MARCH 27, 2026 – FEBRUARY NOR’EAST RADIO
TOTAL PERS. MON-SUN : BOSTON, NEW YORK CITY, LONG ISLAND,
PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON DC, BALTIMORE, PROVIDENCE & HARTFORD
CLARK SMIDT, Advisor / Connector. Boston Broadcast Management since 1970.
www.broadcastideas.com ** 978 502 6633 ** clarkfsmidt@gmail.com
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BOSTON (10) Population 4.543 mil. Hispanic 13.0% Black 8.7%
HOLIDAY ’25 / JAN /FEB 2026 CLUSTERS: Boston Spreads Out. Heart 18.6-22.4-22.8 over Beasley 2.3-5.2: 17.4-20.1-17.6 & Audacy by 7.6: 23.8-26.9-19.4. WGBH/WCRB 6.8-6.6-7.4. WBUR 4.0-4.5-5.2. JAN/FEB Change Range: +1.0 / -2.3
1-2-1. WMJX Audacy A/C 13.5-6.2-6.2. Flat and just an 0.5 lead at the top. Cume stays #1: 1.23m-780-827k
6-3-2. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 4.6-5.5-5.7. Slight 0.2 gain for the former #1. Keeps #3 cume 593-594-604k.
T4-T7-TIE 3: WWBX Audacy Hot A/C 4.7-4.5-5.3. +0.8. 5 stations within 1.0 share. #7-6 cume 470-453-498k.
1-2-TIE 3: WBZ/FM Beasley Sports 6.3-7.6-5.3. -2.3. A strange big dip hurts BBGI. #4-8 cume 517-565-391k.
T8-T7-5. WBUR Boston University News/Talk 4.0-4.5-5.2. +0.7. Back into Top 5. #12-11 cume, 244-298-297k.
7-4-6. WXKS/FM iHeart CHR 4.5-5.1-4.9. -0.2. Long-time champ still struggles to win. #2 cume 635-595-645k.
3-5-TIE 7: WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk 4.8-5.0-4.3. Lots of needed news, weather, traffic. #10, 313-332-331k.
T8-T10-TIE 7: WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 4.0-3.8-4.3. +0.5. Is the only rocker stale? #5 cume 531-471-520k.
11-T10-TIE 9: WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 3.6-3.8-3.9. Music box with more potential. #4 cume! 515-486-546k.
13-T10-TIE 9: WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative 3.4-3.8-3.9. Nicely stays Top 10 on #10 cume 347-361-325k.
14-14-11. WGBH ‘GBH News/Talk 3.2-3.5-3.8. Appears to grow. 1.2 below WBUR. #12 cume 230-258-274k.
12-15-12. WCRB ‘GBH Classical 3.5-3.3-3.6. At least a decent 3+ share. Settles at #16 cume on 192-220-211k.
T4-6-14. WEEI/FM Audacy Sports 4.7-4.8-3.5. -1.3. ‘BZFM up by 1.8. Get your Sox On! #14 cume 355-231k.
10-9-14. WKLB Beasley Country 3.8-4.0-3.4. Slips -0.6, now 2.6-1.8 over The Bull. #11-13 cume 327-347-282k
15-13-15. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 2.6-3.6-3.2. -0.4. Important Hub service hangs in. #19 cume 107-118-106k.
17-17-16. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 2.0-2.0-3.0. +1.0. Just when you think it’s dead. #12-9, 306-339343k.
16-16-17. WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 2.3-2.6-2.9. +0.3. Costly op. trails WWBX by 1.9-2.4. #8-7, 431-425-454k.
T19-20-18. WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical 1.4-1.1-1.5. +0.4. A break or wobble? #17-18 cume 111-136-148k.
21-18-TIE 19: WBWL iHeart Country 1.2-1.2-1.4. 2 FM total country share=5.4-4.8. #15 cume 199-215-217k.
19-19-TIE 19: WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 1.4-1.3-1.4. Good non-comm at #17 cume 203-195k.
22-21-21. WBOS Beasley Bloomberg Business 1.0-1.0-1.2 #20 cume, 110-95k. 23-22-22. WCCM-AM Costa Spanish CHR 0.8-0.8-0.9 #22-14 cume 41-31k. 24-23-23. WKVB (WAAF) Air Love Christian 0.6-0.6-0.6.
