

10-10-10. WNYC Public N/T 3.2-3.9-4.0, 634-620k #17-16 cume. 12-12-11. WFAN-FM Audacy Sports 2.6-3.3-3.6 (+0.9 stream), 1.05mil #12 cume. 11-11-12. WKTU iHeart Rhym CHR 3.7-3.4-3.5, 2.48-2.52mil #4-3 cume. T13-T13-13. WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 2.7-2.5-2.5, 911-964k #13 cume. 16-16-14. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemp. 2.1-2.2-2.1, 1.09mil #11 cume.

T13-T15-TIE 15: WQXR-FM WNYC Classical 2.3-2.5-2.2, 343-360k #21-19 cume. 15-15-TIE 15: WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.6-2.3-2.2, 849-883k #14. 17-17-17. WQHT Media Holding Rhym CHR 2.0-1.8-1.9, 1.14-1.07mil #10-12 cume. T18-18-18: WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.2-1.4-1.8, 295k #23. T18-T18-19. WPLJ K-Love Contemp. Christian 1.5-1.4-1.6, 696-624k #16-17 cume.

T20-T20-20. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.3-1.2-1.3, 764k #15 cume. T20-T20-21. WKXW Townsquare Talk 1.1-1.2-1.2, 384-359k #20 cume. TIE 22 @ 0.9: WBGO Public Jazz 307-320k #22. TIE 22. WFAN Stream 219k #26 cume. TIE 24 @ 0.8: WFUV Fordham Adult Alt. 274k #25. TIE 24: WNYC-AM Public N/T, 118k #35.

3-WAY TIE 27 @ 0.6: WSKQ Stream 165-211k, #27 cume. TIE 27: WMGQ Beasley A/C 294-281k #24. TIE 27: WKMK Press Country 185k #28. TIE 27: WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business 125-122k #32-33 cume. 29. WHUD Pamal A/C 0.5, 395-326k #19-21 cume. 3 WAY TIE 30 @ 0.4: WWYZ Press Classic Rock 179-156k #26-30 cume. TIE 30: WINS Stream 95k #36. TIE 30: WNUV Hope Spanish Christian 77k #37. iHeart tops Audacy 6.6-6.0-6.1.  NYC Change Range: + 0.9 / – 0.4

LONG ISLAND / NYC (20) SEPT/OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2024 CLUSTERS. Close Race:  Audacy leads iHeart by 2.2, Connoisseur by 3.2.  Audacy 18.4-17.1-20.2, iHeart 19.6-18.7-18.0, Connoisseur 14.8-16.1-17.0, Cox Media Group 12.0-12.8-11.7.

*LI Stations: 1-1-1. WBAB* CMG Classic Rock 7.9-8.5-7.4, 437-433-392k #2 cume. 3-3-2: WINS-FM Audacy News 4.9-5.6-6.5, 319-336k #8-5 cume. 2-2-3 WHTZ iHeart CHR 6.1-5.7-5.5, 415-420k #1 cume. 4-4-4: WALK* Connoisseur A/C 4.6-5.0-4.9, 380-359k #3 cume.

13-5-5. WFAN Audacy Sports 2.6-4.7-4.6, 218-229k #12 cume. T7-T6-6. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.9-4.0-4.2, 342-321k #5-8 cume. T7-T7-7. WBLI* CMG CHR 3.8-4.0-3.9, 349-353k #4 cume. 6-6-8: WAXQ iHeart
Classic Rock 4.6-4.3-3.8, 305-280k #9 cume. 9-9-9. WKJY* Connoisseur A/C 3.3-3.8-3.7, 333-323k #7 cume.

14-14-10. WWWF* Connoisseur Country 3.4-2.5-3.3, 156-162k #14 cume. 10-10-11. WLTW Audacy A/C 3.5-3.3-3.2, 340-331k #6 cume. 14-TIE 11-12. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 2.4-2.6-3.0, 253-237k #11 cume. T11-TIE 11-13. WWSK* Connoisseur Rock 2.2-2.6-2.9, 170-167k #13. 11-16-14. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 3.1-2.0-2.3, 74-78k #19 cume.

T17-T15-15. WHLI Connoisseur Oldies 1.3-2.2-2.2, 95k, #17. 11T-11T-16. WKTU
iHeart Rhym CHR 2.9-2.6-2.1, 290-265k #10 cume. T18-18-17. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.3-1.7-2.0, 44-51k #21. 18T-18T-18. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 1.6-1.6-1.9, 127k #16. 19-T19-TIE 19: WWPR iHeart Urban Contemp.  1.2-1.1-1.3, 138-145k #15 cume. 23-23-TIE 19: WLIR* Red Apple Talk 0.6-0.7-1.3, 19k #26 cume.

T19-T19-TIE 21: WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 1.3-1.1-1.0, 71k #20.  17-T19-TIE 21: WINS Stream 1.5-1.1-1.0, 31k #22 cume. 22-22-23. WXKB Audacy Classic Hip Hop 0.8-0.9-0.8, 90k #18 cume. 24. WSHU Sacred Heart Classical 0.5, 23-31k #23. TIE 25 @ 0.4: WBLI* Stream 24k #24, TIE 25: WBBR-AM Bloomberg 11k #30. WHSQ-AM Audacy Sports (former WCBS-AM 88 News) 2.3-1.9-0.8-0.0-0.0 L.I. Change Range: +0.9 / –1.1.

PHILADELPHIA (9) SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2024 CLUSTERS: Audacy 29.8-30.8-28.9, Beasley 23.3-25.3-25.3, iHeart 19.0-18.2-17.1.  Philly Stations:  1-2-1. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 8.9-8.2-8.4, 572-591k #8-7 cume. 3-3-2. WMMR Beasley Rock 7.8-7.9-8.3, 641649k #6 cume. 2-1-3. WIP-FM Audacy Sports 8.0-9.8-7.5 (+1.2 stream, total dip of 3.6), 769-969-763k #3-1-3 cume. 4-4-4. WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 6.6-6.7-7.0, 790-729-766k #2-3-2 cume.

