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BOSTON (10) Population 4.543 mil. Hispanic 13.0%. Black 8.7%. MAY / JUNE /JULY CLUSTERS: Heart 24.5-24.1-23.3 still leads #2 Audacy 18.5-20.0-19.2 by 4.1 & Beasley 16.7-16.4-17.0 by 7.7-6.3. WGBH/WCRB 7.2-7.6-7.4. #1 WBUR 6.2-5.9-6.8. JUNE / JULY Share Change: +1.0 / -0.9
T1-3-1. WBUR Boston University News/Talk 6.2-5.9-6.8. +0.9 gets back on Top. #12-13 cume 315-293-279k. 3-1-2. WMJX Audacy A/C 6.1-6.6-6.5. Remains strong on good A/C results. #1 cume by 181k: 859-872-846k. T4-5-3. WXKS/FM iHeart CHR 5.6-5.2-6.2 +1.0. Very nice jump with Top July gain. #2 cume 699-726-665k. T1-2-4. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 6.2-6.0-5.8. -0.2. Trails top spot by 1.0. Holds at #3 cume 664-629-605k. 6-4-5. WWBX Audacy Hot A/C 5.3-5.6-5.6. Holding Top 5 share despite another cume dip #6: 569-524-502k. 4-6-6. WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 5.6-5.1-5.0. The only Hub rocker isn’t growing. Stays #4 cume 598-552-519k. 10-8-7. WCRB ‘GBH Classical 4.1-4.3-4.3. Boston wants good music. Beats WGBH. #16 cume 219-176-205k. 7-9-8. WBZ/FM Beasley Sports 4.7-4.0-4.1. Former #1 BBGI waiting to pick up. #TIE 9 cume 375-315-347.2k. 8-7-9. WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative 4.3-4.8-3.9. +0.9. Unique sound, July top dip. #8 cume, 382-381-388k. 12-T11-TIE 10: WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 3.4-3.8-3.6. +0.4. Inexpensive variety FM. #5 cume, 555-519-514k. T14-15-TIE 10: WKLB Beasley Country 2.7-3.1-3.6. +0.5. Country spurt over Bull by 1.8. #11, 354-342-315k. 11-T11-12: WEEI/FM Audacy Sports 3.7-3.8-3.5. -0.3. Strange dip with Hot July Sox! #12 cume 276-281-313k. T8-10-TIE 13: WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk 4.3-3.9-3.2. -0.7. A big disappointment. #14 cume 309-279-274k. T14-17-TIE 13: WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 2.7-2.9-3.2. +0.3. Gains, not out of the woods. #7 cume 459-467-455k. 13-14-15. WGBH ‘GBH News/Talk 3.1-3.2-3.0. Network feed needs to be stronger. ‘BUR up 3.8. #15, 229-211k. T14-13-16. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 2.7-3.3-2.9. -0.4. Just not keeping traction. #TIE 9 cume 343-347.2k. T14-16-17. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 2.7-3.0-2.7. -0.3. AM Talker is a credit to iHeart. #20 cume, 123-115-101k. T18-19-18. WBWL iHeart Country 1.6-1.5-1.7. Still there. Country total is up 4.6-5.3. #17 cume 187-190-192k. 20-20-19. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 1.3-1.2-1.4. +0.2. Gains a notch. #18 cume 163-149-150k. T18-18-20. WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical 1.6-1.6-1.1. -0.5. 13% Hispanic pop no show? #19, 160-169-137k. Under One: 21. WKVB (WAAF) 0.9 Air Love #21, 73k. 22. WBOS 0.8 Bloomberg #22, 66k. 23. WXKS-AM 0.4 iHeart Talk #24 25k. 24. WRCA-AM 0.3 Beasley Classic Rock #23, 73-52k. 25. WNKC 0.2 K-Love Christan #25 cume, 16k. TIE 26 @ 0.1: WCAI ‘GBH N/T; WCCM-AM Costa Spanish CHR; WJMN-HD2 Audacy N/T.
