Clark Smidt – Broadcast Advisor

AUGUST 15, 2026 JULY 2026 NOR’EAST RADIO
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BOSTON (10) Population 4.543 mil. Hispanic 13.0%. Black 8.7%. MAY / JUNE /JULY CLUSTERS: Heart 24.5-24.1-23.3 still leads #2 Audacy 18.5-20.0-19.2 by 4.1 & Beasley 16.7-16.4-17.0 by 7.7-6.3. WGBH/WCRB 7.2-7.6-7.4. #1 WBUR 6.2-5.9-6.8. JUNE / JULY Share Change: +1.0 / -0.9

T1-3-1. WBUR Boston University News/Talk 6.2-5.9-6.8. +0.9 gets back on Top. #12-13 cume 315-293-279k.   3-1-2.  WMJX Audacy A/C 6.1-6.6-6.5. Remains strong on good A/C results. #1 cume by 181k: 859-872-846k.          T4-5-3. WXKS/FM iHeart CHR 5.6-5.2-6.2 +1.0.  Very nice jump with Top July gain. #2 cume 699-726-665k.  T1-2-4. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 6.2-6.0-5.8. -0.2. Trails top spot by 1.0. Holds at #3 cume 664-629-605k.  6-4-5. WWBX Audacy Hot A/C 5.3-5.6-5.6. Holding Top 5 share despite another cume dip #6: 569-524-502k.    4-6-6. WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 5.6-5.1-5.0. The only Hub rocker isn’t growing. Stays #4 cume 598-552-519k.   10-8-7. WCRB ‘GBH Classical 4.1-4.3-4.3. Boston wants good music. Beats WGBH. #16 cume 219-176-205k.   7-9-8. WBZ/FM Beasley Sports 4.7-4.0-4.1. Former #1 BBGI waiting to pick up. #TIE 9 cume 375-315-347.2k.   8-7-9. WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative 4.3-4.8-3.9. +0.9. Unique sound, July top dip. #8 cume, 382-381-388k.   12-T11-TIE 10: WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 3.4-3.8-3.6. +0.4. Inexpensive variety FM. #5 cume, 555-519-514k.   T14-15-TIE 10: WKLB Beasley Country 2.7-3.1-3.6. +0.5. Country spurt over Bull by 1.8. #11, 354-342-315k.   11-T11-12: WEEI/FM Audacy Sports 3.7-3.8-3.5. -0.3. Strange dip with Hot July Sox! #12 cume 276-281-313k.   T8-10-TIE 13: WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk 4.3-3.9-3.2. -0.7. A big disappointment. #14 cume 309-279-274k.  T14-17-TIE 13: WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 2.7-2.9-3.2. +0.3. Gains, not out of the woods. #7 cume 459-467-455k.  13-14-15. WGBH ‘GBH News/Talk 3.1-3.2-3.0. Network feed needs to be stronger. ‘BUR up 3.8. #15, 229-211k.  T14-13-16. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 2.7-3.3-2.9. -0.4. Just not keeping traction. #TIE 9 cume 343-347.2k.   T14-16-17. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 2.7-3.0-2.7. -0.3. AM Talker is a credit to iHeart. #20 cume, 123-115-101k.   T18-19-18. WBWL iHeart Country 1.6-1.5-1.7. Still there. Country total is up 4.6-5.3. #17 cume 187-190-192k.   20-20-19. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 1.3-1.2-1.4. +0.2. Gains a notch. #18 cume 163-149-150k.  T18-18-20. WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical 1.6-1.6-1.1. -0.5. 13% Hispanic pop no show? #19, 160-169-137k.  Under One:   21. WKVB (WAAF) 0.9 Air Love #21, 73k.   22. WBOS 0.8 Bloomberg #22, 66k.   23. WXKS-AM  0.4 iHeart Talk #24 25k.   24. WRCA-AM 0.3 Beasley Classic Rock #23, 73-52k.   25. WNKC 0.2 K-Love Christan  #25 cume, 16k.  TIE 26 @ 0.1: WCAI ‘GBH N/T;  WCCM-AM Costa Spanish CHR;  WJMN-HD2 Audacy N/T.

NEW YORK (1) Pop. 16.93 million. Hispanic 26.2%. Black 16.4%. MAY / JUNE / JULY 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 26.8-26.2-26.0 leads Audacy 23.2-23.1-22.3 by 3.7. Spanish Broadcasting 7.6-8.0-7.3. WNYC Public 6.3-7.6-7.2 Ties MediaCo. 6.8-6.4-7.2. Red Apple 3.9-3.9-4.5.  11 Stations Top 1 million cume. JUNE / JULY Share Change Range is small again: +0.8 / -0.5

1-1-1. WLTW iHeart A/C 7.9-7.5-7.9. +0.4. Share lead is 0.5. #1 Cume: 3.96-3.8-3.8m leads by 1.26million.   2-2-2. WINS-FM Audacy News 7.1-6.9-7.4. +0.3. FM News stays runner up. Cume holds #7, 1.88-1.8-1.74 mil.
3-3-3. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.8-5.8-5.7. NYC Classics are strong. Keeps #2 cume 2.7-2.74-2.54mil.   4-4-4. WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.6-5.6-5.2. -0.4. The only NYC CHR protects the #3 cume at 2.41-2.51-2.34 million.   5-5-5. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 4.9-4.9-4.8. -0.1. Top 5 stations stay in place. #6 cume 1.9-1.97-1.86 million.   T7-11-6. WBLS MediaCo. Urban A/C 4.2-3.7-4.5. +0.8. July Top gain. 1.9 over WWPR. #9 cume, 1.33m.   9-6-7. WNYC/FM Public News/Talk 4.1-4.2-4.2. Slight share dip. Keeps content with #17 cume 693-647-628k.   11-12-TIE 8: WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 3.6-3.5-4.1. +0.6 jump. #1 NYC Talk & AM. #20-19, 384-413-435k.   6-7-TIE 8: WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 4.7-4.1-4.1. Flat in July. Holds on to #5 cume 2.02-2.15-2.08 million.   12-10-10. WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR. 3.5-3.9-4.0. +0.1. Big cume lower share. #4 cume 2.27-2.36-2.25mil.   T7-T8-TIE 11: WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 4.2-4.0-3.5. -0.5. Top dip tie. #1 in format. #8 cume, 1.61-1.53m.         10-T8-TIE 11:  WFAN Audacy Sports 3.6-4.0-3.5. -0.5. July dip tie. Top sports. #14-12-14 cume, 953-967-893k.   15-14-13. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.4-3.2-3.0. -0.2. 2nd NY Hispanic; format total 9.2. #12 cume 960-954-958k.            16-13-14. WQXR-FM WNYC Public Classical 2.1-3.3-2.9. -0.4. Good music settles #21 cume, 392-382-341k.   14-16-15. WQHT MediaCo. Rhythmic-CHR 2.6-2.7-2.7. No gain for NYC mil. Club. #11 cume, 1.24-1.28-1.11.   13-15-16. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 3.4-2.9-2.6. -0.3. Share slide stays at #10 cume 1.22-1.33-1.15mil.   18-17-17. WPLJ K-Love Contemporary Christian 1.8-1.9-1.7. -0.2. Repeats with the #18 cume, 595-580-574k.   19-18-TIE 18: WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.7-1.7-1.6. Still looking. Cume rank #16-14-13, 899-939-912k.   T20-T20-TIE 18: WEPN Emmis Bilingual A/C 1.5-1.4-1.6. +0.2. Interesting mix. #16-15 cume 824-799-817k.   T20-T20-20. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.5-1.4-1.5. Staying well behind WABC 2.1-2.6. #22-20 cume, 322-330k.   17-19-21. WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 2.0-1.5-1.4. -0.4. Audience dips #12-15-16 cume, 994-831-786k.   Under One:   22. WBBR-AM 0.9 Bloomberg Business #35, 116k.  4-WAY TIE 23 @ 0.8: WKXW Townsquare Talk #23, 296k;  WFUV Fordham U. Adult Alt. #24, 301k;  WSKQ Stream SBS Tropical #25, 247k;  WKMK Press Country #29, 184k.   27. WAWZ 0.6 Pillar Christian #27, 206k.  3-WAY 28 TIE @ 0.5: WMGQ Beasley  A/C #26, 230k; WDHA Beasly Rock #28; 198k; WBGO Public Jazz + Stream 0.3 #32, 156k.     3-WAY TIE 31 @ 0.4: WHUD Pamal A/C #22, 317k; WNVU Hope Spanish Christan #36, 110k & WLIR Red Apple Talk #47. 37k, WABC total 4.1.                   6 stations TIE 34 @ 0.3;  12 more 0.2 & 0.1.