6-6-5. WBEB Audacy A/C 4.8-4.3-4.9, 960-936-975k #1 cume. 8T-7-6. WXTU Beasley Country 3.9-4.2-4.8, 521-556k #8 cume. 5-5-7. KYW-AM Audacy News 4.9-4.8-4.4 (+0.8 stream), 484-459k #11-12. 10-9-8. WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 3.8-3.5-3.8, 681-696k #4 cume. 12-12- 4-WAY TIE 9. WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 3.1-2.9-3.2, 668-691k #5 cume. 8T-8-TIE 9: WUSL iHeart Urban Contemporary 3.9-3.8-3.2, 391-383k #12 cume. 7-9-TIE 9. WPPZ Urban One R&B Oldies 4.1-3.5-3.2, 323-311k #15-14 cume. 13-13-TIE 9: WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.5-2.7-3.2, 495-218k #10.

16T-15T-13 WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 2.0-2.3-2.9, 143k #22 cume. 11-11-14. WHYY Public N/T 3.2-3.1-2.6, 289-233k #17. T20-20-15. WRFF iHeart Mod Alt. Rock 1.8-1.8-2.3, 382-426-478k #13-11 cume. 13T-19-16. WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 2.5-2.1-2.2, 462-528k #12-9 cume. 15-18-17. WRNB Urban One Contemporary 2.1-2.2-2.1, 328-311k #14-13 cume. 18T-15-18 TIE: WPEN Beasley Sports 1.9-2.3-2.0, 291-289k #16-15 cume. 20-15T-18 TIE: WXPN U. Penn. Adult Alternative 1.8-2.3-2.0, 199-210 #21-20 cume.

T20-22-20. WRTI Temple University Classical 1.8-1.5-1.9, 126-144k, #24-21. cume. 18T-21-21. WUMR iHeart Spanish CHR 1.9-1.7-1.6, 207-214k #19-18 cume. T16-14-22 TIE. WIP-FM Stream Audacy Sports 2.0-2.5-1.2, 226-108k #18-24 cume. 27-26T-TIE 22. WPHT-AM Stream 0.7-0.7-1.2, 46-54k #28-25 (+ 0.6 for @ WPHT, WBEB & WXTU). TIE 24 @ 0.9: WSPT Townsquare CHR 267k #16 cume & TIE 24: WKXW Townsquare Talk, 108-131k #25-23. 26. KYW-AM Stream, 0.8 36k #29. 27. WSTW Forever Hot A/C 0.7, 213k #19 cume. Audacy over Beasley 5.5-3.6. Share Range: + 0.6 / – 2.3.

WASHINGTON DC (8) SEPT/OCT/NOVEMBER 2024 CLUSTERS: iHeart 16.3-19.3-20.5, Audacy 13.1-13.5-12.7, American University 12.2-11.9-11.8, Hubbard 10.8-10.8-10.2, Urban One 10.0-8.6-9.9. Howard University 8.3-9.3-8.1. 

DC Stations: 1-1-1. WAMU American Univ. News/Talk 12.1-11.8-11.7, 495-491-511k #6 cume. 2-2-2. WTOP/FM Hubbard News 9.2-9.1-8.9, 723-743k #2 cume. 3-3-3. WHUR Howard University Urban A/C 7.9-8.5-7.6, 471k #7 cume. 4-T4-4. WASH-FM iHeart A/C 4.5-5.1-5.9, 727-757k #1 cume.

T7-T4-5. WETA Public Classical 4.5-4.2-4.4, 277-291k, #13 cume. T7-10-6. WMAL Cumulus News/Talk 4.0-3.6-4.1, 177k #17. 6-6-7. WZMQ iHeart Country 4.3-4.1-4.0, 328k #11. T7-11-8. WMMJ Urban One Urban A/C 4.0-3.5-3.9, 334-340k #12-10. 13-T8- 3-WAY TIE 9: WIHT iHeart CHR 3.1-3.8-3.6, 544k #5 cume. T9-T8-TIE 9: WWDC iHeart Modern Alt. Rock 3.7-3.8-3.6, 469k #8 cume. 12-12-TIE 9: WGTS Christian Contemp. 3.2-3.3-3.6, 270k #14 cume.

16-15-12. WPRS Urban One Gospel 2.5-2.3-3.4 (+1.1), 180-173k #17-18. 11-13-TIE 13: WBIG Audacy Classic Rock 3.5-3.1-3.3, 526-548k #5-4 cume. T9-7-TIE 13: WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 3.7-4.0-3.3, 588-580k #3 cume. 15-14-15. WPGC Audacy Rhym CHR 2.7-2.4-2.4, 373-406k #9 cume.

18-18-16. WJFK Audacy Sports 1.6-1.8-2.1 (+0.6 stream), 191k #16 cume. 14-16-17. WKYS Urban One Contemp. 3.0-2.2-2.0, 345-310k #10-12 cume. 17-17-18. WLZL-FM Audacy Spanish 2.0-2.0-1.7, 195k #15 cume. 19-19-19. WBQH-AM Hubbard Mexican 1.4-1.5-1.2, 49k #25.

T20-20-20: WLZL Stream Spanish 1.1, 21k #30. 21. WDCH Audacy Business News 0.8, 93k #20. 3-WAY TIE 22 @ 0.6: WJFK Stream Sports, 37k #30; TIE 22: WERQ Urban One Contemporary 124k #19; TIE 22: WDCN-LP La Nueva Spanish CHR 68k #23. 3-WAY TIE 25 @ 0.5: WAFY Manning Hot A/C 51k #24: TIE 25 WTAM-AM Audacy Sports, 71k #22 & TIE 25: WFLS Alpha Country 92k #22 cume. iHeart over Audacy by 6.2-6.5-7.8. D.C. Change Range: + 0.7 / -0.8.

BALTIMORE (23) SEPT/OCT/NOVEMBER 2024 CLUSTERS: Urban One 18.5-16.6-17.1, Audacy 15.1-15.3-16.2, iHeart 10.7-10.8-12.4, Hearst 10.3-10.7-9.3, YPR 6.1-7.2-8.5. Stations: 2-3-1. WERQ Urban One Urban Contemp. 8.6-7.2-7.6, 344k #2 cume. 1-T1-2. WWIN Urban One Urban A/C 8.7-7.7-7.5, 296-268k #5-4 cume. T3-4-3. WLIF Audacy A/C 7.5-6.8 6.8 #1 Cume 375-385k. T3-T1-4: WIYY Hearst Rock 7.5-7.7-6.6, 306-251k #4-5 cume.

