OCTOBER 12, 2026 SEPTEMBER 2026 NOR’EAST TOTAL PERS. MON-SUN : BOSTON, NEW YORK, LONG ISLAND, PHILADELPHIA, WASH. DC, BALTIMORE, PROVIDENCE, HARTFORD & MIDDLESEX, NJ.
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BOSTON (10) Population 4.543 mil. Hispanic 13.0%. Black 8.7%. JULY / AUGUST / SEPTEMBER CLUSTERS: Heart 23.3-23.1-22.7 over #2 Audacy 19.2-19.4-19.1 by 3.6 & Beasley 17.0-15.7-16.4 by 6.3. WGBH/WCRB 7.4-8.8-8.5. #1 WBUR 6.8-7.9-6.8. AUG / SEPT ’26 Share Change Range: +0.7 / -1.1.
1-1-1. WBUR Boston University News/Talk 6.8-7.9-6.8. -1.1. Big Dip; 4 of 5 wins! #12 cume 279-261-3.09k.
3-2-2. WXKS/FM iHeart CHR 6.2-6.3-6.5 +0.2. Now holding the #2 share 2x in a row. #2 cume 665-727-689k.
4-5-3. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 5.8-5.5-5.7. +0.2. Beasley Boston’s best. Keeps the #3 cume -605-667-641k.
6-4-4. WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 5.0-5.6-5.4. -0.2. Lone Hub rocker stays Top 5. Stays #4 cume 519-593-538k.
7-7-5. WCRB ‘GBH Classical 4.3-4.5-5.2. +0.7. Impressive Top 5. A morning gain? #17 cume, 205-210-219k. 2-3-6. WMJX Audacy A/C 6.5-6.0-5.1. -0.9. Cruisin’ for a bruisin’ before Xmas. #1 cume by 77k: 846-822-760k.
5-6-7. WBMX Audacy Hot A/C 5.6-5.0-4.8. -0.2. Under Top 5 in both share & cume. Holds #6, 502-519-506k.
12-8-8. WEEI/FM Audacy Sports 3.5-4.3-4.7. +0.4. The Red Sox gave us excitement. #8-9 cume, 313-363-347k.
T10-T10-TIE 9: WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 3.6-4.1-4.3. +0.2. Cost-efficient radio with #5 cume, 514-526-514k.
8-T10-TIE 9: WBZ/FM Beasley Sports 4.1-4.1-4.3. +0.2. Former #1 starts a comeback? #8 cume 347-351-370k. 9-9-11. WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative 3.9-4.2-3.6. -0.6. Top 10 didn’t last long. #7-11cume. 388-393-326k.
T10-T13-12. WKLB Beasley Country 3.6-3.1-3.4. +0.3. Leading the Bull 1.5-1.6. #11-10 cume, 315-321-331k. 15-12-13. WGBH ‘GBH News/Talk 3.0-3.2-3.2. ‘CRB ahead 2.0. WBUR leads by 4.7-3.6. #14, 211-220-230k. T13-T13-14. WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk 3.2-3.1-2.9. -0.2. Can’t catch a break. Off #12-14 cume 274-282-243k. T13-15-15. WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 3.2-2.7-2.7. Costly. Without the gain. Keeps the #7 cume on 455-454-430k. 17-16-16. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 2.7-2.6-2.5. -0.1. AM Talker is staying steady at a #19 cume, 101-114-114k. 16-17-17. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 2.9-2.3-2.2. Wondering, why not a better use. #13 cume, 347-327-293k. 19-18-18. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 1.4-1.9-1.9. In a holding pattern. #17 cume, 150-163-174k. 18-19-19. WBWL iHeart Country 1.7-1.6-1.8. +0.2. Room for two Hub cowboys? 5.2 share. #16, 192-220-224k. 22-21-20. WBOS Bloomberg Business 0.8-1.1-1.6. +0.5. Nice gain, holds #20 cume, 91-100k. Under One: 20-21. WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical 1.1-1.2–0.8. -0.4. Even less from 13% Hispanic pop. #18 cume, 137-148-130k. 22-22. WKVB (WAAF) K-Love Christian 0.7-0.5. #21, 74-59k. 23. WXKS-AM iHeart Talk #23, 31k. 24. WRCA-AM Beasley Classic Rock 0.3, #22 cume 71-58k. TIE 25 @ 0.2: WBMX-HD2 Audacy Rock #24, 27k & WNKC K-Love #25, 17k. TIE 27 @ 0.1: WCAI ‘GBH N/T #26 3.9k & WJMN-HD2 iHeart N/T #28, 3.7k.
