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NOR’EAST RADIO – SEPT 12, 2026 – August Results.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2026    AUGUST 2026   NOR’EAST RADIO TOTAL PERS. MON-SUN :  BOSTON, NEW YORK, LONG ISLAND, PHILADELPHIA, WASH. DC, BALTIMORE, PROVIDENCE, HARTFORD & MORE.

CLARK SMIDT, Advisor / Connector.  www.broadcastideas.com    978 502 6633    clarkfsmidt@gmail.com   Celebrating 60 years of Broadcasting

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BOSTON (10) Population 4.543 mil. Hispanic 13.0%. Black 8.7%. JUNE / JULY / AUGUST CLUSTERS: Heart 24.1-23.3-23.1 continues over #2 Audacy 20.0-19.2-19.4 by 3.7 & Beasley 16.4-17.0-15.7 by 7.4. WGBH/WCRB 7.6-7.4-8.8.  #1 WBUR 5.9-6.8-7.9.  JULY/AUGUST ’26 Share Change Range: +1.1 / -0.6*  

3-1-1. WBUR Boston University News/Talk 5.9-6.8-7.9. +1.1 Top Gain, 3 of 4 wins! #13 cume 293-279-261k.    5-3-2. WXKS/FM iHeart CHR 5.2-6.2-6.3 +0.1. Haven’t seen a #2 share in some time. #2 cume 726-665-727k.         1-2-3. WMJX Audacy A/C 6.6-6.5-6.0. –0.5.  Is the Magic slip showing? Keeps #1 cume by 95k: 872-846-822k.   6-6-4. WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 5.1-5.0-5.6. +0.6. Lone Hub rocker into Top 5. Stays #4 cume 552-519-593k. 2-4-5. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 6.0-5.8-5.5. -0.3.  Now Beasley Boston’s best. Holds #3 cume 629-605-667k.  4-5-6. WWBX Audacy Hot A/C 5.6-5.6-5.0. -0.6*.  Below Top 5 in both share & cume. Stays #6 524-502-519k.           8-7-7. WCRB ‘GBH Classical 4.3-4.3-4.5. +0.2. Two Top 10 non-mainstream music formats. #16, 176-205-210k. T11-12-8.  WEEI/FM Audacy Sports 3.8-3.5-4.3. +0.8.  A big hit with our Red Sox! #12-8 cume, 281-313-363k.  7-9-9. WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative 4.8-3.9-4.2. +0.3. Sleepy competition=Top10. #7cume! 381-388-393k.  T11-T10-TIE 10: WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 3.8-3.6-4.1. +0.4. Cost-efficient radio. Big #5 cume, 519-514-526k. 9-8-TIE 10: WBZ/FM Beasley Sports 4.0-4.1-4.1.  A tough summer for the former #1.  #9 cume 315-347-351k.

14-15-12. WGBH ‘GBH News/Talk 3.2-3.0-3.2. +0.2. ‘CRB is up 1.3. WBUR leads by 4.7. #14, 229-211-220k.  15-T10-TIE 13: WKLB Beasley Country 3.1-3.6-3.1. -0.5. Leading the Bull 1.8-1.5. #11 cume, 342-315-321k.  10-T13-TIE 13: WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk 3.9–3.2-3.1. -0.1.  Major disappointment.  #12 cume 279-274-282k.  17-T13-15. WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 2.9-3.2-2.7. -0.5.  Expensive. Without the gain. #7 cume on 467-455-454k.  16-17-16. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 3.0-2.7-2.6. -0.1. AM Talker hangs in for iHeart. #20-19 cume, 115-101-114k.  13-16-17. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 3.3-2.9-2.3. -0.6*. Hurts KISS at what cost?  #10 cume 343-347-327k.  20-19-18. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 1.2-1.4-1.9. +0.5. Gains a notch. #17 cume 149-150-163k.  19-18-19. WBWL iHeart Country 1.5-1.7-1.6. -0.1. Room for two in the format? Total 4.7. #17 cume, 192-220k.  18-20-20. WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical 1.6-1.1-1.2. Expect more from 13% Hispanic pop. #19, 169-137-148k.  22-21. WBOS Bloomberg Business 0.8-0.8-1.1. #22-20 cume, 66-91k.  Under One: 22. WKVB (WAAF) K-Love Christian 0.7 #21, 74k.  TIE 23 @ 0.3: WRCA-AM Beasley Classic Rock #22, 52-71k & WXKS-AM iHeart Talk #23 29k. 25. WNKC 0.2 K-Love #24, 14k. TIE 26 @ 0.1: WCAI ‘GBH N/T & WJMN-HD2 iHeart N/T.