NEW YORK (1) Pop. 16.93 million. Hispanic 26.2%. Black 16.4%. MAY / JUNE / JULY 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 26.8-26.2-26.0 leads Audacy 23.2-23.1-22.3 by 3.7. Spanish Broadcasting 7.6-8.0-7.3. WNYC Public 6.3-7.6-7.2 Ties MediaCo. 6.8-6.4-7.2. Red Apple 3.9-3.9-4.5. 11 Stations Top 1 million cume. JUNE / JULY Share Change Range is small again: +0.8 / -0.5
1-1-1. WLTW iHeart A/C 7.9-7.5-7.9. +0.4. Share lead is 0.5. #1 Cume: 3.96-3.8-3.8m leads by 1.26million. 2-2-2. WINS-FM Audacy News 7.1-6.9-7.4. +0.3. FM News stays runner up. Cume holds #7, 1.88-1.8-1.74 mil.
3-3-3. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.8-5.8-5.7. NYC Classics are strong. Keeps #2 cume 2.7-2.74-2.54mil. 4-4-4. WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.6-5.6-5.2. -0.4. The only NYC CHR protects the #3 cume at 2.41-2.51-2.34 million. 5-5-5. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 4.9-4.9-4.8. -0.1. Top 5 stations stay in place. #6 cume 1.9-1.97-1.86 million. T7-11-6. WBLS MediaCo. Urban A/C 4.2-3.7-4.5. +0.8. July Top gain. 1.9 over WWPR. #9 cume, 1.33m. 9-6-7. WNYC/FM Public News/Talk 4.1-4.2-4.2. Slight share dip. Keeps content with #17 cume 693-647-628k. 11-12-TIE 8: WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 3.6-3.5-4.1. +0.6 jump. #1 NYC Talk & AM. #20-19, 384-413-435k. 6-7-TIE 8: WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 4.7-4.1-4.1. Flat in July. Holds on to #5 cume 2.02-2.15-2.08 million. 12-10-10. WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR. 3.5-3.9-4.0. +0.1. Big cume lower share. #4 cume 2.27-2.36-2.25mil. T7-T8-TIE 11: WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 4.2-4.0-3.5. -0.5. Top dip tie. #1 in format. #8 cume, 1.61-1.53m. 10-T8-TIE 11: WFAN Audacy Sports 3.6-4.0-3.5. -0.5. July dip tie. Top sports. #14-12-14 cume, 953-967-893k. 15-14-13. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.4-3.2-3.0. -0.2. 2nd NY Hispanic; format total 9.2. #12 cume 960-954-958k. 16-13-14. WQXR-FM WNYC Public Classical 2.1-3.3-2.9. -0.4. Good music settles #21 cume, 392-382-341k. 14-16-15. WQHT MediaCo. Rhythmic-CHR 2.6-2.7-2.7. No gain for NYC mil. Club. #11 cume, 1.24-1.28-1.11. 13-15-16. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 3.4-2.9-2.6. -0.3. Share slide stays at #10 cume 1.22-1.33-1.15mil. 18-17-17. WPLJ K-Love Contemporary Christian 1.8-1.9-1.7. -0.2. Repeats with the #18 cume, 595-580-574k. 19-18-TIE 18: WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.7-1.7-1.6. Still looking. Cume rank #16-14-13, 899-939-912k. T20-T20-TIE 18: WEPN Emmis Bilingual A/C 1.5-1.4-1.6. +0.2. Interesting mix. #16-15 cume 824-799-817k. T20-T20-20. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.5-1.4-1.5. Staying well behind WABC 2.1-2.6. #22-20 cume, 322-330k. 17-19-21. WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 2.0-1.5-1.4. -0.4. Audience dips #12-15-16 cume, 994-831-786k. Under One: 22. WBBR-AM 0.9 Bloomberg Business #35, 116k. 4-WAY TIE 23 @ 0.8: WKXW Townsquare Talk #23, 296k; WFUV Fordham U. Adult Alt. #24, 301k; WSKQ Stream SBS Tropical #25, 247k; WKMK Press Country #29, 184k. 27. WAWZ 0.6 Pillar Christian #27, 206k. 3-WAY 28 TIE @ 0.5: WMGQ Beasley A/C #26, 230k; WDHA Beasly Rock #28; 198k; WBGO Public Jazz + Stream 0.3 #32, 156k. 3-WAY TIE 31 @ 0.4: WHUD Pamal A/C #22, 317k; WNVU Hope Spanish Christan #36, 110k & WLIR Red Apple Talk #47. 37k, WABC total 4.1. 6 stations TIE 34 @ 0.3; 12 more 0.2 & 0.1.