NEW YORK (1) Pop. 16.93 million. Hispanic 26.2%. Black 16.4%. JULY / AUGUST /SEPTEMBER 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 26.0-25.5-26.0 leads Audacy again 22.3-23.7-23.7 by 1.8. MediaCo. 7.2-7.4-7.3. Spanish Broadcast. 7.3-6.5-6.6. WNYC Public 7.2-5.7-6.3. Red Apple 4.5-4.7-3.3. 12 NYC Stations now Top 1 million cume. AUGUST / SEPT Share Change Range: +0.7 / -1.0
2-T1-1. WINS-FM Audacy News 7.4-7.3-6.8. -0.5. Still takes Top Share. Cume dip #7-8, 1.74-1.6-1.56 mil.
1-T1-2. WLTW iHeart A/C 7.9-7.3-6.7. -0.6. Another summer slip. #1 cume: 3.8-3.74-3.71m; 1.5million lead.
3-4-3. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.7-5.4-5.8. +0.4. NYC Top 5 Classic Hits. #2 cume 2.5-2.54-2.72 mil. 4-3-4. WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.2-5.6-5.4. -0.2. The only NYC CHR holds on with #3-4 cume 2.51-2.34-2.37 mil.
5-5-5. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 4.8-4.8-5.3. +0.5. Top 5 stations stay the same. #6 cume 1.86-1.79-1.87 mil.
6-7-6. WBLS MediaCo. Urban A/C 4.5-4.5-4.4. Maintaining. 1.7 over WWPR. Steady #9 cume, 1.33-1.35 mil.
T8-6-7. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 4.1-4.5-4.5. Steady in the Top 10. Keeps #5 cume at 2.08-2.12-2.2 million.
T11-9-8. WFAN Audacy Sports 3.5-3.9-4.3. +0.4. Baseball berry good. Top sports. #12 cume, 893-917k-1.05m.
10-T10-9. WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR. 4.0-3.8-4.0. +0.2. Low share with big #4-3 cume 2.25-2.35-2.38 mil.
T11-12-10. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 3.5-3.2-3.8. +0.6. #1 Hispanic is Top 10. #8-7 cume 1.53-1.53-1.6mil.
7-T10-11. WNYC/FM Public News/Talk 4.2-3.8-3.7. -0.1. Slips below NYC Top 10. #18 cume, 628-573-552k. 16-14-TIE 12: WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 2.6-2.7-3.1. +0.4. A rise of #11-9 cume, 1.15-1.06-1.32 mil. T8-8-TIE 12: WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 4.1-4.1-3.1. -1.0. #1 Talk & AM has top dip. #20 cume 435-407-380k. 14-17-14. WQXR-FM WNYC Public Classical 2.9-1.8-2.7. -1.1. Top monthly dip. #21-22 cume, 382-341-323k. 15-13-15. WQHT MediaCo. Rhythmic-CHR 2.7–3.0-2.3. -.0.7. Aug. up, Sept. down. #11cume, 1.11-1.22-1.16m. 13-15-16. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 3.0-2.4-2.1. -0.3. 2nd Hispanic. Format totals 8.5-10.4. #15, 958-856-866k. T18-16-TIE 17: WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.6-1.9-1.8. Started to grow. Cume #12-13, 912-927-924k. 21-19-TIE 17: WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 1.4-1.6-1.8. +0.2. Audience up #16-14 cume, 786-814-867k. T18-18-19. WEPN Emmis Bilingual A/C 1.6-1.7-1.6. -0.1. Strategic lingo mix. #15-16 cume 817-781-829k. 21-20-20. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 15-1.3-1.5. +0.2 Behind WABC 2.6-2.8-1.6. #20-26-22 cume, 330-260-309k. 17-20-21 WPLJ K-Love Contemporary Christian 1.7-1.5-1.4. -0.1. Gains #18-17 cume, 574-537-571k. T22-22. WKMK Press Country 1.0. #28 cume, 184-228k. Under One: TIE 23 @ 0.8: WHSQ-AM (880) Good Karma Sports, #21 cume 370-409k & WKXW Townsquare Talk #25 cume, 237-288k. TIE 25 @ 0.7: WFUV Fordham University Adult Alternative #23, 324k Ties WSKQ Stream SBS Tropical #26, 266k & WAWZ Pillar Christian #31, 200-175k. TIE 30 @ 0.4: WDHA Beasly Rock #29, 220k & WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business News #37 cume, 95k. 8-WAY TIE 32 @ 0.3: Pamal WHUD A/C & WXPK Adult Alt; WWZY Press Classic Rock; WARW K-Love Christian; WNUV Hope Spanish; WFDU Fairleigh Dickenson Oldies; WHBK-HD2 Audacy Country & WBGO Stream Jazz. 4-WAY TIE 40 @ 0.2: WJLK Townsquare Hot A/C; WPLJ Stream K-Love Christian; WHTG Press Oldies & WLIR Red Apple Talk.
LONG ISLAND, NY (21) Pop. 2.55 mil. Hispanic 20.4%. Black 10.2%. JULY / AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 21.3-22.8-23.0 tops iHeart 20.9-19.7-19.4 by 3.7. Connoisseur 13.5-13.4-12.7. Cox Media Group 9.7-9.7-9.4. Red Apple 5.8-5.6-4.7. AUGUST / SEPT. Change: +/- 1.1 * LI Stations
1-1-1. WINS-FM Audacy News 7.0-8.1-7.8. -0.3. Powerful. Leads by 1.7 LI Cume up #4-2, 335-346-365k.
3-2-2. WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.9-6.6-6.1 -0.5. Sept slip. NYC CHR tops WBLI 1.8-1.1. #1 LI cume 393-353-377k.
4-3-3. WFAN Audacy Sports 5.7-6.5-5.8. Yankees. Streams no longer in play. Cume holds at #12, 205-189-216k.
6-5-TIE 4: WALK* Connoisseur Adult Contemporary 5.4-5.0-5.0. Tie for #1 LI station. #4 cume 394-361-345k. 7-6-TIE 4: WBLI* Cox CHR 5.2-4.8-5.0. +0.2. Tied at LI #1 with a share gain, cume dip #6-7 329-313-302k.
5-4-6. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk. 5.5-5.4-4.6. -0.8. Adds new LI signals; slips from Top 5. #20 cume, 93-97k. 8-7-TIE 7: WBAB* Cox Classic Rock 4.5-4.7-4.4 -0.3. LI’s #3 was a former #1. Tie for #5 cume, 322-318-322k. 10-11-TIE 7: WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 3.5-3.3-4.4. +1.1. Top Sept gain with the #10 cume 269-219-240k. 9-9-9. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 3.9-3.9-3.8. NYC #3 share #2 cume becomes #3 LI cume 392-307-350k. 11-10-10. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 3.2–3.4-3.3. NYC Top Rock stays in LI Top 10 at #8 cume 304-290-272k.
2-8-11. WLTW Audacy Adult Contemporary 6.0-4.2-3.1. -1.1. Top dip, sample blip? #5 cume Tie 395-358-322k. 12-T12-12. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 2.7-2.6-2.6. #22-21 cume, 67-73k. T15-16-TIE 13. WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR 1.9–1.9-2.5. +0.6. #10-9 cume, 236-239-262k. 13-T12-TIE 13: WKJY* Connoisseur A/C 2.5-2.6-2.5, #11 cume 263-248-223k. Connoisseur has the next two: T15-15-15. WWWF* Country 1.9-2.1-2.1. Exclusive LI format holds #13 cume 156-135-158k. 14-T12-16. WHLI-AM* Oldies 2.4-2.6-1.9. -0.7. Drops #17-19 cume 99-102-98k. T21-17. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporay 1.2-1.0-1.8, +0.8. #17 cume, 112-118k. 3-WAY TIE 18 @ 1.2: WWSK* Connoisseur Rock #14 cume 131k; WHSQ-AM (880) Good Karma Sports, #16 cume, 119k & WSKQ Spanish Tropical #15, 122k. TIE 21 @ 1.1: WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop #18 cume, 106k & WPAT Spanish A/C #22, 72k. Under One: TIE 23 @ 0.2: WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business #23,13k. TIE 25 @ 0.1: WINS-HD3 Oldies #25, 9k & WLIR* Red Apple Talk #26, 8k.