NEW YORK (1) Pop. 16.93 million. Hispanic 26.2%. Black 16.4%.  JUNE / JULY / AUGUST 2026 CLUSTERS:  iHeart 26.2-26.0-25.5 leads Audacy 23.1-22.3-23.7 by 3.7-1.8.  MediaCo. 6.4-7.2-7.4.   Spanish Broadcasting 8.0-7.3-6.5.  WNYC Public 7.6-7.2-5.7.  Red Apple 3.9-4.5-4.7.                         11 Stations Top 1 million cume.    JULY / AUGUST Share Change Range stays small: +0.4* / -1.1

1-1-TIE 1. WLTW iHeart A/C 7.5-7.9-7.3. -0.6. First place Tie. #1 cume: 3.8-3.8-3.74m leads by 1.2million.    2-2-TIE 1. WINS-FM Audacy News 7.1-7.4-7.3.  FM News gets Top Tie. Cume holds at #7, 1.8-1.74-1.6 mil. 

4-4-3.  WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.6-5.2-5.6. +0.4*.  The only NYC CHR holds on with #3 cume 2.41-2.51-2.34 mil.   3-3-4.  WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.8-5.7-5.4. -0.3. Classic Hits stays in Top 5. #2 cume 2.54-2.5-2.54 mil.   5-5-5.  WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 4.9-4.8-4.8.  Top 5 stations remain the same. #6 cume 1.97-1.86-1.79 million.  7-T8-6. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 4.1-4.1-4.5. +0.4* Nice month. Keeps the #5 cume 2.15-2.08-2.12 million.  11-6-7. WBLS MediaCo. Urban A/C 3.7-4.5-4.4.  Maintaining. 1.7 over WWPR. Steady #9 cume, 1.33-1.35 mil.   12-T8-8. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 3.5-4.1-4.1. Breaks #8 tie. #1 NYC Talk & AM. #20 cume 413-435-407k.  T8-T11-9. WFAN Audacy Sports 4.0-3.5-3.9. +0.4* Baseball is berry good. #1 sports. #13 cume, 967-893-917k.   10-10-TIE 10: WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR. 3.9-4.0-3.8. -0.2. Big #4 cume but low share 2.36-2.25-2.35 mil.   6-7-TIE 10: WNYC/FM Public News/Talk 4.2-4.2-3.8. -0.4*.  Holds on in Top 10. #17 cume 647-628-573k.

T8-T11-12.  WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 4.0-3.5-3.2. -0.3. #1 NY Spanish format. #8 cume 1.61-1.53-1.53mil.   16-15-13.  WQHT MediaCo. Rhythmic-CHR 2.7–2.7-3.0. +.0.3. Slight August gains. #10 cume, 1.28-1.11-1.22.              15-16-14. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 2.9-2.6-2.7. +0.1.  Steady with #11 cume, 1.33-1.15-1.06 mil.   14-13-15.  WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 3.2-3.0-2.4. -0.6. 2nd NYC Spanish, format total 9.2-8.5. #14, 954-958-856k.  18-T18-16. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.7-1.6-1.9. +0.3.  Starting to grow? Cume #13-12, 939-912-927k.   13-14-17.  WQXR-FM WNYC Public Classical 3.3-2.9-1.8. -1.1. Top monthly dip. #21-22 cume, 382-341-323k.   T20-T18-18. WEPN Emmis Bilingual A/C 1.4-1.6-1.7. +0.1.  Interesting mix.  Stays at #15 cume 799-817-781k.  19-21-19. WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 1.5-1.4-1.6. +0.2.  Audience holding at #16 cume, 831-786-814k.   17-17-20. WPLJ K-Love Contemporary Christian 1.9-1.7-1.5. -0.2.  Repeats with the #18 cume, 580-574-537k.  T20-20-21. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.4-1.5-1.3. Staying well behind WABC 2.6-2.8. #20-26 cume, 322-330-260k.   Under One: TIE 22 @ 0.9: WKXW Townsquare Talk #24 cume, 284k & WKMK Press Country #28, 184-228k.  TIE 24 @ 0.8: WFUV Fordham Univ. Adult Alt. #23, 301-322k & WSKQ Stream SBS Tropical #25, 260k;  26. WHSQ-AM (880) Good Karma Sports. 0.7, #21 cume 370k.  TIE 27 @ 0.6: WLIR Red Apple Talk #44 cume 37-49k, WABC total 4.7 & WAWZ Pillar Christian #31, 200k.   3-WAY TIE 29 @ 0.5: WHUD Pamal A/C #19, 317-414k;  WBGO Public Jazz 0.5 #32, 156-185k; WHBK-HD2 Audacy Country #40, 66k. 3-WAY TIE 32 @ 0.4: WMGQ Beasley A/C #26, 230k; WDHA Beasly Rock #29, 219k; WBGO Stream #45, 42k (total 0.9).   6-STATION TIE 35 @ 0.3: WWZY Classic Rock; WARW Christian; WXPK Adult Alt: WFDU Oldies; WNVU Spanish; WBBR-AM 0.9 Bloomberg. 41 TIE @ 0.2: WSOU Rock & WHTG-AM Oldies. 11 TIE @ 0.1 at #43.