LONG ISLAND, NY (21) Pop. 2.55 mil. Hispanic 20.4%. Black 10.2%. MAY / JUNE / JULY 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 22.8-21.7-21.3 over iHeart 19.2-19.9-20.9 by 3.6-1.7-0.4. Connoisseur 14.5-13.2-13.5. Cox Media Group 9.1-9.7-9.7. Red Apple 5.2-5.7-5.8. JUNE / JULY Change: +1.8 / -0.9                  * LI Stations     1-1-1. WINS-FM Audacy News 8.3-7.7-7.0. -0.7. Lead goes 1.0-0.9-1.0.  LI Cume is #2-5-4, 406-366-335k.   T10-9-2. WLTW Audacy Adult Contemporary 3.5-4.2-6.0. +1.8. Top Gain. Sample change? #1 cume, 392-395k.   2-2-3. WHTZ iHeart CHR 7.3-6.8-5.9. -0.9. Top dip. NYC CHR over WBLI by 1.5-0.7. #3 cume 418-404-393k.   3-3-4. WFAN Audacy Sports 5.5-5.7-5.7. Without Knicks. Streams no factor. Gains #12-11 cume, 227-215-205k.   T7-5-5. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk. 4.4-5.2-5.5. +0.5. Another LI growth. 77 scores #17-16 cume, 97-103-95k.   4-6-6. WALK* Connoisseur Adult Contemporary 5.1-4.8-5.4. +0.6. Top LI I is up #5-3-2 cume 367-390-394k.   5-4-7. WBLI* Cox CHR 4.8-5.3-5.2. -0.1. Out of Top 5, now #2 LI station. #6-5 cume moves 328-352-329k.   9-8-8. WBAB* Cox Classic Rock 4.3-4.4-4.5. +0.1. Now LI #3. Former #1 now posts #7-6 cume, 338-325-322k.   6-7-9. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.7.4.5-3.9. -0.6. NYC #3 share & #2 cume. LI off #2-7 cume 392-392k.  T10-12-10. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 3.5-2.8-3.5. +0.7. Very decent LI recovery. #11-9 cume 263-250-269k.
12-T10-11. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 3.3-3.3-3.2. Steady for NYC Top Rock. #8 cume gains, 291-285-304k.   13-13-12. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 2.2-2.4-2.7. +0.3. Solid signal over LI with cume rank up a bit #20, 63-74-67k.   T7-T10-13. WKJY* Connoisseur A/C 4.4-3.3-2.5. -0.8. Continued July slide delivers #9-10 cume 317-283-263k.   T15-14-14. WHLI-AM* Connoisseur Oldies 1.8-2.1-2.4. +0.3. Good month. #19-15 cume 103-92-99k.  T15-T15-TIE 15:  WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR 1.8-1.9-1.9. Seems stalled #10 cume, 259-236k with  14T-15 TIE 15:  WWWF* Connoisseur Country 2.0-1.9-1.9. Stays pinned. Only LI Country, #13 cume 145-160-156k.  TIE 18 @ 1.2: WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary, #14 cume 132-106k & WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop #20-17 cume 85-94k.  TIE 20 @ 1.1: WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical #18, 90k & WPAT SBS A/C #18 cume 70k.   22. WLIR* 0.4 Red Apple Talk #21, 17k, Add WABC=5.8.   23. WBBR-AM 0.3 Bloomberg Business #23, 11k.  24. WSKQ Stream 0.2, #24, 11K.   25. WHSQ-AM 0.1 ESPN Sports #22, 15k.

PHILADELPHIA (9) Pop. 4.85 mil. Black 20.5%, Hispanic 10.6%. MAY / JUNE / JULY 2026 CLUSTERS Audacy 29.2-26.3-27.8 leads Beasley 22.4-23.1-22.7 by 5.1 & iHeart 16.6-17.4-17.0 by 10.8.  Urban One 6.4-6.0-6.1. WHYY 4.4-4.1-4.1.   K-Love 3.4-4.3-4.0.    JUNE / JULY Change Range:        +1.1 / -0.7.

4-T3-1. WBEB Audacy A/C 6.2-6.6-7.7 +1.1. Back on top with July Top gain tie. #1 cume: 1.15-1.12-1.08m.   5-5-2. WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 6.0-6.3-7.4. +1.1. Top Gain Tie, good jump. #2 cume, 792-771-809k.   2-T3-3. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 6.7-6.6-7.1. +0.5. Keeps #3 rank with top 2 changes. #7 cume 614-585-543k.   1-T1-TIE 4: WIP-FM Audacy Sports 8.0-7.1-6.4. -0.7. Tie top dip with Fanatic retreat. #5 cume 752-663-590k.   3-T1-TIE 4: WMMR Beasley Rock. 6.6-7.1-6.4. -0.7. Top dip tie; many share shifts. Cume #3-6, 646-709-582k.   6-6-6. KYW-AM Audacy News 5.7-5.2-5.3. +0.1. Temporarily still below Top 5. #9-8-10 cume, 534-490-474k.  7-7-7. WXTU Beasley Country 4.6-4.7-4.4. -0.3. Country stays firmly in the Top 10 #11-13 cume, 479-470-435k.   9-12-8. WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 3.8-3.6-4.2. +0.6. Classic Hits gets a break but a #2-3 cume, 819-744-741k.   8-T8-9. WHYY Public News/Talk 4.4-4.1-4.1. Steady. PHA Public Radio stays Top 10. #14 cume 374-331-291k.   T11-T8-10.  WVKP K-Love Contemporary Christian. 3.2-4.1-3.8. -0.3. Ahead of most markets. #16, 277-260k.   T11-11-11. WUSL iHeart Urban Contemporary 3.2-3.8-3.7. +0.1. Not much shakin’ in July. #11, 435-442-454k.   10-T8-12. WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 3.7-4.1-3.4. +0.7. Tie top dip. Big cume, poor share. #3 cume, 684-741k.   T11-13-13. WRNB Urban One Contemporary 3.2-3.4-3.3. Nothing great this month. #13 cume, 386-389-362k.   T17-T14-14. WXPN Univ. Penn. Adult Alternative 2.8-3.0-3.2. +0.2. Non-comm holds #17 cume, 282-251-258k.   15-18-15. WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 2.9-2.2-3.0. +0.8. TSL concerns from low share vs. #9 cume, 522-480-507k.   T11-T14-16. WPPZ Urban One R&B Classics 3.2-3.0-2.8. Still no new progress. #16-15 cume, 328-276-273k.   T17-17-TIE 17: WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.6-2.7-2.5. -0.2. Not gaining. Philly’s Top CHR #8 cume, 571-553-534k.   16-16-TIE 17: WRFF iHeart Modern Alternative Rock 2.7-2.8-2.5. -0.3. WXPN 0.7 ahead. #12, 498-470-453k.   T23-22-19. WKXW Townsquare Talk 0.9-1.2-1.3. +0.3. #21, 97k. TIE 20 @ 1.2: WRTI Temple U. Classical  #22 cume, 93k & WPHT-AM Audacy Talk #23, 66k. TIE 22 @ 1.1: WUMR iHeart Lone Hispanic Spanish CHR #19 cume, 193k & WPEN Beasley Sports #20, 164k.   24. WPST 1.0 Townsquare CHR #18, 241k.  3-WAY TIE 25 @ 0.2: WSJO Townsq. Hot A/C @24, 48k;  WYPA K-Love Christian #27, 18k & WKXW Stream 0.2, #29 14k, Total WKXW 1.5.  TIE 28 @ 0.1:  WFPG A/C & WPUR Country Townsq. & WTEL-AM iHeart Talk.