Dismal #21 cume, 89k. 3-WAY TIE 24 @ 0.3: WNKC Air Love Contemp. Christian. K-Love 0.9 total. #23
cume 38k; TIE 24: WRCA-AM Beasley Classic Rock #23, 54-38k & TIE 24: WMEX-AM now without Justice
(Larry) #26 cume 12k. 27. WXKS-AM iHeart Talk 0.2, #25, 28k. WXKS-AM iHeart Talk 0.4, #24, 24k. TIE 28 @ 0.1: WBGB Audacy Variety, #27, 10k & TIE 28: WEEI-AM Audacy 50kw Sports 28, 7k. 0.0: WCAI
‘GBH N/T #27, 8k & WBGB Stream. Cumulus does not subscribe. Exciting opportunities for Boston Radio.
NEW YORK (1) Pop. 16.93 million. Hispanic 26.2% Black 16.4%
HOLIDAY ’25 / JAN /FEB 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 28.2-25.5-25.4 over Audacy 20.4-22.7-22.4 by 3.0. Spanish Broadcasting 9.3-8.9-8.6. MediaCo. Holding 7.2-7.4-7.6. WNYC Public 6.5-7.1-7.2. Red Apple WABC-AM/WLIR 4.1-4.5-4.5.
11 Stations Top 1 million cume. No big January/February Share Changes. Range: +0.5 / -0.6.
2-1-1. WINS-FM Audacy News 6.2-7.5-7.8. +0.3. Consistently has the #5 cume with 1.92-1.85-1.97 million.
1-2-2. WLTW iHeart A/C 12.5-7.0-7.4. +0.4. Now out of Top position. Cume continues #1: 4.57-3.88-3.64 mil.
5-4-3. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.6-5.3-5.3. No gain but gets into Top 5 on #2 cume 2.39-2.36-2.43 mil.
3-3-TIE 4: WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 5.6-5.4-5.0. -0.4. #1 of 6 Hispanics holds #8 cume. 1.75-1.7-1.52mil.
4-T5-TIE 4: WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.3-5.1-5.0. Slips a notch. Major CHR goes up #4-3 cume. 2.18-2.03-2.18 mil.
T6-T5-TIE 4: WNYC/FM Public News/Talk 4.4-5.1-5.0. Here’s a 3-way tie. Cume is #15-16 on 746-728-672k.
T9-8-7. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 3.4-4.3-4.5. +0.2. Another Top Rock #8-7 cume gain 1.55-1.57-1.63 million.
8-9-TIE 8: WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 4.0-4.2-4.4. #1 NYC AM. Repeats as LI #2. #18 cume, 527-397-426k.
T6-7-TIE 8: WBLS MediaCo. Urban A/C 4.1-4.6-4.4. Leads Urban WWPR 0.8 on #10 cume 1.22-1.24-1.24mil.
T9-T12-10. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 3.4-3.8-3.8. Back up into the Top 10. #6 cume 1.82-1.72-1.69 million.
12-10-11. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 2.9-4.0-3.6. -0.4. Still chasing ‘BLS. #11 cume 11.1-1.2-1.16mil.
13-T12-TIE 12: WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR. 3.1-3.7-3.3. -0.4. Ranging #4-3-4 cume. 2.07-2.11-2.02 million.
14-11-12. WFAN Audacy Sports 2.7-3.9-3.3. -0.6. 0.0 stream is no help. Holding at #15 cume dips 763-813-740k.
13-14-14. WQHT MediaCo. Rhythmic-CHR 2.8-3.1-3.2. Fairly small steady gains. #9 cume 1.34-1.35-1.32 mil.
15-15-15. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.5-2.0-2.4 +0.4. 2nd of 8 Hispanic stations. Keeps #13 cume 796-754-783k.
16-16-TIE 16: WQXR-FM WNYC Public Classical 2.1-1.9-2.1. Feb up tick. Holding #20 cume, 357-294-317k.
16-18-TIE 16: WPLJ Air Love Contemporary Christian 2.0-1.6-2.1. +0.5. Staying at #17 cume, 664-524-558k.
20-17-18. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.4-1.4-1.7. Here’s a welcome +0.3 gain. #14-11 cume 833-787-846k
19-T20-TIE 19: WEPN Emmis A/C 1.6-1.4-1.6. Big share gains are still to come. #16-14 cume 728-709-773k.