LONG ISLAND, NY (21) Pop. 2.55 mil. Hispanic 20.4%. Black 10.2%.  JUNE / JULY / AUGUST 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 21.7-21.3-22.8 over iHeart 19.9-20.9-19.7 by 3.1.  Connoisseur 13.2-13.5-13.4.   Cox Media Group                      9.7-9.7-9.7.  Red Apple 5.7-5.8-5.6.  JULY / AUGUST Change: +1.1 / -1.8           * LI Stations

1-1-1. WINS-FM Audacy News 7.7-7.0-8.1. +1.1. Top Gain.  Leads by 1.5.  LI Cume stays #4, 366-335-346k.    2-3-2. WHTZ iHeart CHR 6.8-5.9-6.6 +0.7.  Rebound.  NYC CHR tops WBLI 0.7-1.8. #3 cume 404-393-353k.           3-4-3.  WFAN Audacy Sports 5.7-5.7-6.5. Yankees. Streams are no factor. TSL slips #11-12 cume 215-205-189k.  5-5-4. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk.  5.2-5.5-5.4. -0.1.  Adding new signals, more to come.  #19 cume, 95-93k.  6-6-5.  WALK* Connoisseur Adult Contemporary 5.1-4.8-5.4. +0.6. Top LI station has #1 cume 390-394-361k.   4-7-6.  WBLI* Cox CHR 5.3-5.2-4.8. -0.4.  #2 LI station remains below Top 5. Dips #5-6 cume 352-329-313k.  8-8-7.  WBAB* Cox Classic Rock 4.4-4.5-4.7. +0.2.  Now LI #3, the former #1 gains #6-5 cume, 325-322-318k.  9-2-8. WLTW Audacy Adult Contemporary 4.2-6.0-4.2. -1.8. Top dip on a sample blip? #2 cume 392-395-358k.                                        7-9-9.  WCBS/FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.5.3.9-3.9. Holds.  NYC #4 share, #2 cume has #7 LI cume 392-392-307k.  T10-11-10. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 3.3–3.2-3.4.  NYC Top Rock steady on LI. Holds #8 cume 285-304-290k.

12-10-11.  WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 2.8-3.5-3.3. –0.2. #11 cume 250-269-219k.   3-WAY TIE 12: T10-13-TIE 12: WKJY* Connoisseur A/C 3.3-2.5-2.6. #9 cume 283-263-248k & 14-14-TIE 12: WHLI-AM* Connoisseur Oldies    2.1-2.4-2.6. +0.2. Another gain. #17 cume 92-99-102k with  13-12-TIE 12: WOR-AM iHeart Talk 2.4-2.7-2.6. #20-22 cume, 74-67-67k.   15-T15-15. WWWF* Connoisseur Country 1.9-1.9-2.1. +0.2. Exclusive LI format #13 cume 160-156-135k.  T15-T15-16. WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR 1.9–1.9-1.9. #10 cume, 259-236-239k.  17. WHSQ-AM (880) Good Karma Sports 0.1-1.2, +1.1 Top Gain #15 cume, 114k.   3-WAY TIE 18 @ 1.1: WWSK* Connoisseur Rock #14 cume 123k with both SBS WSKQ Spanish Tropical #18, 97k & WPAT Spanish A/C #21, 76k.  TIE 21 @ 1.0: WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary #16, 112k & WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop #20 cume, 86k.   Under One:  TIE 23 @ 0.2:  WLIR* Red Apple Talk #24 cume 11k with WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business #25 cume, 10k.   25. WSKQ Stream SBS Spanish Tropical #23, 13k.

