CELEBRATING 60 YEARS ON AIR 1966 – 2026
A GREAT RIDE…AND NOT OVER YET. THANK YOU & APRECIATION TO ALL WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE.
CLARK SMIDT, BROADCAST ADVISOR/CONNECTOR www.broadcastideas.com
clarkfsmidt@gmail.com 978 502 6633. Broadcasting continues to be Outstanding Service.
First on-air job July 13, 1966, 500 watt day WBIS, Bristol, CT. Start-ups: University of Hartford WWUH/FM, Group W WBZ/FM, Blair WCOZ, CBS Softrock WEEI/FM, WMVY, Schooner WFAL, Leisure Market WOTB, Hall WNLC-WKNL, Great Eastern WTPL, Clark Broadcasting WNNH NEW HAMSPHIRE’S OLDIES 99 & now 1220watx.com. Assignments: Tribune WPIX-FM NYC, General Cinema WIFI, Infinity WBCN, Curt Gowdy WCGY-WEAT- KOWB, Champion & Ackerly WBOS, Fairbanks WVBF-WKOX, McCormack WEZE, Amaturo WPOP, Elektra WCCC, Southern Star WPLR, Merv Griffin WIOF, Gilmore WWYZ, Makkay WPXY & WCIB, WMYS, WERI-WWRX, WATD, TV/27-WXKS, Close WKNE-WPNH-WTVL, WQMI, Sage Broadcasting, Tele-Media WHOB & WLKZ, Fuller-Jeffery WHOM, Merrimack Valley WCAP & TV/5, Carter WCRN-TV/25, Imes & Hearst TV/9, BU WBUR, WBZ Radio, CONNECTICUT PUBLIC, Chairman NH Assn. Broadcasters, Red Apple NYC, Tower & Station Acquisitions.
It Began in HARTFORD, CT. (57) Pop. 1.11 million. Hispanic 17.2%, Black 13.0%. MAR/APR/MAY 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 27.9-26.3-28.0 regains the lead by 1.0 vs. iHeart: 26.5-27.3-27.0. Red Wolf 17.1-17.1-17.4. Connecticut Public 6.9-5.1-5.5. April / Share Change Range: +1.1 / -1.0.
1-2-TIE 1: WRCH Audacy Soft A/C 10.7-9.9-9.9. Flat and Now in a Tie at The Top. #1 cume: 267-271-264k.
2-1-TIE 1: WWYZ iHeart Country 9.7-10.9-9.9. -1.0. Top Dip. Iconic CT Country #5 cume, 159-172-167k.
3-3-3. WDRC/FM Red Wolf Classic Rock. 8.9-8.7-9.0. +0.3. Holding on in 3rd. Keeps #6 cume, 147-147-154k.
8-T6-4. WTIC/FM Audacy Hot A/C 6.1-6.3-7.4. +1.1. May Top Gain moves up with #2 cume 241-228-236k.
6-5-5. WZMX Audacy Rhythmic CHR 6.7-6.5-6.8. +0.3. Audacy regained #1 music. #7 cume, 143-140-142k.
7-4-6. WHCN iHeart Classic Hits 6.5-7.5-6.9 -0.9. Sounds a bit erratic. ‘DRC/F +2.4. #4 cume, 157-169-171k.
T4-T6-7. WKSS iHeart CHR 6.9-6.3-6.2. Holds share, gains audience. Out of Top 5 on #3 cume, 201-188-205.
T4-8-8. WNPR Connecticut Public N/T. 6.9-5.1-5.5. +0.4. CEO Change. 1.6 over ‘TIC/A. #10 cume, 81-76-73k.
9-9-9. WTIC-AM Audacy News/Talk 4.4-3.8-3.9. Sad. Only CT 50kw AM needs spark. #12 cume 58-56-56k.
10-10-10. WMRQ Red Wolf Modern Alt. Rock 4.2-3.4-3.1. -0.3. On a slide holding #8 cume 120-103-109k.
T11-T12-TIE 11: WCCC Air Love Christian 2.2-2.2-2.7. +0.5. Better to be local. Stays at #11 cume, 54-64-69k.
13-11-TIE 11: WBOM-AM Red Wolf Urban Adult Contemporary 1.8-2.6-2.7. Great translator. #14, 37-50-45k.