21-22-TIE 19: WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.0-1.4-1.6. +0.2. Stays behind WABC by 2.8. #21 cume, 260-259-274k.
21-19-TIE 19: WSKQ Stream Spanish Tropical SBS 1.2-1.5-1.1. Only stream above 0.3. #24 cume, 289-259k.
T18-18-TIE 20: WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 1.6-1.7-1.4. Hispanic share total 11.0. #12-13, 847-777k.
3-WAY TIE 22 @ 0.7: WKXW Townsquare Talk #23 cume 257-283; TIE 22: WFUV Fordham University Adult
Alternative #25, 229k & best wishes Chuck Singleton; TIE 22: WNUV Hope Spanish Contemp. Christian #33
cume 199-131k. 3-WAY TIE 25 @ 0.5: WMGQ Beasley A/C #22, 242-285k; TIE 25: WBBR-AM Bloomberg
Business News #32 cume, 127-133k & TIE 25: WFDU Fairleigh Dickenson Univ. Oldies #30 cume 149k. TIE
28 @ 0.4: WHUD Pamal A/C #19, 337-370k & WDHA Beasley Rock #26, 173-210k. TIE 30 @ 0.4: WBGO
+ 0.3 Stream = 0.7 at #27, 191k & WKMK Press Country #29 134-159k. 3-WAY TIE 32 @ 0.3: WWZY Press
Classic Rock #28, 174k; WARW K-Love Christian #31 cume 128k & WBGO Stream, #41, 46k. 4-WAY TIE
35 @ 0.2: WXPK Pamal Adult Alt; WJLK Townsquare Hot A/C; WINS-HD2 Audacy Mod. Alt Rock &
WXBK-HD2 Audacy Country. Audacy Stream for WINS & WFAN are 0.0. NYC Feb. low share level changes.
LONG ISLAND (21) Pop. 2.55 mil. Hispanic 20.4%, Black 10.2%.
HOLIDAY ’25 / JAN /FEB 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 18.7-24.1-25.2 leads iHeart 21.9-18.1-17.5 by 7.7. Connoisseur 14.0-12.6-13.1. Cox Media Group 7.9-9.6-8.7. Red Apple 7.1-8.1-6.8. Jan/Feb Change Range: +1.4 / -0.9 * LI Stations
3-1-1. WINS-FM Audacy News 7.0-9.2-10.6. +1.4 & 4.6 lead. Stream = 0.0. Keeps #1 cume 421-441-424k.
4-2-2. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk. 6.5-6.3-6.0. -0.3. The Big NYC 77 signal scores #16 LI cume 132-129-108k.
2-5-3. WALK* Connoisseur Adult Contemporary 7.6-5.6-5.7. Feb. is starting to regain. #3 cume 478-373-352k.
5-3-4. WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.6-5.8-5.5. +0.3. 0.7 over local CHR WBLI. #6-5-4 cume is steady 345-339-338k.
6-4-5. WBLI* Cox CHR 4.3-5.7-4.8. -0.9. Slips to become the #2 LI station. #5-4-6 cume is off 352-339-297k.
7-7-TIE 6: WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.2-4.4-4.5. Share +0.1 while a #7-3-2 cume grows 330-344-356k.
T8-6-TIE 6: WFAN Audacy Sports 3.6-5.2-4.5. -0.7. 0.0 stream, as with WINS. Cume #11-12, 160-171-154k.
T11-9-8. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 2.5-3.7-4.3. +0.6. Sole LI market Hot A/C #11-10 cume 225-219-230k.
T8-8-9. WBAB* Cox Classic Rock 3.6-3.9-3.9. #3 Local station. Former leader holds #7 cume, 295-292-288k.
1-10-10. WLTW Audacy Adult Contemporary 8.5-3.5-3.2. -0.3. Stays #1 NY. LI cume goes #6-5, 533-334-320k.
T11-12-TIE 11: WKJY* Connoisseur A/C 2.5-2.9-3.1. Former #1 LI share is now #9-8 cume on 275-264-264k.
10-11-TIE 11: WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 3.3-3.4-3.1. -0.3 for New York’s Top Rock #9 cume, 252-272-246k.
