July 20, 2026 JUNE 2026 NOR’EAST RADIO
TOTAL PERS. MON-SUN : BOSTON, NEW YORK CITY, LONG ISLAND, PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON DC, BALTIMORE, PROVIDENCE, HARTFORD.
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BOSTON (10) Population 4.543 mil. Hispanic 13.0%. Black 8.7%. APRIL / MAY / JUNE CLUSTERS: Heart 23.3-24.5-24.1 over #2 Audacy 17.5-18.5-20.0 by 4.1 & Beasley 17.8-16.7-16.4 by 7.7. WGBH/WCRB 7.6-7.2-7.6. WBUR 6.6-6.2-5.9. MAY / JUNE Share Change Range again: +0.6 / -0.7
4-3-1. WMJX Audacy A/C 5.8-6.1-6.6. +0.5 Breaks up a first place tie. #1 cume up 130-243k: 861-859-872k. 5-T1-2. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 5.6-6.2-6.0. -0.2. Trails top spot by 0.6. Keeps the #3 cume 696-664-629k. 1-T1-3. WBUR Boston University News/Talk 6.6-6.2-5.9. -0.3. Was #1 for 2 months. #12 cume 368-315-293k. 7-6-4. WWBX Audacy Hot A/C 5.0-5.3-5.6. +0.3. Nice gain, now within 1.0 of the top. #5 cume 503-569-524. T2-T4-5. WXKS/FM iHeart CHR 5.9-5.6-5.2 -0.4. Stays Top 5 for a 3rd slip in a row. Keeps #2 cume 699-726k. 6-4-6. WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 5.2-5.6-5.1. -0.5. The only Hub rocker dips. Refresh. #4 cume 549-598-552k. 10-8-7. WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative 3.8-4.3-4.8. +0.5. Unique playlist jumps again. #8, 385-382-381k. 8-10-8. WCRB ‘GBH Classical 4.1-4.1-4.3. +0.2. WGBH is still the weak sibling. #16-17 cume 239-219-176k. T2-7-9. WBZ/FM Beasley Sports 5.9-4.7-4.0. -0.7. Top drop. #1 has another total dip #9-11 cume 460-375-315k. 9-T8-10. WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk 3.8–4.3-3.9. -0.4. Surprise struggle to stay top 10. #14 cume 313-309-279k
Boston. 14-12-TIE 11: WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 3.3-3.4-3.8. +0.4. This variety tops WXRV by 137k. #6, 556-555-519k. T12-11-TIE 11: WEEI/FM Audacy Sports 3.4-3.7-3.8. June sports radio yawn but Hot Sox! #13, 333-276-281k. T15-T14-13. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 2.6-2.7-3.3. +0.6 and yet another come back. #9 cume, 294-338-343k. 11-13-14. WGBH ‘GBH News/Talk 3.5-3.1-3.2. New network needs stronger feed. ‘BUR up 2.7. #15, 311-229k. T12-T14-15: WKLB Beasley Country 3.4-2.7-3.1. -0.4. Biggest dip. Leads the Bull 1.1. #10 cume 304-354-342k T15-T14-16. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 2.6-2.7-3.0. +0.3. AM Talker has steady gains on #20 cume 144-123-115k. T15-T14-17. WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 2.6-2.7-2.9. +0.2. Still worth expensive talent? #7 cume 433-459-467k. 18-T18-18. WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical 1.5-1.6-1.6. 13% Hispanic population. #19-18 cume, 139-160-169k. T19-T18-19. WBWL iHeart Country 1.3-1.6-1.5. BBQ time? Country total hangs 4.6. #16 cume 224-187-190k. 21-20-20. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 1.0-1.3-1.2. Has been stronger. #18-19 cume 176-163-149k. Under One: TIE 21 @ 0.8 WKVB (WAAF) Air Love Christian #21, 106-98k & WBOS Bloomberg Business #23 cume 101-72k. TIE 24 @ 0.4: WRCA-AM Beasley Classic Rock #22, 64-75k & WXKS-AM iHeart Talk #24, 30k. 5-WAY TIE 25 @ 0.1: WCAI ‘GBH N/T, WNKC K-Love Christan, & HD2: WBGB Audacy Variety, WBMX Audacy Rock & WJMN Audacy N/T. 30. WCCM-AM Costa Spanish CHR 0.0. Interesting Times.
NEW YORK (1) Pop. 16.93 million. Hispanic 26.2%. Black 16.4%. APRIL / MAY / JUNE 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 26.3-26.8-26.2 leads Audacy 23.0-23.2-23.1 by 3.1. Spanish Broadcasting 6.3-7.6-8.0. WNYC Public 6.7-6.3-7.6. MediaCo. 7.3-6.8-6.4. Red Apple 3.8-3.9-3.9. 11 Stations Top 1 million cume. MAY / JUNE Share Change Range stays small: +1.2 / -0.6
1-1-1. WLTW iHeart A/C 8.1-7.9-7.5. -0.4. Share lead at 0.4. #1 Cume: 3.9-3.96-3.8m ahead by 1.07million. 2-2-2. WINS-FM Audacy News 7.1-6.9-7.1. +0.2. FM News stays runner up. