DECEMBER ’25 NOR’EAST RADIO – TOTAL PERSONS MON-SUN JAN. 3, 2026
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HOLIDAY HITS AND MISSES…..WHO SURVIVES AND WHO THRIVES GOING INTO 2026
BOSTON (10) Population 4.543 mil. Hispanic 13.0% Black 8.7%. OCT/NOV/DEC 2025 CLUSTERS:
Audacy 19.9-19.2-23.8 takes the lead by 0.9. iHeart 24.3-24.3-22.9 & 4.3 over Beasley 21.0-21.3-19.5.
WGBH/WCRB 6.4-7.3-6.9. WBUR 4.4-5.0-4.0. November/December Station Change Range: +4.2 / -1.0.
T1-2-1. WMJX Audacy A/C 6.5-6.1-10.3. +1mil cume +4.2. Santa Rocks. Big #1 cume 868-843-100.4 mil.
3-1-2. WBZ/FM Beasley Sports 6.4-6.9-6.2. -0.7. All the good sports are back. #6-4-6 cume 529-640-490k.
T1-3-3. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 6.5-5.6-5.3. -0.3. It’s Refresh Time! Moves up #3-2 cume 694-644-645k.
5-4-4. WXKS/FM iHeart CHR 5.1-5.3-4.9. -0.4. Hangs on in the Boston Top 5 with #2-3 cume 680-702-606k.
7-6-TIE5: WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk 4.5-4.7-4.6. -0.1. Nothing dull on AM. Keeps #12 cume 311-317-319k
4-7-TIE5: WEEI/FM Audacy Sports 5.7-4.4-4.6. +0.2. Shows holiday resilience. #15-14 cume 395-293-291k.
T8-T8-7. WWBX Audacy Hot A/C 4.2-4.3-4.4. +0.1. 1.0 share separates #4-9 stations. #7 cume 495-526-471k.
6-T8-8. WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 4.8-4.3-4.2. -0.1. Potential for Hub’s only rock. #8-4 cume 588-520-526k.
T8-5-9. WBUR Boston Univ. News/Talk 4.2-5.0-4.0. -1.0. Top Nov. Gain & Top Dec. Dip. #15. 303-316-282k.
T13-T10-10. WGBH ‘GBH News/Talk 3.3-3.7-3.9. +0.2. WBUR ahead by a hair. #17-16 cume 271-250-260k.
11-T10-11. WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 3.5-3.7-3.7. flat. Much more potential. #5 cume waste 595-525-515k.
10-14-12. WKLB Beasley Country 3.7-3.5-3.4. -0.1. Leads Bull Country by 1.7. #10-11 cume 368-350-334k.
15-13-TIE13: WCRB ‘GBH Classical 3.1-3.6-3.0. -0.6. Christmas Classical = less appeal? #18, 218-226-197k.
12-15-TIE13: WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 3.1-3.4-3.1. -0.3. AM local service. Holding at #21 cume 144-128-133k
T16-16-15. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 2.7-2.8-2.9. +0.1. Doesn‘t say much for JMN or BQT. #9, 347-363k.
T13-T10-16. WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 3.3-3.7-2.9. -0.9. Trailing WWBX by 0.5-1.6, at #8 cume 512-528-461k
T16-17-17. WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative 2.7-2.7-2.6. -0.1. Top 10 cume without the share. 381-366-341k
18-18-18. WBWL iHeart Country 2.0-2.0-1.7. -0.3. Hub Country scant 5.5-5.1. Holds #17 cume 262-255-250k.
19-20-19. WXLO Cumulus Hot A/C 1.6-1.5-1.6. +0.1. Big signal #2 Worcester. #14-13 cume, 263-308-299k.
T21-21-20. WBOS Beasley Bloomberg Business 0.9-1.2-1.3. +0.1. US Business is business. #22, 122-112k.
T21-22-T21: WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 0.9-1.1-1.2. +0.1 Keeps #20 cume, 166-156k-136k.
20-19-T21: WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical 1.3-1.6-1.2. -0.4. Feliz NaNaNa. #19 cume, 179-180-157k.
23. WCCM-AM Costa Spanish CHR 0.8, #25 cume 40k. 24. WKVB (WAAF) Air Love Christian holds at #23
cume 74k. TIE 25 @ 0.5: WRCA-AM Beasley Classic Rock #24, 67k & WBGB Stream Audacy #29, 14k.
27. WXKS-AM iHeart Talk 0.4. #27, 32k. 28. WNKC Air Love 0.3.
A Solid Operator Can Claim Boston.