PHILADELPHIA (9) Pop. 4.85 mil. Black 20.5%, Hispanic 10.6%. JULY / AUG / SEPTEMBER 2026 CLUSTERS: Beasley 22.7-24.1-26.9 takes Audacy 27.8-25.6-25.0 by 1.9 & iHeart 17.0-18.0-17.6 by 9.3. Urban One 6.1-7.8-7.2. WHYY 4.1-3.6-3.0. K-Love 4.0-3.1-2.9. AUG / SEPT Change Range: +4.7 / -0.9.
T4-T5-1. WMMR Beasley Rock. 6.4-5.5-10.2. +4.7. Xmas? Big Whopper Jump! Just #6 cume, 582-607-646k.
T4-3-2. WIP-FM Audacy Sports 6.4-7.4-7.6. +0.2. Continued gain from the games. #5-3 cume, 590-693-766k. 3-T1-3. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 7.1-7.8-7.4. -0.4. Slips from a #1 Tie in the shake up. #7 cume543-621-580k.
2-T1-4. WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 7.4-7.8-6.9. -0.9. Top Dip is reverse of WMMR. #2 cume, 809-818-754k.
1-T5-5. WBEB Audacy A/C 7.7-5.5-5.5. Flat. Waiting for Xmas; Top 5 with the big #1 cume, 1.08-1.08-1.08m.
6-4-6. KYW-AM Audacy News 5.3-5.6-5.1. -0.5. Dips below the Top 5 with a cume gain #10-8, 474-493-518k.
7-7-7. WXTU Beasley Country 4.4-5.4-4.7. -0.7. Country dips but stays in the Top 10. #12 cume, 435-436-455k.
13-T8-8. WRNB Urban One Contemporary 3.3-4.4-4.3. +0.1. Holds August’s Top gain. #14 cume 362-358-372k.
8-T10-9. WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 4.2-4.2-4.1. Good news: steady share, but a big #3-2 cume, 741-748-801k.
11-T8-TIE 10: WUSL iHeart Urban Contemporary 3.7-4.4-3.9 -0.5. Shares off, cume holds. #11, 454-430-465k. 12-T10-TIE 10: WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 3.4-4.2-3.9. -0.3. Still has a TSL problem. #5 cume, 741-697-687k.
16-13-TIE 12: WPPZ Urban One R&B Classics 2.8-3.4-3.1. -0.3. A Steady September. #16-15, 273-277-309k. 14-16-TIE 12: WXPN Univ. Penn. Adult Alternative 3.2-2.5-3.1. +0.6. Bounces back. #18 cume, 258-243-226k. 9-12-14. WHYY Public News/Talk 4.1-3.6-3.0. -0.6. PHA Public takes another hit. #15-16 cume, 291-302-249k. 10-14-15. WVKP K-Love Contemporary Christian. 3.8-3.0-2.9. -0.1. Going the wrong way. #17, 260-234-237k. T17-15-16. WRFF iHeart Modern Alternative Rock 2.5-2.6-2.8. +0.2. Trails WXPN by 0.3. #13, 453-488-437k. T17-T17-17. WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.5-2.0-2.3. +0.3. Slight gain. Top CHR #8-9 cume is the same, 534-498-498k. 15-T17-18. WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 3.0-2.0-2.0. Flat. Continued TSL alert: low share #9 cume 507-497-487k. 19-19-19. WKXW Townsquare Talk 1.3-1.4-1.4. #21-23 cume, repeats at 106k. TIE 20 @ 1.2: WUMR iHeart Lone Hispanic Spanish CHR #19 cume, 193-220k & WPEN Beasley Sports #20-22 cume, 200k. 22. WRTI Temple University Classical 1.1 #24 cume, 82-98k. Under One: TIE 23 @ 0.9: WPST Townsquare CHR #20, 219k & WSTW Draper Media now Hot A/C #21, 233-207k. 25. WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 0.7 #25 cume, 59k. 26. WEMG-AM Mega Spanish Tropical 0.5, #26 cume, 78k. 27. WSJO Townsquare Hot A/C #27 cume, 58.6k. 3-WAY TIE 28 @ 0.1: Townsquare WFPG A/C & WKXW Stream Talk & WXCY Draper Country.