8-6-5. WYPR Public N/T 3.8-4.6-5.6, 132-117k #12. 5-5-6. WRBS Bright
Contemp. Christian 4.5-5.6-5.5, 179k #10 cume. 6-T8-TIE 7: WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 4.3-3.8-4.7, 312k #3 cume. T9-T8-TIE 7: WJZ-FM Audacy Sports 3.3-3.8-4.7, 146k #11. 7-7-9. WPOC iHeart Country 4.1-4.3-4.5, 227-207k #8 cume.

12-11-10. WCBM-AM Talk 2.7-3.2-3.4, 62k #17. 13-13-TIE 11. WWMX Audacy Hot A/C 2.5-2.9-3.0, 232k #6 cume. 14-14-TIE 11: WTMD ‘YPR Adult Alternative 2.3-2.6-2.9, 110k #13. T9-10-13. WZBA Times Shamrock Classic Rock 3.3-3.7-2.8, 216k #7. 15-15-TIE 14. WZFT iHeart CHR 2.0-2.4-2.7, 185k #9 cume. 11-12-TIE 14: WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 2.8-3.0-2.7, 109k #14 cume.

17-17-16. WTOP-FM Hubbard News 1.4-1.3-1.6, 75k #16. 17-17-17. WKYS Urban One Urban Contemp. 1.1, 94k, #15. 3-WAY TIE 18 @ 0.9: WLIF-HD2 Audacy Insp. Gospel 40k #20. TIE 18: WEAA Public Jazz (+0.3 Stream), 56k #18; TIE 18: WBJC Public Classical 49k #19 cume. 21. WGTS Contemp. Christian 0.8, 36k #23. TIE 22 @ 0.7: WDCH Audacy Business News, 39k #21; TIE 22: WMMJ Urban One A/C 37k #22. 24. WCAO-AM iHeart Insp. Gospel 0.5, 17k #25. Urban One leads Audacy 3.4-1.3-0.9 Change Range +1.0 / -1.1.

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NOR’EAST RADIO – OCTOBER 31, 2024  OCTOBER ’24 PPM BOSTON, NYC, LONG ISLAND, PHILADELPHIA, WASH DC, BALTIMORE

CLARK SMIDT, Broadcast Advisor  www.broadcastideas.com  978 502 6633  clarkfmidt@gmail.com  Advisor/Connector has participated in Greater Boston Broadcast Management since 1970.  1220watx.com CLASSICS!  Digital Demo adjusts to your format, market & competition.

September 12-October 9, delivers the OCTOBER 2024 PPM RADIO RESULTS.  November monthlies run October 10-November 6. The Fall ’24, 2-Book Survey runs September 12-December 4. Total Numbers offer key market & format trends.  Smart interpretation and strategy add income & audience without major investment.  When a station cume ranks higher than its share, tune-outs signal time for adjustment.  

BOSTON (10) AUGUST/SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024 CLUSTERS – The August Top 3 Cluster Race was separated by 1.9, September 0.8, October 5.4. iHeart jumps Beasley by 2.6. iHeart 22.8-23.1-23.0-24.9. Beasley 23.3-22.9-23.1-22.3. Audacy 20.8-21.2-22.3-19.5. It remains anyone’s ballgame in Boston.

2-2-1. WBZ/FM Beasley Sports #6-4 cume 388-447-525k 7.5-8.6-8.3.  “Sports Hub” leads Beasley Cluster.

3-3-2.  WROR Beasley Classic Hits #2 cume 602-641-648k 6.4-6.1-7.1. Rebound as WWBX takes a 4 point hit.

4-4-3.  WMJX Audacy A/C #1 cume 696-722-734k 5.7-5.2-6.3. Gains at “MIX” expense & sounding younger.

1-1-4.  WWBX Audacy Hot A/C #4 cume 476-481-476k 7.8-9.6-5.6. Top Jump to biggest dip. Wha’ happened?

5-6-5. WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk #11cume 328-317-331k 4.7-4.4-5.5. Ties MJX for 1.1 top gain. News leader.

8-5-6.  WZLX iHeart Classic Rock #5-6 cume 390-448-461k 4.3-4.9-4.4. Holds on as Boston’s Top Rocker.

7-7-7.  WXKS/FM iHeart CHR #2-3 cume 651-635-638k 4.4-4.3-4.7. Former #1 doesn’t look good as Lucky 7. 6-8-8 TIE. WBUR Boston Univ. N/T #12 cume 338-349-327k 4.6-4.2-4.2. WBZ-AM news lead grew 0.2-1.3.

9-9-8 TIE. WGBH ‘GBH News/Talk #13 cume 289-305-302k 4.1-3.9-4.2. Bickering Non-Comms are now tied.

12-11-10. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk #21 cume 127k 3.5-3.5-4.1. Heritage AM back in the Top 10 with local talk.

10-10-11. WEEI/FM Audacy Sports #14-16 cume 274-301-267k 4.0-3.7-3.8. Off season to regroup and grow.

15-T14-12. WCRB ‘GBH Classical #18 cume 190-233-224k 2.3-2.9-3.4. Bravo. Another gain for Hub Classical.

11-12-13. WKLB Beasley Country stays #9 cume 387-409k 3.8-3.4-3.0. 6am-2pm imports shows from Philly.

14-13-14. WBQT Beasley Hot A/C #7 cume 432-442-457k 3.1-3.1-2.9. Kinda staying put; trailing WBX by 2.7.

16-16-15. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR #10 cume 303-357-342k 2.1-2.5-2.7. Still in “Two-Ville.” Too bad.

13-T14-16. WBGB Audacy Adult Hits #8 cume 408-440-443k 3.4-2.9-2.5. Another dip. Big strange variety.

17-17-17. WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative #16-17 cume 252-284-250k 1.9-2.0-2.0. Flawed Adult Alternative

19-19-TIE 18. WBWL iHeart Country #17-15 cume 224-278-280k 1.7-1.6-1.6. #2 Bull by 1.8-1.4. Total C. 4.6.