NEW YORK (1) Pop. 16.93 million. Hispanic 26.2% Black 16.4%. OCT/NOV/DEC 2025 CLUSTERS:
iHeart 25.3-25.8-22.8 leads Audacy 22.0-22.1-20.5 by 2.3. Spanish Broadcasting 8.8-9.2-9.3.
Media Holding Inc. 8.6-8.4-8.6. WNYC Public 6.1-6.0-6.4. Red Apple WABC-AM/WLIR 4.3-5.3-4.2.
12 Stations Once Again Cume 1million+. WLTW Hits 4.2 Mil. Nov/Dec Share Change Range: +2.5 / -1.1.
1-1-1. WLTW iHeart A/C 7.4-7.4-9.9. +2.5 Holiday Jump for Santa, so far. #1 cume 3.72-3.77-4.21 million.
2-2-2. WINS-FM Audacy News 6.4-6.8-6.5. -0.3 Very active. +0.6 stream=7.1. Stays #5 cume at 1.997 million.
3-3-3. WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.9-5.8-5.1. -0.7. Stays Top 3. Major CHR moves #4-2 cume. 2.5-2.38-2.25 million.
6-10-4. WBLS Media Holding Urban A/C 4.7-4.1-5.1. +1.0. Surprise jump! Keeps #10 cume. 1.43-1.33-1.36m.
4-T5-5. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 5.2-5.0-5.0. Stays. #1 Spanish remains #7 cume. 1.95-1.8-1.75 million.
5-4-6. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.0-5.6-4.6. -1.0. Santa removes from Top 5. #3 cume. 2.55-2.48-224m.
T8-7-7. WNYC/FM Public N/T 4.2-4.5-4.5. Flat. Avoids stocking coal. Holding at a #17 cume. 672-728-692k.
7-T8-8. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 4.3-4.3-4.0. -0.3. Iconic NYC Top Rock has #8 cume. 1.74-1.77-1.76 mil.
T8-T5-9. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 4.2-5.0-3.9. -1.1. Nov top gain, Dec top dip. #1 LI! #19, 504-518-541k.
12-12-10. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 3.4-3.6-3.6. Holds. Slips back into Top 10. #6 cume 1.97-1.96-1.89m.
10-T8-11. WQHT Media Holding Rhythmic CHR 3.9-4.3-3.5. -0.8. Holding on at #9 cume. 1.51-1.49-1.4 mil.
14-13-12. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 3.3-3.1-3.4. +0.3. 1.7 below WBLS. #11cume 1.29-1.22-1.24m.
14-11-13. WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR. 3.2-3.8-3.3. -0.5. Low share, Big NYC #4 cume. 2.25-2.41-2.22 mil.
15-15-14. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.6-2.7-2.9 +0.2. 2nd of 8 Hispanic stations. #13-12 cume, 949-987-1.mil.
11-14-15. WFAN-FM Audacy Sports 3.5-3.0-2.7. -0.3 +0.9 stream=3.6. #14-16 cume. 1.12million-921-805k.
18-18-16. WPLJ Air Love Contemporary Christian 1.9-1.9-2.1. +0.2 Slight Xmas tick. #18, 618-624-684k.
19-19-17. WQXR-FM WNYC Public Classical 1.8-1.5-1.8. +0.3. Christmas up. #21 cume, 365-369-349k.
16-T16-TIE18: WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 2.4-2.0-1.6. -0.4. Tot Hispanic shares 11.6. #13, 1mil-847k.
17-T16-TIE18: WEPN Emmis A/C 2.1-2.0-1.6. -0.4. Relatively new audience. Cume stays #15, 960-885-831k
20-22-TIE20: WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.7-1.2-1.4. +0.2. A monthly Xmas pass? #14 899-808-833k.
23-20-TIE20: WSKQ Stream Spanish SBS 0.9-1.4-1.4. Flat. Total WSKQ=6.4 Stays at #22, 333-354-317k.
21-21-22. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.2-1.3-1.1. -0.2. 2.7 shares below WABC. Dips #23-25 cume, 300-300-260k.
23. WFAN Stream Sports Audacy 0.9, Total WFAN=3.6. #29 cume, 187-199k. TIE 24 @ 0.8: WHUD Pamal
A/C #21-20 cume 358-372k & TIE 24: WBGO Stream Public Jazz Total WBGO=1.4, #45 cume 42k. TIE 26
@ 0.7: WMGQ Beasley A/C 0.7, #24 cume, 275k & TIE 26: WKXW Townsquare Talk #24 cume 300-275k.