PHILADELPHIA (9) Pop. 4.85 mil. Black 20.5%, Hispanic 10.6%. JUNE / JULY / AUGUST 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 26.3-27.8-25.6 leads Beasley 23.1-22.7-24.1 by 1.5 & iHeart 17.4-17.0-18.0 by 8.6.                                                  Urban One 6.0-6.1-7.8.   WHYY 4.1-4.1-3.6.  K-Love 4.3-4.0-3.1.                JULY / AUG Change Range: +1.1 / -1.2.

 5-2-TIE 1:  WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 6.3-7.4-7.8. +0.4. Returns in TIE on Top. #2 cume, 771-809-818k.   T3-3-TIE 1.  WDAS iHeart Urban A/C  6.6-7.1-7.8. +0.7.  Top TIE with good cume gain #7-6, 585-543-621k.

T1-T4-3. WIP-FM Audacy Sports 7.1-6.4-7.4. +1.0.  Nice gain from Phillies baseball. #5 cume, 663-590-693k.    6-6-4.  KYW-AM Audacy News 5.2-5.3-5.6. +0.3. Returns to the Top 5. Still holding at #10 cume 490-474-493k.      T3-1-TIE 5: WBEB Audacy A/C 6.6-7.7-5.5 -1.2. Top Aug. Dip. Top slot didn’t last. #1 cume, 1.12-1.08-1.08m.   T1-T4-TIE 5: WMMR Beasley Rock. 7.1-6.4-5.5. -1.1. Big dip, many share shifts. #-6-7 cume, 709-582-607k. 7-7-7. WXTU Beasley Country 4.7-4.4-5.4. +1.0. Country stays nicely in the Top 10. #12 cume, 470-435-436k.   11-11-TIE 8: WUSL iHeart Urban Contemporary 3.8-3.7-4.4. +0.7. Good August shares. #11-13, 442-454-430k.   13-13-TIE 8: WRNB Urban One Contemporary 3.4-3.3-4.4. +1.1 Top gain for summer. #14 cume 389-362-358k.   12-8-TIE 10: WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 3.6-4.2-4.2. Classic Hits stays low on a big #3 cume, 744-741-748k.  T8-12-TIE 10: WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 4.1-3.4-4.2. +0.8.  Nice gain but not for the #4 cume, 684-741-697k.

T8-9-12. WHYY Public News/Talk 4.1-4.1-3.6. -0.5. PHA Public Radio exits Top 10. #15 cume, 331-291-302k.   T14-16-13.  WPPZ Urban One R&B Classics 3.0-2.8-3.4. +0.6. A nice Urban August. #16 cume, 276-273-277k. T8-10-14.  WVKP K-Love Contemporary Christian. 4.1-3.8-3.0. -0.8. Takes a summer dip. #18, 277-260-234k.   16-T17-15. WRFF iHeart Modern Alt Rock 2.8-2.5-2.6. Moves 0.1 ahead of WXPN. #11, 470-453-488k.  T14-14-16. WXPN Univ. Penn. Adult Alternative 3.0-3.2-2.5. -0.7. Non-comm holds at #17 cume, 251-258-243k.   17-T17-TIE 17: WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.7-2.5-2.0. -0.5.  Philly’s Top CHR #8 cume, 553-534-498k.  18-15-TIE 17:  WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 2.2-3.0-2.0. -1.0. Still TSL concerns: low share, #9 cume 480-507-497k. 22-19-19. WKXW Townsquare Talk 1.2-1.3-1.4. #21 cume, 97-106k.                20. WPEN Beasley Sports 1.2 #20, 164-201k.   21. WUMR iHeart has the Lone Hispanic Spanish CHR 1.1 #19 cume, 193k.   22. WPST Townsquare CHR 1.0 #18, 241k.   Under One:  23. WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 0.9 #23 cume, 66k.       TIE 24 @ 0.8: WSTW Draper Media CHR #19, 233k & WRTI Temple Univ. Classical #24 cume, 197-82k.   26. WEMG-AM Mega Spanish Tropical 0.5, #25 cume, 72k.   27. WSJO Townsquare Hot A/C #26 cume, 71k.                            5-WAY TIE 28 @ 0.1: Townsquare WFPG A/C & WKXW Stream Talk; WXCY Draper Country; WTEL-AM iHeart Talk & WYPA K-Love Christian.

WASHINGTON DC (8) Pop. 5.29 million. Black 26.9% Hispanic 18%.  JUNE / JULY / AUGUST 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 19.4-21.3-20.6 takes Audacy 10.5-9.8-12.1 by 8.5. American University 12.5-11.4-11.8. Hubbard 10.0-10.4-10.0. Howard Univ. 5.3-5.6-5.6-6.3. Urban One 8.8-8.0-6.2. WGTS Atlantic 5.5-5.7-3.6. WETA Public 3.3-3.1-3.3.   K-Love 2.8.   JULY / AUGUST Share Change Range: +1.0 / -1.9.

1-1-1. WAMU American University News/Talk 12.5-11.3-11.7. +0.4.  Consistent #1.  #4 cume 612-572-552k.U   2-2-2. WTOP/FM Hubbard News 9.8-10.3-9.8. –0.5. Top biller now trails AMU by 1.9. #2 cume 762-753-717k.    3-4-3. WHUR Howard Univ. Urban Adult Contemporary 5.6-5.6-6.1. +0.5. Cume stays about #8, 538-476-439k.  6-T5-4. WASH-FM iHeart Adult Contemporary 4.7–5.5-5.5.  Keeps the former WTOP #1 cume, 751-803-823k. 5-T5-5. WWDC iHeart Modern Alt. Rock 5.4-5.5-5.3. -0.2. Impressive Top 5 Alt Rocker #6 cume 527-544-504k.   7-7-6.  WBIG iHeart Classic Rock 3.6-4.1-4.6. +0.5.  Another good share gain; retains #5 cume, 473-541-551k.        4-3-7. WGTS Atlantic Christian Contemporary 5.5-5.7-3.6. -1.9. OMG the big Aug dip. #10 cume 373-322-290k.   9-8-TIE 8: WIHT iHeart CHR 3.2-3.8-3.3. -0.5. The top DC CHR has an off month. #6-7 cume, 487-518-465k.                    8-9-TIE 8: WETA Public Classical 3.3-3.1-3.3. +0.2. DC Classical stays in the Top 10. #13 cume, 280-251-269k.   10-10-TIE 10: WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 3.0-2.8-3.0. +0.2. August had a big jump #7-3 cume, 533-516-559k.              11-T11-TIE 10: WPGC Audacy Rhythmic CHR 2.6-2.5-3.0. #2 CHR jumps to 0.3 below ‘IHT. #9, 410-404k.

17-14-12. WLZL-FM Audacy Spanish Tropical 2.1-2.3-2.8. +0.5. Top DC Hispanic. #15 cume 181-182-211k.   T14-17-13. WJFK Audacy Sports                2.2-1.8-2.6. +0.8.  Nice August sports share kick. #15-16 cume, 174-202-159k.    11-T11-14. WMMJ Urban One Urban A/C 2.6-2.5-2.5.  Share holds still. Cume rank #12-11, 313-319-285k.  T14-15-15.  WKYS Urban One Contemp. 2.2–2.1-2.3. +0.2. Slight up month. #11-12 cume, 325-312-283k.  18-T20-16. WLVW K-Love Christian 1.3-0.9-1.9. +1.0. Top August gain. #18-17 cume,  149-158k.   13-13-17. WZMQ iHeart Country 2.3-2.4-1.7. -0.7. Rough ride. #14 cume, 238-236-243k.   T14-18-18. WPRS Urban One Inspirational Gospel 2.2-1.4-1.4. Many religious formats in DC. #20, 95k.   Under One: T20-19. WPFW Pacifica News/Talk, #19 117-97k.   T20-TIE 20 @ 0.8:  WBQB Chesapeake Hot A/C #18, 124-141k & WAIW K-Love Contemporary Christian #23 cume, 62k.    22. WFLS 0.6. Connoisseur Country #22 64k.                              3-WAY TIE 23 @ 0.5:  WRBS Bright Christian #21, 51-74k;  WDCH Bloomberg #24, 80-62k & WTEM-AM Audacy Sports #31-27 cume, 24-33k.  26.  WWEG Manning Classic Hits #20 cume, 84-77k.   27.  WAFY Manning Hot A/C #25, 70-56k.   5-WAY TIE 28 @ 0.2: WCSP C-Span Talk #26, 45k;  WSHE-AM Hubbard Adult Alternative #28, 29k;  WFAX-AM Costa Spanish #29, 27k; WIAD-HD2 Audacy Hot A/C #30, 16k;  WTOP-HD4 Hubbard Adult Alt. #36, 9k.  7 stations tie at 0.1.  WLNO Urban One Spanish CHR went from 2.0 to Not Available.