T14-13-13. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.7-2.2-3.0. +0.8. Good signal on LI. Share gain on 20-21 cume, 61-54-54k.
T17-16-14. WWWF* Connoisseur Country 1.4-1.6-1.8. +0.2. Lone LI Country up #15-13 cume 130-126-130k.
T14-14-15. WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR 1.7-1.9-1.7. -0.2. Slipping with the #10-11 LI cume at 231-231-201k.
16-17-16. WHLI-AM* Connoisseur Oldies 1.6-1.5-1.4. Still ahead of sister FM WWSK. #18 cume, 81-78-89k.
T19-18-17. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 1.1-1.4-1.3. #19 cume 80-78-85k. 21-T22-18: WWSK* Connoisseur Rock
0.9-1.0-1.1. #14 cume, 151-127-123k. T19-19-TIE 19: WWPR iHeart Urban Contemp. 1.1-1.3-1.0 #15 cume
130-103-116k. 21-20-TIE 19: WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 1.0-1.1-1.0, #17 cume, 107-103-97k, there has been no LI local Spanish. 22-T22-21. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 0.8-1.0-0.9. #20 cume 74-64k. 24-15-22.
WLIR* Red Apple Talk 0.6-1.8-0.8. -1.0. Add WABC=6.8 #22 cume, 34-19k. 3-WAY TIE 23 @ 0.3: WINS-
HD2 Audacy Mod. Alt. Rock #23 cume 20k; TIE 23: WSKQ Stream SBS Spanish Tropical, #24 cume 20-18k,
Total WSKQ 1.3 & TIE 23: WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business News #25, 18k. 26. WNEW-HD2 Audacy Smooth Jazz #26 cume, 17k. Streams mostly disappear, just like New York.
PHILADELPHIA (9) Pop. 4.85 mil. Black 20.5%, Hispanic 10.6%. HOL ’25 / JAN /FEB 2026 CLUSTERS Audacy 35.9-28.3-27.1 leads Beasley 19.6-23.3-23.8 by 3.3 & iHeart 14.4-14.8-15.5 by 11.6. Urban One. 4.5-4.9-5.1 ties Air Love 4.8-4.8-5.1. WHYY 3.9-5.2-4.9. Jan/Feb Change Range: +1.1 / -2.0.
T2-T3-TIE 1: WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 5.9-6.6-7.1. +0.5. BBGI Ties at the Top! #2 cume 721-733-744k.
T2-2-TIE 1: WMMR Beasley Rock. 5.9-7.1-7.1. steady. Big market topping tie. #5 cume with 616-631-617k.
1-6-TIE 3: WBEB Audacy A/C 17.0-5.4-6.5 +1.1. Top Feb gain. Audacy has #3-4-5. #1 cume at 1.7-1.03-1.1mil.
4-1-TIE 3: WIP-FM Audacy Sports 5.5-8.5-6.5. -2.0. Top Dip but has great sports at #9 cume, 662-685-610k.
3-T3-5. KYW-AM Audacy News 3.6-6.6-6.3. -0.3. Top 5 but no help from the stream. #7-6 cume, 469-547-535k.
5-5-6. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 5.3-5.7-6.1. +0.4. Steady share growth. Holding at the #8 cume, 504-508-508k.
6-8-7. WVKP Air Love Contemporary Christian. 4.6-4.7-5.0. A post-holiday gain. #15-14 cume, 328-310-348k
7-7-8. WHYY Public News/Talk 3.9-5.2-4.9. -0.3. Solid Top 10 Public Radio keeps #14 cume, 299-364-348k.
8-9-9. WXTU Beasley Country 3.8-4.4-4.3 +0.6. Hangs on in the Philly Top 10. Holds #10 cume, 412-438-466k.
14-10-10. WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 2.7-3.6-4.2. +0.6. Finally, getting help from a big #3 cume, 624-672-698k.
T11-12-11. WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 2.8-3.3-3.5. +0.2. Low share rank with stronger #4 cume, 606-644-651k.
10-11-TIE 12: WXPN U. Penn. Adult Alternative 3.3-3.4-3.2. Impressive non-comm. #18 cume, 247-257-258k.
T11-16-TIE 12: WUSL iHeart Urban Contemporary 2.8-2.6-3.2. +0.6 with a steady #13 cume, 407-391-363k.