T11-12-13. WKCI iHeart New Haven CHR 2.2-2.2-2.3. +0.1. A very busy Htfd. CHR mkt. #9 cume 96-91-89k.
T11-14-14. WMRQ-HD2 Red Wolf Spanish Tropical, 1.6-1.6-1.8. Solid HD2 signal holds #13 cume 45-45-49k.
15-15-15. WUCS iHeart Sports 1.7-1.1-1.2. Challenge for sports in between BOS & NYC. #15 cume 36-32-28k.
16-16-16. WRYM-AM Trignition Spanish Tropical 1.0-0.8-1.0. #16 cume 28k. Red Wolf TIE 17 @ 0.4: WDRC-AM Talk, #18 cume 12k & WNTY-AM Oldies #18 cume 14k. iHeart TIE 19 @ 0.2: WPOP-AM N/T #19 cume, 8k & WKSS-HD2 RhymCHR #20, 3k. The former battle between AMs WDRC & WPOP now totals just 0.6.
PROVIDENCE (45) Pop. 1.5 mil. Hispanic 15.1 %, Black 8.3%. MAR/APR/MAY 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 21.2-20.6-21.3, Red Wolf 11.5-12.6-13.4, GBH 4.0-4.1-3.8, AirLove 3.8-3.5-3.1, RI Public 2.7-5.3-1.9 Incomplete Results without CUMULUS Shares. Not much rank change. April/May Range: +0.8 / -2.0
2-1-1. WCTK Hall/Red Wolf Country 9.4-10.1-10.8. +0.7. Another nice gain for 3.0 lead. #3 cume 265-260k.
2-2-2. WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 7.8-7.4-7.8. +0.4. The distant second place has the #2 cume, 242-265-263k.
3-3-3. WHJY iHeart Classic Rock 6.8-6.9-7.2. +0.3. Former #1 hangs in the top 5 at a #4 cume 232-259-257k.
4-4-4. WSNE iHeart Hot A/C 5.1-5.5-5.3. -0.2. Takes slight share dip but still has the #1 cume. 285-290-295k.
3-5-5. WGBH-FM ‘GBH Boston Public News/Talk 3.7-3.8-3.4 -0.4. 100kw signal. Now at #6 cume, 78-78-74k.
6-6-6. WLVO (WBRU) Air Love Contemporary Chrisitan. 3.6-3.3-3.0. -0.3. Share slips #5 cume, 105-99-90k.
10-9-7. WKKB Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 1.0-1.2-1.3. Only RI Hispanic format gains #10-7 cume, 50-54-62k.
7-8-8. WNPN Rhode Island Public News/Talk 2.7-2.4-1.0. -1.4. Big dip for RI public. Now #9 cume, 70-74-57k.
8-7-9. WPVD (WVEI/FM Sports sold in Jan) RI Public 2.6-2.9-0.9. -2.0. Real Shocker! #6-8 cume, 80-90-58k.
T11-11-TIE 10: WELH Wheeler School Rock 0.8 #10 cume, 54k TIES T11-10-TIE 10: WNBH-AM Red Wolf Classic Hits 0.8 #11 cume, 55-53k. TIE 12 @ 0.5: WHJJ-AM iHeart Talk 1.5-0.8-0.5 & WSKP-AM Red Wolf Oldies #15 cume 13k. 14. WCRB ‘GBH Classical 0.4. #13 cume, 25k. 15. WDOM Providence College Variety #14 cume 23k. Trailing, Air Love Christian Contemporary 16. WTKL 0.1 #16, 12k & 17. WKIV 0.0, 2k.
MIDDLESEX-UNION, NJ. (41) Pop. 1.62 mil. Hispanic 26.5%. Black 14.1%. MAY 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 27.8. Audacy 23.0. SBS 8.8. Beasley 5.2. Townsquare 4.7. New York City Stations 59.6 vs NJ 30.9.
1. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 8.0-8.0-8.5, +0.5, 257k #3 cume. 2. WFAN Audacy Sports 5.7-6.7-6.6, 135k #11 cume. 3. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.9-5.7-6.2 +0.5 gain, 235k #4 cume. 4. WNEW Audacy Hot A/C
5.3-5.2-5.6, +0.4. 259k #2 cume. 5. WLTW A/C iHeart 5.8-5.4-5.5, 306k #1 cume. 6. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 4.3-4.2-4.9, +0.9 Top May Gain, 171k #6 cume. TIE 7: WHTZ iHeart CHR 4.2-4.1-4.1, 230k #5 & TIE NJ WKXW Townsquare Talk 3.8-4.0-4.1, 58k #9. 9. WWPR iHeart Urban 3.1-3.5-3.7, 114k #12 cume. TIE 10: NJ WMGQ Beasley A/C 3.6-3.5-3.3, 216 #6 cume & WKTU iHeart RhymCHR 2.6-3.1-3.3, 194k #7 cume. 12. WINS Audacy News 3.4-2.9-2.8, 137k #10 cume. 13. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 2.8-2.9-2.7, 44k #19 cume. 14. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 3.0-2.1-2.6, 109k #13. 15. NJ WAWZ Christian 0.0-2.2-1.9, -0.3, 88k #15. TIE 16: WXBK Audacy HipHop 3.1-2.4-1.8, -0.6 Top Dip, 96k #14 cume & NJ WDHA Beasley Rock 1.8-2.0-1.8, 74k #16. 18. WSKQ Stream SBS Spanish Tropical 0.4-0.7-1.3, 23k, #21 cume. 19. WKMK Press Country
0.9-1.2-1.1, 63k #. #20-24 All NJ Stations: 20. WWZY Press Classic Rock 0.7. 21. WPST Townsquare CHR 0.4. 22 TIE @ 0.2: WKXW Stream Townsquare Talk & WAWZ Stream Christian. 24. NJ WMTR-AM Beasley Oldies 0.1 Ties PA WRNB Radio One Urban A/C. Audacy HD TIE 26 @ 0.0: WINS-3 Oldies, WNEW-2 Jazz.
BUFFALO, NY (59) Pop. 1.01 mil. Black 13.2%. Hispanic 5.6%. MAY 2026 CLUSTERS: (No Cumulus) Townsquare 23.1. Audacy 22.0. WBFO Public 6.2. K-Love 2.4. March-April-May 2026 Stations.
1. WYRK Townsquare Country 9.3-10.1-9.9, -0.2. 2. WBLK Townsquare Urban 9.5-8.6-8.0, -0.6 Top Dip.
3. WBEN-AM Audacy News/Talk 6.5-7.4-7.4. 4. WGR-AM Audacy Sports 7.0-5.9-6.8, +0.9 Top May Gain.
5. WSKE Audacy CHR 5.3-6.0-5.7, -0.3. 6. WBFO Public News/Talk 3.4-3.3-4.1, +0.8. 7. WTSS Townsquare A/C 4.7-3.7-3.9. 8. WBKV Air Love Christian 3.4-2.5-3.3. 9. WNED Public Classical 2.1-2.3-2.1. 10. WBUF
Townsquare Classic Rock 1.6-1.9-1.8. 11. WWWS-AM Audacy R&B Classic 0.8. 12. WGR-FM Audacy Sports 0.6. Audacy TIE 13 @ 0.2: WGR-FM Stream Sports & WGR-HD2 Hot A/C. 3-WAY TIE 15 @ 0.1: WWKB-AM Audacy Sports; WBEN-FM Stream Audacy News/Talk & WBWA K-Love Christian.
ROCHESTER, NY (60) Pop. 975k, Black 12% Hispanic 8.1%. MAY 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 23.1, iHeart 15.1, Langston Monroe 7.8, Stephens Radio Group 5.3. March/April/May ’26 Stations: 1. WBEE Audacy Country 7.1-8.1-8.3 +0.2. 2. WDKX Langston Urban Contemporary 10.6-10. 3-7.8, -2.5 as the big May Dip. 3. WCMF Audacy Classic Rock 6.3-6.6-7.3, +0.7, Top Gain. 4. WHAM-AM iHeart News/Talk 6.8-6.0-6.5, +0.5. 5. WPXY Audacy CHR 3.9-4.2-3.8, -0.4. 6. WRMM Stephens Radio Soft A/C 4.7-4.9-3.7, -1.2. 7. WBZA Audacy A/C 3.1-4.0-3.5, -0.5. 8. WDVI iHeart Country 2.1-2.2-2.9, +0.7. 9. WKGS iHeart CHR 1.8-2.3-2.8. +0.5. 10. WAIO iHeart Rock 2.3-1.6-1.9, +0.3. 11. WFKL Stephens Radio Adult Hits 0.8-0.0-1.6, +1.6. 12. WKDL K-Love Christian 1.8-1.3-1.5. 13. WHTK-AM iHeart Sports 0.6. 3-WAY TIE 14 @ 0.2: WRPC-AM Audacy Sports & iHeart WVOR A/C with WNBL iHeart 80s Hits.