WASHINGTON DC (8) Pop. 5.29 million. Black 26.9% Hispanic 18%. JULY / AUGUST / SEPT. 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 21.3-20.6-20.4 is ahead of American University 11.4-11.8-11.9 & Audacy 9.8-12.1-11.4. Hubbard 10.4-10.0-9.8. Urban One 8.0-6.2-7.1. Howard Univ. 5.6-6.3-6.9. WGTS Atlantic 5.7-3.6-4.1. WETA Public 3.1-3.3-3.0. K-Love 2.9-2.8-2.3. AUGUST / SEPTEMBER Share Change Range: +0.6 / -0.7.
1-1-1. WAMU American University News/Talk 11.5-11.7-11.9. +0.2. Consistent #1. #4 cume 572-552-552k.
2-2-2. WTOP/FM Hubbard News 10.3-9.8-9.7. –0.1. Top biller now trails AMU by 2.2. #2 cume 753-717-717k.
4-3-3. WHUR Howard Univ. Urban Adult Contemp. 5.7-6.1-6.7. +0.6. Listeners gain #8-5 cume, 476-439-484k.
T5-5-4. WWDC iHeart Modern Alt. Rock 5.5-5.3-5.9. +0.6. Impressive Top 5 Alt Rock. #6 cume 544-504-483k.
T5-4-5. WASH-FM iHeart Adult Contemporary 5.6–5.6-4.9. -0.7. Sustains the big usual #1 cume, 803-823-779k.
7-6-TIE 6: WBIG iHeart Classic Rock 4.1-4.6-4.1. -0.5. Up & down share, cume dip #5-7 cume, 541-551-466k.
3-7-TIE 6: WGTS Atlantic Christian Contemporary 5.8-3.6-4.1. +0.5. Some recovery. #12 cume 322-290-297k.
8-T8-8. WIHT iHeart CHR 3.8-3.3-3.5. +0.2. The top DC CHR comes back up a bit. #7-8 cume, 518-465-454k.
T11-T10-9. WPGC Audacy Rhythmic CHR 2.5-3.0-3.3. +0.2. #2 CHR is within 0.2 of WIHT. #9, 410-404-415k. 9-T8-10. WETA Public Classical 3.1-3.3-3.0. -0.3. DC Classical hangs on in Top 10. #13 cume, 251-269-287k.