4-WAY TIE 28 @ 0.6: WNUV Hope Spanish Contemporary #30 cume, 148k; TIE 28: WBGO Public Jazz
#26 240k; TIE 28: WKMK Press Country #32 cume 129k & WINS-FM Stream Audacy News 0.6, WINS
Total=7.1, #34 cume 117k. TIE 30 @ 0.5: WFUV Fordham University Adult Alternative #28 cume, 217k &
TIE 30: WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business News #35 cume & 111k. 3-WAY TIE 32@ 0.3: WLIR WABC Talk
#46, 37k; WDHA Beasley Rock #27 220k & TIE 32: WFDU Fairleigh Dickenson U. Oldies. #36, 88k.
LONG ISLAND (21) Pop. 2.55 mil. Hispanic 20.4%, Black 10.2%. OCT/NOV/DEC 2025 CLUSTERS:
iHeart 20.7-19.8-21.7 Back on top by 3.7 over Audacy 22.6-21.9-18.0. Connoisseur 12.4-12.1-13.2.
Cox Media Group 8.2-8.2-8.0. Red Apple 7.1-8.7-7.6. Nov/Dec Change Range: +3.7 / -1.7 * LI Stations
2-1-1. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk. 6.2-8.2-6.9. -1.3. 77 WABC still wins vs. Santa. #16 cume 139-141-130k.
10-11-TIE2: WLTW Audacy Adult Contemporary 3.5-2.9-6.6. +3.7. NYC #1 but not on LI #2 cume 367-435k.
3-3-TIE2: WINS-FM Audacy News 5.9-6.9-6.6. -0.3. +1.4 stream=8.0. Good pacing. #3 cume 364-396-408k.
1-2-4. WHTZ iHeart CHR 7.3-7.3-5.6. -1.7 St. Nick leaves stocking coal. #4 Long Island cume 447-441-373k.
11-T8-5. WALK* Connoisseur Adult Contemporary 3.4-4.0-5.5. +1.5. Big rebound #6-3-1 cume 337-375-438k
5-T4-6. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 4.1-4.7-4.2. -0.5. Just ahead of WBAB by 0.2 with #8 cume 315-317-321k.
T7-T4-TIE 7: WBLI* Cox CHR 4.1-4.2-4.1. -0.1. Needs a New Year’s lift. Hangs in at #5 cume 367-355-369k
6-T4-TIE7: WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.3-4.2-4.1. -0.1. Holding on & keeps #7 LI cume 327-332-330k.
T7-T8-9. WBAB* Cox Classic Rock 4.1-4.0-3.9. -0.1. Former LI leader levels at the #6 cume 347-330-333k.
4-7-10. WFAN Audacy Sports 5.6-4.1-3.7. -0.4 +1.7 stream=5.1. Another double play. #12 cume 254-199-164k.
9-10-11. WKJY* Connoisseur A/C 3.9-3.0-3.2. +0.2. Former #1 LI share is parked at #9 cume 305-273-298k.
13-12-12. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 2.2-2.4-2.4. Flat. Only LI Hot A/C. Stays at #11 cume, 235-254-224k.
12-13-13. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 2.4-2.2-2.0. -0.2. Good signal on LI. Quietly holding at #22 cume, 61-61-55k.
18-16-14. WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR 1.5-1.9-1.8. -0.0. #13 NYC share with a #10 LI cume 222-265-226k.
14-T14-T15: WWWF* Connoisseur Country 2.1-2.0-1.7. -0.3. Lone LI Country slips. #13 cume 168-158-151k
T16-17-T15: WFAN Stream Audacy Sports 1.8-1.7-1.7. Flat. Total LI WFAN=5.6 has #21 cume 73-70-74k.
15-T14-17: WHLI-AM* Connoisseur Oldies 1.9-2.0-1.6. -0.4. A Blue Christmas -Elvis. #18 cume 95-117-91k.
T20-18: WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 0.9-1.1-1.5, +0.4 #19 cume 86k; 18-19. WINS Stream Audacy News 1.6-
1.8-1.4. -0.2. Holds at just #23 cume 46-42k. 3-WAY TIE 20 @ 1.2: WWPR iHeart Urban Contemp. #15 cume
109-130k; TIE 20: WWSK* Connoisseur Rock #14 cume, 130-137k; TIE 20: WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical
+0.1. No local Spanish station. #17 cume 121-111k. TIE 23 @ 0.7: WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop #20 cume
67-78k & TIE 23: WLIR* Red Apple Talk with WABC=7.6, #27 cume, 23k. TIE 25 @ 0.5: WSUF Sacred
Heart Univ. N/T #25, 34-38k & TIE 25: WSKQ Stream SBS Spanish Tropical WSKQ Total=1.7, #28 cume
17-21k. 3-WAY TIE 27 @ 0.3: WFME Family Religious Teaching #26, 21-27; TIE 27: WINS-HD2 Audacy
Mod. Alt Alternative & TIE 27: WHUD Pamal A/C #31, 13k. 30. WSHU Sacred Heart U. Classical #24, 39k.