ALBANY, NY (68) Pop. 852k, Black 9.9% Hispanic 6.6%. March/April/May 2026 Clusters: Pamal 20.5-21.5-22.9. iHeart 22.0-22.6-21.0. Townsquare 12.2-10.8-12.3. Capital Broadcasting 2.8-2.7-2.2.
Mar/Apr/May Stations: 1. WYJB Pamal A/C 4.5-7.2-7.0, -0.2. 2. WPYX iHeart Classic Rock 6.9-6.9-6.5, -0.4 3. WFLY Pamal CHR 5.4-4.7-5.6, +0.9 May Tie Top Gain. 4. WGNA Townsquare Country 5.4-4.7-4.9.
TIE 5: WRVE iHeart Hot A/C 3.9-4.2-4.2 & TIE 5: WGY-AM iHeart News / Talk 4.8-4.9-4.2, -0.7 Top Dip.
7. WKLI Pamal Country 2.2-2.7-3.6, +0.9 Top Gain Tie. 8. WAJZ Pamal Rhythmic CHR 3.1-2.7-3.3, +0.5.
9. WTRY iHeart Adult Hits. 3.0-3.6-3.2, -0.4. 10. WQBK Townsquare Classic Rock 3.6-2.9-3.1, +2.1.
11. WGDJ-AM Capital Broadcasting Talk 2.8-2.7-2.2, -0.5, WGY leads by 2.0. 12. WKKF iHeart CHR 2.4-2.2-2.1. TIE 13: WROW-AM Pamal Classic Hits 2.7-1.7-1.4, -0.3 & TIE 13: WTMM Townsquare Sports 0.9-1.0-1.4. TIE 15: WQBK-HD2 Townsquare Urban Contemporary 1.3-1.1-1.3, +0.2 & TIE 15: WINU Pamal Classic Country 1.5-1.7-1.3, -0.4. TIE 17 @ 0.8: WYKV K-Love Contemp. Christian & TIE 17: WPBZ Townsquare Hot A/C. 19. WYAI K-Love Soft Christan 0.6, +0.2. 5-WAY TIE 20 @ 0.4 WABY-AM Loud Classic All Rock;WNYQ Pamal Classic Rock; WOFX-AM iHeart Sports; WRVE-HD2 iHeart Country & WJKE K-Love Con-temp. Christian. 25. WFFG Pamal Country 0.3. 39 station mkt. Non-Comm WMHT & WAMC Stations not listed.
METRO FAIRFIELD, CT. (73) Pop. 787k. Hispanic 21.9%, Black 14.1%. March/April/May ’26 Clusters: Connoisseur 30.6-29.3-29.1. iHeart 6.5-7.5-7.1. SBS NYC 2.7-2.9-3.5. Sacred Heart University 2.9-3.1-3.4.
Stations Mar/Apr/May 2026: *NYC Stations 10.6 vs. CT. 30.4. Top 3 Stations are Connoisseur: 1. WEBE Adult Contemporary 13.1-13.0-11.3, -1.7 top dip. 2. WEZN Adult Contemporary 8.3-6.9-7.5, +0.6. 3. WPLR
Classic Rock 3.8-4.7-4.3, -0.4. 4. WSKQ* SBS Spanish Tropical 2.7-2.9-3.5, +0.6. TIE 5: WICC-AM/FM Connoisseur News/Talk 3.5-2.9-2.8 & TIE 5: WSHU Sacred Heart University Classical 2.3-2.8-2.8. TIE 7:
WHTZ* iHeart CHR. 2.0-1.9-2.6, +0.7, Top May Gain. 8. WKTU* iHeart Rhythmic CHR 1.4-1.5-1.3, -0.2.