22-20-TIE 18. WXLO Cumulus Hot A/C #17-14 cume 230-297k 1.2-1.5-1.6. Big signal, #2 in Worcester 6.3.

20-21-20. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative. #20-19 cume 144k 1.6-1.2-1.3. Slipped. Total Alt. 3.2-3.3.

TIE 21. WMJX Stream Audacy A/C #24, 53k 0.3-0.6-1.1 & WXKS-AM iHeart Talk #27 cume 29k. 0.8-1.1.

22-23. WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical #20 cume 1.37k 1.5-1.0-1.0. Boston Hispanic pop 12%, Tot. Share is 1.7.

24-24. WBOS Beasley Business News #12-18-22 cume 306-258-102k 1.9-1.8-0.8. Changed from Classic Rock.

25. WNNW-AM Costa-Eagle Spanish Tropical 0.5, 62k #23cume. TIE 26 @ 0.2: WCCM-AM Costa-Eagle Spanish, 23k #29 cume, TIE 26 WUMB UMass Variety 45k #24 cume. 3-WAY TIE 29 @ 0.1: WMVX-AM Costa-Eagle Classic Hits, WWFX Cumulus Classic Rock 19k #30 cume, WBGB Stream Audacy 10k #31 cume, WVEI-AM Audacy Sports (Worcester, not WEEI-AM) 3k, #32 cume. Boston Share Change Range +1.1 / – 4.0

NEW YORK (1) AUGUST/SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024 CLUSTERS: iHeart 27.8-27.0-27.0, Audacy 20.9-20.4-21.0, Media Holding Inc. 7.3-7.1-7.6, Spanish Broadcasting System 7.7-7.7-7.1, WNYC Public Radio 5.9–6.3-7.0. iHeart repeats again with the Top 2, WCBS/FM dips #3-5, WABC-AM holds #6. 1-1-1. WLTW A/C 8.0-8.5-8.2, 3.42-3.55-3.47 million, #1 cume. 3-2-2. WAXQ Classic Rock 5.9-6.1-6.1, 1.93-1.87-1.74 mil #6 cume. 5-5-3. WBLS Media Holding Urban A/C 5.0-5.1-5.8, 1.53-141mil #8-9 cume. 2-4-4. WHTZ CHR 6.5-5.5-5.7, 2.61-2.39mil #2-4 cume. 4-3-5. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.4-5.6-5.5, 2.37-2.61-2.53mil #4-3-2cume. 6-6-6. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 4.0-4.4-5.0, 459-560k #18 cume. 7-7-7. WINS-FM Audacy News 4.3-4.3-4.6 (+0.4 stream), 1.53-1.62mil #9-7 cume. 8-9-8. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 4.1-4.2-4.4, 2.29mil #5 cume. TIE 7-9: WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 4.1-4.3-4.0, 1.66-1.59mil #7-8 cume. 11-10-10. WNYC Public N/T 3.2-3.2-3.9, 547-634k #17-16 cume. 8-11-11. WKTU iHeart Rhym CHR 3.7-3.4-3.5, 2.48-2.52mil #4-3 cume. T12-12-12. WFAN-FM Audacy Sports 2.7-2.6-3.3 (+1.1 stream), 895-929-1.05mil #12 cume. T14-T13-T13: WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 2.7-2.5-2.5, 911-964k #13 cume. 15-T13-TIE 13: WQXR-FM WNYC Classical 1.9-2.3-2.5, 305-343k #21 cume. T12-15-15: WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.3-2.6-2.3, 885-849k #14. 16-16-16. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemp. 2.1-2.2-2.1, 1.11mil #11 cume. 17-17-17. WQHT Media Holding Rhym CHR 2.3-2.0-1.8, 1.14 mil #10 cume. 18-T18-TIE 18: WPLJ K-Love Contemporary Christian 1.4-1.5-1.4, 696-624k #16-17 cume. 20-T18-TIE 18: WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.6-1.2-1.4, 294k #24. 19-T20-TIE 20: WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.5-1.3-1.2 843-826k #15 cume. 21-T20-TIE 20: WKXW Townsquare Talk 1.2-1.1-1.2, 361-384k #20 cume. 23-22-22. WFAN Stream 1.1, 176-199k #28-26. 22-23-23. WFUV Fordham Adult Alternative 0.8, 333-244k #22-25. TIE 24 @ 0.7: WBGO Public Jazz 293-307k #22. TIE 24: WSKQ Stream 149-165k, #32-28 cume. 4-WAY TIE 26 @ 0.6: WNYC-AM Public N/T, 116k #33, WHUD Pamal A/C 395k #19 cume, WMGQ Beasley A/C 256-294k #26-23, & TIE 26: WWYZ Press Classic Rock 179k #26 cume. 3-WAY TIE 30 @ 0.5: WKMK Press Country 171k #27, WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business 125k #32, WWRV-AM Spanish Religion 46k. TIE 33 @ 0.4: WINS Stream 92k & WADO-AM Univision Spanish 80k. iHeart tops Audacy 6.9-6.6-6.0. NYC Change Range: + 0.7 / – 0.3