T11-13-TIE 14: WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.8-2.9-2.7. -0.2. Philly’s Top CHR holds on to #7 cume on 525-499-510k.
16-15-TIE 14: WPPZ Urban One R&B Oldies 2.5-2.7-2.7. Needing stronger classics? #17 cume 275-280-276k.
T19-T14-16. WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 1.7-2.7-2.5. -0.2. Nice PR presence but staying at #25 cume, 95-77-79k.
17-T17-17. WRNB Urban One Contemporary 2.0-2.2-2.4. Still looking to move on up. #15 cume, 340-302-312k.
16-T17-18. WRFF iHeart Modern Alternative Rock 2.22.2-2.1. WXPN ahead by 1.1. #11 cume, 442-399-441k.
T18-T19-19: WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 2.0-1.7-1.8. CHR’s often have stronger cumes, dips #9-11. 477-480-435k.
21-T19-20. WRTI Temple University Classical 1.5-1.8-1.5. Another solid non-comm. #23 cume, 121-131-142k.
23-T24-TIE 21. WPST Townsquare CHR 0.9-0.9-1.4. +0.5 #21-20 cume 210-219k. T22-22-TIE 21. WUMR
iHeart Spanish CHR 1.3-1.3-1.4. Market’s only Hispanic #20-21 cume, 224-227-190k. 21-23-23. WPEN Beasley
Sports 1.3-1.6-1.1. -0.5. Tough WIP competition. Cume #19-22, 231-255-169k. T25-23-24. WKXW Townsquare
Talk 1.0 #24 cume, 88-92k. 25. WSTW Forever Media Hot A/C. 0.8. #22-19 cume, 200-246k. 26. WKXW
Stream Townsquare Talk 0.3 (Total 1.3) #29, 9-14k. 27. WXCY Forever Media Country 0.2, #26 cume 30k.
TIE 28 @ 0.1: WSJO Townsquare Hot A/C #27 cume, 25k & TIE 28: WYPA Air Love Soft Christian #28, 12-19k. KYW-AM, WIP/FM & WPHT Streams don’t show. The City of Brotherly Radio Ties has a total of 6.
WASHINGTON DC (8) Pop. 5.29 million. Black 26.9% Hispanic 18%.
HOL ’25 / JAN /FEB 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 23.3-20.3-20.5 leads Hubbard 11.5-13.7-15.5, American University 9.9-11.1-12.0, Audacy 8.7-8.7-9.0, Urban One 9.0-7.6-7.9, Howard University 6.1-6.8-7.2, All Christian 6.0-6.6-6.1, WETA 3.5-3.8-4.0. Jan/Feb Change Range: +1.7 / -1.1.
1-1-1. WTOP/FM Hubbard News 11.3-13.5-15.2. +1.7. The Top DC Service Keeps #1 cume 815-851-923k.
3-2-2. WAMU American University News /Talk 9.8-11.0-11.8. +0.8. Often #1 DC share. #3 cume 538-562-621k.
4-3-3. WHUR Howard University Urban Adult Contemporary 5.9-6.6-7.0. +0.4. Stays at 456-487-534k.
5-T4-4. WWDC iHeart Modern Alt. Rock 4.8-5.4-5.4. Impressive Major Mkt. Alt. #6-8 cume, 423-459.7-475k.
2-6-5. WASH-FM iHeart Adult Contemporary 10.1-4.9-4.6. -0.3. Feb Maintains the #2 cume. 1.08mil-719-775k.
7-T4-6. WGTS Public Christian Contemporary 4.5-5.4-4.3 -1.1. DC prayers kept alive #13 cume 265-270-274k.
9-7-7. WETA Public Classical 3.5-3.8-4.0. Good to have a Top 10 major classical FM. #14 cume 261-239-249k.
11-8-8. WZMQ iHeart Country 2.8-3.6-4.0. +0.4. Stays in the DC Top 10 posting a #13-14 cume 255-241-247k.
10-9-9. WBIG iHeart Classic Rock 3.0-3.3-3.3. Top 10 but not that big. Holding at #7 DC cume 446-459.6-491k
13-10-10. WIHT iHeart CHR 2.5-3.2-3.2. Steady. Top DC CHR has lower shares with a #5 cume 515-485-515k.
