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CLARK SMIDT, Advisor / Connector.  Boston Broadcast
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Overdue AM & All Radio Protection – Keep Service in Cars.

Interesting April with Mixed Results. Overall Numbers Tell
the Strategic Story.

BOSTON (10) Population 4.543 mil. Hispanic 13.0% Black 8.7%. FEB / MAR / APRIL 2026 CLUSTERS: Heart 22.8-23.0-23.3 over #2 Beasley 17.6-17.0-17.8 by 5.5 & Audacy 19.4-17.9-17.5 by 5.8. WGBH/WCRB 7.4-8.6-7.6. #1 WBUR 5.2-5.6-6.6. MARCH / APRIL Share Change Range: +1.0 / -0.8.

5-2-1. WBUR Boston University News/Talk 5.2-5.6-6.6. +1.0. Top jump leads by 0.7. #9 cume 297-348-368k.  6-4-TIE 2: WXKS/FM iHeart CHR 4.9-5.2-5.9. +0.7. Consistent gain to tie second on #2 cume 645-659-699k. T3-5-TIE 2: WBZ/FM Beasley Sports 5.3-5.1-5.9. +0.8. No Sox but a nice comeback. #8-7 cume 391-345-460k. 1-1-4. WMJX Audacy A/C 6.2-6.2-5.8. -0.4 was vulnerable to lose the lead but Cume stays #1: 827-832-861k. 2-3-5. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 5.7-5.3-5.6. +0.3 as the former #1 slips. Holds on to #4 cume 594-604-696k. T7-8-6. WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 4.3-4.6-5.2. +0.6. Lone rocker is showing growth. #5 cume 520-518-549k. T3-7-7. WWBX Audacy Hot A/C 5.3-4.7-5.0. +0.3. Not as strong. 8 stations within 1.0. #6 cume 453-498-503k. 12-6-8. WCRB ‘GBH Classical 3.3-4.9-4.1. Ties for top monthly dip -0.8. Respectable. #16 cume 211-197-239k. T7-11-9. WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk 4.3-3.8-3.9. Back in the Top 10. Essential service. #10-13 cume, 314-313k. T9-T9-10. WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative 3.9-3.9-3.8. Unique & stays Top 10 with #10 cume 325-345-385k. 11- 9-11. WGBH ‘GBH News/Talk 3.8-3.9-3.5. Trails WCRB by 0.6. WBUR ahead 3.1. #14 cume 274-306-311k. 14-15-TIE 12: WKLB Beasley Country 3.4-3.2-3.4. Surprise gain 2.1 over the Bull. #14-11 cume 282-304-354k.  14-14-TIE 12: WEEI/FM Audacy Sports 3.5-3.4-3.4. ‘BZFM up by 2.5. Red Sox hopefuls. #12, 231-289-333k. T9-12-14. WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 3.9-3.7-3.3. -0.4. Big FM, low-cost automation. #4-6 cume 486-546-556k. 17-16-TIE 15: WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 2.9-3.0-2.6. -0.4. Not much and Pebbles exits. #7-8 cume 454-446-433k. 16-17-TIE 15: WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 3.0-2.7-2.6. Low considering 94.5 history. #12-15, 343-306-294k. 15-13-TIE 15: WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 3.2-3.4-2.6. -0.8 Tie takes a lickin’ & keeps on. #19 cume 106-125-144k. 18-18-18. WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical 1.5-1.8-1.5. -0.3. Not much from 13% pop. #20 cume 148-187-139k. T19-20-TIE 19: WBWL iHeart Country 1.4-1.3-1.3. Country total hanging 4.5-4.7. #16-17 cume 217-202-224k. 21-19-TIE 19: WBOS Beasley Bloomberg Business 1.2-1.7-1.4. -0.3 pauses on growth. #21 cume, 95-119-124k. T19-21-21. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 1.4-1.1-1.0. Needs adjustment? #18 cume 195-158-176k. TIE 22 @ 0.9: WKVB (WAAF) Air Love Christian stays #22 cume, 94k & WCCM-AM Costa Spanish CHR. #26 cume 26k. 3-WAY TIE 24 @ 0.3. WRCA-AM Beasley Classic Rock #23, 64k; WXKS-AM iHeart Talk #24, 31k & WMEX-AM Classic Hits #27 cume 14k. 27. WNKC Air Love Christian 0.2, #25, 28k K-Love total. 1.1. 28. TIE 0.0 Audacy WEEI-AM Sports & WBGB-HD2 Variety and WCAI WGBH N/T.

Boston is anyone’s ballgame. Carter Broadcasting 50kw Talk 830 WCRN-AM Worcester files for sale to Red Apple WABC, NYC.

NEW YORK (1) Pop. 16.93 million. Hispanic 26.2% Black 16.4%. FEB / MARCH / APRIL 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 25.4-25.8-26.3 takes Audacy 22.4-23.3-23.0 by 3.6.  MediaCo. Holding 7.6-7.9-7.3. WNYC Public 7.2-7.0-6.7. Spanish Broadcasting 8.6-7.9-6.3. Red Apple 4.5-4.1-3.8. 12 Stations Top 1 million cume. MARCH / APRIL Share Change Range Repeats as Small: +0.7 / -0.5.

2-1-1. WLTW iHeart A/C 7.4-7.4-8.1. +0.7 has the Top April Gain. Cume continues #1: 3.64-3.76-3.9 million. 1-2-2. WINS-FM Audacy News 7.8-7.2-7.1. Keeps the runner-up place -1.0. Cume stays #6,1.97-1.93-1.9 mil. 3-4-3. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.3-5.4-5.4. NYC classics stay strong. Keeps #2 cume 2.43-2.5-2.63mil. T4-3-4. WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.0-5.6-5.2. -0.4. Top 5. Slight dip. Major CHR off #3-4 cume. 2.18-stays 2.33 mil. T4-5-5. WNYC/FM Public News/Talk 5.0-4.9-4.7. NPR remains in Top 5. Cume holding at #17, 672-773-708k. T8-6-6. WBLS MediaCo. Urban A/C 4.8-4.8-4.6. Leads Urban WWPR by 1.3 keeps #9 cume 1.24-1.4-1.52mil. 10-7-7. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 3.8-4.6-4.5. Holding on nicely and maintains the #5 cume 1.69-2.09-2mil.
7-8-8. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 4.5-4.3-4.4. New York’s Top Rock is steady at #7 cume 1.63-1.66-1.75 million. T4-9-9. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 5.4-5.0-4.2. -0.8. #1 of 6 Hispanics slips; keeps #8 cume 1.7-1.52-1.6 mil. T8-10-TIE 10: WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 4.4-4.0-3.7. -0.3. #1 NYC Talk & AM on #19 cume, 426-433-392k. T12-11-TIE 10: WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR. 3.3-3.5-3.7. +0.2. Moves up with #4-3 cume 2.02-2.32-2.34 mil. 12-12-12. WFAN Audacy Sports 3.9-3.3-3.5. +0.2. Streams are gone. Cume rank #15-16, grows 813-740-839k. 11-13-13. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 3.6-3.3-3.3. Continues WBLS chase. #11 cume 1.16-1.23-1.2mil. 14-14-14. WQHT MediaCo. Rhythmic-CHR 3.2-3.1-2.7. Registers -0.4 dip with #10 cume. 1.32-1.36-1.37 mil. 15-15-15. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.4-2.2-2.2. No change in rank for stations 1-15. #15 cume 783-861-908k. 17-T16-TIE 16: WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.7-2.0-2.0. Share stays with a #12-13 cume 846k-1mil-959k. T19-19-TIE 16: WEPN Emmis A/C 1.6-1.7-2.0. +0.3. Slowly adds audience. #14-16 cume 773-870-876k. 16-T16-TIE 18: WQXR-FM WNYC Public Classical 2.1-2.0-1.9. Repeats -0.1. Holds #21 cume, 317-348-328k. 1-T20-T20-TIE 18: WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 1.5-1.6-1.9. +0.3. Hispanic total 9.1 #12, 777-872k-1m. T20-T20-20. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.6-1.6-1.6. Flat. Stays behind WABC by 2.1. #23-20 cume, 274-328-330k. T16-18-21. WPLJ Air Love Contemporary Christian 2.1-1.9-1.5. -0.4. Holds on to the #18 cume, 558-623-537k. TIE 22 @ 0.9: WSKQ Stream Spanish Tropical SBS #23 cume, 322-308k & WFUV Fordham University Adult. Alternative #26-24 cume, 248-278k. 3-WAY TIE 24 @ 0.7: WKXW Townsquare Talk #25 cume 331-277k; TIE
24. WKMK Press Country #31, 179k; TIE 24. WNVU Hope Spanish Christian #33, 141-155k. TIE 27 @ 0.6: WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business News #35 cume, 111k & WAWZ Pillar Media Christian #29, 210k. 29. WBGO Public Jazz 0.5 #30 cume 207k + 0.3 stream. 4-WAY TIE 30 @ 0.4: WMGQ Beasley A/C #26, 241k; WHUD Pamal A/C #22 cume, 317k; WDHA Beasley Rock #28, 228k & TIE 30: WXPK Pamal Adult Alternative #34, 149k.