LONG ISLAND, NY (21) Pop. 2.55 mil. Hispanic 20.4%. Black 10.2%. MAY / JUNE / JULY 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 22.8-21.7-21.3 over iHeart 19.2-19.9-20.9 by 3.6-1.7-0.4. Connoisseur 14.5-13.2-13.5. Cox Media Group 9.1-9.7-9.7. Red Apple 5.2-5.7-5.8. JUNE / JULY Change: +1.8 / -0.9 * LI Stations 1-1-1. WINS-FM Audacy News 8.3-7.7-7.0. -0.7. Lead goes 1.0-0.9-1.0. LI Cume is #2-5-4, 406-366-335k. T10-9-2. WLTW Audacy Adult Contemporary 3.5-4.2-6.0. +1.8. Top Gain. Sample change? #1 cume, 392-395k. 2-2-3. WHTZ iHeart CHR 7.3-6.8-5.9. -0.9. Top dip. NYC CHR over WBLI by 1.5-0.7. #3 cume 418-404-393k. 3-3-4. WFAN Audacy Sports 5.5-5.7-5.7. Without Knicks. Streams no factor. Gains #12-11 cume, 227-215-205k. T7-5-5. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk. 4.4-5.2-5.5. +0.5. Another LI growth. 77 scores #17-16 cume, 97-103-95k. 4-6-6. WALK* Connoisseur Adult Contemporary 5.1-4.8-5.4. +0.6. Top LI I is up #5-3-2 cume 367-390-394k. 5-4-7. WBLI* Cox CHR 4.8-5.3-5.2. -0.1. Out of Top 5, now #2 LI station. #6-5 cume moves 328-352-329k. 9-8-8. WBAB* Cox Classic Rock 4.3-4.4-4.5. +0.1. Now LI #3. Former #1 now posts #7-6 cume, 338-325-322k. 6-7-9. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.7.4.5-3.9. -0.6. NYC #3 share & #2 cume. LI off #2-7 cume 392-392k. T10-12-10. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 3.5-2.8-3.5. +0.7. Very decent LI recovery. #11-9 cume 263-250-269k.
12-T10-11. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 3.3-3.3-3.2. Steady for NYC Top Rock. #8 cume gains, 291-285-304k. 13-13-12. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 2.2-2.4-2.7. +0.3. Solid signal over LI with cume rank up a bit #20, 63-74-67k. T7-T10-13. WKJY* Connoisseur A/C 4.4-3.3-2.5. -0.8. Continued July slide delivers #9-10 cume 317-283-263k. T15-14-14. WHLI-AM* Connoisseur Oldies 1.8-2.1-2.4. +0.3. Good month. #19-15 cume 103-92-99k. T15-T15-TIE 15: WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR 1.8-1.9-1.9. Seems stalled #10 cume, 259-236k with 14T-15 TIE 15: WWWF* Connoisseur Country 2.0-1.9-1.9. Stays pinned. Only LI Country, #13 cume 145-160-156k. TIE 18 @ 1.2: WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary, #14 cume 132-106k & WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop #20-17 cume 85-94k. TIE 20 @ 1.1: WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical #18, 90k & WPAT SBS A/C #18 cume 70k. 22. WLIR* 0.4 Red Apple Talk #21, 17k, Add WABC=5.8. 23. WBBR-AM 0.3 Bloomberg Business #23, 11k. 24. WSKQ Stream 0.2, #24, 11K. 25. WHSQ-AM 0.1 ESPN Sports #22, 15k.
PHILADELPHIA (9) Pop. 4.85 mil. Black 20.5%, Hispanic 10.6%. MAY / JUNE / JULY 2026 CLUSTERS Audacy 29.2-26.3-27.8 leads Beasley 22.4-23.1-22.7 by 5.1 & iHeart 16.6-17.4-17.0 by 10.8. Urban One 6.4-6.0-6.1. WHYY 4.4-4.1-4.1. K-Love 3.4-4.3-4.0. JUNE / JULY Change Range: +1.1 / -0.7.
4-T3-1. WBEB Audacy A/C 6.2-6.6-7.7 +1.1. Back on top with July Top gain tie. #1 cume: 1.15-1.12-1.08m. 5-5-2. WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 6.0-6.3-7.4. +1.1. Top Gain Tie, good jump. #2 cume, 792-771-809k. 2-T3-3. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 6.7-6.6-7.1. +0.5. Keeps #3 rank with top 2 changes. #7 cume 614-585-543k. 1-T1-TIE 4: WIP-FM Audacy Sports 8.0-7.1-6.4. -0.7. Tie top dip with Fanatic retreat. #5 cume 752-663-590k. 3-T1-TIE 4: WMMR Beasley Rock. 6.6-7.1-6.4. -0.7. Top dip tie; many share shifts. Cume #3-6, 646-709-582k. 6-6-6. KYW-AM Audacy News 5.7-5.2-5.3. +0.1. Temporarily still below Top 5. #9-8-10 cume, 534-490-474k. 7-7-7. WXTU Beasley Country 4.6-4.7-4.4. -0.3. Country stays firmly in the Top 10 #11-13 cume, 479-470-435k. 9-12-8. WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 3.8-3.6-4.2. +0.6. Classic Hits gets a break but a #2-3 cume, 819-744-741k. 8-T8-9. WHYY Public News/Talk 4.4-4.1-4.1. Steady. PHA Public Radio stays Top 10. #14 cume 374-331-291k. T11-T8-10. WVKP K-Love Contemporary Christian. 3.2-4.1-3.8. -0.3. Ahead of most markets. #16, 277-260k. T11-11-11. WUSL iHeart Urban Contemporary 3.2-3.8-3.7. +0.1. Not much shakin’ in July. #11, 435-442-454k. 10-T8-12. WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 3.7-4.1-3.4. +0.7. Tie top dip. Big cume, poor share. #3 cume, 684-741k. T11-13-13. WRNB Urban One Contemporary 3.2-3.4-3.3. Nothing great this month. #13 cume, 386-389-362k. T17-T14-14. WXPN Univ. Penn. Adult Alternative 2.8-3.0-3.2. +0.2. Non-comm holds #17 cume, 282-251-258k. 15-18-15. WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 2.9-2.2-3.0. +0.8. TSL concerns from low share vs. #9 cume, 522-480-507k. T11-T14-16. WPPZ Urban One R&B Classics 3.2-3.0-2.8. Still no new progress. #16-15 cume, 328-276-273k. T17-17-TIE 17: WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.6-2.7-2.5. -0.2. Not gaining. Philly’s Top CHR #8 cume, 571-553-534k. 16-16-TIE 17: WRFF iHeart Modern Alternative Rock 2.7-2.8-2.5. -0.3. WXPN 0.7 ahead. #12, 498-470-453k. T23-22-19. WKXW Townsquare Talk 0.9-1.2-1.3. +0.3. #21, 97k. TIE 20 @ 1.2: WRTI Temple U. Classical #22 cume, 93k & WPHT-AM Audacy Talk #23, 66k. TIE 22 @ 1.1: WUMR iHeart Lone Hispanic Spanish CHR #19 cume, 193k & WPEN Beasley Sports #20, 164k. 24. WPST 1.0 Townsquare CHR #18, 241k. 3-WAY TIE 25 @ 0.2: WSJO Townsq. Hot A/C @24, 48k; WYPA K-Love Christian #27, 18k & WKXW Stream 0.2, #29 14k, Total WKXW 1.5. TIE 28 @ 0.1: WFPG A/C & WPUR Country Townsq. & WTEL-AM iHeart Talk.
WASHINGTON DC (8) Pop. 5.29 million. Black 26.9% Hispanic 18%. MAY / JUNE / JULY 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 19.8-19.4-21.3 over American Univ. 11.6-12.5-11.4 by 9.9. Hubbard 10.5-10.0-10.4. Audacy 11.6-10.5-9.8. Urban One 8.1-8.8-8.0. Howard U. 5.3-5.6-5.6. WGTS Christian 5.1-5.5-5.7. JUNE / JULY Share Change Range: +0.9 / -1.2.