WASHINGTON DC (8) Pop. 5.29 million. Black 26.9% Hispanic 18%. MAY / JUNE / JULY 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 19.8-19.4-21.3 over American Univ. 11.6-12.5-11.4 by 9.9. Hubbard 10.5-10.0-10.4.  Audacy 11.6-10.5-9.8. Urban One 8.1-8.8-8.0. Howard U. 5.3-5.6-5.6. WGTS Christian 5.1-5.5-5.7.  JUNE / JULY Share Change Range: +0.9 / -1.2.                                                                      
1-1-1. WAMU American University News/Talk 11.6-12.5-11.3. -1.2 Top dip stays #1. #3 cume 607-612-572k.   2-2-2. WTOP/FM Hubbard News 10.2-9.8-10.3. +0.5. Top biller trails AMU by 1.0. #1-2 cume 843-762-753k.
5-4-3. WGTS Atlantic Christian Contemporary 5.1-5.5-5.7. +0.2. Lots in DC to pray for #10 cume 351-373-322k.   4-3-4. WHUR Howard University Urban Adult Contemporary 5.2-5.6-5.6. Steady. #8-4-8 cume dip, 495-538-476k
3-5-TIE 5: WWDC iHeart Modern Alt. Rock 5.4-5.4-5.5. +0.1. Decent cume gain in July #5-6-4, 544-527-544k.   6-6-TIE 5: WASH-FM  iHeart Adult Contemporary 4.9-4.7-5.5. +0.8. Took over WTOP #1 cume, 824-751-803k.
7-7-7. WBIG iHeart Classic Rock 3.6-3.6-4.1. +0.5. Consistent Top 10 share delivers #5 cume, 535-473-541k.   8-9-8. WIHT iHeart CHR 3.3-3.2-3.8. +0.6. The top DC CHR benefits from July gain. #-6 cume, 520-487-518k.   13-8-9. WETA Public Classical 2.8-3.3-3.1. -0.2. DC Classical still not in tune. #14-13-13 cume, 237-280-251k.   10-10-10. WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 3.0-3.0-2.8. -0.2. July loss for both share and cume #5-7 at 585-533-516k.   11-11-TIE 11: WPGC Audacy Rhythmic CHR 2.6-2.6-2.5. #2 CHR dips 0.7-1.3 behind ‘IHT. #9, 401-414-410k.   12-11-TIE 11: WMMJ Urban One A/C 2.9-2.6-2.5. -0.1. Moving in wrong direction. #12 cume 305-313-319k.   9-13-13. WZMQ iHeart Country 3.1-2.3-2.4. +0.1. Below the Top 10. Minor change. #14 cume, 270-238-236k.   T10-17-14. WLZL-FM Audacy Spanish Tropical 3.0-2.1-2.3. +0.2. DC #1 Hispanic. #15-16 cume 181-182k.   16-T14-15. WKYS Urban One Contemporary 2.2-2.2-2.1. The rebound’s still on hold. #11 cume, 310-325-312k.   18-18-16. WLNO Urban One Spanish CHR 1.0-1.8-2.0. +0.2. Hispanic Total: 4.4. Gains on #17 cume, 131-163k.   15-T14-17.  WJFK Audacy Sports 2.5-2.2-1.8. -0.4. Other DC excitement exceeds sports. #15 cume, 174-202k.    17-T14-18. WPRS Urban One Insp. Gospel 2.0-2.2-1.4. -0.8. Multi religion formats. #21, 124-100k. Air Love  Christian   19. WAWV 1.0, #25, 59k & TIE 20. WLVW 0.9 #18, 149k; TIE 20. WBQB Chesapeake Hot A/C #19,  124k & WPFW Pacifica N/T, #20 117k.  TIE 23 @ 0.4: WDCH Bloomberg #23, 80k & WAFY Manning Hot  A/C #24, 70k. TIE 25 @ 0.3: WWEG Manning Classic Hits #22, 84k & WTEM-AM Audacy Sports #31, 24k.  TIE 27 @ 0.2: WRBS Bright Christian #26, 51k & WCSP C-Span Talk #27, 40k. TIE 29 @ 0.1: WFAX-AM  Costa Spanish; WIAD-HD2 Audacy Hot A/C; WSHE-AM Hubbard Adult Alt. & WAMU-HD2 American University Bluegrass.

BALTIMORE (23) Pop. 2.47mil. Black 30.9%. Hispanic 8.1%. MAY/JUNE/JULY 2026 CLUSTERS:  iHeart 20.9-20.4-20.7 over Audacy 15.5-16.6-16.1 by 3.8-4.6.  YPR Public 6.0-6.6-7.8. Hearst 8.2-7.7-7.3.  Bright Christian 4.8-5.3-4.9.  Urban One 4.7-4.7-4.6.   JUNE / JULY Share Change Range: +0.6 / -0.8.                                                                                                                                  
1-1-1. WWIN iHeart Urban One Urban A/C 8.1-8.3-8.4. Stays leader by 1.7. Holds #3 cume 310-311-283k.   2-2-2. WLIF Audacy Adult Contemporary. 6.2-6.8-6.7. -0.1. Shares hold. #1 cume wins by 149k: 453-462-448k.
3-3-3. WWMX Audacy Hot Adult Contemporary 5.8-5.5-5.8 +0.3. Best Audacy pair. #4 cume 278-284-282k.   4-4-4. WPOC iHeart Country 5.7-5.4-5.4 Steady. Top 5 major market country station keeps #7 cume 219-222k.
9-7-5. WYPR Public News/Talk 3.7-4.4-4.9. +0.5. July a good NPR month. Share up. #10 cume, 157-153-144k.   T6-6-6. WERQ Urban One Urban Contemporary 4.7-4.7-4.6. Holds the share rank with #5 cume 324-283-263k.
8-9-TIE 7: WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 4.3-3.9-4.5. +0.6. Top gain. Big cume, low share = TSL. #2, 353-323-299k.   5-5-TIE 7: WRBS Bright Contemporary Christian 4.8-5.3-4.5 -0.8. Top dip. Balt. has religion. #9 cume, 148k.
T6-8-9. WIYY Hearst Rock 4.7-4.1-4.0. -0.1. Now trails WQSR by 0.5. WZBA is gone. #6 cume 242-261-255k.   10-10-10. WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 3.5-3.6-3.3. -0.3. Substantial news resources. #13 cume 112-113-97k.
13-T12-11. WTMD WYPR Public Adult Alternative 2.3-2.4-2.9. +0.5. Nice July gain. #12 cume, 99-103-98k.   11-11-12. WJZ-FM Audacy Sports 2.9-3.5-2.8. -0.7 Stays under the Baltimore Top 10. #11 cume, 121-144-132k.   12-T12-13. WZFT iHeart CHR 2.4-2.4-2.3. Not moving shares, needs to add cume. Holds at #8, 248-210-198k.   14-14-14. WTOP-FM Hubbard DC News 1.7-1.9-1.7. Strong signal in Baltimore. #14, 90-98-93k.  TIE 17-15:  WBJC Public Classical 0.9-1.1, #15 cume 82k.   16. WDCH 1.0 Bloomberg Business #17, 54k.                17. WGTS 0.8 Christian #18 cume, 48k.  TIE 18 @ 0.7: WEAA Public Jazz #16, 60k; WLIF-HD2 Audacy Gospel #19, 36k & WYRE Cortona Media Adult Alt. #20, 26k.  21. WEAA Stream 0.4 Jazz #22, 8k.  22. WCAO-AM 0.2 iHeart  Gospel.  23. WLIF-HD3 0.1 Audacy Oldies #23, 6k.  Times Shamrock WZBA Rock just switched to K-Love Christian.

