FEBRUARY 27, 2026 JANUARY NOR’EAST RADIO
TOTAL PERS. MON-SUN : BOSTON, NEW YORK CITY, LONG ISLAND,
PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON DC, BALTIMORE, PROVIDENCE & HARTFORD
CLARK SMIDT, Advisor / Connector participating in Broadcast Management since 1968.
www.broadcastideas.com ** 978 502 6633 ** clarkfsmidt@gmail.com
Back to Normal After the Holiday Wild Card.
Time to Thrive & Survive.
Post holiday formats drop as much as 11.6! Adjustments Show Potential.
• AM Radio Protection is Overdue – Vote Yes for Essential Communication!
BOSTON (10) Population 4.543 mil. Hispanic 13.0% Black 8.7%. DEC/HOLIDAY ’25 / JAN 2026 CLUSTERS: Boston is Anyone’s Ball Game! iHeart 22.9-18.6-22.4 takes Beasley by 2.3: 19.5-17.4-20.1. and Audacy by 3.0: 23.8-26.9-19.4. WGBH/WCRB 6.9-6.8-6.6. WBUR 4.0-4.0-4.5.
December/Holiday Station Change Range: +1.3 / -7.3
2-2-1. WBZ/FM Beasley Sports 6.2-6.3-7.6. +1.3. Sports back, BBGI Bright Spot. #5-4 cume 490-517-565k.
1-1-2. WMJX Audacy A/C 10.3-13.5-6.2. -7.3. Big share dump keeps #1 cume 1.02-1.23m-780k, down by 448k.
3-6-3. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 5.3-4.6-5.5. +0.9. Up after Holiday. Had been #1. #3 cume 645-593-594k.
4-7-4. WXKS/FM iHeart CHR 4.9-4.5-5.1. +0.6. Long-time champ needs new strength. #2 cume 606-635-595k.
T5-3-5. WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk 4.6-4.8-5.0. Always dependable, especially in snow. #11, 319-313-332k.
T5-T4-6. WEEI/FM Audacy Sports 4.6-4.7-4.8. Moving but trails BZFM by 2.4. #13-10 cume, 291-298-355k.
7-T4-TIE 7: WWBX Audacy Hot A/C 4.4-4.5-4.5. 1.0 share separates 5 Hub stations. #7 cume, 471-470-453k.
9-T8-TIE 7: WBUR Boston University News/Talk 4.0-4.0-4.5. +0.5. Stays solid. #15-12 cume, 282-244-298k.
12-10-9. WKLB Beasley Country 3.4-3.8-4.0. Stays in Top 10 & rides 2.6 over Bull. #10-11 cume 334-327-347k.
11-11-TIE 10: WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 3.7-3.6-3.8. More potential. #6-5 cume misses the boat. 525-515-486k.
8-T8-TIE 10: WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 4.2-4.0-3.8. Solo Hub Rocker needs spark! #4-6 cume 526-531-471k.
17-13-TIE 10: WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative 2.6-3.4-3.8. Finally in the Top 10 on #9 cume 341-347-361k.
13-15-13. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 3.0-2.4-3.6. +1.2. Impressive post-holiday jump. #21-18 cume 133-107-118k.
10-14-14. WGBH ‘GBH News/Talk 3.9-3.2-3.5. Not stronger? 1.0 behind WBUR. #16-13 cume 260-230-258k.
T13-12-15. WCRB ‘GBH Classical 3.0-3.5-3.3. Good to be out of 2 Ville. Jumps #18-14 cume on 197-192-220k.
16-16-16. WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 2.8-2.3-2.6. -0.9. Costly op. trails WWBX by 1.9. #8 cume 461-431-425k.
15-17-17. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 2.9-2.0-2.0. Big signal has better ‘COZ heritage. #9-12, 363-306-339k.
18-21-18. WBWL iHeart Country 1.7-1.2-1.4. 2nd of 2 Country FMs, 5.4 total share. #17-15 cume 250-199-215k.
T21-T19-19. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 1.2-1.4-1.1. #1 college FM #20-16 cume, 156-136-203k.
T21-T19-20. WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical 1.2-1.4-1.1. Hispanic pop is not here. #20-17 cume 157-111-136k.