1-1-1. WAMU American University News/Talk 11.6-12.5-11.3. -1.2 Top dip stays #1. #3 cume 607-612-572k. 2-2-2. WTOP/FM Hubbard News 10.2-9.8-10.3. +0.5. Top biller trails AMU by 1.0. #1-2 cume 843-762-753k.
5-4-3. WGTS Atlantic Christian Contemporary 5.1-5.5-5.7. +0.2. Lots in DC to pray for #10 cume 351-373-322k. 4-3-4. WHUR Howard University Urban Adult Contemporary 5.2-5.6-5.6. Steady. #8-4-8 cume dip, 495-538-476k
3-5-TIE 5: WWDC iHeart Modern Alt. Rock 5.4-5.4-5.5. +0.1. Decent cume gain in July #5-6-4, 544-527-544k. 6-6-TIE 5: WASH-FM iHeart Adult Contemporary 4.9-4.7-5.5. +0.8. Took over WTOP #1 cume, 824-751-803k.
7-7-7. WBIG iHeart Classic Rock 3.6-3.6-4.1. +0.5. Consistent Top 10 share delivers #5 cume, 535-473-541k. 8-9-8. WIHT iHeart CHR 3.3-3.2-3.8. +0.6. The top DC CHR benefits from July gain. #-6 cume, 520-487-518k. 13-8-9. WETA Public Classical 2.8-3.3-3.1. -0.2. DC Classical still not in tune. #14-13-13 cume, 237-280-251k. 10-10-10. WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 3.0-3.0-2.8. -0.2. July loss for both share and cume #5-7 at 585-533-516k. 11-11-TIE 11: WPGC Audacy Rhythmic CHR 2.6-2.6-2.5. #2 CHR dips 0.7-1.3 behind ‘IHT. #9, 401-414-410k. 12-11-TIE 11: WMMJ Urban One A/C 2.9-2.6-2.5. -0.1. Moving in wrong direction. #12 cume 305-313-319k. 9-13-13. WZMQ iHeart Country 3.1-2.3-2.4. +0.1. Below the Top 10. Minor change. #14 cume, 270-238-236k. T10-17-14. WLZL-FM Audacy Spanish Tropical 3.0-2.1-2.3. +0.2. DC #1 Hispanic. #15-16 cume 181-182k. 16-T14-15. WKYS Urban One Contemporary 2.2-2.2-2.1. The rebound’s still on hold. #11 cume, 310-325-312k. 18-18-16. WLNO Urban One Spanish CHR 1.0-1.8-2.0. +0.2. Hispanic Total: 4.4. Gains on #17 cume, 131-163k. 15-T14-17. WJFK Audacy Sports 2.5-2.2-1.8. -0.4. Other DC excitement exceeds sports. #15 cume, 174-202k. 17-T14-18. WPRS Urban One Insp. Gospel 2.0-2.2-1.4. -0.8. Multi religion formats. #21, 124-100k. Air Love Christian 19. WAWV 1.0, #25, 59k & TIE 20. WLVW 0.9 #18, 149k; TIE 20. WBQB Chesapeake Hot A/C #19, 124k & WPFW Pacifica N/T, #20 117k. TIE 23 @ 0.4: WDCH Bloomberg #23, 80k & WAFY Manning Hot A/C #24, 70k. TIE 25 @ 0.3: WWEG Manning Classic Hits #22, 84k & WTEM-AM Audacy Sports #31, 24k. TIE 27 @ 0.2: WRBS Bright Christian #26, 51k & WCSP C-Span Talk #27, 40k. TIE 29 @ 0.1: WFAX-AM Costa Spanish; WIAD-HD2 Audacy Hot A/C; WSHE-AM Hubbard Adult Alt. & WAMU-HD2 American University Bluegrass.
BALTIMORE (23) Pop. 2.47mil. Black 30.9%. Hispanic 8.1%. MAY/JUNE/JULY 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 20.9-20.4-20.7 over Audacy 15.5-16.6-16.1 by 3.8-4.6. YPR Public 6.0-6.6-7.8. Hearst 8.2-7.7-7.3. Bright Christian 4.8-5.3-4.9. Urban One 4.7-4.7-4.6. JUNE / JULY Share Change Range: +0.6 / -0.8.