PROVIDENCE (45) Pop. 1.5 mil. Hispanic 15.1 %, Black 8.3%. MAY/JUNE/JULY 2026 CLUSTERS:  iHeart 21.3-21.5-21.8, Red Wolf 13.4-12.9-12.9,  GBH 3.8-4.4-4.5,  K-Love 3.1-2.9-2.9,  RI Public (now Ocean State) 1.9-2.0-1.4.  Incomplete Results without CUMULUS Shares.          JUNE / JULY Range: +0.4 / -0.7                                                                                                                            
1-1-1. WCTK Red Wolf Country 10.8-10.2-9.8. -0.4. Always strong; 2.2-1.7 lead. #3 cume 260-277 258k.   2-2-2. WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 7.8-8.0-8.1. +0.1. Not much change. Continues at #4 cume, 263-255-235k.   3-3-3. WHJY iHeart Classic Rock 7.7-7.4-7.4. Steady. Former #1 stays Top 5. Ups #3-2 cume, 257-268-272k.   4-4-4. WSNE iHeart Hot A/C 5.3-5.7-5.7. Flat. July monthly gain keeps a surprising #1 cume, 295-292-300k.   5-5-5. WGBH ‘GBH Boston Public News/Talk 3.4-3.9-4.1 +0.2. Big Boston signal. #6-7 cume dip, 74-77-61k.   6-6-6. WLVO K-Love Contemporary Chrisitan. 3.0-2.7-2.7. Flat. Better as Brown ‘BRU #5 cume, 90-98-80k.   7-7-7. WKKB Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 1.3-1.3-1.7. +0.4. Only RI Hispanic format is #7-6 cume 62-62-63k.
8. WPVD 1.0 (WVEI/FM Sports sold in Jan) RI Public/Ocean State. Major disappointment. Strangely low, #10, 33-54k.  3-WAY TIE 9 @ 0.7: WELH Wheeler School Rock #8 cume, 54k; Red Wolf TIE 9: WNBH-AM Classic  Hits #9, 53k & WSKP-AM Oldies #15 cume, 17k.   12. WHJJ-AM 0.6 iHeart Talk #12, 24k.  TIE 13 @ 0.4:  WCRB ‘GBH Classical, #11, 25k & WNPN RI Public/ Ocean State News/Talk, again very low and strange; not  a great debut at #16 cume, 57-55-16k.   15. WDOM Providence College Variety 0.3 #13, 20k. K- Love Christian TIE 16 @ 0.1: WTKL #14, 18k & WKIV, #17, 4k.                         Providence has become a boring market.                                                                                         
HARTFORD, CT. (57) Pop. 1.11 million. Hispanic 17.2%, Black 13.0%. MAY / JUNE / JULY 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart: 27.0-31.0-28.5 takes Audacy 26.0-26.0-26.4 by 2.1. Red Wolf 17.4-16.8-16.6.  Connecticut Public 5.5-4.6-4.8. K-Love 2.7 2.7-2.6. JUNE / JULY Share Change Range:  +0.9 / -1.2                                                         
1-T1-1. WWYZ iHeart Country 9.9-11.0-11.0. Steady on Top. Leads ‘RCH by 3.0. #4 cume, 167-186-184k.   T1-2-TIE2: WRCH Audacy Soft A/C 9.9-8.3-8.0. -0.3. ‘RCH no more longtime leader. #1 cume, 264-253-248k.  5-6-TIE 2: WZMX Audacy Rhythmic CHR 6.8-7.1-8.0. +0.9. Repeats the Top Jump! #6-5 cume, 142-156-152k.   3-3-4. WDRC/FM Red Wolf Classic Rock. 9.0-8.1-7.1. -1.0. Slips again, now 0.4 over ‘HCN. #7, 154-141-134k.   6-4-5. WHCN iHeart Classic Hits 6.6-7.9-6.7. -1.2. Ties the July top dip and slips to #6 cume 171-176-144k.   7-5-6. WKSS iHeart CHR 6.2-7.7-6.5. -1.2. Ties July top dip and falls out of Top 5. #3 cume, 205-227-206k.   4-7-7. WTIC/FM Audacy Hot A/C 7.4-6.9-6.3. -0.6. Another share slip with gain #2-3-2 cume 236-217-226k.
8-8-8. WNPR Connecticut Public N/T. 5.5-4.6-4.8. +0.2. Growing radio is still a priority. #10 cume, 73-65-62k.   9-9-9. WTIC-AM Audacy News/Talk 3.9-3.7-4.1. +0.4. Former huge #1 & only 50kw AM. #11 cume 56-56-54k.   10-10-10. WMRQ Red Wolf Modern Alt. Rock 3.1-3.1-3.9. +0.8. Gets a nice July kiss. #9 cume 109-101-95k.   14-14-11. WMRQ-HD2 Red Wolf Spanish Tropical, 1.8-2.1-2.7. +0.7. Resilient Red Wolf HD. #13, 49-49-49k.  T11-T11-12. WCCC K-Love Christian 2.7-2.7-2.6. -0.1. Better to serve local. Dips #11-12 cume, 69-61-53k.   13-15-13. WKCI iHeart New Haven CHR 2.3-1.9-2.4. +0.5. Takes a lickin’ & keeps on tickin’. #8 cume 81-95k.   11-T11-14. WBOM-AM Red Wolf Urban Adult Contemp. 2.7-2.7-2.2. -0.5. Good HD use. #13-14, 45-53-44k.  15-13-15. WUCS iHeart Sports 1.6-2.3-1.7. -0.6. Tough sports market between NYC and Boston. #15 cume 28-35-31k.   16. WNTY-AM Red Wolf Oldies 0.4, #16 cume TIE @ 14.1k with co-owned WDRC-AM Talk 0.2,  TIED @ 17 with WPOP-AM News/Talk 0.2 #18, 5k.   19. WKSS-HD2 RhymCHR 0.0.  Always an interesting market. 

WORCESTER, MA. (110). Pop. 495. Hispanic 13.4%, Black 8.6%. Spring ’26 Clusters: iHeart 10.9.  Audacy 6.4. K-Love 2.5. Sp’25/Fa/Sp ’26:   *Boston        1. WSRS iHeart A/C 11.6-11.4-7.4.   2. WTAG-AM iHeart Talk 3.1-3.7-3.5.       3. WKVB (AAF) K-Love Christian 1.2-1.8-2.5.   4. WEEI-FM* Audacy Sports 2.7-2.7-2.3.    5.  WBGB* Audacy AdultHits 1.2-1.8-1.8.   6. WBMX* Audacy A/C 1.2-1.6-1.2.  TIE 7 @ 0.9: WMJX* Audacy  A/C & WCUW Variety.   9. WVEI-AM 0.2 Audacy Sports.   Red Apple WABC NYC has filed to acquire 50kw Talk WCRN.

CAPE COD, MA. (105). Pop. 232k. Black 4.9%. Hispanic 3.6%. Spring 2026 Clusters: iHeart 19.3.  CapeCod Radio 14.6.  WGBH 7.4. Boston University 3.6. Sp’25/Fa/Sp’26:    1. WXTK iHeart N/T 8.1-8.4- 8.7.   2. WPXC CapeCod 6.8-7.5-7.3.  3. WCAI ‘GBH N/T 5.0-4.7-4.6.   TIE 4: WCOD iHeart Hot A/C 3.2-3.7 3.7.   TIE 4: WCIB iHeart Oldies 2.3-2.8-3.7.   6. WEII iHeart Sports 4.1-3.7-3.2.    7. WKFY CapeCod Oldies  5.0-3.7-2.7.   CapeCod TIE 8 @ 2.3: WHYA CHR & WFRQ Classic Hits.  TIE 10 @ 1.8: WGBH N/T & WGTX Gary Hanna Classic Hits.   12. WBUA 0.9 Boston U. N/T.   13. WCRB 0.5 ‘GBH Classical.
NEW LONDON, CT. (177) Pop. 241k. Hispanic 13.1%. Black 7.7%. All Red Wolf 22.4.   1. WBMW 11.5  A/C.  2. WWRX 6.3 CHR.   3. WBMW-HD4 4.6 Spanish Tropical.  4. WJJF 2.3 News/Talk.
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ. Pop. 328k. Hispanic 16.7%. Black 12.3%.   Spring ’26 Clusters: Townsquare 19.5.  iHeart 16.8.   K-Love 3.1.  WIBG 1.9. Sp’25/Fa/Sp’26:  1. WZXL iHeart Classic Rock 4.8-3.8-6.9.  TIE 2:  WAVY iHeart Hot A/C 4.5-6.0-6.0 & WPUR Townsquare Country 4.8-5.2-6.0.             4. WFPG Townsquare A/C 5.7  6.0-4.7.   5. WTTH iHeart Urban A/C 5.7-4.4-3.8.   6. WZBZ iHeart RhymCHR 4.5-5.0-3.1.   7. WLRB K-Love  Christian 1.2-0.9-2.8.   8-10 All Townsquare.   TIE 8 @ 2.5: WPPG-AM Talk & WENJ Sports.   TIE 10 @ 1.6:  WENJ-HD2 Spanish Tropical with WSJO Hot A/C Tied with WIBG Classic Hits.   13. WENJ-HD4  0.6  Townsquare Classic Rock. TIE 14 @ 0.3:  WEZW K-Love Christan & WWAC-AM WIBG Country.                                                                                   
TRENTON, NJ. (143). Pop. 342, Hispanic 22.8%. Black 19.6%. All Townsquare. 2 stations Total 12.1 @  6.1: WKXW Talk & WPST CHR.