Sad day coming with the end of CBS Radio News. Red Apple planning a new news network.

LONG ISLAND (21) Pop. 2.55 mil. Hispanic 20.4%, Black 10.2%. FEB / MARCH / APRIL 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 25.2-23.1-24.9 leads iHeart 17.5-19.7-18.8 by 5.1. Connoisseur 13.1-13.5.-13.6. Cox Media Group 8.7-8.5-9.4. Red Apple 6.8-6.4-4.8. MARCH/APRIL Change: +1.7 / -1.6 * LI Stations.

1-1-1. WINS-FM Audacy News 10.6-8.9-8.8 with a 2.6 lead. Sill holds the #1 Long Is. cume 424-418-394k. 4-2-2. WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.5-6.9-6.2. -0.7. NYC CHR is leading local WBLI by 1.3. #2 cume 338-372-381k. 8-T8-3. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 4.3-3.8-5.5. +1.7. Top jump swaps with WABC. #9 cume 230-226-261k. T6-4-4. WFAN Audacy Sports 4.5-5.6-5.4. -0.2. Streams are no longer a factor. Holds #12 cume, 154-193-261k. 3-5-5. WALK* Connoisseur Adult Contemporary 5.7-5.3-5.1.-0.2. #1 LI station grows #4 cume 352-322-354k. 4-5-6. WBLI* Cox CHR 4.8-4.2-4.9. +0.7. Nice jump to become the #2 LI station. #6 cume gains 297-317-347k. 9-6-7. WBAB* Cox Classic Rock 3.9-4.3-4.5. +0.2. #3 on LI. Former total #1 stays at #7 cume, 288-334-322k.
2-3-8. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk. 6.0-6.0-4.4. -1.6 surprise dip. Big 770 signal holds #16 cume, 108-113-95k. T6-11-9. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.5-3.4-4.2. +0.8. NYC #3 share, #2 cume. LI #5 cume 356-335-351k. 10-10-10. WLTW Audacy Adult Contemporary 3.2-3.6-3.8. +0.2. Stays #1 NYC. Keeps #3 cume, 320-345-380k. T11-T8-11. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 3.1-3.8-3.4. -0.4 for New York’s Top Rock #9-10 cume, 246-274-257k. T11-12-12. WKJY* Connoisseur A/C 3.1-3.1-3.2. Former #1 LI share is sticking at # 8 cume on 264-280-287k. 13-13-13. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 3.0-2.5-2.6. -0.1. Good signal over LI as the cume remains at #20, 54-62-60k. 16-T14-14. WHLI-AM* Connoisseur Oldies 1.4-2.0-2.1. +0.1. Slight uptick in April. #18-16 cume 89-83-103k. 14-T14-15. WWWF* Connoisseur Country 1.8-2.0-2.0. Holding. Only LI Country has #13 cume 130-140-141k. 15-16-16. WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR 1.7-1.8-1.8. Stays flat this month with #10-11 LI cume 201-238-233k.
18-18-TIE 17: WWSK* Connoisseur Rock 1.1-1.1-1.2, #14 cume 123-125-124k & 17-17-17 TIE: WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 1.3-1.6-1.2. -0.4, #17 cume 85-78-80k. 3 NYC FM cumes are within 2400. 3-WAY TIE 19 @ 1.0: WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary #15 cume 98-105k; T19: WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical, #17-15 cume, 97-113k with no local Spanish & TIE 19: WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop #18 cume 79k. 22. WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business News 0.6 #21, 24k. 23. WLIR* Red Apple Talk 0.4, #25-23 cume, 16k Add WABC=4.8. 24. WSKQ Stream SBS Spanish Tropical 0.3, #22 cume 16k. 3-WAY Audacy HD TIE 25 @ 0.0: WINS-2 Modern. Alt. Rock #24m 7k; WINS-3 Oldies #25, 5k & WNEW-2 Smooth Jazz #26, 1k.

PHILADELPHIA (9) Pop. 4.85 mil. Black 20.5%, Hispanic 10.6%. FEB / MARCH / APRIL 2026 CLUSTERS Audacy 27.1-26.9-28.0 leads Beasley 23.8-22.5-23.7 by 4.3 & iHeart 15.5-16.6-16.0 by 12.0. Urban One 5.1-6.7-6.4. WHYY 4.9-4.8-4.4. Air Love 5.1-4.2-3.5. MARCH/APRIL Change: +1.1 / -0.8.