1-1-1. WWIN iHeart Urban One Urban A/C 8.1-8.3-8.4. Stays leader by 1.7. Holds #3 cume 310-311-283k. 2-2-2. WLIF Audacy Adult Contemporary. 6.2-6.8-6.7. -0.1. Shares hold. #1 cume wins by 149k: 453-462-448k.
3-3-3. WWMX Audacy Hot Adult Contemporary 5.8-5.5-5.8 +0.3. Best Audacy pair. #4 cume 278-284-282k. 4-4-4. WPOC iHeart Country 5.7-5.4-5.4 Steady. Top 5 major market country station keeps #7 cume 219-222k.
9-7-5. WYPR Public News/Talk 3.7-4.4-4.9. +0.5. July a good NPR month. Share up. #10 cume, 157-153-144k. T6-6-6. WERQ Urban One Urban Contemporary 4.7-4.7-4.6. Holds the share rank with #5 cume 324-283-263k.
8-9-TIE 7: WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 4.3-3.9-4.5. +0.6. Top gain. Big cume, low share = TSL. #2, 353-323-299k. 5-5-TIE 7: WRBS Bright Contemporary Christian 4.8-5.3-4.5 -0.8. Top dip. Balt. has religion. #9 cume, 148k.
T6-8-9. WIYY Hearst Rock 4.7-4.1-4.0. -0.1. Now trails WQSR by 0.5. WZBA is gone. #6 cume 242-261-255k. 10-10-10. WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 3.5-3.6-3.3. -0.3. Substantial news resources. #13 cume 112-113-97k.
13-T12-11. WTMD WYPR Public Adult Alternative 2.3-2.4-2.9. +0.5. Nice July gain. #12 cume, 99-103-98k. 11-11-12. WJZ-FM Audacy Sports 2.9-3.5-2.8. -0.7 Stays under the Baltimore Top 10. #11 cume, 121-144-132k. 12-T12-13. WZFT iHeart CHR 2.4-2.4-2.3. Not moving shares, needs to add cume. Holds at #8, 248-210-198k. 14-14-14. WTOP-FM Hubbard DC News 1.7-1.9-1.7. Strong signal in Baltimore. #14, 90-98-93k. TIE 17-15: WBJC Public Classical 0.9-1.1, #15 cume 82k. 16. WDCH 1.0 Bloomberg Business #17, 54k. 17. WGTS 0.8 Christian #18 cume, 48k. TIE 18 @ 0.7: WEAA Public Jazz #16, 60k; WLIF-HD2 Audacy Gospel #19, 36k & WYRE Cortona Media Adult Alt. #20, 26k. 21. WEAA Stream 0.4 Jazz #22, 8k. 22. WCAO-AM 0.2 iHeart Gospel. 23. WLIF-HD3 0.1 Audacy Oldies #23, 6k. Times Shamrock WZBA Rock just switched to K-Love Christian.
PROVIDENCE (45) Pop. 1.5 mil. Hispanic 15.1 %, Black 8.3%. MAY/JUNE/JULY 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 21.3-21.5-21.8, Red Wolf 13.4-12.9-12.9, GBH 3.8-4.4-4.5, K-Love 3.1-2.9-2.9, RI Public (now Ocean State) 1.9-2.0-1.4. Incomplete Results without CUMULUS Shares. JUNE / JULY Range: +0.4 / -0.7
1-1-1. WCTK Red Wolf Country 10.8-10.2-9.8. -0.4. Always strong; 2.2-1.7 lead. #3 cume 260-277 258k. 2-2-2. WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 7.8-8.0-8.1. +0.1. Not much change. Continues at #4 cume, 263-255-235k. 3-3-3. WHJY iHeart Classic Rock 7.7-7.4-7.4. Steady. Former #1 stays Top 5. Ups #3-2 cume, 257-268-272k. 4-4-4. WSNE iHeart Hot A/C 5.3-5.7-5.7. Flat. July monthly gain keeps a surprising #1 cume, 295-292-300k. 5-5-5. WGBH ‘GBH Boston Public News/Talk 3.4-3.9-4.1 +0.2. Big Boston signal. #6-7 cume dip, 74-77-61k. 6-6-6. WLVO K-Love Contemporary Chrisitan. 3.0-2.7-2.7. Flat. Better as Brown ‘BRU #5 cume, 90-98-80k. 7-7-7. WKKB Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 1.3-1.3-1.7. +0.4. Only RI Hispanic format is #7-6 cume 62-62-63k.
