MARCH 2026 NOR’EAST RADIO UPDATE
TOTAL PERS. MON-SUN : BOSTON, NEW YORK CITY, LONG ISLAND, PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON DC, BALTIMORE, PROVIDENCE & HARTFORD
CLARK SMIDT, Advisor / Connector. Boston Broadcast Management since 1970.
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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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