T3-T2-1. WIP-FM Audacy Sports 6.5-6.6-7.4. +0.8. New #1. Top 5 are within 1.5. #4 cume 610-605-717k. T1-5-2. WMMR Beasley Rock. 7.1-5.8-6.9. +1.1. April Top Gain rebound sound goes #4-5 cume 617-701-695k. T1-1-3. WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 7.1-7.1-6.3. -0.8 is top dip from #1. Still strong #2 cume 744-858-847k. T3-T2-4: WBEB Audacy A/C 6.5-6.6-6.1 -0.5. Not regaining top spot this month. #1 cume 1.1-1.17-1.16 million. 6-4-5. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 6.1-6.5-5.9. -0.6. Shows an April dip. Audience stays #7 cume, 508-569-571k. 5-6-6. KYW-AM Audacy News 6.3-5.4-5.5. Staying out of the Top 5 while dipping #9-10 cume, 535-531-520k. 8-7-TIE 7: WHYY Public News/Talk 4.9-4.8-4.4. -0.4. Solid Top 10 Public Radio holds #14 cume 348-372-374k
9-8-TIE 7: WXTU Beasley Country 4.3-4.6-4.4. Country continues in PHA Top 10. #10-9 cume, 466-520-521k. 10-T11-9. WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 4.2-3.7-4.0. +0.3. Share up, audience wavers #3-5-6 cume, 698-678-684k. 11-T11-10. WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 3.5-3.7-3.8. Still the low share rank on a strong #3 cume, 651-758-829k. T12-10-11. WUSL iHeart Urban Contemporary 3.2-3.8-3.4. -0.4 gets nice cume increase #13-12, 363-424-486k. T14-13-TIE 12: WPPZ Urban One R&B Oldies 2.7-3.5-3.2. -0.3. Share dip, cume up. #17-15 276-308-348k. 17-15-TIE 12: WRNB Urban One Contemporary 2.4-3.2-3.2. Steady. April cume off #15-14-16, 312-384-345k. 7-9-TIE 12: WVKP Air Love Contemporary Christian. 5.0-4.3-3.2. -0.9 another down. #18 cume 348-314-278k. T14-16-15. WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.7-2.8-2.9. Slight gains. Philly’s Top CHR maintains a #8 cume 510-545-561k. T12-14-16. WXPN U. Penn. Adult Alternative 3.2-3.3-2.8. -0.5. Well done but an April hit. #19, 257-258-275k.
19-T18-17. WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 1.8-2.0-2.7. +0.7. Another has higher cume vs. share. #11, 435-503-512k. 18-T18-TIE 18: WRFF iHeart Modern Alternative Rock 2.1-2.0-2.3. WXPN leads 0.5. #13 cume, 441-448-435k. 16-17-TIE 18: WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 2.5-2.5-2.3. -0.2. Good PR but share dip & stays #25 cume, 79-84-84k. 23-22-20. WPEN Beasley Sports 1.1-1.3-2.1. +0.8. April is a good sports month. Cume #22-17, 169-231-341k. T21-21-21. WUMR iHeart Spanish CHR 1.4-1.5-1.4. Market’s only Hispanic has #19-22 cume, 190-250-239k. 20-20-22. WRTI Temple University Classical 1.5-1.6-1.2. -0.4. A good non-comm dips. #23 cume 142-138-128k. T21-23-23. WPST Townsquare CHR 1.4-1.1-1.1. #20-21 cume 239-242k. TIE 24 @ 1.0: WSTW Forever Media Hot A/C #20 cume, 235-265k & TIE 24: WKXW Townsquare Talk #24 cume 101k + 0.1 stream. TIE 26 @ 0.3: WEMG-AM Mega Spanish Tropical #26, 72k & WYPA Air Love Christian #29, 24k. 6-WAY 28 TIE @ 0.1: WXCY Forever Country #27, 32k; WSJO Townsquare Hot A/C #28, 30k; Audacy WOGL-HD2 Classic Hits & WTDY-HD2 Mod. Alt. Rock; WTEL-AM iHeart Talk #33, 12k & WKXW Stream Talk #34, 10k.

WASHINGTON DC (8) Pop. 5.29 million. Black 26.9% Hispanic 18%. FEB / MARCH / APRIL 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 20.5-20.7-19.6 leads Hubbard 15.5-14.4-13.1. Audacy 9.0-10.1-11.1. American University 12.0-11.0-10.5. Urban One 7.9-7.4-8.5. Howard University 7.2-6.0-5.6. WGTS Christian 4.3-4.6-5.7. WETA Classical 4.0-3.2-3.0. MARCH / APRIL Share Change: +1.1 / -1.4.

1-1-1. WTOP/FM Hubbard News 15.2-14.3-12.9. -1.4. Best to Joel Oxley. Top News #2 cume 923-927-868k. 2-2-2. WAMU American University News /Talk 11.8-10.8-10.4. -0.4. Former #1 share is #3 cume 621-593-572k. 6-6-3. WGTS Atlantic Christian Contemporary 4.3-4.6-5.7 +0.1. Many DC Prayers. #11-9 cume 274-322-356k. 3-3-4. WHUR Howard Univ. Urban Adult Contemporary 7.0-5.8-5.4. -0.4. Still Top 5 #5-7 cume 534-541-499k. 5-4-5. WASH-FM iHeart Adult Contemporary 4.6-5.1-5.0. Regains #1 cume 200 over WTOP. 775-796-868.2k. 4-5-6. WWDC iHeart Modern Alt. Rock 5.4-4.8-4.9. Slight dip leaves DC Top 5. Still #8 cume, 475-467-447k. 9-8-TIE 7: WBIG iHeart Classic Rock 3.3-3.5-3.4. Top 10 share with a still growing #7-5 cume. 491-490-535k. 10-9-TIE 7: WIHT iHeart CHR 3.2-3.4-3.4. Top DC CHR shares up; cume takes April dip, #4-6 515-546-501k. 11-13-7. WMMJ Urban One Adult Contemporary 2.8-2.6-3.4. +0.8. Shows nice jump #12-6 cume 320-267-324k.
7-10-10. WETA Public Classical 4.0-3.2-3.0. -0.2. DC classical is drifting off key. #14-12 cume, 249-226-243k. 8-7-11. WZMQ iHeart Country 3.9-3.8-2.9. -0.7. Adios to the DC Top 10. Holding at #13 cume 247-248-234k. T12-T11-12: WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 2.4-2.7-2.8. Small steppingstone advances. #6-4 cume, 493-546-554k. 17-14-13. WLZL-FM Audacy Spanish Tropical 1.4-2.2-2.7. +0.5. Top Hispanic adds to #15cume 142-127-178k. 14-15-14. WJFK Audacy Sports 2.1-2.0-2.6. April adds lift to DC sports coverage. #15-14 cume, 117-147-192k. T12-T11-15. WPGC Audacy Rhythmic CHR 2.4-2.7-2.4. -0.3. #2 CHR shows growth pause #9 at 307-369-379k. 15-17-16. WKYS Urban One Contemporary 2.0-1.7-1.9. +0.2. Rebound is still slow. #11 cume, 277-324-318k.
16-16-TIE 17: WPRS Urban One Inspirational Gospel 1.9-1.9-1.6. 0.3. Crowded prayer mkt. #16, 101-116-125k. T18-T18-TIE 17: WLNO Urban One Spanish CHR. 1.2-1.2-1.6. DC Hispanic Total: 4.3. #20 cume, 117-91-94k. 21-20-19. WBQB Chesapeake Hot A/C 0.6 #17-18 cume, 124-104k. 4-WAY TIE 20 @ 0.5: WLVW Air Love Christians -0.7. #17, 104k & WAIW #24 cume, 55k; TIE WDCH Bloomberg Business #21 cume 82k & WFLS Connoisseur Country #22, 81k. 3-WAY TIE 24 @ 0.4: Manning’s WWEG Classics Hits #19, 103k; WAFY Hot A/C #23, 68k; TIE 24: WTEM-AM Audacy Sports #28, 29k. 5-WAY TIE 27 @ 0.2: WRBS Christian #25, 52k; WCSP C-Span Talk #26, 51k; WSHE-AM Hubbard Adult Alt. #27, 34k; WIAD-HD2 Audacy Hot A/C #29, 27k & WHUR-HD2 Howard Univ. Urban A/C #32, 11k. 32. WAMU-HD2 American Univ. Blue Grass #34, 13k.