BALTIMORE (23) Pop. 2.47mil. Black 30.9%. Hispanic 8.1%. JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 20.4-20.7-20.8 wins over Audacy 16.6-16.1-15.6 by 5.2.  YPR Public 6.6-7.8-8.2.  Hearst 7.7-7.3-7.3. Urban One 4.7-4.6-4.9.  Bright Christian 5.3-4.9-4.0.  JULY / AUGUST Share Change Range: +1.2 / -1.6

1-1-1. WWIN iHeart Urban One Urban A/C 8.3-8.4-8.9. +0.5.  Leads by 1.4. Keeps #3 cume 311-283-299k.    2-2-2. WLIF Audacy Adult Contemporary. 6.8-6.7-7.5. +1.2. Top jump. #1 cume wins by 147k: 462-448-446k.  4-4-TIE 3: WPOC iHeart Country 5.4–5.4-5.3 -0.1. Top 5 major mkt. country station #7-6 cume 219-222-220k.   7-5-TIE 3: WYPR Public News/Talk 4.4-4.9-5.3. +0.4. Another good NPR month. #10-11 cume, 153-144-138k.  6-6-5. WERQ Urban One Urban Contemporary 4.7-4.6-4.9. +0.3. #2 Urban grows on #5-4 cume 283-263-276k.  8-9-6. WIYY Hearst Rock 4.1-4.0-4.4. +0.4. Audience from the late WZBA. Ups ‘QSR by 0.2. #5 cume 261-255-270k.  9-T7-TIE 7: WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 3.9-4.5-4.2. -0.3. Big cume lower share is TSL.          #2 cume, 323-299-299k.   3-3-TIE 7: WWMX Audacy Hot Adult Contemp. 5.5-5.8-4.2 -1.6. Top Aug. dip. #4-7 cume 284-282-217k.   5-T7-9. WRBS Bright Contemporary Christian 5.3-4.5-4.0 -0.5. Like DC, many religious formats. #9, 148-162k.    11-12-10. WJZ-FM Audacy Sports 3.5-2.8-3.5. +0.7. Cracks the Baltimore Top 10.  #11-10 cume, 144-132-143k.

T12-11-TIE 11: WTMD WYPR Public Adult Alternative 2.4-2.9-2.9.  Steady.  Holding #12 cume, 103-98-112k.   10-10-TIE 11: WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 3.6-3.3-2.9. -0.4. Solid TV/News connects, 14 cume 113-97-98k.  T12-13-13.  WZFT iHeart CHR 2.4-2.3-2.2.  Not growing shares, needs stronger TSL. #8 cume, 210-198-189k.  T17-15-TIE 14: WBJC Public Classical 0.9-1.1-1.6, +0.5. Nice August good music jump. #15-13 cume 82-99k.  14-14-TIE 14: WTOP-FM Hubbard DC News 1.9-1.7-1.6. Strong signal in Baltimore. #16 cume,        98-93-75k. Under One: 16. WEAA Public Jazz 0.9, #15, 77k. TIE 17 @ 0.8: WDCH  1.0 Bloomberg Business #17, 54-60k & WGTS Christian #18 cume, 41k.   19. WYRE Cortona Media Adult Alternative 0.7 #20, 29k.   20. WEAA Stream Jazz 0.5 #21, 8-16k.   21. WLIF-HD2 Audacy Inspirational  Gospel 0.3 #23, 6k.   22. WCAO-AM iHeart Inspirational Gospel 0.2, #22cume, 13k.        23. WLIF-HD3 0.1. Audacy Oldies, #23 cume, 4k.

PROVIDENCE (45)  Pop. 1.5 mil. Hispanic 15.1 %. Black 8.3%.  JUNE  / JULY / AUGUST 2026 CLUSTERS:   iHeart 21.5-21.8-21.7.                                                         Red Wolf 12.9-12.9-12.6.  ‘GBH 4.4-4.5-3.7.  K-Love 2.9-2.9-2.9.                 Ocean State Public 2.0-1.4-0.1?  Incomplete without CUMULUS Shares.  JULY / AUGUST Range: +/- 1.3.