LONG ISLAND NY (20) AUGUST/SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024 CLUSTERS. iHeart stays ahead of Audacy by 1.2-1.6: iHeart 17.7-19.6-18.7, Audacy 17.8-18.4-17.1, Connoisseur 15.6-14.8-16.1, Cox Media Group 13.7-12.0-12.8. LI Stations: 1-1-1. WBAB CMG Classic Rock 9.3-7.9-8.5, 449-437-433k #1 cume, 1.8-2.8 lead. 2-2-2. WHTZ iHeart CHR 4.8-6.1-5.7, 451-415k #2 cume. T3-3-3: WINS-FM Audacy News 4.7-4.9-5.6, 319k #8 cume. T5-4-4: WALK Connoisseur A/C 4.3-4.6-5.0, 380k #3 cume. 10-13-5. WFAN Audacy Sports 2.8-2.6-4.7, 158-218k #14-12 cume. T5-6-6: WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 4.4-4.6-4.3, 316-305k #9 cume. T3-T7-TIE 7: WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.1-4.9-4.0, 363-342k #6-5 cume. 7-T7-TIE 7: WBLI CMG CHR 4.2-3.8-4.0, 372-349k #4 cume. 10-9-9. WKJY Connoisseur A/C 3.0-3.3-3.8, 325-333k #7 cume. 8-10-10. WLTW Audacy A/C 3.1-3.5-3.3, 368-340k #5-6 cume. 12-T11-TIE 11 (3-WAY): WKTU iHeart RhymCHR 2.5-2.9-2.6, 300-290k #10. 17-14-TIE 11. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 1.8-2.4-2.6, 223-253k #11 cume. 15-T11-TIE 11. WWSK Connoisseur Rock 2.2-2.2-2.6, 179-170k #13. 9-14-14. WWWF Connoisseur Country 4.1-3.4-2.5, 183-156k #12-14 cume. 14-11-16. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 2.0-3.1-2.0, 60-74k #21-19 cume. T18-18-17. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.2-1.3-1.7, 44k #21. 21-19-TIE 19 (3-WAY): WWPR iHeart Urban Contemp. 1.7-1.2-1.1, 138k #15 cume. T18-T19-TIE 19: WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 1.1-1.3-1.1, 74k #20. 20-17-TIE 19: WINS Stream 1.3-1.5-1.1, 31k #22 cume. 22-22-22. WXKB Audacy Classic Hip Hop 0.8-0.9-0.8, 108-87k #17 cume. T24-23-23 WLIR Red Apple Talk 0.7, 17-21k #28-25 cume. TIE 24 @ 0.4: WSHU Sacred Heart Classical 23k #23 & WLIW Public News/Talk 17k #28 cume. 4-WAY TIE @ 26: WBLI Stream 19.1k #26, WSUF Sacred Heart N/T 18.9k #27, WSKQ Stream SBS Tropical 12k #29, WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business 8k #30. WHSQ-AM Audacy Sports (former WCBS-AM 88 News leased to Good Karma) 2.3-1.9-0.8-0.0.  L.I. Change Range: +0.9 / -1.1.   

PHILADELPHIA (9) AUGUST/SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024 CLUSTERS: Audacy 29.0-29.8-30.8, Beasley 23.9-23.3-25.3, iHeart 18.1-19.0-18.2. Philly Stations: 3-2-1. WIP-FM Audacy Sports 7.0-8.0-9.8 (+ 2.5 stream), 605-769-969k #5-3-1 cume. 1-1-2. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 9.0-8.9-8.2, 627-572k #8 cume.  3-3-3. WMMR Beasley Rock 8.1-7.8-7.9, 628-641k #6-7 cume. 4-4-4. WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 6.7-6.6-6.7, 790-729k #2-3 cume. 5-5-5. KYW-AM Audacy News 4.8-4.9-4.8 (+0.8 stream), 484k #11. 6-6-6. WBEB Audacy A/C 4.7-4.8-4.3, 960-936k #2 cume. 7-8T-7. WXTU Beasley Country 3.8-3.9-4.0, 5621k #7-8-9 cume. 10-8T-8. WUSL iHeart Urban Contemp 3.3-3.9-3.8, 428-391 #12-14 cume. 10-10-9. WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 3.7-3.8-3.5, 642-681k #5-4 cume. 12-7-9. WPPZ Urban One R&B Oldies 3.1-4.1-3.5, 323k #15 cume. 12-11-11. WHYY Public N/T 3.3-3.2-3.1, 289 #17. 8-12-12. WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 3.7-3.1-2.9, 653-668k #5 cume. 16-13-13: WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.1-2.5-2.7, 445-495k #10. 14. WIP-FM Stream Audacy Sports 1.7-2.0-2.5, 166-226k #23-21-18 cume. 21-18T-15 TIE (3-WAY): WPEN Beasley Sports 1.4-1.9-2.3, 241-291k #16 cume. 20T-20-15 TIE: WXPN U. Penn. Adult Alt. 1.4-1.8-2.3, 176-199k #21 cume, 13-16T-15 TIE: WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 2.8-2.0-2.329k #23.  14-15-18. WRNB Urban One Contemp 2.3-2.1-2.2, 365-328k #14 cume. 14-13T-19: WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 2.7-2.5-2.1, 462 #12. 19-18T-21. WUMR iHeart Spanish CHR 2.0-1.8-1.9, 207k. 20T-20. WRFF iHeart Mod Alt. Rock 1.9-1.8-1.8, 382-426k #13. 21. WUMR 1.7, 216k #19 cume. T20-22. WRTI Temple Univ. Classical 2.0-1.8-1.5, 126k, #24. cume. TIE 23 @ 0.8: WSPT Townsquare CHR, 212k #18 & KYW-AM Stream Audacy News, 43k #29. TIE 25 @ 0.7: WKXW Townsquare Talk, 108k #25 & WPHT-AM Stream 46k #28. Audacy leads Beasley 6.1-6.5-5.5. PHA. Share Range: + 1.8 / – 0.7.