BALTIMORE (23) Pop. 2.47mil. Black 30.9%. Hispanic 8.1%. FEB/ MARCH/ APRIL 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy leads by 2.7: 14.0-15.7-15.8, Urban One 13.5-13.7-13.1. iHeart 12.0-12.3-13.0. Hearst 8.3-8.1-8.4. Christian/Gospel 5.3-5.0-7.4. YPR Public 6.9-6.5-5.8. MARCH/APRIL Share Change Range +2.4 / -0.7.

1-1-1. WWIN Urban One Urban A/C 8.9-8.4-8.3. Stays in lead by 2.4-1.6. Cume dips #4-5 276-300-286k. 5-T2-2. WLIF Audacy Adult Contemporary. 4.7-6.0.-6.7. +0.7. Moving back up with #1 cume 419-443-476k. 3-4-3. WPOC iHeart Country 5.3-5.6-6.2 +0.6. Big market country showing. Keeping #7 cume 187-210-239k. 2-T2-TIE 4. WWMX Audacy Hot Adult Contemporary 5.4-6.0-5.4 -0.6. Top cluster. #3-4 cume 249-305-293k. 12-T11-TIE 4: WRBS Bright Contemporary Christian 2.9-3.0-5.4. +2.4.HUGE Jump #10 cume, 142-144-169k. 6-5-6. WERQ Urban One Urban Contemporary 4.6-5.5-4.8. -0.7. Slipslidin’ away with #5-3 cume 275-298-308k. 4-6-7. WIYY Hearst Rock 5.2-4.6-4.7. Leads WQSR by just 0.6, WZBA by 2.6. Holds #6 cume, 231-231-254k.
7-7-8. WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 4.3-4.3-4.1. -0.2. High cume but dipping share = TSL. #2 cume, 330-319-338k. T11-9-9: WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 2.9-3.4-3.7. +0.3. Stronger with good content. #13 cume, 92-110-126k. 8-8-10. WYPR Public News/Talk 3.9-3.8-3.6. NPR has mixed results. YPR Top 10. #12 cume, 124-132.5-131k. 9-10-11. WJZ-FM Audacy Sports 3.4-3.3-3.2. Dips below the Baltimore Top 10 on #11 cume, 128-132.5-136k. 14-15-12. WZFT iHeart CHR 1.9-1.9-2.3. +0.4. Getting a share lift with cume going #9-7-9, 185-229-222k.
10-12-13. WTMD WYPR Public Adult Alternative 3.0-2.7-2.2. -0.5. Adds an Apil dip. #14 cume, 114-103-98k. 13-13-14. WZBA Times Shamrock Classic Rock 2.4-2.3-2.1. -0.2. Still off-track staying #8 cume 194-206-222k. 17-T16-15: WTOP-FM Hubbard DC News 1.2-1.5-1.5. Strong signal & service in Baltimore #16, 83-94-96k. 15-T16-TIE 16: WBJC Public Classical 1.7-15-1.3. -0.3. Scales down again. #16-15 cume, 91-96k. 16-14-TIE 16: WGTS Atlantic Gateway Contemp. Christian 1.6-2.0-1.2. -0.8. #18 cume, 60-76-62k. 18-18-18. WDCH DC Bloomberg Business News 0.8-0.8-0.9 #19 cume 54k. 19-19-19. WEAA Public Jazz 0.7 #17 cume, 78k. 3-WAY TIE 20 @ 0.4: WLIF-HD2 Audacy Gospel #20 27k; WCAO-AM iHeart Gospel #21, 22k & WEAA Stream Jazz #22, 13k, WEAA Total 1.1. 23. WLIF-HD3 Audacy Oldies 0.1, #23 cume, 3k. 24. WJZ-AM Audacy Sports 0.0 #24, 3k.

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BOSTON (10) Population 4.543 mil. Hispanic 13.0% Black 8.7%. JAN / FEB / MARCH 2026 CLUSTERS: Heart 22.4-22.8-23.0 over #2 Audacy by 4.1: 26.9-19.4-17.9 & Beasley by 5.0: 20.1-17.6-17.0 WGBH/WCRB 6.6-7.4-8.6. WBUR 4.5-5.2-5.6. Smaller FEB / MARCH Change Range: +1.3 / -0.6

2-1-1. WMJX Audacy A/C 6.2-6.2-6.2. Flat, vulnerable at 0.6 lead for the top. Cume stays #1: 780-827-832k
T7-5-2. WBUR Boston University News/Talk 4.5-5.2-5.6. +0.4. Big jump to #2. #11-9 cume gain, 298-297-348k
3-2-3. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 5.5-5.7-5.3. -0.4 dip for the former #1. Holds on to #3 cume 593-594-604k.
4-6-4. WXKS/FM iHeart CHR 5.1-4.9-5.2. -0.2. Back into Top 5 with work to regain. #2 cume 595-645-659k.
2-T3-5. WBZ/FM Beasley Sports 7.6-5.3-5.1. -0.2. Strange playoff season slip. Stays at #8 cume 565-391-345k.
15-12-6. WCRB ‘GBH Classical 3.3-3.6-4.9. Surprise March gain winner. +1.3. Small #17 cume 220-211-197k.
T7-T3-7. WWBX Audacy Hot A/C 4.5-5.3-4.7. -0.6. Biggest dip. 7 stations within 1.0. #6 cume 453-498-503k.
T10-T7-8. WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 3.8-4.3-4.6. +0.3. Lone rocker had better days. #5 cume 471-520-518k.
T10-T9-TIE 9: WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative 3.8-3.9-3.9. Nicely stays Top 10 on #10 cume 361-325-345k.
14-11-TIE 9: WGBH ‘GBH News/Talk 3.5-3.8-3.9. Fine facilities but weak. WBUR up 1.7. #13, 258-274-306k.
5-T7-11. WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk 5.0-4.3-3.8. -0.5. Surprise dip with essential service. #10, 332-331-314k.
T10-T9-12. WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 3.8-3.9-3.7. Low-cost automation has potential. #4 cume 486-546-556k.
13-15-13. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 3.6-3.2-3.4. +0.2. Important local AM talk hangs in. #20 cume 118-106-125k.
6-14-14. WEEI/FM Audacy Sports 4.8-3.5-3.3. -0.2. ‘BZFM leading 1.8. Red Sox need hits. #15, 355-231-289k.
9-14-15. WKLB Beasley Country 4.0-3.4-3.2. -0.2, going 2.6-1.8-1.9 over The Bull. #13-14 cume 347-282-304k.
16-17-16. WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 2.6-2.9-3.0. Getting their money’s worth? Mix is up 1.7. #7 cume 454-446k.
17-16-17. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 2.0-3.0-2.7. -0.3. Losing battle for a big signal? #9-12, 339-343-306k.
20-18-18. WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical 1.1-1.5-1.8. +0.3. Another small gain stays #18 cume 136-148-187k.
21-21-19. WBOS Beasley Bloomberg Business 1.0-1.2-1.7. +0.5 for a nice share gain. #21 cume, 110-95-119k.
18-T19-20. WBWL iHeart Country 1.4-1.4-1.3. 2 FM total country dips 5.4-4.8-4.5. #15-16 cume 215-217-202k.
19-T19-21. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 1.3-1.4-1.1. Losing luster? #17-19 cume 203-195-158k.
TIE 22 @ 1.0: WCCM-AM Costa Spanish CHR 0.8-0.9-1.0 #25 cume 31-34k & WKVB (WAAF) Air Love
Christian dismal #21-22 cume, 89-95k. 24. WRCA-AM Beasley Classic Rock 0.4 #23, 60k. TIE 25 @ 0.3:
WNKC Air Love Contemp. Christian. K-Love 0.9-1.3 total, #24 cume 38-42k; TIE 25: WMEX-AM Classic
Hits #27 cume 13k. 27. WXKS-AM iHeart Talk 0.2, #26, 20k. 28. WCAI ‘GBH N/T 0.1 #30, 5k. TIE 29 @ 0.0
Audacy: WEEI-AM Sports #28, 13k & WBGB-HD2 Variety #29, 10k. Quite the March share place scramble.
Boston is anyone’s ballgame. To be continued…