1-1-1. WCTK Red Wolf Country 10.2-9.8-9.4. -0.4.  Nice to be on top; 1.7-2.0 lead.  #3 cume, 277 258-270k.    3-3-2.  WHJY Classic Rock. 7.4-7.4-7.4. V ery steady.  Former #1 still in range of top. #2 cume, 268-272-274k.                4-4-3.  WSNE iHeart Hot A/C 5.7-5.7-7.0. +1.3. Best share rank. Top monthly gain gets #1 cume, 292-300-286k.  2-2-4.  WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 8.0-8.1-6.8. -1.3.  August Top dip. Share drop keeps #4 cume 255-235-224k.        5-5-5.  WGBH ‘GBH Boston Public News/Talk 3.9-4.1-3.6 -0.5.  Big Boston signal. #7-6 cume gain, 77-61-72k.    6-6-6.  WLVO K-Love Contemporary Chrisitan. 2.7-2.7-2.7. Flat.  Once Brown U. WBRU. #5 cume, 98-80-82k.        7-7-7.  WKKB Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 1.3-1.7-2.0. +0.3. Only RI Hispanic format gets #7 cume 62-63-62k.    8.  WELH Wheeler School Rock 0.8 #8 cume, 58k.   9.  WNBH-AM Red Wolf Classic Hits 0.7 #9, 55k.  TIE 10  @ 0.5: WHJJ-AM iHeart Talk #10 cume, 24k & WSKP-AM Oldies #15 cume, 17k.    12.  WDOM 0.3 Providence College Variety #12 cume, 17k.   3-WAY TIE 13 @ 0.1:  WCRB ‘GBH Classical, #11, 21k & K-Love Christian pair WTKL #14, 12k & WKIV #15, 5k.  No show for Ocean State Public WPVD and WNPN is listed as silent.   Providence is not the market it once was.

HARTFORD (57) Pop. 1.11 million.  Hispanic 17.2%.  Black 13.0%.               JUNE / JULY / AUGUST 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 26.0-26.4-28.1 now tops iHeart 31.0-28.5-25.6 by 2.5.   Red Wolf 16.8-16.6-16.8.                    Connecticut Public  4.6-4.8-5.1.    K-Love 2.7-2.6-2.6.                                             JULY / AUGUST Share Change Range: +2.0 / -1.6

2-T2-1. WRCH Audacy Soft A/C 8.3-8.0-10.0. +2.0.  Aug Top Gain takes back lead. #1 cume, 253-248-270k.   T1-1-2. WWYZ iHeart Country 11.0-11.0-9.4. -1.6. The big monthly dip loses top spot.  #4 cume, 186-184-163k.        6-T2-3.  WZMX Audacy Rhythmic CHR 7.1-8.0-7.5. -0.5. The usual gains take a break. #6 cume, 156-152-139k.    3-4-4. WDRC/FM Red Wolf Classic Rock. 8.1-7.1-7.2. +0.1. Stops slide, leads ‘HCN by 1.0.  #7, 141-134-126k.   7-7-5. WTIC/FM Audacy Hot A/C 6.9-6.3-6.8. +0.5.  A welcome August gain. Steady #2 cume 217-226-215k.   4-5-6. WHCN iHeart Classic Hits 7.9-6.7-6.2. -0.5. Share is slipping. TSL needs gain #6-5 cume 176-144-145k.    5-6-7. WKSS iHeart CHR 7.7-6.5-5.3. -1.2. Another strong dip stays under the Top 5. #3 cume, 227-206-181k.    8-8-8. WNPR Connecticut Public N/T. 4.6-4.8-5.1. +0.3. Slowly growing; radio priority? #10 cume, 65-62-61k.   10-10-9. WMRQ Red Wolf Modern Alt. Rock 3.1-3.9-4.3 +0.4. Another gain tops ‘TIC. #9-8 cume 101-95-119k.    9-9-10. WTIC-AM Audacy News/Talk 3.7-4.1-3.8. -0.3. Only CT 50kwAM was once #1. Sad. #11 cume 54-58k.

15-13-11. WKCI iHeart New Haven CHR 1.9-2.4-2.8. +0.4. Stays in the competitive hunt. #9 cume 81-95-99k.   T11-12-TIE 12: WCCC K-Love Christian 2.7-2.6-2.6.  Steady. Cost-efficient music has #12 cume, 61-53-56k. 14-11-TIE 12:  WMRQ-HD2 Red Wolf Spanish Tropical, 2.1-2.8-2.6. -0.2.      Red Wolf Big HD. #13, 49-49-52k.   T11-14-14. WBOM-AM Red Wolf Urban Adult Contemporary 2.7-2.2-2.1. -0.1. Smart HD. #14 cume, 53-44-39k.         13-15-15. WUCS iHeart Sports 2.3-1.7-1.7. Tough sports market; needs something more. #15 cume 35-31-27k.    16. WNTY-AM Red Wolf Oldies 0.4, #16 cume 14k.   TIE 17 @ 0.2: WDRC-AM Red Wolf Talk #17, 10k &  WPOP-AM iHeart News/Talk #18, 6k.    Hartford is Never Dull but the once Great  WDRC-WPOP AM battle is gone from the charts.