WASHINGTON DC (8) AUGUST/SEPTMBER/OCTOBER 2024 CLUSTERS: iHeart 16.3-19.3-20.0, Audacy 14.6-13.1-13.5, American University 10.6-12.2-11.9, Hubbard 11.0-10.8-10.8, Howard University 6.8-8.3-9.3. Urban One 11.2-10.0-8.6. DC Stations: 1-1-1. WAMU American Univ. News/Talk 10.5-12.1-11.9, 495-491k #7 cume. 2-2-2. WTOP FM Hubbard News 9.8-9.2-9.1, 694-723k #2 cume. 3-3-3. WHUR Howard University Urban A/C 6.4-7.9-8.5, 506k #6 cume. 4-T4-4. WASH-FM iHeart A/C 4.8-4.5-5.1, 724-727k #1 cume. T7-T4-5. WETA Public Classical 3.9-4.5-4.2, 283-277k #13 cume. T7-6-6. WZMQ iHeart Country 3.9-4.3-4.1, 338k #11 cume. T11-T9-7. WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 3.6-3.7-4.0, 595-588k #3 cume. 5-T9-TIE 8: WWDC iHeart Modern Alt. Rock 4.4-3.7-3.8, 491-473k #8 cume. T13-13-TIE 8: WIHT iHeart CHR 3.4-3.1-3.8, 497-546k #6-7-4 cume. 10-T7-10: WMAL Cumulus News/Talk 3.7-4.0-3.6, 173k #18 cume. 6-T7-11. WMMJ Urban One Urban A/C 4.1-4.0-3.5, 334k #12. 16-12-12. WGTS Christian Contemporary 3.2-3.2-3.3, 260k #14 cume. T11-11-13: WBIG Audacy Classic Rock 3.6-3.5-3.1, 497-526k #5 cume.  T9-15-14. WPGC Audacy Rhythm CHR 3.8-2.7-2.4, 373k #9  cume 15-16-15. WPRS Urban One Gospel 3.3-2.5-2.3, 180k #17. 13-14-16. WKYS Urban One Contemp. 3.4-3.0-2.2, 345k #10 cume. 17-17-17. WLZL-FM Audacy Spanish 1.8-2.0-2.0, 213k #15 cume. 18-18-18. WJFK Audacy Sports 1.8-1.6-1.8 (+0.8 stream), 186-196k #16 cume. 19-19-19. WBQH-AM Hubbard Mexican 1.0-1.4-1.5 44k #26. T20-20: WLZL Stream Audacy Spanish 1.0, 21k #30. 20-21. WDCN-LP La Nueva Spanish CHR 0.9, 63k #24 cume. 22-22. WJFK Stream Audacy Sports, 36k #28, T23-23. WAFY Manning Hot A/C 0.8, 79k #22. TIE 24 @ 0.6: WDCH Audacy Business News, 91k #21 & WERQ Urban One Contemporary 92k #20.  iHeart over Audacy by 6.2-6.5. D.C. Change Range: + 0.7 / -0.8.

BALTIMORE (23) AUG/SEPT/OCTOBER 2024 CLUSTERS: Urban One 14.9-18.5-16.6, Audacy 16.5-15.1-15.3, iHeart 11.1-10.7-10.8, Hearst 10.1-10.3-10.7, YPR 7.5-6.1-7.2. Tie at the Top: 2-T3-TIE 1: WIYY Hearst Rock 7.8-7.5-7.7, 276-306k #4 cume & 4-1-TIE 1. WWIN Urban One Urban A/C 6.0-8.7-7.7, 267-296k #5 cume. 3-2-3. WERQ Urban One Urban Contemporary 7.6-8.6-7.2, 346k #2 cume. 1-T3-4. WLIF Audacy A/C 9.3-7.5-6.8 keeps #1 Cume 409-375k. T7-5-5. WRBS Bright Contemp. Christian 4.2-4.5-5.6, 193-185k #10 cume. 5-8-6. WYPR Public N/T 4.8-3.8-4.6, 97-132k #14-12. T7-7-7. WPOC iHeart Country 4.2-4.1-4.3, 198-227k #8 cume. 6-6-TIE 8: WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 4.5-4.3-3.8, 310k #3 cume. 10-T9-TIE 8: WJZ-FM Audacy Sports 3.3-3.3-3.8, 146k #11. 9-T9-10. WZBA Times Shamrock Classic Rock 3.4-3.3-3.7, 233k #7. 12-12-11. WCBM-AM Talk 3.2-2.7-3.2, 62k #19. 14-11-12. WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 2.3-2.8-3.0, 131k #13 cume. 13-13-13. WWMX Audacy Hot A/C 2.6-2.5-2.9, 236k #6 cume. 12-14-14. WTMD ‘YPR Adult Alternative 2.7-2.3-2.6, 102k #13-15 cume. 15-15-15. WZFT iHeart CHR 2.0-2.0-2.4, 181-204k #9 cume. 16-16-16. WBJC Public Classical 1.9-1.5-1.4, 57-74k #16. 17-17-17. WTOP-FM Hubbard News 1.3-1.4-1.3, 64k #17. T20-18-18. WLIF-HD2 Audacy Insp. Gospel 37k #23. T19-TIE 19 @ 0.9: WKYS Urban One Urban Contemp. 109k #14 & T19-TIE 19: WEAA Public Jazz (+0.3 Stream), 63k #18 cume. T21-21. WDCH Audacy Business News 0.7, 42k #21. TIE 22 @ 0.6: WGTS Contemp. Christian 48k #20 & WMMJ Urban One A/C 22k #23. TIE 24 @ 0.3: WEAA Stream Public Jazz 13k #25 & TIE 24: WCAO-AM iHeart Insp. Gospel 0.3, 23k #24. Urban One lead over Audacy 3.4-1.3, iHeart 7.8-5.8 and Hearst 8.2-5.9. Change Range +1.1 / -1.0.

Clark Smidt 978 502-6633  www.broadcastideas.com  clarkfsmidt@gmail.com  Advisor/Connector has participated in Nor’east Broadcast Management & Operations since 1966.