T19-22-21. WBOS Beasley Bloomberg Business 1.3-1.0-1.0 #22-19 cume, 112-88-110k. 23-22. WCCM-AM
Costa Spanish CHR 0.8-0.8-0.8 #25-22 cume 44-41k. 24-23. WKVB (WAAF) Air Love Christian 0.6-0.6-0.6
#23-20 cume, 79k. TIE 24 @ 0.4: WRCA-AM Beasley Classic Rock #21, 54k & WXKS-AM iHeart Talk 0.4,
#24, 24k. TIE 26 @ 0.3: WNKC Air Love Contemp. Christian #23 cume, 34k & WMEX-AM Larry Justice
Oldies – Hooray for Classic DJs – #25 cume, 15k. TIE 28 @ 0.1: WBGB-HD2 Audacy Variety & WCAI ‘GBH
N/T #27, 8k. Cumulus does not subscribe. Stream numbers disappear. Boston is an exciting trend setter.
NEW YORK (1) Pop. 16.93 million. Hispanic 26.2% Black 16.4%. DEC/HOLIDAY ’25 / JAN 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 22.8-28.2-25.5 over Audacy 20.5-20.4-22.7; 7.8-2.8. Spanish Broadcasting 9.3-9.3-8.9. Media Co. Holding 8.6-7.2-7.4. WNYC Public 6.4-6.5-7.1. Red Apple WABC-AM/WLIR 4.2-4.1-4.5.
11 Stations Top 1 million cume, WLTW 4.5-3.4 mil. Holiday/January Share Change Range: +1.3 / -5.5.
2-2-1. WINS-FM Audacy News 6.5-6.2-7.5. +1.3. 0.0 stream. Consistent #5 cume at 1.997-1.92-1.85 million.
1-1-2. WLTW iHeart A/C 9.9-12.5-7.0. Significant -5.5 January Dump. Cume continues #1: 4.21-4.57-3.88 mil.
5-3-3. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 5.0-5.6-5.4. NYC #1 (of 6) Hispanics slips #7-8 cume. 1.8-1.75-1.7 million.
6-5-4. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.6-4.6-5.3. +0.7 moves up in Top 5. Holds #2 cume2.24-2.39-2.36 mil.
3-4-TIE 5: WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.1-5.3-5.1. Slips a notch. The major CHR dips #3-4 cume. 2.25-2.18-2.03 mil.
7-T6-TIE 5: WNYC/FM Public News/Talk 4.5-4.4-5.1. +0.7. Nice Jan. gain. Cume up #16-15 on 692-746-728k.
4-T6-7. WBLS Media Co. Urban A/C 5.1-4.4-4.6. Ahead of Urban WWPR 0.6. #10-9 cume, 1.36-1.22-1.24m.
8-T9-8. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 4.0-3.4-4.3. +0.9. Jan. Jump for Top Rock #8-7 cume. 1.76-1.55-1.57 million
9-8-9. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 3.9-4.0-4.2. Top NYC AM. Strong #2 Long Is. #20-18 cume, 541-527-397k.
12-12-10. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 3.4-2.9-4.0. +1.1. Chasing ‘BLS. #11-10 cume 1.24-1.13-1.2mil.
15-14-11. WFAN-FMAudacy Sports 2.7-2.7-3.9. +1.9. No stream in Jan. Moves up #15-12 cume. 805-763-813k.
11-13-TIE 12: WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR. 3.3-3.1-3.7. +0.6. Moving up #4-3 cume. 2.22-2.07-2.11 million.
10-T9-TIE 12: WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 3.6-3.4-3.7. Slides out of the Top 10. #6 cume 1.89-1.82-1.72mil.
11-13-14. WQHT Media Co Rhythmic CHR 3.5-2.8-3.1. Fairly steady share gains #9-6 cume. 1.4-1.34-1.35 mil.
14-15-15. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.9-2.5-2.0 -0.5. 2nd of 8 Hispanic stations. #13-14 cume, 1mil-796-754k.
17-16-16. WQXR-FM WNYC Public Classical 1.8-2.1-1.9. January dip. Moves #21-20 cume, 349-357-294k.
T20-20-17. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.4-1.4-1.7. A welcome +0.3 gain. #14-11 cume 833-787-846k.