PHILADELPHIA (9) Pop. 4.85 million. Black 20.5%, Hispanic 10.6%. OCT/NOV/DEC 2025
CLUSTERS: Audacy 29.6-27.5-31.6 is 10.7 over Beasley: 22.6-24.0-20.9 & 16.0 on iHeart 15.0-15.4-15.6.
Urban One 5.1-4.9. Air One 4.7-4.8. WHYY 4.4-4.0. WXPN 3.3-4.0. Nov/Dec Change Range: +5.1 / -1.3
4-5-1. WBEB Audacy A/C 5.6-5.0-10.1. +5.1. Annual Return to #1. Big Philly #1 cume 1.05-1.09-1.396 mil.
3-1-2. WMMR Beasley Rock 6.1-7.7-6.4 -1.3. Top Gain Nov, Big Dip Dec. Attains #6 cume, 644-727-639k.
5-4-3. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 5.4-5.4-6.3. +0.9. The Dec. share rank is up, cume stays at #8, 575-577-556k.
1-3-4. WIP-FM Audacy Sports 9.2-6.6-5.8. -0.8. +2.3stream=8.1. Regroups for 2026. #5 cume, 969-710-662k.
2-2-5. WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 7.0-6.7-5.5. -1.2. Xmas BBGI 1-2 is a 2-5. Still at #2 cume 828-809-766k
10-T7-6: WVKP (WIQQ NJ) Air Love Contemporary Christian. 3.6-4.4-4.6. +0.2. #16 cume at 280-326-307k.
6-6-7. KYW-AM Audacy News 4.4-4.9-4.4. -0.5. +1.4 stream=5.8 KYW total. Now at #9 cume 511-501-495k.
8-T7-TIE8: WHYY Public News/Talk 4.1-4.4-4.0. -0.4. Solid Top 10 Public Radio is #15 cume 345-355-357k.
9-11-TIE 8: WXPN U. Penn. Adult Alternative 4.0-3.3-4.0. +0.7. Impressive Holiday Tie. #21 cume 264-249k.
11-10-TIE10: WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 3.4-3.6-3.7. -0.1. Big cume is still no help. #5-4 cume 712-710-675k.
7-T7-TIE10: WXTU Beasley Country 4.3-4.4-3.7. -0.7. Stays in the PHA Top 10. #10 cume at 570-552-483k.
15-12-12. WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.8-3.2-3.2. flat. Stronger cume than share. Holds at the #7 cume 579-614-578k.
16-13-TIE13: WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 2.6-3.0-2.7. -0.3. Tune-outs? Really. Gains #3 cume 654-676-694k.
14-15-TIE13: WUSL iHeart Urban Contemporary 3.1-2.8-2.7. -0.1. Minor Dec. dips. #13 cume 502-457-411k.
17-18-15. WRNB Urban One Contemporary 2.2-2.2-2.5. +0.3. We’ll have to see. Stays at #14, 385-370-371k.
12-14-16. WPPZ Urban One R&B Oldies 3.3-2.9-2.4. -0.5. Share dip, cume stays at #17 cume, 270-294-273k.
13-16-17. WIP Stream Audacy Sports 3.2-2.5-2.3. -0.2. +WIP 5.8=6.0. Sports Xmas coal. #23, 242-199-222k.
T20-T21-TIE18: WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 1.6-1.6-2.0 +0.4. Stronger than share PHA cume #11 507-538-477k.
18-17-TIE18: WRFF iHeart Modern Alternative Rock 2.1-2.3-2.0. -0.3 ‘XPN leads by 2.0. #12, 486-478-455k.
T20-19-TIE18: WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 1.6-1.8-2.0. +0.2. Nice PR, slight gain at #26-25 cume, 117-97-95k.
19-T21-21. WPEN Beasley Sports 1.8-1.6-1.6. flat. Stiff WIP competition. Cume goes #20-19, 271-270-258k.
T22-20-TIE22: WUMR iHeart Spanish CHR 1.5-1.7-1.4. -0.3. Only Hispanic has #22-21 cume 246-245-225k.