NEW YORK (1) Pop. 16.93 million. Hispanic 26.2% Black 16.4%. JAN / FEB / MARCH 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 25.5-25.4-25.8 takes Audacy 22.7-22.4-23.3 by 2.5. Spanish Broadcasting 8.9-8.6-7.9 Ties MediaCo. Holding 7.4-7.6-7.9. WNYC Public 7.1-7.2-7.0. Red Apple WABC-AM/WLIR 4.5-4.5-4.1. 12 Stations Top 1 million cume. February/March Share Change Range is Less than 1.0: +/- 0.8.

2-2-1. WLTW iHeart A/C 7.0-7.4-7.4. Flat. But back on top at #1. Cume continues as #1: 3.88-3.64-3.76 mil.
1-1-2. WINS-FMAudacy News 7.5-7.8-7.2. -0.6. Dips out of top slot and cume off #5-6, 1.85-1.97-1.93 million.
T5-T4-3. WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.1-5.0-5.6. +0.6. Back up. Major CHR holds on to #3 cume. 22.03-2.18-2.33 mil.
4-3-4. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.3-5.3-5.4. Sounds good and stays in Top 5. #2 cume 2.36-2.43-2.5 mil.
T5-T4-5. WNYC/FM Public News/Talk 5.1-5.0-4.9. A slight slip but stays Top 5. Cume #16-17, 728-672-773k.
7-T8-6. WBLS MediaCo. Urban A/C 4.6-4.4-4.8. Leads Urban WWPR by 1.5 on #10-9 cume 1.24-1.24-1.4mil.
T12-10-7. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 3.7-3.8-4.6. +0.8. Solid monthly gain. #6-5 cume 1.72-1.69-2.09 mil.
8-7-8. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 4.3-4.5-4.3. -0.2. New York’s Top Rock keeps #7 cume 1.57-1.63-1.66 million.
3-T4-9. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 5.4-5.0-4.2. -0.8. #1 of 6 Hispanics slips; keeps #8 cume 1.7-1.52-1.6 mil.
9-T8-10. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 4.2-4.4-4.0. -0.4. #1 NYC AM & Talk. #3 on LI. #19 cume, 397-426-433k.
T12-T12-11. WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR. 3.7-3.3-3.6. +0.3. Now holding at #4 cume. 2.11-2.02-2.32 million.
11-12-12. WFAN Audacy Sports 3.9-3.3-3.5. +0.2. Stream is gone. Cume rank off #15-16 but up 813-740-839k.
10-11-13. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 4.0-3.6-3.3. -0.3. Still chasing ‘BLS. #11 cume, 1.2-1.16-1.23mil.
14-14-14. WQHT MediaCo. Rhythmic-CHR 3.1-3.2-3.1. Registers a slight dip. #9-10 cume. 1.35-1.32-1.36 mil.
15-15-15. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.0-2.4-2.2 -0.2. 2nd of 8 Hispanic stations. #13-15 cume 754-783-861k.
17-18-TIE 16: WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.7-1.7-2.0. A welcome +0.3 gain. #11-12 cume 787-846k-1mil.
16-16-TIE 16: WQXR-FM WNYC Public Classical 1.9-2.1-2.0. A tick back. Off #20-21 cume, 294-317-348k.
18-T16-18. WPLJ Air Love Contemporary Christian 1.6-2.1-1.9. -0.2. A down-up #17-18 cume, 524-558-623k.
T20-T19-19. WEPN Emmis A/C 1.4-1.6-1.7. Big share gains are still to come. Stays #14 cume 709-773-870k.
18-T20-TIE 20: WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 1.4-1.5-1.6. Hispanic share total 10.1. #13 847-777-872k.
22-T20-TIE 20: WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.4-1.6-1.6. Flat. Stays behind WABC by 2.6. #23 cume, 259-274-328k.
19-T19-22. WSKQ Stream Spanish Tropical SBS 1.5-1.1-1.4. Only stream above 0.3. #24 cume, 289-259-322k.
T22-23. WFUV Fordham University Adult Alternative 0.8, #26, 229-248k. 24. WKXW Townsquare Talk 0.7,
#22 cume 283-331k. 25. WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business News 0.6, #35 cume, 133-125k. 4-WAY 26 TIE @
0.5: WMGQ Beasley A/C #25, 277k; T26: WBGO Public Jazz #27 cume 221k; T26: WKMK Press Country
#30, 187k; T26: WNVU Hope Spanish Christan #31 141k. TIE 30 @ 0.4: WHUD Pamal A/C #20 cume, 348k
& T30: WDHA Beasley Rock #29, 197k. 6-WAY TIE 32 @ 0.3: WWZY Press Classic Rock; WFDU Fairleigh
Dickenson Oldies; WARW K-Love Christian; WXPK Pamal Adult Alternative & WXBK-HD2 Audacy Country.

LONG ISLAND (21) Pop. 2.55 mil. Hispanic 20.4%, Black 10.2%. JAN / FEB / MARCH 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 24.1-25.2-23.1 leads iHeart 18.1-17.5-19.7 by 2.4. Connoisseur 12.6-13.1-13.5. Cox Media Group 9.6-8.7-8.5. Red Apple 8.1-6.8-6.4. Feb/March Change Range: +1.4 / -1.7 * LI Stations