NOR’EAST RADIO – NOVEMBER 10, 2024  LATEST PPM          PROVIDENCE, HARTFORD, MOTHLY NY UPSTATE & FAIRFIELD METRO

PROVIDENCE (44): Pop. 1.473 million. Hispanic 14%, Black 6% AUGUST/SEPT/OCTOBER CLUSTER SHARES: Cumulus 24.3-23.9-25.1. iHeart 23.2-22.7-20.4. Hall Communications 7.6-9.4-8.8. Stations 1, Tie 2 & Tie 5 put CMLS on top: 1-2-1. WWLI 7.9-8.6-8.4, 245-326k #1-1 cume. 4-1-TIE 2: WCTK Hall Country 7.2-9.0-8.1, 233-245k #5-5 cume. T3-5-TIE 2: WPRO-AM Cumulus Talk 7.3-7.3-8.1, 88-96-106k #7-7 cume. 3-2-4. WHJY iHeart Classic Rock 7.8-7.9-7.4, 255-267k #4-3 cume. T5-4-TIE 5: WSNE iHeart A/C 7.1-7.6-6.1 (biggest dip -1.5), 284-251k #3-4 cume. T5-6-TIE 5: WPRO/FM Cumulus CHR 7.1-6.2-6.1, 285-272k #2-2 cume. 7-7-7. WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 6.5-4.9-4.9, 206k #6-6 cume. 8-8-8. WGBH-FM ‘GBH Public N/T 2.2-3.1-3.0, 63k #10. 9-11-9. WWKX Cumulus Rhym CHR 1.9-1.7-2.4, 87k #8-8 cume. T10-10-TIE 10: WVEI/FM Audacy Sports 1.7-1.9-2.1, 67-84k #10-9 cume. 13-14-TIE 10. WKKB Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 1.3-1.1-2.1 (biggest jump), 40k #13. 12-12-13. T10-9-12. WHJJ-AM iHeart Talk 1.7-2.1-2.0, 41-37k #13 cume. 12-12-13. WNPN Rhode Island Public N/T 1.6-1.4-1.6, 38-50k #12-11. 14-13-14. WSKP-AM Red Wolf Oldies 1.0-1.4-1.0, 27 #15k cume. 16-T15-14: WNBH-AM Hall Classic Hits 0.4-0.4-0.7, 32k #14 cume. TIE 16 @ 0.3: WELH Wheeler School Rock, 19k #16 cume. TIE 16: WJMF Bryan Univ. Classical, 11k #17. 3-WAY TIE 18 @ 0.1: WCRB ‘GBH Classical 1k #20, TIE 18 WCAI ‘GBH Public N/T 2k #19, TIE 18 WPRV-AM Cumulus Sports, 3k #20. 21. WSNE-HD2 Talk 0.0.  Cumulus now leads iHeart 0.9-1.2-4.1  

HARTFORD (54) Pop. 1.085 million. Hispanic 16%, Black 12% AUGUST/ SEPT/OCTOBER CLUSTER SHARES: Audacy 31.5-32.6-33.5, iHeart 21.1-22.0-22.7, Red Wolf 16.1-16.5-16.3. Audacy takes the Top 2: 1-1-1. WRCH Soft A/C 10.3-9.5-9.9, 278-263-255k #1 cume. 2-3-2. WZMX Rhythmic CHR 9.0-8.9-9.5, 132-142-145k #7 cume. 3-4-3. WHCN iHeart Classic Hits 7.8-7.8-8.1, 186k #3 cume. 4-2-4. WTIC/FM Audacy Hot A/C 7.5-9.3-7.9 (big dipper -1.4), 182-199k #4-2 cume. 5-5-5. WDRC/FM Red Wolf Classic Rock 6.7-6.8-6.9, 161-170k #6-5 cume. 6-6-6. WWYZ iHeart Country 5.8-5.8-6.2, 176-169k #5-6 cume. 8-T7-TIE7: WKSS iHeart CHR 4.3-4.9-4.6, 182k #4 cume & 7-T7-TIE 7: WNPR Connecticut Public News/Talk 4.9-4.9-4.6, 65k
#12 cume. 9-9-9. WTIC-AM Audacy N/T 3.5-3.7-4.2, 62-71k #11. T10-10-10. WPLR Connoisseur Classic Rock 2.6-2.9-3.2, 88k #9 cume. Give Red Wolf the Next 3 spots: T10-T11-11. WMRQ Modern Alternative Rock 2.6-2.7-3.0, 103k #8 cume. 11-T13-12: WMRQ-HD2 Spanish Tropical 2.4-2.3-2.8, 55-50k #14.  13-11-13. WBOM-AM Urban A/C 2.1-2.7-2.6, 57-60k #13. 15-14-14. WKCI iHeart CHR 1.7-1.9-2.0, 104-86k #8-10 cume. 16-16-15. WUCS iHeart Sports 1.3-1.4-1.6, 27-42k #16-15 cume. 17-T17-TIE 16 @ 0.6-1.2: WFCR University Mass N/T, 15k #17 cume & WTIC-AM Stream N/T 11k, 19k. 14-15-TIE 18: WDRC-AM Talk 1.9-1.6-0.8, 24k #16 & TIE 18: WTIC-FM Stream 6k #21. TIE 20 @ 0.2: WNTY-AM Red Wolf Oldies, 14k #18 & TIE 20: WPOP-AM N/T iHeart 0.2, 9k #20. Audacy is 10.4-10.6-10.8 over iHeart. Share Change Range: +0.6 / – 1.4.

BUFFALO (59) Pop. 1.011 million. Hispanic 5%, Black 12% OCTOBER ‘24 Clusters: Townsquare 24.4, Audacy 20.7, Cumulus 19.7, Buffalo Public 4.7. AUG/SEPT/OCTOBER Stations: 1. WYRK Townsquare Country 8.5-9.0-9.2.   2. WBLK Townsquare Urban Contemporary (Top Gain +1.3) 9.7-8.0-9.0. 3. WGRF Cumulus Classic Rock 8.4-9.0-8.5. TIE 4: WHTT Cumulus Classic Hits 6.5-6.8-6.7. TIE 4: WBEN-AM Audacy News/Talk 7.4-7.8-6.7 (-1.1 dip). 6. WSKE Audacy CHR 5.8-5.5-5.8.  7. WGR-AM Audacy Sports 4.4-4.9-5.2. 8. WTSS Townsquare A/C 3.3-3.6-4.3.  9. WEDG Cumulus Rock 4.7-4.0-4.0.  10. WBFO Public N/T 3.0-2.5-2.9.  11. WBUF Townsquare Classic Rock 1.8-1.8-1.9. 12. WNED Public Classical 2.0-1.9-1.9.  13. WLLK Audacy Country 1.0-1.2-1.4.  14. WWWS-AM Audacy R&B Oldies 1.5-1.2-1.2. TIE 15 @ 0.3: WHLD-AM Cumulus Talk & TIE 15 WKLL-HD2 Audacy Country. TIE 17 @ 0.2. WBBF-AM Public N/T & TIE 17 WBFO-HD2.  19. WWKB-AM Audacy Sports 0.1.    Townsquare over Audacy by 3.7 and 4.7 ahead of Cumulus.

ROCHESTER (60) Pop. 972k. Hispanic 8%, Black 11% OCTOBER ‘24 Clusters: Audacy 19.6, iHeart 14.8, Langston Monroe 10.2, Stephens Media 6.6. AUG/SEPT/OCTOBER Stations: 1. WDKX Langston Monroe Urban Contemporary 11.1-11.1-10.2 (-0.9 Dip). 2. WCMF Audacy Classic Rock 6.3-5.3-6.7 (+1.4 Top Gain).  3. WHAM-AM iHeart News/Talk 5.1-5.8-6.4. 4. WBEE Audacy Country 8.0-7.5-6.3.  5. WRMM Stephens Media Soft A/C 4.4-4.6-4.3. 6. WPXY Audacy CHR 3.3-3.4-4.0.  7. WAIO iHeart Talk 2.4-2.8-3.2. 8. WBZA Audacy A/C 2.9-3.0-2.4. 9. WDVI iHeart Country 2.6-1.9-2.2. 10. WKGS iHeart CHR 1.6-1.7-2.0.  11. WFKL Stephens Adult Hits 1.9-1.5-1.3.  12. WZNE Stephens Modern Alt. Rock 0.9-1.1-1.1.  13. WHTL-AM iHeart Sports 0.6. 3-WAY TIE 14 @ 0.2: WNBL iHeart ‘80s Hits, TIE 14 WVOR iHeart Adult Contemporary & TIE 14 WROC-AM Audacy Sports. 17. WBEE Stream Audacy Country 0.0. Audacy takes iHeart by 4.8.

ALBANY (67) Pop. 831k. Hispanic 6%, Black 9%. OCTOBER ‘24 Clusters: iHeart 21.2, Pamal 19.9, Townsquare 14.1. AUG/SEPT/OCTOBER Stations, VERY Close Leaders: TIE 1. WGNA Townsquare Country 4.5-6.8-5.9 (Dip – 0.9) & TIE 1: WYJB Pamal Adult Contemporary 5.5-4.9-5.9 (+1.0 gain). 3. WPYX iHeart Classic Rock 6.2-5.8-5.8.  4. WFLY Pamal CHR 4.6-4.6-5.2.  5. WGY-AM iHeart News/Talk 4.9-4.6-4.6. 6. WRVE iHeart Hot A/C 4.2-4.1-4.2. 7. WGDJ-AM Capital Talk 3.4-3.5-3.9.  8. WQBK Townsquare Classic Rock 3.1-3.7-3.8.  9. WAJZ Pamal Rhythmic CHR 2.4-3.1-3.4. 10. WTRY iHeart Adult Hits 3.4-3.0-3.1.  11. WKKF iHeart CHR 1.9-1.9-2.3. 12. WROW-AM Pamal Oldies 1.9-1.8-2.0. 13. WQBK-HD2 Townsquare Classic Rock 1.5-1.8-1.9.  14. WKLI-FM Pamal Country 1.9-1.9-1.6.  15. WTMM Townsquare
Sports 1.1-1.2-1.3.  16. WPBZ Townsquare Hot A/C 0.9-0.9-1.2. TIE 17 @ 0.9: WINU Pamal Classic Country & TIE 17 WRVE-HD iHeart Hot A/C. 19. WFFG Pamal Country 0.8. 20. WABY-AM Loud Media Classic Alternative Rock 0.4. 21. WOFX-AM iHeart Sports 0.3.  22. WNYQ Pamal Classic Rock 0.1.  iHeart passes Pamal by 1.3.

METRO FAIRFIELD CONNECTICUT (73) Pop. 759k. Hispanic 21%, Black 13%. OCTOBER ‘24 Clusters: Connoisseur 25.9. iHeart 6.6. Non-Comms. 6.2. AUG/SEPT/OCTOBER Stations Top 4 are Connoisseur: 1. WEBE Adult Contemporary 9.6-9.8-9.1. 2. WEZN Hot A/C 6.4-6.9-7.8; 3. WPLR Classic Rock 4.9-5.5-5.0; 4. WICC-AM News/Talk 2.8-2.7-2.9 5. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical* 3.7-3.2-2.6. 6. WHTZ iHeart CHR* 1.4-1.7-2.1. 7. WNYC/FM Public News/Talk* 1.4-2.1-1.8.  8. WSHU Sacred Heart University Classical 2.2-2.2-1.7. 6. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary* 1.7-1.5-1.5. TIE 10 @ 1.3: WFUV
Fordham University Adult Alternative* & WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR*. 12. WNPR CT. Public News/Talk 1.0. TIE 13 @ 0.7: WYBC Yale Adult Urban & WOR-AM iHeart Talk*.  TIE 15 @ 0.6: WFOX Connoisseur News/Talk (recently switched from Rock) & WAQX iHeart Classic Rock*. 17. WLTW iHeart A/C* 0.4.  18. WSTC-AM Sacred Heart U. N/T 0.3. 19. WSHU-AM Sacred Heart N/T 0.1.  Connoisseur’s Market. (* NYC).

SYRACUSE (100) Pop. 568k. Hispanic 4%, Black 9%. OCTOBER ‘24 Clusters: iHeart 25.9, Wolf/Fox 12.4, Cumulus 10.7. AUG/SEPT/OCTOBER Stations: 1. WBBS iHeart Country 7.8-9.1-8.2 (-0.9 Dip) 2. WNTQ Cumulus CHR 9.2-8.2-8.0.  3. WSYR-AM iHeart N/T 6.0-6.8-7.4. 4. WSEN Wolf Classic Hits 6.4-5.8-6.6.  5. WYYY iHeart A/C 5.6-4.4-4.1.  6. WWHT iHeart CHR 4.2-3.6-3.7.  7. WOLF Wolf Country 4.0-4.2-3.5.  8. WAQX Cumulus Rock 4.0-2.8-2.5.  9. WMVN Wolf RhymCHR 2.0-2.0-2.1.  10. WHEN-AM iHeart Urban
Contemp. 1.2-1.8-1.8.  11. WJPZ Public Adult Alternative 0.6.  TIE 12 @ 0.2: WOLF-AM Wolf Sports & WSKO-AM Cumulus Sports. 14. WSYR-HD3 iHeart N/T.  Galaxy is a Non-Subscriber. iHeart leads by 12.5.

previously 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 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: 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. 

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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