QUICKIES:   MIDDLESEX-UNION, NJ. (41) Pop. 1.62 mil. Hispanic 26.5%, Black 14.1%.  Top 5 are NYC stations.   AUGUST CLUSTERS:   iHeart 29.7. Audacy 22.3.  SBS 5.7.  Townsquare 5.7.  *Local.   1. WAXQ Classic Rock 8.6.   2. WFAN Sports 6.8.   3. WLTW A/C 6.7.  4. WNEW/FM Hot A/C 6.5.        5. WCBS/FM Classic Hits 5.2.   6. WKXW* Townsquare Talk 4.7.                        TIE 7 @ 4.0: WHTZ CHR & WSKQ Spanish.   9. WKTU Rhym CHR 3.4.           10. WMGC* Beasley A/C 3.1.   11. WAWZ* Christian 2.7.   12. WOR-AM Talk 2.6.   13. WWPR Urban 2.4.    14. WINS/FM News 2.2.    15. WPAT Spanish A/C 2.1.   16. WDHA* Beasley Rock 2.0.   17. WXBK Hip Hop 1.6.    18. WSKQ Stream Spanish 1.2.   19. WKMK* Press Country 1.1.   20 WWZY* Press Classic Rock 1.0.

ALBANY, NY. (68). Pop. 852k. Black 9.9%. Hispanic 6.6%.  JULY ’26 CLUSTERS:  Pamal 21.9.  iHeart 19.6.  Townsquare 12.8.  WAMC 4.1. WHMT 3.7.  Stations:   1. WPXY iHeart Classic Rock 7.3.    2. WFLY Pamal CHR 6.0.   3. WGNA Townsq. Country 5.7.   4. WYJB Pamal A/C 5.1.   5. WQBK Townsquare  Classic Rock 4.2.   TIE 6 @ 4.0: WAMC Albany Medical N/T  & WAJZ Pamal Rhym CHR.   8. WKLI Pamal Country 3.7.    9. WRVE iHeart Hot A/C 3.5.   TIE 10 @ 3.0. WMHT Classical & WGY-AM iHeart N/T.    12. WTRY iHeart Adult Hits 2.9.   13. WKKF iHeart CHR 1.9.   14. WGDJ-AM Capital Talk 1.7.   15. WROW-AM Pamal Classic Hits 1.5.   16. WQBK-HD2 Townsquare Urban 1.4.   TIE 17 @ 1.2:  WINU Pamal Classic Country & WTMM Townsquare Sports.    19. WYKV K-Love Christian 0.8.    3-WAY TIE 20 @ 0.7: WABY Loud Alternative Rock; WEXT WMHT Adult Alternative & WYAI K-Love Christian.

METRO FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CT. (73) Pop. 787k. Hispanic 21.9%. Black 14.1%. JULY CLUSTERS:  Connoisseur 30.0.   iHeart NYC 9.9.                  Sacred Heart University 3.4.  SBS NYC 2.0.  *NYC.   July ’26 Top 3 are Connoisseur:   1. WEBE A/C 10.1.   2. WEZN Hot A/C 9.8.   3. WPLR Classic Rock 4.0.   4. WHTZ* iHeart CHR 3.8.   5. WICC AM/FM Connoisseur N/T 3.2.   6. WSHU Classical 2.6.   7. WSKQ* SBS Spanish 2.0.                                        iHeart TIE 8 @ 1.6:  WWPR* Urban & WKTU* RhymCHR.    10. WOR-AM* iHeart Talk 1.5.   TIE 11 @ 0.9: WLTW* iHeart A/C, WYBC Connoisseur Urban A/C.   13. WAXQ* iHeart Classic Rock 0.5.   14. WSHU Stream Sacred Heart University Classical 0.4 and co-owned News/Talk AM’s at 15 & 16:  WSHU 0.3 & WSTC 0.1.      Please hear:  1220watx.com  Classics from WATX-AM Hamden/New Haven CT.  The Cost-Efficient Music System Adjusts                 to Any Market & Competition.

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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 3rd 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. 2nd 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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