18-16-18. WPLJ Air Love Contemporary Christian 2.1-2.0-1.6. No Holiday Love. #18-17 cume, 684-664-524k.
T20-21-19. WSKQ Stream Spanish Tropical SBS 1.4-1.2-1.5. All WSKQ=6.9. Up #24-21 cume, 317-281-276k.
T18-18-TIE 20: WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 1.6-1.7-1.4. Hispanic share total 11.0. #12-13, 847-777k.
T18-19-TIE 20: WEPN Emmis A/C 1.6-1.6-1.4. Gains have yet to happen. Cume #15-17-16, 831-728-709k.
22. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.1-1.0-1.4. +0.4. Now trailing WABC 3.0-2.8. Moves #25-22 cume, 260-259-274k.
T24-23. WKXW Townsquare Talk 0.8, 23 cume 282-257k. 7-WAY TIE 24 @ 0.5: WMGQ Beasley A/C #24,
242k; WNVU Hope Spanish Contemp. #25 cume, 199k; TIE 24: WFUV Fordham University Adult Alternative
#26, 197k; WBGO #27 cume, 191k; WFDU Farleigh Dickenson U. Oldies #29, 154k; WKMK Press Country
#31 134k; TIE 24: WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business News #31 cume, 127k. 31. WHUD Pamal A/C #19, 337k.
4-WAY TIE 32 @ 0.3: WDHA Beasley Rock #28, 173k; WXPK Pamal Adult Alternative #33, 112k; WBGO
Stream Public Jazz totals 0.8 #39, 48k; WLIR Red Apple Talk #44, 34k cume. 5 FM/HDs Tie @ 0.2. 10 Tie @
0.1. Stream factor decrease in January. No gain for Christian Xmas. Many NYC shuffles to start the real 2026.
LONG ISLAND (21) Pop. 2.55 mil. Hispanic 20.4%, Black 10.2%. DEC/HOL ’25/JAN 2026 CLUSTERS:
Audacy 18.0-18.7-24.1 leaps over iHeart 21.7-21.9-18.1 by 6.0 & takes Connoisseur 13.2-14.0-12.6 by 11.5.
Cox Media Group 8.0-7.9-9.6. Red Apple 7.6-7.1-8.1. Hol/Jan. Change Range: +1.8 / -5.0 * LI Stations
T2-3-1. WINS-FM Audacy News 6.6-7.0-9.2. +0.4. +1.8. Stream=0.0, as with NYC. #3-1 cume 408-421-441k.
1-4-2. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk. 6.9-6.5-6.3. Post-Holiday Rebound to #2. Gains #14-13 cume 130-132-129k.
4-5-3. WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.6-5.6-5.8. Edges out local CHR WBLI. Long Island #6-5 cume at 373-345-339k.
T7-6-4. WBLI* Cox CHR 4.1-4.3-5.7. +1.4. Top LI station starts ‘26 off right. Gains #5-4 cume 369-352-339k.
5-2-5. WALK* Connoisseur Adult Contemporary 5.5-7.6-5.6. -2.0. Post Holiday dipper #2 cume 438-478-373k.
10-T8-6. WFAN Audacy Sports 3.7-3.6-5.2. +1.6. No stream, as with WINS. Cume goes #12-11, 164-160-171k.
T7-7-7. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.1-4.2-4.4. Share holds with #7-3 cume jump on L.I. 332-330-344k.
9-T8-8. WBAB* Cox Classic Rock 3.9-3.6-3.9. #3 Local station. Former leader stays #7 cume, 333-295-292k.
12-T11-9. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 2.4-2.5-3.7. +1.2. Sole LI market Hot A/C has #11 cume 224-225-219k.
T2-1-10. WLTW Audacy Adult Contemporary 6.6-8.5-3.5. -5.0. Stays #1 NY, LI cume falls #1-6 435-533-334k.
6-10-11. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 4.5-3.3-3.4. Small LI recovery for NYC Top Rock #8 cume, 295-252-272k.
11-T11-12. WKJY* Connoisseur A/C 3.2-2.5-2.9. The former #1 LI share is now #8-9 cume on 298-275-264k.
14-T14-13. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 2.0-1.7-2.2. +0.5. Good signal on LI. Share gain & 22-20 cume, 55-61-54k.