6-11-11. WMMJ Urban One Adult Contemporary 4.5-2.9-2.8. -0.1. No recovery yet. 10-9 cume, 343-307-320k.
14-T14-TIE 12: WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 2.3-2.1-2.4. +0.3. Perhaps a fix is on. #4-8-6 cume 477-417-493k.
15-12-TIE 12: WPGC Audacy Rhythmic CHR 2.6-2.4-2.4. Unique format moves up #10-9 cume 302-307-369k.
19-16-14. WJFK Audacy Sports 0.9-1.9-2.1. +0.2. On the rise without Audacy streams #16 cume. 108-117-117k.
15-T14-15. WKYS Urban One Contemporary 2.3-2.1-2.0. Rebound postponed. #11 cume, stays 327-277-277k.
16-13-16. WPRS Urban One Inspirational Gospel 1.8-2.3-1.9 -0.4. Not much praise for #20 cume, 105-64-101k.
17-17-17. WLZL-FMAudacy Spanish Tropical 1.6-1.4-1.4. Top Hispanic sitting still. #15 cume, 245-138-142k.
20-18-TIE 18: WLVW Air Love Christian 0.8-0.7-1.2. +0.5. Does it pay with a #15-17-19 cume? 120-104-103k.
xx-xx-TIE 18: WLNO Urban One Spanish CHR. 0.1-0.3-1.2. +0.9. New. Hispanic Total: 2.8. #17 cume, 117k.
T19-20. WFLS Connoisseur Country 0.7-0.6-0.7. #19, at 86-85k. T21-21. WBQB Chesapeake-Portsmouth Hot
A/C #22-21 cume, 64-92k. T23-22. WDCH Audacy Business News #23 cume 62-72k. TIE 23 @ 0.4: WRBS
Bright Contemp. Christian #25-24 cume, 55-70k; & TIE 23: WTEM-AM Audacy Sports #27-29 cume, 47-27k.
TIE 25 @ 0.3: WWEG Manning Classics Hits #18, 88-105k; TIE 25: WSHE-AM Hubbard Adult Alt. #27, 35k;
TIE 25: WIAD-HD2 Audacy Hot A/C #31, 23-21k. 3-WAY TIE 28 @ 0.3: WAIW Air Love Contemp. Christian
#28 cume, 39-33k; WHUR-HD2 Howard Univ. Urban A/C #33, 18k & WAMU-HD2 American U. #35, 9k. News is Essential in DC. Strong Non-Comms. Only slight changes in share rank. Cumulus not listed.
BALTIMORE (23) Pop. 2.47million. Black 30.9%. Hispanic 8.1%.
HOL’25/ JAN/FEB 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy back on top by 0.5: 19.5-12.9-14.0, Urban One 18.0-14.1-13.5, iHeart 11.0-12.2-12.0, Hearst 7.0-8.3-8.1, YPR Public 5.4-7.1-6.9, Christian/Gospel 5.4-5.0-5.3. Hol/Jan Jan/Feb Change Range +1.7 / -1.2
2-1-1. WWIN Urban One Urban A/C 9.2-9.7-8.9. +0.2. Stays up at #1 by 3.1-3.5. #2-4 cume 265-280-276k.
T9-9-2. WWMX Audacy Hot Adult Contemporary 3.3-3.7-5.4, +1.7. Quite a Big Jump. #5 cume 281-242-249k.
4-2-3. WPOC iHeart Country 5.1-5.6-5.3. -0.3. Nice Top 3 Country showing. Holds at #7 cume 214-196-187k.
5-4-4. WIYY Hearst Rock 4.6-5.0-5.2. +0.2. Leading WQSR by 0.9 & WZBA by 2.8. #8-6 cume, 277-181-231k.
1-T7-5. WLIF Audacy Adult Contemporary. 11.6-4.1-4.7. +0.6. February rebound keeps #1 cume 557-344-419k.
3-3-6. WERQ Urban One Urban Contemporary 6.9-5.4-4.5. -0.8. Added share dip but #7-3 cume 286-246-275k.
7-6-7. WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 3.8-4.2-4.3 +0.1. Impressive cume & lower share=TSL. #2 cume, 280-274-330k.
T9-T7-8. WYPR Public News/Talk 3.3-4.1-3.9. -0.2. Content insures YPR in Top 10. #12 cume, 101-126-124k.