1-1-1. WINS-FM Audacy News 7.0-9.2-10.6. -1.7 & 4.6-2.0 lead. Keeps the #1 Long Is. cume 441-424-418k.
3-4-2. WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.8-5.5-6.9. +1.4. Top March Jump. Leading WBLI by 2.7. #4-2 cume 339-338-372k.
2-2-3. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk. 6.3-6.0-6.0. Steady. The Big NYC 770 signal stays #16 cume 129-108-113k.
6-T6-4. WFAN Audacy Sports 5.2-4.5-5.6. +1.1. Streams are no longer a factor. Holds #12 cume, 171-154-193k.
5-3-5. WALK* Connoisseur Adult Contemporary 5.6-5.7-5.3. -0.4. Still recovery mode. #6 cume 373-352-322k.
8-9-6. WBAB* Cox Classic Rock 3.9-3.9-4.3. +0.4. #2 LI station. Former #1 moves #7-5 cume, 292-288-334k.
4-5-7. WBLI* Cox CHR 5.7-4.8-4.2 -0.6. Slips again becomes the #3 LI station. #6-7 cume is off 339-297-317k.
11-T11-TIE 8: WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 3.4-3.1-3.8. +0.7 for New York’s Top Rock #9 cume, 272-246-274k.
9-8-TIE 8: WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 3.7-4.3-3.8. -0.5. Sole LI Hot A/C stays with #11 cume 219-230-226k.
10-10-10. WLTW Audacy Adult Contemporary 3.5-3.2-3.6. +0.4. Stays #1 NY. LI cume up #5-3, 334-320-345k.
7-T6-11. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.4-4.5-3.4. -1.1 share drop. Audience dips #2-4 cume 344-356-335k.
12-T11-12. WKJY* Connoisseur A/C 2.9-3.1-3.1. Former #1 LI share now holds at # 8 cume on 264-264-280k.
13-13-13. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 2.2-3.0-2.5. -0.5. Good signal into LI. Cume is up slightly #21-20, 61-54-62k.
16-14-TIE 14: WWWF* Connoisseur Country 1.6-1.8-2.0. +0.2. Only LI Country stays #13 cume 126-130-140k
17-16-TIE 14: WHLI-AM* Connoisseur Oldies 1.5-1.4-2.0. +0.6. Nice March gain. Holds #18 cume 78-89-83k.
14-15-16. WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR 1.9-1.7-1.8. Holding on this month with #10 LI cume at 231-201-238k.
18-17-17. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 1.4-1.3-1.6. +0.3, #19 cume 78-85-78k. 3-WAY TIE 18 @ 1.1: WWSK*
Connoisseur Rock 1.0-1.1-1.1. #14 cume, 123-125k; T18: WWPR iHeart Urban Contemp. 1.3-1.1-1.1 #16 cume
116k-98k & T18: WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 1.1-1.0-1.1, #17-15 cume, 97-113k – there is no local LI Spanish.
21. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.0-0.9-0.8. #20-17 cume 64-90k. 22. WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business News 0.5 #22, 19k.
23. WLIR* Red Apple Talk 0.4, Add WABC=6.4 #25 cume, 17k. TIE 24 @ 0.3: WNEW-HD2 Audacy Smooth Jazz #23 cume, 17k & T24: WSKQ Stream SBS Spanish Tropical, #24 cume 16.8k.
26. WINS-HD2 Audacy Mod. Alt. 0.2, #21 cume 23k. TIE 27 @ 0.1: WINS-HD3 Audacy Oldies & WHUD Pamal
A/C with both cumes 7k. Streams mostly disappear.

PHILADELPHIA (9) Pop. 4.85 mil. Black 20.5%, Hispanic 10.6%. JAN / FEB / MARCH 2026 CLUSTERS Audacy 28.3-27.1-26.9 leads Beasley 23.3-23.8-22.5 by 4.4 & iHeart 14.8-15.5-16.6 by 10.3. Urban One 4.9-5.1-6.7. WHYY 5.2-4.9-4.8. Air Love 4.8-5.1-4.2. Feb/March Change Range: +0.8 / -1.3.

T3-T1-1. WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 6.6-6.6-7.1. Steady. Shakes last month #1 tie. #2 cume 733-744-858k.
6-T3-TIE 2: WBEB Audacy A/C 5.4-6.5-6.6 +0.1. Moves up to #2. Can it regain #1? #1 cume 1.03-1.1-1.17mil.
1-T3-TIE 2: WIP-FM Audacy Sports 8.5-6.5-6.6. +0.1. Top 4 stations are within 0.6. #9-6 cume 685-610-605k.
5-6-4. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 5.7-6.1-6.5. +0.4. Steady share growth. Audience up #8-7 cume, 508-508-569k.
2-T1-5: WMMR Beasley Rock. 7.1-7.1-5.8. -1.3. Takes the big dip for March. #5-4 cume with 631-617-701k.
T3-5-6. KYW-AM Audacy News 6.6-6.3-5.4. -0.9. Falls out of the Top 5 while going #6-9 cume, 547-535-531k.
7-8-7. WHYY Public News/Talk 5.2-4.9-4.8. -0.1. Solid Top 10 Public Radio moves #14-15 cume 364-348-372k.
9-9-8. WXTU Beasley Country 4.4-4.3-4.6 +0.3. Continues in the Philly Top 10. Holds #10 cume, 438-466-520k.
8-7-9. WVKP Air Love Contemporary Christian. 4.7-5.0-4.3. -0.7 and a #14-16 cume dip with 310-348-314k.
16-T12-10. WUSL iHeart Urban Contemporary 2.6-3.2-3.8. +0.6 again and a steady #13 cume, 391-363-424k.
12-11-TIE 11: WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 3.3-3.5-3.7. +0.2. Low share rank, strong #4-3 cume, 644-651-758k.
10-10-TIE 11: WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 3.6-4.2-3.7. -0.5. Share and cume both dip #3-5 cume, 672-698-678k.
15-T14-13. WPPZ Urban One R&B Oldies 2.7-2.7-3.5. +0.8. Got a nice March gain. #17 cume 280-276-308k
11-T12-14. WXPN U. Penn. Adult Alternative 3.4-3.2-3.3. Impressive non-comm. Stays at #18, 303-257-258k.
T17-17-15. WRNB Urban One Contemporary 2.2-2.4-3.2. +0.8. Nice move this month. #15-14, 302-312-384k.
13-T14-16. WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.9-2.7-2.8. No big change. Philly’s Top CHR moves #7-8 cume 499-510-545k.
T14-16-17. WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 2.7-2.5-2.5. Flat. Good PR presence but staying at #25 cume, 77-79-84k.
T19-19-TIE 18: WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 1.8-1.8-2.0. Another with higher cume than share. #11. 480-435-503k.
T17-18-TIE 18: WRFF iHeart Modern Alternative Rock 2.2-2.1-2.0. WXPN leads 1.3. #12 cume, 399-441-448k
T19-20-20. WRTI Temple University Classical 1.8-1.5-1.6. Well-presented non-comm #23 cume, 131-142-138k.
22-T21-21. WUMR iHeart Spanish CHR 1.4-1.4-1.5. Market’s only Hispanic #20-21-19 cume, 227-190-250k.
23-23-22. WPEN Beasley Sports 1.6-1.1-1.3. +0.2. Tough WIP competition. Cume holds at #22, 255-169-231k.
T24-T21-23.WPST Townsquare CHR 0.9-1.4-1.1. -0.3 #20 cume 210-219-239k. 23-24-23. WKXW Townsquare
Talk 1.0 #24 cume 92-110k. 25. WSTW Forever Media Hot A/C 0.8 #21 cume, 246-235k. 26. WEMG Mega
Spanish Tropical 0.3 #26, 76k. TIE 27 @ 0.2: WYPA Air Love Soft Christian #28, 27k & WKXW Stream
Townsquare Talk (Total 1.2) #30, 13k. 4-WAY TIE 29 @ 0.1: WSJO Townsquare Hot A/C #29, 34k; WXCY
Forever Country #27, 28k; WFPG Townsquare A/C #31, 11k & WTDY-HD2 Audacy Mod.Alt.Rock #32, 10k.