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BOSTON (10) Population 4.543 mil. Hispanic 13.0%. Black 8.7%.  APRIL / MAY / JUNE CLUSTERS: Heart 23.3-24.5-24.1 over #2 Audacy 17.5-18.5-20.0 by 4.1 & Beasley 17.8-16.7-16.4 by 7.7. WGBH/WCRB 7.6-7.2-7.6.  WBUR 6.6-6.2-5.9.  MAY / JUNE Share Change Range again: +0.6 / -0.7   

4-3-1. WMJX Audacy A/C 5.8-6.1-6.6. +0.5 Breaks up a first place tie.  #1 cume up 130-243k: 861-859-872k.   5-T1-2. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 5.6-6.2-6.0. -0.2.  Trails top spot by 0.6.  Keeps the #3 cume 696-664-629k.  1-T1-3. WBUR Boston University News/Talk 6.6-6.2-5.9. -0.3. Was #1 for 2 months.  #12 cume 368-315-293k. 7-6-4. WWBX Audacy Hot A/C 5.0-5.3-5.6. +0.3.  Nice gain, now within 1.0 of the top. #5 cume 503-569-524. T2-T4-5. WXKS/FM iHeart CHR 5.9-5.6-5.2 -0.4. Stays Top 5 for a 3^rd slip in a row. Keeps #2 cume 699-726k.  6-4-6. WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 5.2-5.6-5.1. -0.5.  The only Hub rocker dips. Refresh. #4 cume 549-598-552k.  10-8-7. WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative 3.8-4.3-4.8. +0.5.  Unique playlist jumps again. #8, 385-382-381k. 8-10-8. WCRB ‘GBH Classical 4.1-4.1-4.3. +0.2.  WGBH is still the weak sibling.  #16-17 cume 239-219-176k.  T2-7-9. WBZ/FM Beasley Sports 5.9-4.7-4.0. -0.7. Top drop. #1 has another total dip #9-11 cume 460-375-315k.  9-T8-10. WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk 3.8–4.3-3.9. -0.4. Surprise struggle to stay top 10. #14 cume 313-309-279k

Boston. 14-12-TIE 11: WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 3.3-3.4-3.8. +0.4. This variety tops WXRV by 137k. #6, 556-555-519k. T12-11-TIE 11: WEEI/FM Audacy Sports 3.4-3.7-3.8. June sports radio yawn but Hot Sox! #13, 333-276-281k. T15-T14-13. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 2.6-2.7-3.3. +0.6 and yet another come back. #9 cume, 294-338-343k.  11-13-14. WGBH ‘GBH News/Talk 3.5-3.1-3.2. New network needs stronger feed. ‘BUR up 2.7. #15, 311-229k.  T12-T14-15: WKLB Beasley Country 3.4-2.7-3.1. -0.4. Biggest dip. Leads the Bull 1.1. #10 cume 304-354-342k  T15-T14-16. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 2.6-2.7-3.0. +0.3. AM Talker has steady gains on #20 cume 144-123-115k.  T15-T14-17. WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 2.6-2.7-2.9. +0.2.  Still worth expensive talent?  #7 cume 433-459-467k.  18-T18-18. WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical 1.5-1.6-1.6. 13% Hispanic population. #19-18 cume, 139-160-169k.  T19-T18-19. WBWL iHeart Country 1.3-1.6-1.5. BBQ time? Country total hangs 4.6. #16 cume 224-187-190k.  21-20-20. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 1.0-1.3-1.2. Has been stronger. #18-19 cume 176-163-149k.  Under One: TIE 21 @ 0.8 WKVB (WAAF) Air Love Christian #21, 106-98k & WBOS Bloomberg Business #23 cume 101-72k. TIE 24 @ 0.4: WRCA-AM Beasley Classic Rock #22, 64-75k & WXKS-AM iHeart Talk #24, 30k. 5-WAY TIE 25 @ 0.1:  WCAI ‘GBH N/T, WNKC K-Love Christan, & HD2: WBGB Audacy Variety,  WBMX Audacy Rock & WJMN Audacy N/T.  30. WCCM-AM Costa Spanish CHR 0.0.  Interesting Times.

NEW YORK (1) Pop. 16.93 million. Hispanic 26.2%. Black 16.4%. APRIL / MAY / JUNE 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 26.3-26.8-26.2 leads Audacy 23.0-23.2-23.1 by 3.1.  Spanish Broadcasting 6.3-7.6-8.0.  WNYC Public 6.7-6.3-7.6.  MediaCo. 7.3-6.8-6.4.  Red Apple 3.8-3.9-3.9.   11 Stations Top 1 million cume.  MAY / JUNE Share Change Range stays small: +1.2 / -0.6

1-1-1. WLTW iHeart A/C 8.1-7.9-7.5. -0.4. Share lead at 0.4. #1 Cume: 3.9-3.96-3.8m ahead by 1.07million.    2-2-2.  WINS-FM Audacy News 7.1-6.9-7.1. +0.2.  FM News stays runner up.  Cume stays #7, 1.9-1.88-1.8 mil.  3-3-3.  WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.4-5.8-5.8. NYC Classics are strong. Holds #2 cume 2.63-2.7-2.74mil.   4-4-4.  WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.2-5.6-5.6. Steady.  This is the market’s only CHR. #3 cume 2.33-2.41-2.51 million.  8-5-5.  WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 4.4-4.9-4.9. Holding. Top 5 stations stay in place. #6 cume 1.8-1.9-1.97mil.  5-9-6.  WNYC/FM Public News/Talk 4.7-4.1-4.2. -0.1. Audience dips; share rank up. Cume #17, 708-693-647k.  7-6-7.  WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 4.5-4.7-4.1. -0.6. June top share dip. Stays at #5 cume 2-2.02-2.15 million.   9-T7-TIE 8: WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 4.0-4.2-4.0. -0.2. #1 of 7 Hispanic Total 10.2. #8 cume 1.62-1.61 mil.  12-10-TIE 8: WFAN Audacy Sports 3.6-3.6-4.0.  World Champion Knicks. #14-12 cume moves 839-953-967k.  T10-12-10. WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR. 3.7-3.5-3.9. +0.4. Big cume lower share. #4 cume 2.34-2.27-2.36mil.

NYC.  6-T7-11. WBLS MediaCo. Urban A/C 4.6-4.2-3.7. -0.5. Tops Urban WWPR by 0.8. #9 cume, 1.52-1.39-1.34mil.   T10-11-12.  WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 3.7-3.6-3.5. Again, the #1 NYC Talk & AM #20 cume, 392-384-413k.   T18-16-13.  WQXR-FM WNYC Public Classical 1.9-2.1-3.3. +1.2.  June’s top gain!  #21 cume, 362-392-382k.  15-15-14.  WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.2-2.4-3.2. +0.8. 2^nd NY Hispanic moves up again #13 cume 908-960-954k.  13-13-15. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 3.3-3.4-2.9. -0.5. ‘BLS leads by 0.8. #10 cume 1.2-1.22-1.33mil.  14-14-16. WQHT MediaCo. Rhythmic-CHR 2.7–2.6-2.7. Not much change on #10-11 cume. 1.37-1.24-1.28 mil.   21-18-17. WPLJ Air Love Contemporary Christian 1.5-1.8-1.9. +0.1. Repeats with the #18 cume, 537-595-580k.    T16-19-18. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 2.0-1.7-1.7.  Still working. Cume moves up #16-14, 959-899-939k.  T18-17-19. WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 1.9-2.0-1.5. -0.4.  Audience is off #12-15 cume, 1mil-994-831k.  T20-T20-TIE 20. WEPN Emmis A/C 2.0-1.5-1.4. -0.5.  Looking to find traction. Again #16 cume 876-824-799k.   21-T20-TIE 20: WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.6-1.5-1.4. Repeats being behind WABC 2.1. #22 cume, 330-347-322k.   Under One: 3-WAY TIE 22 @ 0.8: WKXW Townsquare Talk #23 cume 345k-298; WFUV Fordham U. Adult Alt. #25 cume 296-282k; WSKQ Stream Spanish Tropical SBS #24 cume, 273-285k. 3-WAY 25 @ 0.6: WHUD Pamal A/C #21-19, 361-416k; WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business News #37, 93-123k; WNVU Hope Spanish Christan #33, 134-151k. 28. WAWZ Pillar Media Christian 0.5 #27, 218-228k. 5-WAY TIE 29 @ 0.4: WMGQ Beasley A/C #26, 248k; WDHA Beasley Rock #28, 192k; WBGO Jazz #29, 177k +0.2 stream; WKMK Press Country #30, 171k; WARW Christian #32, 155k. 6-WAY TIE 34 @ 0.3: WXPK Pamal Adult Alt. #36, 123k; WWZY Press Classic Rock #31, 157k; WFDU Fairleigh Dickenson Univ. Oldies #35, 134k; WJLK TownSq. A/C #34, 139k; WXBK-HD2 Audacy Country #38, 67k; WLIR Red Apple Talk #46 cume 34k, WABC total 3.8.