6-5-9. WJZ-FM Audacy Sports 4.2-4.6-3.4 -1.2. Feb. Big dipper in the Top 10. Steady #11 cume, 153-146-128k.
13-13-10. WTMD ‘YPR Public Adult Alternative 2.1-3.0-3.0. Steady. Admired Top 10. #14-13 cume, 94-114k.
12-12-TIE 11: WRBS Bright Contemporary Christian 3.4-3.2-2.9. -0.3. Prayers slip #9-10 cume, 173-157-142k.
12-11-TIE 11: WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 2.4-3.3-2.9. -0.4. News should be stronger. #14 cume, 88-102-92k.
11-10-13. WZBA Times Shamrock Classic Rock 2.7-3.5-2.4. -1.1. #2 Feb. big dip. #8-6-8 cume 190-197-194k.
15-15-14. WZFT iHeart CHR 1.5-1.9-1.9. Flat. TSL check on a Top 10 cume gain #10-9 cume, 188-154-185k.
14-14-15. WBJC Public Classical 1.7-2.1-1.7. -0.4. Playing up & down scales. Dips #16-18 cume, 81-77-90k.
18-17-16. WGTS Atlantic Gateway Contemporary Christian 0.9-0.9-1.6. +0.7 Holding at #18 cume, 49-44-60k.
17-16-17. WTOP-FM Hubbard DC News 1.0-1.4-1.2. -0.2. Strong Baltimore signal. #15-16 cume, 68-87-83k.
19-18-18. WDCH DC Bloomberg Business News #19 cume 39-48k. 22-19. WEAA Public Jazz. 0.5-0.5-0.7 #17
cume, 55-68k. T19-20. WCAO-AM iHeart Inspirational Gospel 0.5, #21 cume 21k. 21-21. WLIF-HD2 Audacy
Inspirational Gospel 0.3 #20, 28k. T19-22. WEAA Stream Public Jazz 0.2 #22 cume 10k, Total WEAA 0.9. 23.
Audacy TIE @ 01: WJZ-AM Sports #23, 6k & WLIF-HD3 Oldies #24 cume, 5k. Most interesting market with DC proximity.
PROVIDENCE (45) Pop. 1.5 mil. Hispanic 15.1%, Black 8.3%. HOL ’25/JAN 2026
CLUSTERS: Great Timing: Red Wolf just announced purchase of the iconic Hall Communications Cluster & WCTK is #1. iHeart 19.5-21.3-21.3, Hall Comm/Red Wolf 9.0-8.8-11.1, WGBH 2.8-3.5-3.5. Air Love 3.1-2.5-3.1. RI Public Radio 1.7-2.1-2.3. January / February Range: +1.6 / -0.9
5-2-1. WCTK Hall/Red Wolf Country 6.6-7.8-9.1. +1.6. Big jump; 1.4 market lead. #2 cume. 219-222-227k.
3-1-2. WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 7.0-7.9-7.7. -0.2. A Solid second place settles in at #4 cume, 203-218-202k.
5-4-3. WHJY iHeart Classic Rock 7.2-6.2-6.6. +0.4. Former #1 gets both share & #3 cume gain, 188-186-217k.
7-3-4. WSNE iHeart Hot A/C 4.7-6.3-5.4. -0.9. Ties Top Dip. Grows without Cumulus. #1 cume 256-276-263k.
10-6-5. WGBH-FM ‘GBH Boston Public News/Talk 2.5-3.2-3.4 +0.2. 100kw signal. Up #7-6 cume, 60-65-75k.
8-7-6. WLVO (WBRU) Air Love Contemporary Chrisitian. 3.0-2.8-3.1. +0.3. Gaining at #5 cume, 104-96-100k.
9-5-7. WVEI/FM Audacy Sports 3.0-2.9-3.7. Big Signal Sold January to RI Public Radio. #7 cume, 70-92-70k.
11-8-8. WNPN Rhode Island Public News/Talk 1.7-2.1-2.3. RI non-comm is growing. #12-8 cume, 51-41-55k.
14-T9-9. WHJJ-AM iHeart Talk 0.8-0.9-1.6. Must vote AM Radio preservation into law. #11 cume, 28-36-33k.