27-T23-TIE22: KYW-AM Stream Audacy News 0.9-1.5-1.4. +0.1 +KYW 4.9=6.3, Stays #27cume 49-45-54k
T22-T23-24. WRTI Temple University Classical 1.5-1.5-1.3. -0.2. A Better Xmas? #24-23 cume 129-144-149k
25. WPST Townsquare CHR, 1.0. -0.2 #20 cume, 281-249k. 26. WPHT-AM Stream Audacy Talk 0.9 +0.4,
#28, 34k. TIE 27 @ 0.8: WSTW Forever Hot A/C -0.2, stays #18 cume 269k & TIE 27: WKXW Townsquare
Talk #24 cume, 120-106k. 3-WAY TIE 29 @ 0.2: WYPA Air Love Soft Christian #30, 17k; TIE 29: WSJO
Townsquare Hot A/C #26, 58k & TIE 29: WKXW Stream Townsquare Talk totals 1.0.
WASHINGTON DC (8) Pop. 5.29 million. Black 26.9% Hispanic 18%, OCT/NOV/DEC 2025
CLUSTERS: iHeart 19.6-18.5-19.4 over Hubbard 12.2-12.3-12.5 & American University 11.5-11.1-11.6.
Audacy 12.7-12.2-9.6. Urban One 7.9-8.0-8.7. Howard University 6.7-7.0-6.1. WETA 4.4-3.7-4.6.
Christian 5.1-4.2-4.6. Cumulus 3.9-4.1-4.0. Nov/Dec. Share Change Range: +3.8 / -1.0.
1-1-1. WTOP/FM Hubbard News 11.9-12.1-12.2. +0.1. Holds with excellent info at #2 cume 758-812-833k.
2-2-2. WAMU American University News/Talk 11.3-11.0-11.6. +0.6. Often the DC #1. #3 cume 568-617-821k.
5-5-3. WASH-FM iHeart Adult Contemporary 4.6-4.9-8.7. +3.8 from Santa. Moves to #1 cume 801-794-905k.
3-3-4. WHUR Howard University Urban Adult Contemporary 6.6-7.0-6.0. -1.0. Goes to #6cume 564-552-556k.
4-4-5. WWDC iHeart Modern Alternative Rock 5.5-5.0-5.2. +0.2. Still Top 5 share. #9-8 cume, 558-444-433k.
6-T8-6. WETA Public Classical 4.4-3.7-4.6. +0.7. Remains Top 10 major classical. #14-12cume 245-234-237k
T11-T8-7. WMMJ Urban One Inspirational Gospel. 3.0-3.7-4.4. +0.7. Nice gain. #11-8 cume, 356-354-343k.
7-6-8. WGTS Public Christian Contemporary 4.1-4.2-3.5 -0.7. Keeping the faith with #11 cume 309-306-252k.
T8-7-9. WMAL Cumulus News/Talk 3.8-4.0-3.4. -0.6. Very competitive DC news. #16-14 cume 152-171-137k
10-14-10. WBIG iHeart Classic Rock 3.2-2.7-3.3. +0.6. Back in Top 10 with share & #7 cume, 549-467-473k.
15-15-TIE11: WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 2.7-2.6-2.6. Flat. Tune-outs obvious? Hits #5 cume, 526-528-546k.
T11-13-TIE11: WIHT iHeart CHR 3.0-2.9-2.3. -0.3. Top DC CHR. Low shares on the #4 cume 547-567-522k.
T11-T10-TIE11: WZMQ iHeart Country 3.0-3.0-2.6. -0.4. Slips below Top 10, #12-10 cume on 315-313-269k.
16-16-14. WKYS Urban One Contemporary 2.5-2.3-2.2. -0.1. Rebound is postponed. #10 cume, 368-364-338k.
T10-T11-15. WPGC Audacy Rhythmic CHR 2.9-3.0-2.1. -0.9. Concern as it drifts at #9 cume, 434-459-348k.
T8-T10-16. WLZL-FM Audacy Spanish Tropical 3.8-3.0-1.8. -1.2.Top Hispanic has 2 dips. #19, 222-209-199k
16-17-17. WPRS Urban One Inspirational Gospel 2.3-1.9-1.3. -0.6. Total Spanish now 4.3. #19 cume 159-119k.
18-18. WJFK Audacy Sports 1.1-1.1-1.0 add stream 0.8=1.8, #16 cume 131-115k. T18-19: WDCN-LP Nueva
Spanish CHR 0.9, -0.2, #22-17 cume, 96-110k. TIE 20 @ 0.8: WLVW Air Love Christian up #15 cume 151-
123k & TIE 20: WJFK Stream Audacy Sports JFK Total 1.8 #30, 33k. 22. WFLS Connoisseur Country 0.6,
#20-19 cume, 106-77k. 23. WPGC Stream Audacy Rhythmic CHR 0.5=2.6 WPGC Total, #36, 13k. 4-WAY
TIE 24 @ 0.4: WDCH Audacy Business News #25 cume 60k; TIE 24: WLNO Urban One CHR #22, 67k;
TIE 24: WWEG Manning Classic Hits #24 65k & TIE 24: WTEM-AM Audacy Sports #31 cume, 34k. 3-
WAY TIE 28 @ 0.3 WAFY Manning Hot A/C #20 cume, 75k; TIE 28: WBOB Chesapeake-Portsmouth Hot
A/C #21,71k & TIE 28: WSHE-AM 0.3 Hubbard Adult Alternative #28 cume, 43k. 6 stations TIE 31 @ 0.2.