T11-14-11. WMMJ Urban One Urban A/C 2.5-2.5-2.8. +0.3. Share gets a Sept. uptick. #11 cume, 319-285-308k. 15-15-12. WKYS Urban One Contemporary 2.1–2.3-2.7. +0.4. Another share gain. #12-10 cume, 325-312-283k. T10-11-TIE 13: WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 2.8-3.0-2.6. -0.4. Shares slip but keeps big #3 cume, 516-559-553k. 14-12-13. WLZL-FM Audacy Spanish Tropical 2.3-2.8-2.6. -0.2 Top Hispanic. #17 cume 182-211-169k. 17-13-TIE 15: WJFK Audacy Sports 1.8-2.6-2.0. -0.6. Aug was good; Sept was not. #15 cume, 202-159-176k. T15-17-TIE 15: WLVW K-Love Christian 0.9-1.9-2.0. +0.1. Audience gains #18-17-16 cume, 149-158-176k. 13-17-17. WZMQ iHeart Country 2.4-1.7-1.9. +0.2. DC isn’t embracing the format. #14 cume, 236-243-239k. 18-18-18. WPRS Urban One Inspirational Gospel 1.4-1.4-1.7. +0.3. Many area religious formats #18-19, 95-93k. 19. WBQB Chesapeake Hot A/C 1.0. #18 cume, 141-138k. Under One: TIE 20 @ 0.6: WPFW Pacifica #22 cume, 72k & WTEM-AM Audacy Sports #27 cume, 33-38k. TIE 22 @ 0.5: WFLS Connoisseur Country #21, 64-78k & WDCH Bloomberg #24, 62-54k. TIE 24 @ 0.4: WAFY Manning Hot A/C #25-23, 54k & WRBS Bright Christian #25 cume, 74-44k. 3-WAY TIE 26 @ 0.3: WWEG Manning Classic Hits #20 cume, 82k; WAIW K-Love Contemporary Christian #23-28 cume, 62-37k & WIAD-HD2 Audacy Hot A/C #30, 18k. 4-WAY 29 TIE @ 0.2: WCSP C-Span Talk #26, 41k; WSHE-AM Hubbard Adult Alternative #29 cume 29-22k; WFAX-AM Costa Spanish #31, 27-18k & WPWC-AM WASP Productions Spanish Regional #35 cume, 11k.
BALTIMORE (23) Pop. 2.47mil. Black 30.9%. Hispanic 8.1%. JULY / AUG / SEPT 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 20.7-20.8-18.1 wins over Audacy 16.1-15.6-15.6 by 2.5. YPR Public 7.8-8.2-7.8. Hearst 7.3-7.3-7.7. Urban One 4.6-4.9-5.7. Bright Christian 4.9-4.0-3.3. AUG / SEPT Share Change Range: +/- 0.8.
1-1-1. WWIN iHeart Urban One Urban A/C 8.4-8.9-8.6. -0.3. Leads by 1.5. Grows #3-2 cume 283-299-332k.
2-2-2. WLIF Audacy Adult Contemporary. 6.7-7.5-7.1. +0.4. #1 cume wins by 120k: 448-446-452k.
6-5-3. WERQ Urban One Urban Contemporary 4.6-4.9-5.7. +0.8. #2 Urban keeps #5 cume 263-276-298k.
5-T3-4. WYPR Public News/Talk 4.9-5.3-5.1. -0.2. NPR boasts Top 5 staying power. #11-9 cume, 144-138-164k.
9-6-5. WIYY Hearst Rock 4.0-4.4-4.9. +0.5. Gains from gone WZBA. Tops ‘QSR 0.3. #5-4 cume 255-270-312k.
T7-T7-6. WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 4.5-4.2-4.6. +0.4. Balt. Rock battle in the making. #2-3 cume, 299-299-314k.
4-T3-7. WPOC iHeart Country 5.4–5.3-4.5 -0.8. Country slides out of the Top 5. Stays #6 cume 222-220-238k.
3-T7-8. WWMX Audacy Hot Adult Contemporary 5.8-4.2-4.2. Flat. Hurt from big Aug dip. #7 cume 217-224k.
12-10-9. WJZ-FM Audacy Sports 2.8-3.5-3.7. +0.2. Stays in Baltimore Top 10. Keeps #11 cume, 132-143-136k.
T7-9-10. WRBS Bright Contemporary Christian 4.5-4.0-3.3 -0.7. Many religious formats. #9-10, 148-162-154k.
10-T11-11. WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 3.3-2.9-2.8. -0.1. Strong TV&News support, #14-13 cume, 97-98-98k. 11-T11-12. WTMD WYPR Public Adult Alternative 2.9-2.9-2.7. -0.2. Holds on to the #12 cume, 112-110k. 13-13-13. WZFT iHeart CHR 2.3-2.2-2.5. +0.3. Glimmer of improvement. Needs TSL. #8 cume, 198-189-205k. 14-T14-14. WTOP-FM Hubbard DC News 1.7-1.6-1.6. Big signal into Baltimore. #16-14 cume, 93-75-96k. 15-T14-15. WBJC Public Classical 1.1-1.6-1.4, -0.2. A nice good music showing. #15 cume, 93k. 18-16. WYRE Cortona Media Adult Alternative 0.7-0.7-1.1 #20, 29k. Under One: TIE 17 @ 0.9: WGTS Christian #18-16 cume, 41-63k & WDCH Bloomberg Business #18, 60k. 19. WEAA Public Jazz 0.8, #15-17, 77-60k. TIE 20 @ 0.5: WLIF-HD2 Audacy Inspirational Gospel #23-19, 45k & WEAA Stream Jazz #22, 16-20k. 22. WCAO-AM iHeart Inspirational Gospel 0.4, #21 cume, 33k. 23. WLIF-HD3 Audacy Oldies 0.1, #23 cume, 8k.
PROVIDENCE (45) Pop. 1.5 mil. Hispanic 15.1 %. Black 8.3%. JULY/AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 21.8-21.7-20.8. Red Wolf 12.9-12.6-12.6. ‘GBH 4.5-3.7-4.1. K-Love 2.9-2.9-2.9. Ocean State Public 1.4-0.1-1.8. Incomplete without Cumulus Shares. AUGUST / SEPT EMBER Share Change Range: +0.3 / -0.6.
1-1-1. WCTK Red Wolf Country 9.8-9.4-9.6. +0.2. Nice to stay on top; 2.0-2.5 lead. #3 cume, 258-270-278k.
3-2-2. WHJY Classic Rock. 7.4-7.4-7.1. Stays steady. Former #1 can still get to the top. #2 cume, 272-274-278k.
2-4-3. WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 8.1-6.8-6.9. +0.1. Hasn’t recovered from Aug. Holds #4 cume 235-224-238k.
4-3-4. WSNE iHeart Hot A/C 5.7-7.0-6.4. -0.6. Still top 5 and still holds the Providence #1 cume, 300-286-300k.
5-5-5. WGBH ‘GBH Boston Public News/Talk 4.1-3.6-3.8 +0.2. Big Boston signal. Stays #6 cume, 61-72-76k.
6-6-6. WLVO K-Love Contemporary Chrisitan. 2.7-2.7-2.5. -0.2. Not much movement. #5 cume, 80-82-83k. TIE 7: WPVD Ocean State Public News/ Talk. 1.0-1.5-1.8. +0.3. Told it’s a tech glitch; still a low share. #7 cume, 83k. 7-7-TIE 7: WKKB Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 1.7-2.0-1.8. -0.2. Only RI Hispanic format #8 cume 63-62-59k. TIE 9 @ 0.8: WELH Wheeler School Rock #10 cume, 50k & WNBH-AM Red Wolf Classic #9, 57k. 3-WAY TIE 11 @ 0.4: WHJJ-AM iHeart Talk #14 cume, 18k; WSKP-AM Red Wolf Oldies #13 cume, 19k. & WDOM Providence College Variety #11 cume, 23k. TIE 13 @ 0.3: WCRB ‘GBH Classical, #12, 17k & WTKL K-Love Christian #12, 20k. 16. WKIV K-Love Christian 0.1, #16, 4k. Ocean State Public WNPN is listed as silent?
HARTFORD (57) Pop. 1.11 million. Hispanic 17.2%, Black 13.0%. JULY / AUGUST /SEPTEMBER 2026 CLUSTERS: A NEW #1: iHeart 28.5-25.6-27.0 takes Audacy 26.4-28.1-26.2. Red Wolf gains 16.6-16.8-17.6. Connecticut Public holds 4.8-5.1-5.1. K-Love 2.6-2.6-2.2. AUGUST / SEPTEMBER Share Change Range: +1.5 / -0.7
T2-1-1. WRCH Audacy Soft A/C 8.0-10.0-9.7. -0.3. Still the leader but only by 0.7. #1 cume, 248-270-265k.
1-2-2. WWYZ iHeart Country 11.0-9.4-9.0. -0.4. Stays within range. CT. Broadcasters Assn. top station of the year. #5 cume, 186-184-163k.