13-T9-10. WKKB Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 1.2-0.9-1.0. The Only RI Hispanic format. #9 cume, 49-40-49k.
15-T11-11. WNBH-AM Hall/Red Wolf Classic Hits 0.7-0.5-0.7 #10 cume, 40k. 12. WELH Wheeler School
Rock 0.6 #12 cume, 32k. 13. WDOM Providence College Variety 0.4 #13 cume 26k. 14. WSKP-AM Red Wolf
Oldies 0.3 #15 cume 10k. 15. WCRB ‘GBH Classical 0.1 #14 cume, 23-12k. 3-WAY TIE 16 @ 0.0: WTKL Air
Love Christian, #16, 5k; WVEI Stream Audacy Sports & WJMF Bryant U. Classical. Shuffles are interesting.
HARTFORD (57) Pop. 1.11 million. Hispanic 17.2%, Black 13.0%.
HOL’25/ JAN/FEB 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 35.8-28.8-29.8 as the lead over iHeart grows 2.1 to 5.3: 22.8-26.7-24.5. Red Wolf 13.6-14.2-16.8. Connecticut Public 5.0-6.2-6.9. January / February Share Change Range: +1.8 / -1.0
1.1.1. WRCH Audacy Soft A/C 19.4-11.5-11.8. +0.3. Holiday blip over, 3.2 mkt lead. #1 cume: 359-246-245k
3-T3-2. WDRC/FM Red Wolf Classic Rock. 6.6-6.8-8.6. +1.8. Big gainer. Interesting #6-7 cume, 130-132-137k.
2-2-3. WWYZ iHeart Country 8.2-9.4-8.4. -1.0. Top Dip. Iconic CT Country keeps the #4 cume, 132-152-155k.
T5-5-4. WZMX Audacy Rhythmic CHR 6.2-6.6-7.3. +0.7. Nice gain for Audacy. #7-6 cume, 125-125-140k.
T5-T3-TIE 5: WKSS iHeart CHR 5.6-6.8-6.9. +0.1. Stays in Top 5 on very respectable #3 cume, 191-193-181k.
8-T6-TIE 5: WNPR Connecticut Public N/T. 5.0-6.2-6.9. +0.7. Leads WTIC/AM by 2.0. #11 cume, 66-74-84k.
T7-T5-7. WTIC/FM Audacy Hot A/C 5.6-5.6-6.2. +0.6. Solid Jan. gains from the #3-2 cume 204-177-196k.
7-8-8. WHCN iHeart Classic Hits 5.2-5.8-5.5 -0.3. Getting squeezed. WDRC/FM up 3.1 #5 cume, 150-141-148k.
9-9-9. WTIC-AM Audacy News/Talk 3.9-4.0-4.5. +0.5. Only CT 50kw AM needs spark. #11 cume 59-64-68k.
10-10-10. WMRQ Red Wolf Modern Alt. Rock 2.8-3.8-3.8. Holding. Nice Alt. presence. #8 cume 104-103-93k.
11-11-11. WKCI iHeart New Haven CHR 2.2-2.6-2.4. -0.2. A competitive CHR market. #8-7 cume 84-104-97k.
12-T14-12. WBOM-AM Red Wolf Urban Adult Contemporary 2.0-1.5-2.2. +0.7 Fine translator. #13, 45-41-43k.
13-T12-13. WCCC Air Love Christian 1.8-1.7-1.8. Sad this big signal isn’t more local. #10 cume, 49-57-58k.
12-14-TIE 14: WMRQ-HD2 Red Wolf Spanish Tropical, 2.1-1.6-1.5. Good HD2 slides. #15 cume 48-40-39k.
15-T12-TIE 15: WUCS iHeart Sports 1.4-1.7-1.1. Tough to be in between BOS & NYC. #14 cume 36k-40-33k.
16-16-TIE 15: WRYM-AM Trignition Spanish Tropical 0.8-0.9-1.1. #15 cume 32-30k. 17. WDRC-AM Red Wolf Talk 0.4, #16 cume, 12k. TIE 18 @ 0.2: WPOP-AM iHeart News/Talk #17 cume, 11-7k & WNTY-AM
Red Wolf Oldies #18 cume 7k. 20. Audacy WTIC Streams FM Hot A/C & AM News/Talk 0.0 share & cume.
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