LONG ISLAND, NY (21) Pop. 2.55 mil. Hispanic 20.4%. Black 10.2%.  APRIL  / MAY / JUNE 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 24.9-22.8-21.7 leads iHeart 18.8-19.2-19.9 by 3.6-1.7.  Connoisseur 13.6-14.5-13.2.        Cox Media Group 9.4-9.1-9.7. Red Apple 4.8-5.2-5.7.  MAY / JUNE Change: +0.8 / -1.1   * LI Stations

1-1-1. WINS-FM Audacy News 8.8-8.3-7.7. -0.5.  Lead goes 2.6-1.0-0.9. LI Cume off #1-2-5, 394-406-366k.  2-2-2. WHTZ iHeart CHR 6.2-7.3-6.8. -1.5.  NYC CHR tops LI local WBLI by 2.5-1.5.  #1 cume 381-418-404k.  4-3-3.  WFAN Audacy Sports 5.4-5.5-5.7. +0.2. Hot Knicks. Streams no factor. Keeps #12 cume, 261-227-215k.  6-5-4.  WBLI* Cox CHR 4.9-4.8-5.3. +0.5. Stays Top 5 as the #1 LI station.  #6 cume is steady 347-328-352k. 8-T7-5. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk. 4.4-4.4-5.2. +0.8. Rebounds. Top May Gain. 770 at #17cume, 95-97-103k.  5-4-6.  WALK* Connoisseur Adult Contemporary 5.1-5.1-4.8. -0.3. The #2 LI grows #4-5-3 cume 354-367-390k.  9-6-7.  WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.2.4.7-4.5. -0.2. NYC #3 share, #2 cume; LI #3-2 cume 351-392-392k.  7-9-8.  WBAB* Cox Classic Rock 4.5-4.3-4.4. +0.1.  Now LI #3. Former #1 now holds #7 cume, 322-338-325k.  10-T10-9.  WLTW Audacy Adult Contemporary 3.8-3.5-4.2. +0.7 #1 NYC scores an LI #4 cume, 380-392-367k.   12-T7-TIE 10: WKJY* Connoisseur A/C 3.2-4.4-3.3. -1.1. Top June share dip moves #8-9 cume 287-317-283k.  11-12-TIE 10:  WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 3.4–3.3-3.3.  Steady for NYC Top Rock. #8 cume, 257-291-285k.

LI. 3-T10-12. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 5.5-3.5-2.8. 0.7.  Appears to slip in NYC&LI. #11 cume 261-263-250k.  13-13-13. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 2.6-2.2-2.4. +0.2.  Solid signal over LI with cume rank holding #21, 60-63-74k.            14-T15-14. WHLI-AM* Connoisseur Oldies 2.1-1.8-2.1. +0.3.  Regains in June.  #16-17-19 cume 103-103-92k.  16-T15-TIE 15: WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR 1.8–1.8-1.9. Stalled at #10 cume, 233-259-259k & 15-14-TIE 15: WWWF* Connoisseur Country 2.0-2.0-1.9. Pinned as the only LI Country format, #13 cume 141-145-160k. T19-20-17. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical, 1.0-1.0-1.4. +0.4. No LI local Spanish #16 cume 104k. T19-19-18. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 1.0-1.1-1.3, #15 cume 110-132k. #15 cume, 106-134k. T17-18-TIE 19: WWSK* Connoisseur Rock 1.2-1.2-1.1, #14 cume 127-141k. T17-17-TIE 19: WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 1.2-1.4-1.1. -0.3, #18 LI cume 80-85-95k.  Under One:  21. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 0.9 +0.3, #20 cume 74-85k.  22. WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business News 0.6, #23, 17k.  23. WLIR* Red Apple Talk 0.5, #22 cume 22k, Add WABC=5.7.  24. WSKQ Stream SBS Spanish Tropical 0.2, #24, 17k. 25. WINS-HD3 Audacy Oldies 0.1 #24, 8k.  26. WCBS-HD3 Audacy Tropical 0.0, 2k.

PHILADELPHIA (9) Pop. 4.85 mil. Black 20.5%, Hispanic 10.6%. APRIL  / MAY / JUNE  2026 CLUSTERS Audacy 28.0-29.2-26.3 leads Beasley 23.7-22.4-23.1 by 3.2 & iHeart 16.0-16.6-17.4 by 8.9.   Urban One 6.4-6.4-6.0. Air Love 3.5-3.4-4.3. WHYY 4.4-4.4-4.1. MAY / Change Range: +0.9 / -0.9.

2-3-TIE 1: WMMR Beasley Rock. 6.9-6.6-7.1. +0.5. Grows back to#1 Tie. Slips #5-6-3 cume 695-646-709k.   1-1-TIE 1: WIP-FM Audacy Sports 7.4-8.0-7.1 -0.9. Top dip tie. 5 stations range 0.8. #5 cume 717-752-663k.        5-2-TIE 3: WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 5.9-6.7-6.6. Steady share, audience gains a notch #7-6 cume 571-614-585k.  4-4-TIE 3: WBEB Audacy A/C 6.1-6.2-6.6 +0.4. Getting closer to regaining top spot. #1 cume: 1.16-1.15-1.12m.   3-5-5.  WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 6.3-6.0-6.3. +0.3.  Holding on in Top 5. Gains #3-2 cume, 847-792-771k.  6-6-6. KYW-AM Audacy News 5.5-5.7-5.2. -0.5.  A temporary stay below Top 5.  #9-9-8 cume, 520-534-490k.  T7-7-7. WXTU Beasley Country 4.4-4.6-4.7. +0.1. Country is firmly a PHA Top 10 #12-11 cume, 521-479-470k.  T7-8-TIE 8: WHYY Public News/Talk 4.4-4.4-4.1. -0.3. Public Radio also stays Top10 #14 cume 372-374-331k.  12-T11-TIE 8: WVKP Air Love Contemporary Christian. 3.2-3.2-4.1. +0.9. Better than most markets. #15, 277k.  9-10-TIE 8: WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 4.0-3.7-4.1. +0.4. Big cume but 3-way #8 tie. #5-4 cume, 678-685-684k.

Philadelphia. 11-T11-11.  WUSL iHeart Urban Contemporary 3.4-3.2-3.8. +0.6. Share & cume up in June. #12, 486-435-442k.  10-9-12. WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 3.8-3.8-3.6. -0.2. Don’t tell Dick Clark. Low #12, #2 cume, 829-819-744k. T12-T11-13. WRNB Urban One Contemporary 3.2-3.2-3.4. +0.2. Slightly better June. Cume #13, 345-386-389k.  T12-T11-TIE 14: WPPZ Urban One R&B Classics 3.2-3.2-3.0.  No jump yet. Keeps #16 cume, 348-328-276k.     16-T17-TIE 14: WXPN U. Penn. Adult Alternative 2.8-2.6-3.0. +0.4. Well done holds #17 cume, 275-282-251k.  T18-16-16. WRFF iHeart Modern Alternative Rock 2.3-2.7-2.8. WXPN 0.3 ahead. #11-10 cume, 435-498-470k.  15-T17-17. WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.9-2.6-2.7.  Remains steady.  Philly’s Top CHR move #8-7 cume, 561-571-553k.  17-15-18. WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 2.7-2.9-2.2. -0.7.  TSL concerns from low share vs. #9 cume, 512-522-480k.  T18-19-19. WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 2.3-2.4-1.5. -0.9. Ties Top Dip.  Good PR, bad slip. #24 cume, 84-79-74k.  21-T21-20. WUMR iHeart Spanish CHR 1.4-1.3-1.4.  Market’s only Hispanic has #21-19 cume, 239-221-243k.  22-T21-21. WRTI Temple University Classical 1.2-1.3-1.3. Very decent non-comm. #23-22 cume, 128-134-99k  T23-22. WKXW Townsquare Talk 1.0-0.9-1.2. +0.3. #23 cume 96-90k +0.2 stream. T23-23. WPST Townsquare CHR. #22-18 cume 213-248k.  Under One: 20-24. WPEN Beasley Sports 12.1-1.5-0.9. -0.6. #17-21 cume 281-172k.  25. WSTW Forever Media Hot A/C 0.7 #20 cume, 237-212k.  26. WEMG-AM Mega Spanish Tropical 0.4 #25 cume, 70k. 4-WAY TIE 27 @ 0.2: 3 Townsquare stations WFPG A/C #26, 42k; WPUR Country #32, 15k; WKXW Stream Talk #34 cume 10k TIE WYPA K-Love Soft Christian #33, 12k.   The market of brotherly ties.