TIE 9: WYBC Connoisseur Urban A/C 1.9-1.9-1.2, -0.7 & TIE 9: WLTW* iHeart Adult Contemp. 0.5-1.2-1.2.
TIE 11: WWPR* iHeart Urban Contemporary 1.2-1.3-0.7, -0.6 & TIE 11: WOR-AM* iHeart Talk 0.7-0.9-0.7.
13. WAXQ* iHeart Classic Rock 0.7-0.7-0.6. 14. WSHU Stream Sacred Heart Classical 0.4. Sacred Heart News/Talk TIE 15 @ 0.1: WSTC-AM & WSHU-AM. 24 station market. WFUV*, WNYC* & WNPR not listed.
WILKES BARRE-SCRANTON, PA. (81) Pop. 708k. Hispanic 15.1%. Black 7.6%. March/April/May 2026 Clusters: Audacy 21.7-18.6-20.1. Times Shamrock 9.6-9.9-10.4. Bold Gold 4.1-5.4-5.7. Geos Comm. 2.8-4.5-4.5. Stations: 1. WKRZ Audacy CHR 9.3-8.9-10.4, +1.5 Top Gain. 2. WEZX Times Shamrock Classic Rock 6.6.-7.7-7.8, +0.7. 3. WGGY Audacy Country 7.4-5.9-6.1, +0.2. 4. WILK-AM Audacy News/Talk 3.0-2.1-2.5, +0.5. 5. WGMF-AM Geos Classic Hits 2.1-2.3-2.4. TIE 6: WWRR Bold Gold Classic Hits 2.0-2.0-2.1 & TIE 6: WAZL-AM Geos Spanish Tropical 0.7- .4-2.1, -0.3. 8. WMMZ Bold Gold Classic Hits 2.1-2.1-2.0. 9. WQFM Times Shamrock Classic Hits 2.8-2.4-1.9, -0.5 Ties Top Dip. TIE 10: WMQX Audacy Tropical 2.0-1.6-1.1, -0.5 Ties Top Dip & TIE 10: WTRW Bold Gold Talk 0.0-0.5-1.1, +0.6. 12. WEJL-AM Audacy Sports 0.7, +0.4. 3-WAY TIE 13 @ 0.3: WKBP & WLKA both K-Love Contemporary Christian and WICK-AM Bold Gold Oldies. Bold Gold TIE 16 @ 0.1: WYCK-AM Classic Hits & WCDL-AM Oldies. TIE 18 @ 0.0 WEZX-HD3 Times Shamrock Mod/Alt Rock & WKRZ Stream Audacy CHR. WB-S is a 40 station market.
SYRACUSE, NY (101) 570k Pop. Black 10.2%, Hispanic 5.1%. MAY 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 30.1. Craig Fox/Wolf 11.0. Syracuse Univ. 2.3. K-Love 1.0. Mar/Apr/May Stations: 1. WBBS iHeart Country 9.1-8.9-9.5. 2. WYYY iHeart A/C 6.0-5.4-6.4, +1.0. 3. WSYR AM iHeart News/Talk 7.3-6.03-6.0. 4. WSEN Wolf Classic Hits 6.0-6.0-5.6, -0.4. 5. WWHT iHeart CHR 3.2-3.4-3.7. 6. WMVN Wolf RhymCHR 2.6-2.9-2.9, +0.3. TIE 7: WHEN-AM iHeart Urban A/C 2.2-2.4-2.5 & WOLF Country 30-2.6-2.5. 9. WAER Syracuse Univ.
News/Talk 1.9-2.4-2.3. 10. WKLZ L-Love Christan 0.8. 11. WJPZ Syr. U Alternative 0.4. TIE 12 @ 0.2: WOLF-AM Craig Fox Sports & WKLZ Stream K-Love Christian. Galaxy and Cumulus do not subscribe.
A total of 30 stations in the Syracuse market.
Low-Cost Adjustments are Essential. Regional Networks & Home Studios Promote Added Service.
Clark Smidt, Broadcast Advisor/Connector 978 502 6633 clarkfsmidt@gmail.com
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Information from Nielsen and Inside Radio is Appreciated. July 6, 2026.