14-T14-14. WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR 1.8-1.7-1.9. #12 Tie NYC share holds at #10 LI cume 226-231-231k.
24-15. WLIR* Red Apple Talk 0.7-0.6-1.8. Jumps +1.2 on LI. Add WABC=8.1. #29-21 cume, 20-34k, 70% gain.
T15-T17-16. WWWF* Connoisseur Country 1.7-1.4-1.6. Lone LI Country is steady. #15 cume 151-130-126k.
17-16-17. WHLI-AM* Connoisseur Oldies 1.6-1.6-1.5. Still ahead of sister FM WWSK. #18 cume, 91-81-78k.
T19-18. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 1.5-1.1-1.4. #19-17 cume 86-80-78k. T19-19. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemp.
1.2-1.1-1.3 #15-16 cume 130-103k. 21-20. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 1.2-1.0-1.1, #17-16 cume, 107-103k,
no LI local Spanish. 21-TIE 22: WWSK* Connoisseur Rock 1.2-0.9-1.0. #13-14 cume, 151-127k; 22-TIE 22.
WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 0.7-0.8-1.0, #21-19 cume 68-74k. TIE 23 @ 0.4: WSKQ Stream SBS Spanish
Tropical, #25-22 cume 21-20k, Total WSKQ 1.5; TIE 23: WINS-HD2 Audacy Modern/Alt Rock #24, 17k. TIE
25 @ 0.2: WNEW-HD2 Audacy Smooth Jazz #23 cume, 18k; TIE 25: WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business News
#25, 17k. Streams disappear, just like New York and other Nor’east markets. Total Holiday/January dip is 7.0.
PHILADELPHIA (9) Pop. 4.85 mil. Black 20.5%, Hispanic 10.6%. DEC/HOL ’25/JAN 2026 CLUSTERS
Audacy 31.6-35.9-28.3 takes Beasley by 5.0: 20.9-19.6-23.3 & 13.5 ahead of iHeart 15.6-14.4-14.8.
Urban One. 4.9-4.5-4.9. Air Love 4.7-4.8-4.8 WHYY 4.0-3.9-5.2. Holiday/Jan Change Range: +3.0 / -11.6.
4-4-1. WIP-FM Audacy Sports 5.8-5.5-8.5. Tied for top +3.0 gain. Sports Win! #3-6 cume, 662-685-610k.
1-T2-2. WMMR Beasley Rock. 6.4-5.9-7.1. +1.2. Halts the two-book slide, holds on to #5 cume, 639-616-631k.
5-T2-TIE 3: WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 5.5-5.9-6.6. +0.7. BBGI 2-3 shot & keeps #2 cume 766-721-733k.
7-9-3 TIE 3: KYW-AM Audacy News 4.4-3.6-6.6. +3.0. Tie for top gain. 0.0 stream. #10-7 cume 495-469-547k.
3-5-5. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 6.3-5.3-5.7. +0.5. Stays in the PHA Top 5. Cume holding at #8, 556-504-508k.
1-1-6. WBEB Audacy A/C 10.1-17.0-5.4. -11.6. Ouch! Huge post-holiday dive. Still #1 cume 1.4-1.7-1.03mil.
T8-7-7. WHYY Public News/Talk 4.0-3.9-5.2. +1.3. Solid Top 10 Public Radio up #16-14 cume 357-299-364k.
6-6-8. WVKP Air Love Contemporary Christian. 4.6-4.6-4.7. Tiny up. No holiday help. #15 cume 307-328-310k
T10-8-9. WXTU Beasley Country 3.7-3.8-4.4. +0.6. Stays in the Philly Top 10. #10 cume gains 483-412-438k.
T10-14-10. WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 3.7-2.7-3.6. +0.9. The big cume still no help. #4-3 cume 675-624-672k.
T8-10-11. WXPN U. Penn. Adult Alternative 4.0-3.3-3.4. Most impressive non-comm. #18 cume, 249-247-257k.
T13-T11-12. WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 2.7-2.8-3.3. +0.5. Low share rank with a big #4 cume. 694-606-644k.
12-T11-13. WIOQ iHeart CHR 3.2-2.8-2.9. -0.4. Philly’s Top Brotherly CHR dips #7-9 cume on 578-525-499k.