WASHINGTON DC (8) Pop. 5.29 million. Black 26.9% Hispanic 18%. JAN / FEB / MARCH 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 20.3-20.5-20.7 leads Hubbard 13.7-15.5-14.4. American University 11.1-12.0-11.0. Audacy 8.7-9.0-10.1. Urban One 7.6-7.9-7.4. Howard University 6.8-7.2-6.0. WGTS Christian 5.4-4.3-4.6. WETA Classical 3.8-4.0-3.2. Feb / March Change Range: +0.8 / -1.2.

1-1-1. WTOP/FM Hubbard News 13.5-15.2-14.3. -0.9. Top DC News Service Keeps #1 cume 851-923-927k.
2-2-2. WAMU American University News /Talk 11.0-11.8-10.8. -1.0. Frequent #1 share. #3 cume 562-621-593k.
3-3-3. WHUR Howard Univ. Urban Adult Contemporary 6.6-7.0-5.2. -1.2. Top drop. #4-5 cume 487-534-541k.
6-5-4. WASH-FM iHeart Adult Contemporary 4.9-4.6-5.1. +0.5. March maintains the #2 cume, 719-775-796k.
T4-4-5. WWDC iHeart Modern Alt. Rock 5.4-5.4-4.8. Solid Top5 Major Mkt. Alt. Rock #8 cume, 460-475-467k.
T4-6-6. WGTS Public Christian Contemporary 5.4-4.3-4.6 +0.3. DC Prayers sustain #13-11 cume 270-274-322k.
8-8-7. WZMQ iHeart Country 3.6-3.9-3.8. -0.1. Capital Country stays in Top 10 with a #13 cume 241-247-248k.
9-9-8. WBIG iHeart Classic Rock 3.3-3.3-3.5. Top 10 share with a higher #7 cume. Check TSL? 460-491-490k.
10-10-9. WIHT iHeart CHR 3.2-3.2-3.4. +0.2. Top DC CHR has lower shares with a big #4 cume 485-515-546k.
7-7-10. WETA Public Classical 3.8-4.0-3.2. -0.8. March major classical plays off key. #14 cume, 239-249-226k.
T14-T12-TIE 11: WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 2.1-2.4-2.7. +0.3. Step by step advance. #6 cume, 417-493-546k.
12-T12-TIE 11: WPGC Audacy Rhythmic CHR 2.4-2.4-2.7. +0.3. #2 CHR moves up. #9 cume, 307-369-366k.
11-11-13. WMMJ Urban One Adult Contemporary 2.9-2.8-2.6. -0.2. Waits for a gain #9-12 cume, 307-320-267k.
17-17-14. WLZL-FMAudacy Spanish Tropical 1.4-1.4-2.2. +0.8. Top Hispanic gets a break. #16, 138-142-127k
16-14-15. WJFK Audacy Sports 1.9-2.1-2.0. March Capital Sports seemed to be tough. #15 cume, 117-117-147k.
13-16-16. WPRS Urban One Inspirational Gospel 2.3-1.9-1.9. Just a slight praise at #20-18 cume, 64-101-116k.
T14-15-17. WKYS Urban One Contemporary 2.1-2.0-1.7. -0.3. Rebound is waiting. #11-10 cume, 277-277-324k.
18-T18-TIE 18: WLVW Air Love Christian 0.7-1.2-1.2. Flat. Too much DC religion? #19 cume, 120-104-103k.
xx-T18-TIE 18: WLNO Urban One Spanish CHR. 0.3-1.2-1.2. DC Hispanic Total: 2.8-3.4. #21 cume, 117-91k.
21-20. WBQB Chesapeake-Portsmouth Hot A/C 0.7 #21-17 cume, 92-124k. 23-21. WAIW Air Love Contemp.
Christian #28-26 cume, 33-56k. TIE 22 @ 0.5: WFLS Connoisseur Country #20, 85-92k & WDCH Bloomberg
Business News #23 cume 62-72k. TIE 24 @ 0.4: WWEG Manning Classics Hits #18-22, 105-87k & WTEM-
AM Audacy Sports T28 cume, 27-35k. TIE 26 @ 0.3: WRBS Bright Contemp. Christian #24, 70-77k & T26
WAFY Manning Hot A/C #25, 62k. 3-WAY TIE 28 @ 0.2: WCSP C-Span Talk #27 cume, 46k; WHUR-HD2
Howard Univ. Urban A/C & WAMU-HD2 American Univ. Blue Grass #33, 13k. 3-WAY TIE @ 0.1: WIHT
iHeart Rhym-CHR T28 cume 35k; WSHE-AM Hubbard Adult Alt. 24k & WIAD-HD2 Audacy Hot A/C 13k.

BALTIMORE (23) Pop. 2.47million. Black 30.9%. Hispanic 8.1%. JAN/FEB/MARCH 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy leads by 1.8: 12.9-14.0-15.7, Urban One 14.1-13.5-13.7, iHeart 12.2-12.0-12.3, Hearst 8.3-8.1-8.0, YPR Public 7.1-6.9-6.5, Christian/Gospel 5.0-5.3-5.0. February/March Change Range +1.3 / -0.6

1-1-1. WWIN Urban One Urban A/C 8.7-8.9-8.4. -0.5. Ahead at #1 by 3.5-2.4. Holds #4 cume 280-276-300k.
T7-5-TIE 2: WLIF Audacy Adult Contemporary. 4.1-4.7-6.0. +1.3. Moving back up. #1 cume 344-419-443k.
9-2-TIE 2: WWMX Audacy Hot Adult Contemporary 3.7-5.4-6.0, +0.6. Audacy wins. #5-3 cume 242-249-305k.
2-3-4. WPOC iHeart Country 5.6-5.3-5.6. +0.3. Major mkt. country showing. Moves #7-8 cume 196-187-210k.
3-6-5. WERQ Urban One Urban Contemporary 5.4-4.6-5.5. +0.9. Evening out on a #7-3-5 cume 246-275-298k.
4-4-6. WIYY Hearst Rock 5.0-5.2-4.6. -0.6. Leads WQSR by 0.3, WZBA by 2.3. Stays #6 cume, 181-231-231k.
6-7-7. WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 4.2-4.3-4.3 Steady. High cume but a low share = TSL. #2 cume, 274-330-319k.
T7-8-8. WYPR Public News/Talk 4.1-3.9-3.8. Content insures YPR stays Top 10. Tie #11 cume, 126-124-132.5k.
11-T11-9: WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 3.3-2.9-3.4. +0.5. Stronger news with TV? #14-13 cume, 102-92-110k.
5-9-10. WJZ-FMAudacy Sports 4.6-3.4-3.3. -0.1. Holds on in Baltimore Top 10. Tie #11 cume, 146-128-132.5k.
12-12-TIE 11: WRBS Bright Contemporary Christian 3.2-2.9-3.0. Prayers preserve the #10 cume, 157-142-144k.
13-10-12. WTMD ‘YPR Public Adult Alternative 3.0-3.0-2.7. -0.3. Slight March dip. #13-14 cume, 94-114-103k.
10-13-13. WZBA Times Shamrock Classic Rock 3.5-2.4-2.3. -0.1. Unlucky 13 with a #8-9 cume 197-194-206k.
17-16-14. WGTS Atlantic Gateway Contemporary Christian DC 0.9-1.6-2.0. +0.4. Has #18-17 cume, 44-60-76k.
15-14-15. WZFT iHeart CHR 1.9-1.9-1.9. Flat. A TSL check with the growing cume gain #9-7, 154-185-229k.
16-17-TIE 16: WTOP-FM Hubbard DC News 1.4-1.2-1.5. +0.3. Strong signal in Baltimore for #15, 87-83-94k.
14-15-TIE 16: WBJC Public Classical 2.1-1.7-1.5. -0.2. Downplaying the scales. #16-18-16 cume, 77-90-91k.
18-18-18. WDCH DC Bloomberg Business News 0.8-0.8-0.8 #19 cume 48-47k. 22-19-19. WEAA Public Jazz
0.5-0.7-0.7 #17-18 cume, 68-69k. T19-20-20. WCAO-AM iHeart Inspirational Gospel 0.5, #22 cume 21k. 21-
21. WLIF-HD2 Audacy Inspirational Gospel 0.3 #20, 28k. 22. WEAA Stream Public Jazz 0.2 (0.9 total) #22
cume 9k. 23. WLIF-HD3 Audacy Oldies 0.1, #23 cume, 6k. 24. WJZ-AM Audacy Sports 0.0 #24, 5k.