4-4.3. WDRC/FM Red Wolf Classic Rock. 7.1-7.2-8.1. +0.9. Moves up & over WHCN by 0.9. #7 cume, 134-126-121k.
5-6-4. WHCN iHeart Classic Hits 6.7-6.2-7.7. +1.5. Nice jump, more consistent. Grows #5-4 cume 144-145-162k.
T2-3-5. WZMX Audacy Rhythmic CHR 8.0-7.5-6.8. -0.7. Top dip. Is a slip showing? #6 cume, 139-157-125k.
7-5-6. WTIC/FM Audacy Hot A/C 6.3-6.8-6.2. -0.6. Not a good month for Audacy. Big #2 cume 226-215-189k. 6-7-7. WKSS iHeart CHR 6.5-5.3-5.7. +0.4. Stops the slide and continues to deliver. #3 cume, 206-181-183k. 8-8-8. WNPR Connecticut Public N/T. 4.8-5.1-5.1. Holds. Radio side can use priority attention. #11 cume, 61-60k. 10-9-9. WMRQ Red Wolf Modern Alt. Rock 3.9-4.3-3.7 -0.6. Alternative tops ‘TIC-AM. #8 cume 101-95-119k. 9-10-10. WTIC-AM Audacy News/Talk 4.1-3.8-3.5. -0.3. Out of market PDs aren’t the answer. #12 cume 54-58-52k. 11-T12-11. WMRQ-HD2 Red Wolf Spanish Tropical, 2.8-2.6-2.9. +0.3. Excellent HD. #13 cume, 49-52-52k. 13-11-12. WKCI iHeart New Haven CHR 2.4-2.8-2.4. -0.1. Hartford is a crowded CHR market. #9, 95-99-87k. 12-T12-13. WCCC K-Love Christian 2.6-2.6-2.2. -0.4. Networked music format gains #12-10 cume, 53-56-60k. 14-14-TIE 14: WBOM-AM Red Wolf Urban Adult Contemp. 2.2-2.1-2.1. -0.1. Good HD. #14 cume, 44-39-34k. 15-15-14. WUCS iHeart Sports 1.7-1.7-2.0. +0.3. Tough sports assignment between NYC/BOS. #15, 31-27-30k. Under One: 16. WNTY-AM Red Wolf Oldies 0.4, #16 cume 14k. TIE 17 @ 0.2: WDRC-AM Red Wolf Talk #17, 10k & WPOP-AM iHeart News/Talk #18, 6k. Excellent CT Broadcast Assn. Celebration, Oct. 7.
MIDDLESEX-UNION, NJ. (41) Pop. 1.62 mil. Hispanic 26.5%, Black 14.1%. Top 6 are NYC stations. AUG/SEPT. CLUSTERS: iHeart 29.7-25.1. Audacy 22.3-23.7. SBS 5.7-8.3. Townsquare 5.7-5.2. Pillar 2.4. Press 2.2. *Local NJ station.
1. WCBS/FM Classic Hits 5.2-7.4. 2. WAXQ Classic Rock 8.6-7.3. 3. WFAN Sports 6.8-7.0. 4. WLTW A/C 6.7-5.7. 5. WNEW/FM Hot A/C 6.5-5.4. 6. WSKQ Spanish 4.0-4.7. 7. WKXW* Talk 4.4. 8. WHTZ CHR 4.2. 9. WMGQ* A/C 3.1. 10. WKTU RhymCHR 3.2. 11. WPAT Spanish 3.0. 12. WOR-AM Talk 2.7. 13. WAWZ* Christian 2.3. 14. WINS/FM News 2.2. 15. WWPR Urban 2.0. 16. WDHA* Rock 2.0. 17. WXBK Hip Hop 1.6. 18. WKMK* Country 1.2. 19. WHSQ Sports 1.0. 20. WWZY* Classic Rock 0.9. T21 @ 0.6: WPST* CHR & WSKQ Stream Spanish. 23. WKXW Stream Talk 0.2. 24. TIED at 1.0: WMTR* Oldies; WCTC-AM* Sports; WHTC* Oldies; WINS-HD3 Oldies; WAWZ Christian.
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