16-15-TIE 14: WPPZ Urban One R&B Oldies 2.4-2.5-2.7. Better R&B classics? Stays #17 cume 273-275-280k.
T18-T19-TIE 14: WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 2.0-1.7-2.7. +1.0. Nice PR pays off for share. #25 cume, 97-95-77k.
T13-T11-16. WUSL iHeart Urban Contemporary 2.7-2.8-2.6. OK & holding the same #13 cume, 411-407-391k.
T18-16-TIE 17: WRFF iHeart Modern Alternative Rock 2.0-2.2-2.2. WXPN ahead 1.2. #11cume 455-442-399k.
15-17-TIE 17: WRNB Urban One Contemporary 2.5-2.0-2.2. Still waiting to gain. #14-16 cume, 371-340-302k.
T18-T19-TIE19: WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 2.0-1.7-1.8. CHR often has a stronger cume, off #9-11. 477-480-435k.
24-21-TIE 19: WRTI Temple University Classical 1.3-1.5-1.8. Another good non-comm. #23 cume 121-131k.
21-T22-21. WPEN Beasley Sports 1.comm. 6. +0.3. Very tough WIP competition. Cume #21-19, 258-231-255k.
20-T22-22. WUMR iHeart Spanish CHR 1.4-1.3-1.4. Market’s only Hispanic keeps a #20 cume, 225-224-227k.
T25-23: WKXW Townsquare Talk #24 cume, 131-88k. TIE 24 @ 0.9: WPST Townsquare CHR #21 cume 210k;
TIE 24: WSTW Forever Media Hot A/C. #22 cume, 200k. 26. WKXW Stream Townsquare Talk 0.2, #29, 9k.
TIE 27 @ 0.1: WSJO Townsquare Hot A/C #26 cume, 28k; TIE 27: WYPA Air Love Soft Christian #28, 12k. Biggest post-holiday dip of an 11.6 share. Another Nor’east Market shows 0.0 stream scores, this month.
WASHINGTON DC (8) Pop. 5.29 million. Black 26.9% Hispanic 18%. DEC/HOL ’25/JAN 2026
CLUSTERS: iHeart 19.4-23.3-20.3 leads Hubbard 12.5-11.5-13.7, American University 11.6-9.9-11.1,
Audacy 9.6-8.7-8.7, Urban One 8.7-9.0-7.6, Howard University 7.0-6.1-6.8, Christian 4.6-6.0-6.6,
WETA 4.6-3.5-3.8. Holiday/January Share Change Range: +2.2 / -5.2.
1-1-1. WTOP/FM Hubbard News 12.2-11.3-13.5. +2.2. Top service DC Habit. Now #1 cume 833-815-851k.
2-3-2. WAMU American University News/Talk 10.9-9.8-11.0. +1.2. Often DC #1 share. #3 cume 821-538-562k.
4-4-3. WHUR Howard University Urban Adult Contemporary 6.0-5.9-6.6. +0.7. Gains #6-4 cume 556-456-487k.
5-5-TIE 4: WWDC iHeart Modern Alt. Rock 5.2-4.8-5.4. Impressive. All Top 5 rise. #6 cume, 433-423-459.7k
8-7-TIE 4: WGTS Public Christian Contemporary 3.5-5.5-5.4 +0.9. Pls. keep praying. #12 cume 252-265-270k.
3-2-6. WASH-FM iHeart Adult Contemporary 8.7-10.1-4.9 -5.2. After holiday. #1-2 cume. 905k-1.08mil-719k.
6-9-7. WETA Public Classical 4.6-3.5-3.8. Good to hear a Top 10 major classical FM. #14 cume 237-261-239k.
T11-11-8. WZMQ iHeart Country 2.6-2.8-3.6. +0.8. Regains DC Top 10 leveling at a #13 cume, 269-255-241k
10-10-9. WBIG iHeart Classic Rock 3.3-3.0-3.3. Top 10 but not that big. Very close #7 DC cume, 473-446-459.6k
T11-13-10. WIHT iHeart CHR 2.6-2.5-3.2. +0.7. Top DC CHR has lower shares with #4-5 cume 522-515-485k.
7-6-11. WMMJ Urban One Adult Contemporary 4.4-4.5-2.9. -1.6. Rough share loss #10-9 cume, 343-307-320k.