PROVIDENCE (45) Pop. 1.5 mil. Hispanic 15.1%, Black 8.3%. JAN/FEB/MARCH 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 21.3-21.3-21.2, Red Wolf 8.8-11.1-11.5, WGBH 3.5-3.5-4.0. Air Love 2.5-3.1-3.8. RI Public Radio 2.1-2.3-2.7. No Cumulus. February/March Very Small Share Change Range: +0.5 / -0.3

2-1-1. WCTK Hall/Red Wolf Country 7.5-9.1-9.4. +0.3. Another gain for 1.6 lead. #2 cume. 222-227-252k.
1-2-2. WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 7.9-7.7-7.8. +0.1. The solid second place gains #4-3 cume, 218-202-242k.
4-3-3. WHJY iHeart Classic Rock 6.2-6.6-6.8. +0.2. Former #1 gets share gain on a #3-4 cume 186-217-232k.
3-4-4. WSNE iHeart Hot A/C 6.3-5.4-5.1. -0.3. Takes a share dip but wins #1 cume. Go figure. 276-263-285k.
6-5-5. WGBH-FM ‘GBH Boston Public News/Talk 3.2-3.4-3.7 +0.3. 100kw signal. Holds #7cume, 65-75-78k.
7-6-6. WLVO (WBRU) Air Love Contemporary Chrisitan. 2.8-3.1-3.6. +0.5. Gaining at #5 cume, 96-100-105k.
8-8-7. WNPN Rhode Island Public News/Talk 2.1-2.3-2.7. RI non-comm is growing. Holds #8 cume, 41-55-70k.
5-7-8. WVEI/FM Audacy Sports 3.0-2.9-3.7. Big signal sold in Jan. to RI Public Radio. #7-6 cume, 92-70-80k.
T9-9-9. WHJJ-AM iHeart Talk 0.9-1.6-1.5. Must vote AM Radio preservation into law. #12 cume, 36-33-31k.
T9-10-10. WKKB Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 0.9-1.0-1.0. Only RI Hispanic format. #9-10 cume, 40-49-50k.
T11-11-TIE 11. WNBH-AM Red Wolf Classic Hits 0.8 #10-9 cume, 40-52k. T11-12-11 TIE: WELH Wheeler
School Rock 0.8 #12-11 cume, 32-40k. 3-WAY TIE 13 @ 0.3: WCRB ‘GBH Classical#13 cume, 25k; T13
WDOM Providence College Variety #14 cume 26-20k & T13: WSKP-AM Red Wolf Oldies #15 cume 10-13k.
Air Love Christian TIE 16 @ 0.0: WTKL #16, 10k & WKIV Stream #17, 4k. Top 6 remain at same ranks.

HARTFORD (57) Pop. 1.11 million. Hispanic 17.2%, Black 13.0%. JAN/FEB/MARCH 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 28.8-29.8-27.9 as the market lead shrinks 5.3 to 1.4 vs. iHeart: 26.7-24.5-26.5. Red Wolf 14.2-16.8-17.1. Connecticut Public 6.2-6.9-6.9. Feb/March Share Change Range: +1.3 / -1.1

1.1.1. WRCH Audacy Soft A/C 11.5-11.8-10.7. +1.1. Scant 1.0 Hartford lead with #1 cume: 246-245-267k.
2-3-2. WWYZ iHeart Country 9.4-8.4-9.7. +1.3. Top Gain. Iconic CT Country holds #4 cume, 152-155-159k.
T3-2-3. WDRC/FM Red Wolf Classic Rock. 6.8-8.6-8.9. +0.3. Not your Dad’s Big D. #6 cume, 132-137-147k.
T3-T5-TIE 4: WKSS iHeart CHR 6.8-6.9-6.9. Holds. Stays Top 5 on very respectable #3 cume, 193-181-201k.
T6-T5-TIE 4: WNPR Connecticut Public N/T. 6.2-6.9-6.9. Steady. Tops ‘TIC/AM by 2.5. #10 cume, 74-84-81k
5-4-6. WZMX Audacy Rhythmic CHR 6.6-7.3-6.7. -0.6. Audacy needs ‘RCH support. #7 cume, 125-140-143k.
8-8-7. WHCN iHeart Classic Hits 5.8-5.5-6.5 +1.0. Gains & needs more. ‘DRC/F +2.4. #5 cume, 141-148-157k.
T5-7-8. WTIC/FM Audacy Hot A/C 6.2-5.8-6.1. +0.3. TSL check from a significant #2 cume 177-196-241k.
9-9-9. WTIC-AM Audacy News/Talk 4.0-4.9-4.4. -0.5. Only CT 50kw AM needs spark. #11 cume 64-68-58k.
10-10-10. WMRQ Red Wolf Modern Alt. Rock 3.8-3.8-4.2. +0.4. Fine Alt. presence. #8 cume 103-93-120k.
11-11-TIE 11. WKCI iHeart New Haven CHR 2.6-2.4-2.2. -0.2. Competitive CHR market. #9 cume 104-97-96k.
T12-13-TIE 11: WCCC Air Love Christian 1.7-1.8-2.2. +0.4. Better if more local. #10-12 cume, 57-58-54k.
T14-12-13. WBOM-AM Red Wolf Urban Adult Contemporary 1.5-2.2-1.8. -0.4. Nice translator. #13, 41-43-37k.
14-T14-14: WMRQ-HD2 Red Wolf Spanish Tropical, 1.5-1.6-1.6. Solid HD2 signal. #15-13 cume 40-39-45k.
T12-T15-15. WUCS iHeart Sports 1.7-1.1-1.21. Tough for sports in between BOS & NYC. #15 cume 40-33-36k.
16-T15-16. WRYM-AM Trignition Spanish Tropical 0.9-1.1-1.0. #16 cume 30-27k. 17-17. WDRC-AM Red Wolf Talk 0.4, #18 cume, 12k. T18-18. WNTY-AM Red Wolf Oldies 0.2 #17 cume 18k. T18-19. WPOP-AM
iHeart News/Talk 0.0. #19 cume, 7-4k. Once an iconic battle between AMs WDRC & WPOP; now less than 0.5.

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