8. WPVD 1.0 (WVEI/FM Sports sold in Jan) RI Public/Ocean State. Major disappointment. Strangely low, #10, 33-54k. 3-WAY TIE 9 @ 0.7: WELH Wheeler School Rock #8 cume, 54k; Red Wolf TIE 9: WNBH-AM Classic Hits #9, 53k & WSKP-AM Oldies #15 cume, 17k. 12. WHJJ-AM 0.6 iHeart Talk #12, 24k. TIE 13 @ 0.4: WCRB ‘GBH Classical, #11, 25k & WNPN RI Public/ Ocean State News/Talk, again very low and strange; not a great debut at #16 cume, 57-55-16k. 15. WDOM Providence College Variety 0.3 #13, 20k. K- Love Christian TIE 16 @ 0.1: WTKL #14, 18k & WKIV, #17, 4k. Providence has become a boring market.
HARTFORD, CT. (57) Pop. 1.11 million. Hispanic 17.2%, Black 13.0%. MAY / JUNE / JULY 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart: 27.0-31.0-28.5 takes Audacy 26.0-26.0-26.4 by 2.1. Red Wolf 17.4-16.8-16.6. Connecticut Public 5.5-4.6-4.8. K-Love 2.7 2.7-2.6. JUNE / JULY Share Change Range: +0.9 / -1.2
1-T1-1. WWYZ iHeart Country 9.9-11.0-11.0. Steady on Top. Leads ‘RCH by 3.0. #4 cume, 167-186-184k. T1-2-TIE2: WRCH Audacy Soft A/C 9.9-8.3-8.0. -0.3. ‘RCH no more longtime leader. #1 cume, 264-253-248k. 5-6-TIE 2: WZMX Audacy Rhythmic CHR 6.8-7.1-8.0. +0.9. Repeats the Top Jump! #6-5 cume, 142-156-152k. 3-3-4. WDRC/FM Red Wolf Classic Rock. 9.0-8.1-7.1. -1.0. Slips again, now 0.4 over ‘HCN. #7, 154-141-134k. 6-4-5. WHCN iHeart Classic Hits 6.6-7.9-6.7. -1.2. Ties the July top dip and slips to #6 cume 171-176-144k. 7-5-6. WKSS iHeart CHR 6.2-7.7-6.5. -1.2. Ties July top dip and falls out of Top 5. #3 cume, 205-227-206k. 4-7-7. WTIC/FM Audacy Hot A/C 7.4-6.9-6.3. -0.6. Another share slip with gain #2-3-2 cume 236-217-226k.
8-8-8. WNPR Connecticut Public N/T. 5.5-4.6-4.8. +0.2. Growing radio is still a priority. #10 cume, 73-65-62k. 9-9-9. WTIC-AM Audacy News/Talk 3.9-3.7-4.1. +0.4. Former huge #1 & only 50kw AM. #11 cume 56-56-54k. 10-10-10. WMRQ Red Wolf Modern Alt. Rock 3.1-3.1-3.9. +0.8. Gets a nice July kiss. #9 cume 109-101-95k. 14-14-11. WMRQ-HD2 Red Wolf Spanish Tropical, 1.8-2.1-2.7. +0.7. Resilient Red Wolf HD. #13, 49-49-49k. T11-T11-12. WCCC K-Love Christian 2.7-2.7-2.6. -0.1. Better to serve local. Dips #11-12 cume, 69-61-53k. 13-15-13. WKCI iHeart New Haven CHR 2.3-1.9-2.4. +0.5. Takes a lickin’ & keeps on tickin’. #8 cume 81-95k. 11-T11-14. WBOM-AM Red Wolf Urban Adult Contemp. 2.7-2.7-2.2. -0.5. Good HD use. #13-14, 45-53-44k. 15-13-15. WUCS iHeart Sports 1.6-2.3-1.7. -0.6. Tough sports market between NYC and Boston. #15 cume 28-35-31k. 16. WNTY-AM Red Wolf Oldies 0.4, #16 cume TIE @ 14.1k with co-owned WDRC-AM Talk 0.2, TIED @ 17 with WPOP-AM News/Talk 0.2 #18, 5k. 19. WKSS-HD2 RhymCHR 0.0. Always an interesting market.