BALTIMORE (23) Pop. 2.47 million. Black 30.9%. Hispanic 8.1%, OCT/NOV/DEC 2025 CLUSTERS:
Audacy 16.1-14.6-17.9 takes the lead by 0.7 from Urban One 17.5-17.5-17.2. iHeart 11.7-13.6-11.6.
Hearst 9.4-9.3-8.1. YPR Public 5.0-7.6-6.2. Times-Shamrock 2.8-2.5-2.1. Nov/Dec. Changes: +3.8 / -1.6.
1-1-1. WWIN Urban One Urban A/C 8.6-8.4-9.1. +0.7. A slim 0.1 market lead. #4-3 cume 302-321-317k.
5-5-2. WLIF Audacy Adult Contemp. 5.4-5.2-9.0. +3.8. Big Xmas ads to on-going #1 cume, 417-403-480k.
2-2-3. WERQ Urban One Urban Contemporary 7.0-6.7-6.2. -0.5. Holiday dip with #2-6 cume 374-350-272k.
3-4-4. WIYY Hearst Rock 5.9-5.5-5.8. -0.3. Over WQSR by 1.1-1.8 & WZBA 3.3-3.4 #5 cume 276-268-278k.
6-3-5. WPOC iHeart Country 5.0-6.3-5.0. -1.3. Crab Country Holiday stays in Top 5. #7 cume 221-217-214k.
8-8-6. WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 4.1-4.7-4.2 -0.2. Major cume but lower share = TSL. #2 cume, 309-349-338k.
4-9-7. WWMX Audacy Hot Adult Contemporary 5.6-4.0-4.4 +0.4. Timely rebound. #4 cume, 280-275-281k.
7-T6-8. WJZ-FM Audacy Sports 4.5-4.4-4.8 +0.3. Top 10, good franchise. Cume repeats at #11, 147-144-136k.
9-11-TIE9: WRBS Contemporary Christian 3.6-3.1-3.2. +0.1. Rosary roller coaster is #10 cume, 170-160-160k
T11-T6-TIE9: WYPR Public News/Talk 2.8-4.8-3.2. -1.6 Top Nov Gain Top Dec Dip #12 cume 127-133-129k
13-13-11. WTMD ‘YPR Public Adult Alternative 2.2-2.8-3.0. +0.2. Cume still holds nicely at #15, 110-96-90k
10-10-12. WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 3.5-3.5-2.6. -0.9. Bad Santa, Big potential. #14 cume, 120-117-93k.
T10-T11-13. WZBA Times Shamrock Classic Rock 2.8-2.5-2.1. -0.4. Rocks will sink. #8 cume 248-213-207k.
15-14-14. WZFT iHeart CHR 2.0-2.0-1.6. -0.4. Can use TSL rescue from the stronger #9 cume, 191-196-171k.
T17-T15-TIE15: WTOP-FM Hubbard DC News 1.4-1.2-1.2. Stays. Big Baltimore signal #16 cume 79-86-75k
T19-18-TIE15: WBJC Public Classical 1.3-1.2-1.2. Flat. Must keep originals familiar. #17 cume, 69-85-71k.
T17-T15-17. WKYS DC Urban One Contemporary 1.4-1.5-1.1. -0.4. Big NBC signal. #13 cume 128-113-128k
16-T15-18. WGTS Atlantic Gateway DC Contemporary Christian 1.4-1.1-1.0. -0.1. Slow holiday #19, 67-53k.
19. WDCH DC Audacy Business News 0.9. -0.1. Gaining #22-20 cume 44-52k. 20. WMMJ DC Urban One
A/C 0.7, #20-18 cume, 50-60k. 21.WEAA Stream Public Jazz 0.6 #21 +stream WEAA=0.9 #21cume 49k. TIE
22 @ 0.5: WLIF-HD2 Audacy Insp. Gospel #22 40k & TIE 22: WCAO-AM iHeart Insp Gospel #23, 17k.