15-12-12. WPGC Audacy Rhythmic CHR 2.1-2.6-2.4. Format holds with a DC #9-10 cume dip, 348-366-302k.
17-16-13. WPRS Urban One Inspirational Gospel 1.3-1.8-2.3 +0.5. Share gain. #19-TIE 20 cume, 119-105-64.1k.
T11-14-TIE 14: WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 2.6-2.9-2.1. -0.8. Maybe music tune-outs #5-8 cume 546-477-417k.
14-15-TIE 14: WKYS Urban One Contemporary 2.2-2.3-2.1. Rebound is still on hold. #10-11 cume, 327-277k.
16-19-16. WJFK Audacy Sports 1.0-0.9-1.9. +1.0. Another stream comes up 0.0. #18-16 cume. 115-108-117k.
16-17-17. WLZL-FM Audacy Spanish Tropical 1.8-1.6-1.4. Top Hispanic dips again. #15 cume, 199-245-138k.
20-18. WLVW Air Love Christian 0.8-0.8-0.7, #15-17 cume 151-120-104k. T23-TIE 19: WTEM-AM Audacy
Sports #32-27 cume, 32-47k & TIE 19 @ 0.6: WFLS Connoisseur Country #22-19 cume, stays 86k. TIE 21 @
0.5: WBQB Chesapeake-Portsmouth Hot A/C #22, 64k & TIE 21: WPRS Stream Radio One Insp. Gospel 0.5,
#32 cume 14k, Total 0.8. TIE 23 @ 0.4: WWEG Manning Classics Hits #18, 88k & TIE 23, 0.4: WDCH Audacy
Business News #21-23 cume 88-62k. 5-WAY TIE 25 @ 0.3 WPRS Stream Radio Insp. Gospel Ties at #20 cume
64.1k with WPRS/FM; WAFY Manning Hot A/C #24 cume 76-61k; WRBS Bright Contemp. Christian #25 55k;
WDCN-LP Nueva Spanish CHR #26, 67-50k; & TIE WIAD-HD2 Audacy Hot A/C all 0.3 #31, 23k. A 3-WAY
TIE 30 @ 0.2: WSHE-AM Hubbard Adult Alt. #28, 42k; TIE 30: WAIW Air Love Contemporary Christian #29
39k & WHUR-HD2 Howard Univ. Urban A/C. Essential DC News. Many shuffles. Cumulus not listed.
BALTIMORE (23) Pop. 2.47million. Black 30.9%. Hispanic 8.1%. DEC/HOL ’25/JAN 2026 CLUSTERS:
Urban One 17.2-18.0-14.1 regains #1 over Audacy by 1.2: 17.9-19.5-12.9. iHeart close back 11.6-11.0-12.2.
Hearst 8.1-7.0-8.3. YPR Public 6.2-5.4-7.1. Christian/Gospel 5.4-5.0. Hol/Jan. Change Range: +0.9 / -7.5.
1-2-1. WWIN Urban One Urban A/C 9.1-9.2-8.7. -0.5. But it moves back to #1 by 3.1. #4-2 cume 317-265-280k.
5-4-2. WPOC iHeart Country 5.0-5.1-5.6. +0.5. Nice Country post-holiday move. Stays #7 cume, 214-196-187k.
3-3-3. WERQ Urban One Urban Contemporary 6.2-6.9-5.4. -1.5. January dips share & cume #7, 272-286-246k.
4-5-4. WIYY Hearst Rock 5.5-4.6-5.0. +0.4. Leading WQSR by 0.8 & WZBA by 1.5. #6-8 cume, 278-277-181k.
8-6-5. WJZ-FM Audacy Sports 3.7-4.2-4.6 +0.4. Top 10, sports franchise. Cume is steady at #11, 136-153-146k.
6-7-6. WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 4.5-3.8-3.8 +0.4. Significant cume & lower share=TSL. #3 cume, 338-280-274k.
2-1-TIE 7: WLIF Audacy Adult Contemporary. 9.0-11.6-4.1. -7.5. Big Jan. dip retains #1 cume 480-557-344k.
T9-T9-TIE 7: WYPR Public News/Talk 3.2-3.3-4.1. +0.8. Content keeps YPR Top 10. #12 cume, 129-101-126k.