WASHINGTON DC (8) Pop. 5.29 million. Black 26.9% Hispanic 18%.  APRIL / MAY / JUNE 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 19.6-19.8-19.4 over American Univ. 10.5-11.6-12.5 by 6.9 & Audacy 11.1-11.6-10.5. Hubbard 13.1-10.5-10.0. Urban One 8.5-8.1-8.8. Howard U. 5.6-5.3-5.6. WGTS Christian 5.7-5.1-5.5. / MAY / JUNE Share Change Range: +0.9 / -0.9.

2-1-1. WAMU American University News/Talk 10.4-11.6-12.5. +0.9 Top gain for #1. #3 cume 572-607-612k.   1-2-2. WTOP/FM Hubbard News 12.9-10.2-9.8. 0.4.  Second place by 2.7 behind AMU. #1 cume 868-843-762k.  4-4-3. WHUR Howard Univ. Urban Adult Contemporary 5.4-5.2-5.6. +0.4. June jump #8-4 cume, 499-495-538k.  3-5-4. WGTS Atlantic Christian Contemporary 5.7-5.1-5.5. +0.4. DC is in our prayers #10 cume 351-373k.  6-3-5. WWDC iHeart Modern Alt. Rock 4.9-5.4-5.4.  Steady in June with a minor cume dip #5-6, 447-544-527k.  5-6-6. WASH-FM iHeart Adult Contemporary 5.0–4.9-4.7. Big WTOP audience forces #2 cume, 868-824-751k.   T7-7-7.  WBIG iHeart Classic Rock 3.4-3.4-3.6. +0.2.  A Top 10 share registers a #6-8 cume loss, 535-535-473k.  10-13-8. WETA Public Classical 3.0-2.8-3.3. +0.5.  DC Classical gets back in tune.  #14-13 cume, 243-237-280k.  T7-8-9.  WIHT iHeart CHR 3.4-3.3-3.2.  Top DC CHR experiences slight slippage.  #7-8-7 cume, 501-520-487k.  12-T10-10. WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 2.8-3.0-3.0.  Not much movement for a good #5 cume, 554-585-533k.

D.C.  14-11-TIE 11: WPGC Audacy Rhythmic CHR 2.4-2.6-2.6. #2 CHR gains to 0.7 behind ‘IHT. #9 379-401-414k.  7-12-TIE 11:  WMMJ Urban One A/C 3.4-2.9-2.6. -0.3.  Another dip. #12 cume 324-305-313k.  11-9-13. WZMQ iHeart Country 2.9-3.1-2.3. -0.8. Fast exit from Top 10. Off a bit #13-14 cume, 234-270-238k. 16-16-TIE 14: WKYS Urban One Contemporary 1.9–2.2-2.2. The rebound’s on hold. #11 cume, 318-310-325k.  14-15-TIE 14: WJFK Audacy Sports 2.6-2.5-2.2. Other DC excitement besides sports. #16 cume, 192-192-174k.  T17-17-TIE 14: WPRS Urban One Inspirational Gospel 1.6-2.0-2.2. +0.2. Crowded religion. #20, 125-124-120k.  13-T10-17. WLZL-FM Audacy Spanish Tropical 2.7-3.0-2.1. -0.9.  Top Hispanic, top dip. #15 cume 214-181k.  T17-18-18. WLNO Urban One Spanish CHR. 1.6-1.0-1.8. +0.8. Hispanic Total: 4.2-4.0. #19 cume, 94-106-131k.  21-19. WLVW Air Love Christian 00.6-1.3, +0.7. #22-18 cume, 90-133k.  19-20. WBQB Chesapeake Hot A/C   0.6-0.9-1.0. #17 cume, 156k. Under One:  21. WAIW K-Love Christian 0.7, #21 cume, 73-80k. 22. WTEM-AM  Audacy Sports 0.5, Tie #28 cume 30.4k.  TIE 23 @ 0.4: WDCH Bloomberg Business #24, 90-67k & 23. WAFY Manning Hot A/C #25, 60k. 3-WAY TIE 25 @ 0.3:  WWEG Manning Classics Hits #22 78k; WFLS Connoisseur Country #27 cume, 39k & WRBS Bright Christian #23, 70k.  TIE 28 @ 0.2: WCSP C-Span Talk #26 cume, 58k & WIHT-HD2 iHeart Rhym CHR #28 cume tie, 30.4k.  5-WAY TIE 30 @ 0.1: WFAX-AM Costa Spanish #30,  25k; WSHE-AM Hubbard Adult Alt. #31 cume, 23k; WIAD-HD2 Audacy Hot A/C #31 cume, 18k; 30. WBOB-Stream Manning Hot A/C & WTOP-HD4 Hubbard Adult Alternative.

BALTIMORE (23) Pop. 2.47mil. Black 30.9%. Hispanic 8.1%. APRIL/MAY/JUNE 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 21.3-20.9-20.4 over Audacy 15.8-15.5-16.6 by 5.4-3.8. Hearst 8.4-8.2-7.7. YPR Public 5.8-6.0-6.6.  Bright Christian 5.4-4.8-5.3.  Urban One 4.8-4.7-4.7.   MAY / JUNE Share Change Range: +0.9 / -0.6.

1-1-1. WWIN iHeart Urban One Urban A/C 8.3-8.1-8.3. Stays leader by 1.5. Up #4-3 cume 286-310-311k.   2-2-2. WLIF Audacy Adult Contemporary. 6.7-6.2-6.8. +0.6. Shares up & #1 cume wins by 139k 476-453-462k.  T4-3-3. WWMX Audacy Hot Adult Contemporary 5.4-5.8-5.5 -0.3. Best Audacy two. #4 cume 293-278-284k.  3-4-4. WPOC iHeart Country 6.2–5.7-5.4 -0.3. Top 5 major market country station  #7 cume 239-217-219k.   4-5-5. WRBS Bright Contemporary Christian 5.4-4.8-5.3. +0.5. Balt/DC is good for religion. #10, 169-159-148k.  6-T6-6. WERQ Urban One Urban Contemp. 4.8-4.7-4.7. S tops the share slide with #5 cume 308-324-283k.   10-9-7. WYPR Public News/Talk 3.6-3.7-4.4. +0.7.  A good month for NPR. Gains #10-9 cume, 131-157-153k.  7-T6-8. WIYY Hearst Rock 4.1-4.7-4.1. -0.6. Now leads WQSR by 0.2. Audience posts #6 cume 254-242-261k.  8-8-9. WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 4.1-4.3-3.9. -0.4. Tremendous cume & low share=TSL. #2 cume, 338-353-323k.  9-10-10. WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 3.7-3.5-3.6 +0.1.  Substantial news resources. #12 cume 126-112-113k.

Baltimore.  11-11-11. WJZ-FM Audacy Sports 3.2-2.9-3.5. +0.6. Just under the Baltimore Top 10.  #11 cume, 136-121-144k.  12-12-TIE 12: WZFT iHeart CHR 2.3-2.4-2.4.  Not moving shares and needs cume #6-8, 222-248-210k. 13-13-TIE 12: WTMD WYPR Public Adult Alternative 2.2-2.3-2.4. +0.1.  Leveling off.  #13 cume, 98-99-103k.  14-14-14. WTOP-FM Hubbard DC News 1.5-1.7-1.9. Strong signal & service in Baltimore. #14, 96-90-98k.   T16-16-TIE 15: WGTS Atlantic Gateway Contemp. Christian 1.2-1.0 1.0. #17 cume, 62-48-57k & TIE 15: WDCH Bloomberg Business News 0.9-0.8-1.0, #18 cume 48-46k.  Under One:  TIE 17 @ 0.9: WBJC Public Classical 0.9, -0.4 #15 cume 83k & WYRE Cortona Media with a +0.9 tie for big June gain. #20 cume, 26k.  19. WEAA Public Jazz 0.7, #16 cume 66-73k.  20. WLIF-HD2 Audacy Gospel 0.6, #19 cume, 41k.  21. WCAO-AM iHeart Gospel 0.4 #21, 22k.  22. WEAA Stream Jazz 0.2 #22 cume 15k, WEAA Total 0.9. WLIF-HD3 Audacy Oldies 0.2, #23 cume 6k.  Times Shamrock WZBA Rock was sold to K-Love Christian.   