TIE 24 @ 0.3: WEAA Public Jazz #24, 13k & TIE 24: WFOA-AM Max Media Spanish #25, 10k. 26. WLIF-
HD3 Audacy Oldies #28, 6k. TIE 27 @0 .1: WPRS Urban One Gospel #26, 8k & WJZ-AM Sports #27, 6k.
MIDDLESEX-UNION, N.J. (41) Pop 1.62. Hispanic 26.5%, Black 14.1%. DEC CLUSTERS: iHeart 27.0
Audacy 21.0. SBS 9.2. Beasley 6.9. Townsquare 4.9. Press 2.4. Dec. Change Range: 2.3 / – 1.7 * NJ Station
1. WLTW iHeart A/C 8.7 +2.3, #1 cume 333k. 2. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 7.0 -0.8, #2 cume 229k.
3. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 5.9 -0.5 #7 cume 150k. TIE 4: WMGO* Beasley A/C 5.4, -1.1 #3 cume 217k
& TIE 4: WCBS/FM Audacy Classic Hits. 5.4 +0.1 #6 cume 190k. 6. WNEW/FM Audacy Hot A/C 5.1 +0.2
#4 cume 214k. TIE 7: WKXW* Townsquare Talk 3.9 -1.7 #9 cume 136k & WFAN Audacy Sports 3.9 +0.3,
#14 cume 96k. 9. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemp. 3.7 -0.1 #10 cume 115k. 10. WINS-FM Audacy News 3.0
-0.1 #11 cume 106k. 11. WHTZ iHeart CHR 2.9 -0.6, #5 cume 196k. 12. WOR-AM iHeart talk 2.6, -0.1 #17
cume 28k. 13. WKTU iHeart Rhym-CHR. 2.2 -0.3, #8 cume 142k. 14. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.0, #13 cume
97k. 15. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop. 1.8 -0.5, #12 cume 100k. 16 WKMK* Press Country 1.7 +0.3 #16
cume 60k. 17. WFAN Stream Audacy Sports 1.6 -0.3, #20 cume 27k. 18. WDHA* Beasley Rock 1.4 flat, #15
cume 70k. 20. WWZY* Press Classic Rock 0.7 +0.1 #18 cume, 34k. TIE 21 @ 0.5: WPST* Townsquare CHR
+0.1 #19 cume, 31k & TIE 21: WKXK Townsquare Talk +0.1, #22 cume 12k.
PROVIDENCE (45) Pop. 1.5 mil. Hispanic 15.1%, Black 8.3%. OCT/NOV/DEC 2025 CLUSTERS:
Cumulus 21.7-22.9-25.7 takes iHeart 21.7-18.5-20.5. Hall Communications 11.3-11.5-7.5. All Public 6.5
Air Love 2.7 Ties WGBH 2.7. RI Public Radio 2.3-1.8. Red Wolf 1.5-1.5. Dec. Change Range: +2.3 / -2.3.
2-2-1. WWLI Cumulus A/C, 9.3-9.3-11.6. +2.3. Holiday shines the Lite & repeats #1 cume 405-400-468k.
4-5-2. WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 6.1-6.3-7.4. +1.1. Christmas come back with the #5 cume 241-219-226k.
5-3-3. WPRO/FM Cumulus CHR 6.6-7.4-7.3. -0.1. Heritage Top 40 stays Top 3. #2 cume 355-318-329k.
1-1-4. WCTK Hall Country 10.0-9.2-6.9. -2.3. Def stocking coal. Big hit despite the #4 cume. 310-292-247k.
3-4-5. WHJY iHeart Classic Rock 6.5-6.4-6.2. -0.2. Former #1 is dippin’ & slippin’. #6 cume, 262-225-216k.
6-7-6. WSNE iHeart Hot A/C 5.0-5.2-6.0. +0.8. WSNE has yet to crack the Top 5. #2-3 cume 315-322-302k.
7-6-7. WPRO-AM Cumulus Talk 5.3-5.5-4.8. -0.7. Essential AM Talk/Info service. Up to #8 cume 87-98-95k.
8-8-8. WVEI/FM Audacy Sports 4.1-3.1-3.0. -0.1. Boston Sports stays Top 10 in RI. #7-9 cume. 118-123-91k.
10-9-9. WGBH-FM ‘GBH Boston Public News/Talk 3.0-2.9-2.7, -0.2. Big 100kw signal. #11 cume 60-67-69k.
10-9-10. WLVO (WBRU) Air Love Contemporary Chrisitan. 2.9-3.2-2.6. -0.3. Up #8-7 cume, 112-105-106k.
12-12-11. WWKX Cumulus Classic Rock 1.7-2.0-2.0 flat. Not much gain from change. #10 cume 91-93-89k.