7-T9-9. WWMX Audacy Hot Adult Contemporary 4.4-3.3-3.7, +0.4. Bleeding stopped? #5 cume 281-242-223k.
13-11-10. WZBA Times Shamrock Classic Rock 2.1-2.7-3.5. +0.8. Positive movement #8-6 cume 207-190-197k.
12-12-11. WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 2.6-2.4-3.3. +0.9. More resource potential. #15-13 cume, 93-88-102k.
T9-8-12. WRBS Bright Contemporary Christian 3.2-3.4-3.2. Roller coaster rosary holds #9 cume, 160-173-157k.
11-13-13. WTMD ‘YPR Public Adult Alternative 3.0-2.1-3.0. +0.9. Holiday recovery. Same cume #14, 99-94k.
T15-14-14. WBJC Public Classical 1.2-1.7-2.1. +0.4. Post holiday share gain. Stays with #16 cume, 71-81-77k.
14-15-15. WZFT iHeart CHR 1.6-1.5-1.9. +0.4. Could use TSL attention to gain from #10 cume, 171-188-154k.
T15-17-16. WTOP-FM Hubbard DC News 1.2-1.0-1.4. +0.4. Strong Baltimore signal. 17-15 cume, 75-68-87k.
18-18-17. WGTS Atlantic Gateway Contemporary Christian 0.9. #18 cume, 53-49-44k. 19-18. WDCH DC
Bloomberg Business News #19 cume 39k. TIE 19 @ 0.5: WEAA Stream Public Jazz. #24-17 cume, 10-55k &
TIE 19: WCAO-AM iHeart Inspirational Gospel 0.5, #21 cume 19k. 21. WLIF-HD2 Audacy Insp. Gospel #20,
21k. 22. WEAA Stream Public Jazz 0.3 #22 cume, 9k for WEAA 0.8 Total. Many rank changes in a market of multiple 0.4 January gains (7, if you’re counting).
PROVIDENCE (45) Pop. 1.5 mil. Hispanic 15.1%, Black 8.3%. DEC/HOL ’25/JAN 2026 CLUSTERS:
Previous leader Cumulus Holiday numbers are not listed in January. Providence standings are affected.
Holiday Totals: CLUSTER 29.2. (1)WWLI A/C 14.3; (2)WPRO/F CHR 8.0; (6)WPRO-A Talk 6.6; (12)WWKX Classic Rock 1.6. iHeart 20.5-19.5-21.3. Hall Communications 7.5-7.3-7.5. All Public 5.4-6.5. WGBH 2.8-3.5.
Air Love 3.1-2.5. RI Public Radio 1.7-2.1. Red Wolf 1.7-1.3. Dec/Hol. Range: +1.6 / -1.0 (no WWLI).
2-3-1. WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 7.4-7.0-7.9. +0.9. Was WWBB ever the top dog? #5-3 cume 226-203-218k.
4-5-2. WCTK Hall Country 6.9-6.6-7.8. +0.9. Very close #2 with the Jan. rebound. #4-2 cume. 247-219-222k.
6-7-3. WSNE iHeart Hot A/C 6.0-4.7-6.3 +1.6. Big Break & Gain! #1 cume 315-256-276k. Holiday high = 513k.
4-5-4. WHJY iHeart Classic Rock 6.2-7.2-6.2. -1.0. Former #1 gives back Hol. gain. #6-4 cume, 216-188-186k.
8-9-5. WVEI/FMAudacy Sports 3.0-2.9-3.7. Sold January to RI Public Radio. Big signal. #6 cume, 91-70-92k.
9-10-6. WGBH-FM ‘GBH Boston Public News/Talk 2.7-2.5-3.2 +0.7. 100kw signal. #11-7 cume, 69-60-65k.
10-8-7. WLVO (WBRU) Air Love Contemporary Chrisitan. 2.6-3.0-2.8. +0.4. Gains #7-5 cume, 106-104-96k.
12-11-8. WNPN Rhode Island Public News/Talk 1.8-1.7-2.1. Local non-comm will grow. #12 cume, 56-51-41k.
13-13-TIE 9: WKKB Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 1.1-1.2-0.9. Only RI Hispanic format. #12-10 cume, 49-40k.