PROVIDENCE (45) Pop. 1.5 mil. Hispanic 15.1 %, Black 8.3%. APRIL / MAY / JUNE  2026 CLUSTERS:  iHeart 20.6-21.3-21.5.  Red Wolf 12.6-13.4-12.9. GBH 4.1-3.8-4.4.  Air Love 3.5-3.1-2.9.  RI Public 5.3-1.9-2.0. Incomplete Results without CUMULUS Shares. MAY/JUNE Range: +0.5 / -0.6

1-1-1. WCTK Red Wolf Country 10.1-10.8-10.2. -0.6.  Smart acquisition 2.2 lead.  #2 cume 265-260-277k. 2-2-2. WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 7.4-7.8-8.0. +0.2. Share gain but cume rank dip #2-4 cume, 265-263-255k. 3-3-3. WHJY iHeart Classic Rock 6.9-7.7-7.4. -0.3.  Former #1 stays Top 5 moving #4-3 cume 259-257-268k.  4-4-4. WSNE iHeart Hot A/C 5.5-5.3-5.7. +0.4.  June share gain keeps the surprising #1 cume. 290-295-292k.  5-5-5. WGBH ‘GBH Boston Public News/Talk 3.8-3.4-3.9 +0.5. Top gain. 100kw signal. #6 cume, 78-74-77k.  6-6-6. WLVO (WBRU) Air Love Contemporary Chrisitan. 3.3-3.0-2.7. -0.3. Slips again: #5 cume, 99-90-98k.  9-7-7. WKKB Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 1.2-1.3-1.3. Only RI Hispanic format stays at #7 cume, 54-62-62k.       8-8-8. WNPN Rhode Island Public News/Talk 2.4-1.0-1.1 +0.1. Not much for RI public. #8 cume, 74-57-55k.   7-9-9. WPVD (WVEI/FM Sports sold in Jan) RI Public 2.9-0.9-0.9. -2.0. Strangely low. #11 cume, 90-58-33k.  11-T10-10. WELH Wheeler School Rock stays 0.8 #10-9 cume, 54-55k.  Red Wolf TIE 11 @ 0.7: WNBH-AM Classic Hits #10 cume, 47k & WSKP-AM Oldies #16 cume 12k.   13. WCRB ‘GBH Classical 0.5. #13 cume, 25k.   14. WHJJ-AM iHeart Talk 0.4, #12 cume 26k.  15. WDOM Providence College Variety 0.3 #14, 23k. Air Love Christian TIE 16 @ 0.1: WTKL #15, 12k & WKIV 0.1, #17, 4k.  Sadly, it appears Providence has become boring.

HARTFORD, CT. (57) Pop. 1.11 million. Hispanic 17.2%, Black 13.0%. APRIL / MAY / JUNE 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart: 27.3-27.0-31.0 beats Audacy 28.0-26.0-26.0 by 5.0!  Red Wolf 17.1-17.4-16.8. Connecticut Public 5.1-5.5-4.6.  K-Love 2.2-2.7 2.7.  MAY / JUNE Share Change Range: +1.5 / -1.9

1-T1-1. WWYZ iHeart Country 10.9-9.9-11.0. +1.1. Breaks #1 tie, leads by 2.7. #4 cume, 172-167-186k.    2-T1-2. WRCH Audacy Soft A/C 9.9-9.9-8.3. -1.6. Top dip kills the long time leads. #1 cume, 271-264-253k.   3-3-3. WDRC/FM Red Wolf Classic Rock. 8.7-9.0-8.1. -0.9. Just 0.2 ahead of ‘HCN. #6-7 cume, 147-154-141k.  4-6-4. WHCN iHeart Classic Hits 7.5-6.6-7.3 +1.3. Big gain comes close to DRC/F. #4-5 cume, 169-171-176k.  T6-7-5. WKSS iHeart CHR 6.3-6.2-7.7. +1.5. Top June jump gets back into the Top 5 #3-2 cume, 188-205-227k.   5-5-6. WZMX Audacy Rhythmic CHR 6.5-6.8-7.1. +0.3. Audacy’s one June bright spot. #6 cume, 140-142-156k.  T6-4-7. WTIC/FM Audacy Hot A/C 6.3-7.4-6.9. -0.5. A slip in share & total audience #2-3 cume 228-236-217k.  8-8-8. WNPR Connecticut Public N/T. 5.1-5.5-4.6. -0.9. New leader has a radio mission. #10 cume, 76-73-65k. 9-9-9. WTIC-AM Audacy News/Talk 3.8-3.9-3.7. Once huge #1 as only CT 50kw AM. #12 cume 56-56-55k.  10-10-10. WMRQ Red Wolf Modern Alt. Rock 3.4-3.1-3.1. Steady, might need to adjust. #8 cume 103-109-101k.  T12-T11-TIE 11: WCCC K-Love Christian 2.2-2.7-2.7. Flat. Better to be local. Stays at #11 cume, 64-69-61k.

Hartford.  11-T11-TIE 11: WBOM-AM Red Wolf Urban Adult Contemporary 2.6-2.7-2.7. Good job. #14-13, 50-45-53k.  15-15-13. WUCS iHeart Sports 1.1-1.6-2.3. +0.7. A nice sports lift in between BOS/NYC. #15 cume 32-28-35k.  14-14-14. WMRQ-HD2 Red Wolf Spanish Tropical, 1.6-1.8-2.1. +0.3. Strong HD2 signal. #14 cume 45-49-49k.  12-13-15. WKCI iHeart New Haven CHR 2.2-2.3-1.9. -0.4. takes a dip in competitive Htfd. #9 cume 91-89-81k.  16-16-16. WRYM-AM Trignition Spanish Tropical 0.8-1.0-0.8. #16 cume 25k.  Red Wolf TIE 17 @ 0.4: WNTY-AM Oldies #17 cume 19k & WDRC-AM Talk, #18 cume 13k.  19. WPOP-AM News/Talk 0.2 #19, 6k.  20. WKSS-HD2 RhymCHR 0.0 #20, 3k.   It’s getting interesting in Hartford, especially in the Top 10.

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A hot hazy summer night in the air offers release of the June 2026 Boston radio overall numbers.  I’ve reviewed every ratings edition since July ’71 when I got to work at WBZ AM & FM.  Back in the days of Arbitron there was no June.  April/May was the big book.  July/August was for summer Top 40 and didn’t count. October/November came out too late for Christmas buys and Jan/Feb was just there in the middle. This latest June ’26 Total Audience report is good for Boston music stations but not great for news. Memorable call letters are gone.  Big signals seem wasted.  Many stories in the Naked City

The News category shows Boston University’s WBUR in a strong overall 3rd place.  Iconic 50kw WBZ-AM 1030 is 10th and all resources at WGBH give it 14th.  AM Talk 680 WRKO ranks 16.  The start of summer sports shrinks to a second-tier fight between Sports Hub WBZ/FM 98.5 at 9th vs. WEEI/FM 93.7, tied for 11th place.  50kw WEEI-AM (once significant as 850 WHDH) stays at no show.

The number one 872,000 total weekly WMJX Magic Adult Contemporary audience delivers the top overall share (106.7 as All Hits WBZ/FM was orphaned by Group W).  Classic Hits WROR takes 2nd place (they laughed at the 105.7 WVBF signal).  WBMX Mix Hot A/C is in 4th place on 104.1 (once WBCN – those memorable call letters now available). WXKS Kiss Chart Hit Radio CHR 107.9 settles for 5th and WZLX 100.7 Boston’s lone Classic Rocker follows at 6th.  WXRV 92.5 The River’s unique Adult Alternative playlist is now 7th and Classical WCRB 99.5 is up to 8th (formerly “Wish” WSSH).

Big Hub Signals: WBGB 103.3 Adult Hits (previously CBS WEEI/FM) is tied at 11th.  Jammin’ WJMN 94.5 Rhythmic Top 40 (remember WCOZ?) sits at 13th.  Country WKLB 102.5 (the huge former WCRB signal) is #15. WBQT 96.9 Hot A/C #2 (a big stick as easy listening WJIB ding ding) is stuck at #17.

Without taking away achievements, who let the dogs out?  To credit Mr. Natural, We Keep On Truckin’.  Radio stations with good metro signals are resilient and can go from worst to first!  It takes the right team, great experienced coaching, spirit and showbiz.  Not necessarily big bucks.

In any market, Great Radio is Essential.  Our 24/7 free service brings news, information, talk, weather, sports, traffic, music, personality, entertainment and Local Connections.  Vote For Radio!

Podcasting is nice but still not generating major profit.  Please remember: Licensed Broadcasting with digital delivery is on-air everywhere reaching far and wide with immediate reception.  Don’t forget how radio works:  “All you do is fade your voice out….and cue the organist.”  To be continued..

Congratulations for the 58th On-Air Anniversary of WWUH-FM University of Hartford, July 15, 1968.