11-11-12. WNPN Rhode Island Public News/Talk 2.3-2.1-1.8. -0.3. Local RI Non-comm. #12 cume 52-56-51k.
T14-T14-13. WKKB Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 0.9-0.8-1.1. +0.2. Only Hispanic format. #13 cume 61-52-48k
13-T14-TIE14: WHJJ-AM iHeart Talk 0.9-1.1-0.9. -0.2. AM service must become law. #15 cume 27-32-33k.
19-TIE14: WJMF Bryant Univ. Classical 0.1-0.4-0.9 +0.5 #20-17 cume, 14-18k. TIE 16 @ 0.6: WNBH-AM
Hall Classic Hits -0.4, #14 cume, 46k & TIE 16: WELH Rock Wheeler School #16 cume, 28k. 18. WDOM
Providence College Variety 0.5, +0.1, #18 cume 16k. 16-19. WSKP-AM Red Wolf Oldies 0.4, #19 cume 14k.
T19-20. WTKL Air Love Christian -0.1, #20 cume, 8k. 21. WCRB ‘GBH Public Classical 0.0, -0.1 #21 2k.
HARTFORD (57) Pop. 1.11 million. Hispanic 17.2%, Black 13.0%. OCT/NOV/DEC 2025 CLUSTER
SHARES: Audacy 28.3-27.9-32.2 takes iHeart 25.2-25.9-23.8 by 8.4. Red Wolf 17.8-18.6-14.9.
Connecticut Public 6.2-5.5-5.6. Hartford Nov/December Share Change Range: +4.4 / -1.3.
1-1.1. WRCH Audacy Soft A/C 10.4-10.7-15.1. +4.4 Annual Xmas Gift. #1 cume by 121k, 309-297-325k
2-3-2. WWYZ iHeart Country 8.6-8.4-8.5. +0.1. Iconic CT Country is Kringle proof. Tie #5 cume, 165-156.1k
4-T4-3. WZMX Audacy Rhythmic CHR 6.9-7.1-7.2. +0.1. Music sustains Audacy. Tie #5 cume, 175-156.1k.
3-2-4. WDRC/FM Red Wolf Classic Rock. 9.2-8.5-7.2. -1.3. Cume drops below Top 5. #7 cume 164-186-148k.
8-7-TIE5: WKSS iHeart CHR 6.0-6.4-6.0. -0.4. Slips back into the Top 5. Competitive #3 cume 201-192-182k.
5-T4-TIE5: WHCN iHeart Classic Hits 6.9-6.2-6.0. -0.2. Music wanders. WDRC /F +1.2. #4 cume 192-170k.
8-6-TIE7: WTIC/FM Audacy Hot A/C 6.3-6.4-5.6. -0.6. Strong brand with a solid #2 cume 234-245-204k.
7-8-TIE7: WNPR Connecticut Public News/Talk. 5.5-5.1-5.6. +0.5. 1.6 lead on 50kw WTIC-AM. #10, 79-57k
9-10-9. WTIC-AM Audacy News/Talk 3.9-4.2-3.9. -0.3. Big CT AM needs a real push. #11 cume. 56-61-59k.
10-9-10. WMRQ Red Wolf Modern Alt. Rock 4.8-3.3-2.5. -0.8. Bad slippage. Holds #8 cume 95-98-110k.
12-14-11. WBOM-AM Red Wolf Urban Adult Contemporary 1.9-2.7-2.3. Good presence. #13cume 56-49-49k.
11-T11-12. WMRQ-HD2 Red Wolf Spanish Tropical, 2.3-1.8-2.1. +0.3. Strong HD2! #14 cume 59-55-48k.
13-T11-TIE13: WKCI iHeart New Haven CHR 2.3-2.4-1.9 -0.2. Competitive CHR market. #9 cume 96-85k.
15-15-TIE13: WCCC Air Love Christian 1.1-1.3-1.9. +0.8, Holiday kiss. #15-11 cume 49-59k. 14-13-15.
WUCS iHeart Sports 2.1-1.5-1.2. -0.3. #15 cume 27-50-39k. 16-16-16. WRYM-AM Trignition Spanish
Tropical 0.8, -0.1 #16 cume 21-25k. 17. WDRC-AM Red Wolf Talk 0.6, -0.3 #17, 12k. 4-WAY TIE 18 @ 0.2:
WNTY-AM Oldies #18 cume, 10k; TIE 18: WPOP-AM iHeart News #19 cume, 8k; TIE 18: WTIC-FM
Stream Audacy Hot A/C, #20, 6k & TIE 18: WTIC-AM Stream Audacy News/Talk 0.2, Total ‘TIC-AM 4.1
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