T14-14-TIE 9: WHJJ-AM iHeart Talk 0.9-0.8-0.9. Time to vote AM preservation as law. #16-11 cume, 28-36k.
T14-15-TIE 11: WNBH-AM Hall Classic Hits 0.5. #14-9 cume, 34-42k. TIE 11: WELH Wheeler School Rock
#15-12 cume, 29-30k. TIE 13 @ 0.4: WSKP-AM Red Wolf Oldies, #19-15 cume 13-10k; TIE 13: WDOM
Providence College Variety 0.4, #18 cume 16-24k. 15. WCRB ‘GBH Classical 0.3 #14 cume, 23k. TIE 16 @
0.0: WTKL Air Love Christian, #16, 8k; WVEI Stream Audacy Sports & WJMF Bryant U. Classical. List All.
HARTFORD (57) Pop. 1.11 million. Hispanic 17.2%, Black 13.0%. DEC/HOL ’25/JAN ‘26 CLUSTERS:
Audacy 32.2-35.8-28.8 as the lead over iHeart 23.8-22.8-26.7 gets close 13.0-2.1. Red Wolf 14.9-13.6-14.2.
Connecticut Public 5.6-5.0-6.2. Hartford December/Holiday Share Change: 3 stations at +1.2 / -7.9.
1.1.1. WRCH Audacy Soft A/C 15.1-19.4-11.5. -7.9. Even with dip still leads by 2.1. #1 cume: 325-359-246k
2-2-2. WWYZ iHeart Country 8.5-8.2-9.4. +1.2. Iconic CT Country shares Top gain. #5-4 cume, 156-132-152k.
T5-T5-TIE3: WKSS iHeart CHR 6.0-5.6-6.8. +1.2. Rescues audience on competitive #3 cume, 182-191-193k.
4-3-TIE 3: WDRC/FM Red Wolf Classic Rock. 7.2-6.6-6.8. Share holds, and so does #6 cume, 148-130-132k.
4-T5-5: WZMX Audacy Rhythmic CHR 7.2-6.2-6.6. Music works for Audacy Hartford. #7 cume, 156-125-125k.
T7-T5-TIE 6: WTIC/FM Audacy Hot A/C 5.6-5.6-6.2. +0.6. Solid Jan. gains from #3-2 cume 204-177-196k.
T7-8-TIE 6: WNPR Connecticut Public N/T. 5.6-5.0-6.2. +1.2. Top gain. Tops ‘TIC/A. #10 cume, 57-66-74k.
T5-7-8: WHCN iHeart Classic Hits 6.0-5.2-5.8. +0.6. Bit scattered. WDRC/F +1.0. #4-5 cume 170-150-141k.
9-9-9. WTIC-AM Audacy News/Talk 3.9-4.0-4.5. +0.5. Only 50kw CT AM needs spark. #11 cume 59-64-68k.
10-10-10. WMRQ Red Wolf Modern Alt. Rock 2.5-2.8-3.8. +1.0. Alt. come back. #8-9 cume 110-104-103k.
T13-11-11. WKCI iHeart New Haven CHR 1.9-2.2-2.6. +0.4. Competitive CHR market. #9-8 cume 85-84-104k.
T13-13-TIE 12: WCCC Air Love Christian 1.9-1.8-1.7. Not much to hear on a big signal. #12 cume, 59-49-57k.
14-15-TIE 12. WUCS iHeart Sports 1.2-1.4-1.7. January shows positive movement. #15-143 cume 39-36k-40k.
11-12-TIE 14: WBOM-AM Red Wolf Urban Adult Contemporary 2.3-2.0-1.5. Fine translator. #13 cume 45-41k.
12-14-TIE 14: WMRQ-HD2 Red Wolf Spanish Tropical, 2.1-1.6-1.5. Good HD2 slides. #15 cume 48-40-39k.
16-16-16. WRYM-AM Trignition Spanish Tropical 0.9, keeps #16 cume 26-32k. Just like the old days: TIE 17
@ 0.4: WDRC-AM Red Wolf Talk #18, 14k. & TIE 17: WPOP-AM iHeart News/Talk #19 cume, 11k. 19.
WNTY-AM Red Wolf Oldies 0.2, #18-19 cume 10-14k. 0.0 share & cume: WTIC Streams Audacy FM Hot
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