WORCESTER, MA. (110). Pop. 495. Hispanic 13.4%, Black 8.6%. Spring ’26 Clusters: iHeart 10.9. Audacy 6.4. K-Love 2.5. Sp’25/Fa/Sp ’26: *Boston 1. WSRS iHeart A/C 11.6-11.4-7.4. 2. WTAG-AM iHeart Talk 3.1-3.7-3.5. 3. WKVB (AAF) K-Love Christian 1.2-1.8-2.5. 4. WEEI-FM* Audacy Sports 2.7-2.7-2.3. 5. WBGB* Audacy AdultHits 1.2-1.8-1.8. 6. WBMX* Audacy A/C 1.2-1.6-1.2. TIE 7 @ 0.9: WMJX* Audacy A/C & WCUW Variety. 9. WVEI-AM 0.2 Audacy Sports. Red Apple WABC NYC has filed to acquire 50kw Talk WCRN.
CAPE COD, MA. (105). Pop. 232k. Black 4.9%. Hispanic 3.6%. Spring 2026 Clusters: iHeart 19.3. CapeCod Radio 14.6. WGBH 7.4. Boston University 3.6. Sp’25/Fa/Sp’26: 1. WXTK iHeart N/T 8.1-8.4- 8.7. 2. WPXC CapeCod 6.8-7.5-7.3. 3. WCAI ‘GBH N/T 5.0-4.7-4.6. TIE 4: WCOD iHeart Hot A/C 3.2-3.7 3.7. TIE 4: WCIB iHeart Oldies 2.3-2.8-3.7. 6. WEII iHeart Sports 4.1-3.7-3.2. 7. WKFY CapeCod Oldies 5.0-3.7-2.7. CapeCod TIE 8 @ 2.3: WHYA CHR & WFRQ Classic Hits. TIE 10 @ 1.8: WGBH N/T & WGTX Gary Hanna Classic Hits. 12. WBUA 0.9 Boston U. N/T. 13. WCRB 0.5 ‘GBH Classical.
NEW LONDON, CT. (177) Pop. 241k. Hispanic 13.1%. Black 7.7%. All Red Wolf 22.4. 1. WBMW 11.5 A/C. 2. WWRX 6.3 CHR. 3. WBMW-HD4 4.6 Spanish Tropical. 4. WJJF 2.3 News/Talk.
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ. Pop. 328k. Hispanic 16.7%. Black 12.3%. Spring ’26 Clusters: Townsquare 19.5. iHeart 16.8. K-Love 3.1. WIBG 1.9. Sp’25/Fa/Sp’26: 1. WZXL iHeart Classic Rock 4.8-3.8-6.9. TIE 2: WAVY iHeart Hot A/C 4.5-6.0-6.0 & WPUR Townsquare Country 4.8-5.2-6.0. 4. WFPG Townsquare A/C 5.7 6.0-4.7. 5. WTTH iHeart Urban A/C 5.7-4.4-3.8. 6. WZBZ iHeart RhymCHR 4.5-5.0-3.1. 7. WLRB K-Love Christian 1.2-0.9-2.8. 8-10 All Townsquare. TIE 8 @ 2.5: WPPG-AM Talk & WENJ Sports. TIE 10 @ 1.6: WENJ-HD2 Spanish Tropical with WSJO Hot A/C Tied with WIBG Classic Hits. 13. WENJ-HD4 0.6 Townsquare Classic Rock. TIE 14 @ 0.3: WEZW K-Love Christan & WWAC-AM WIBG Country.
TRENTON, NJ. (143). Pop. 342, Hispanic 22.8%. Black 19.6%. All Townsquare. 2 stations Total 12.1 @ 6.1: WKXW Talk & WPST CHR.
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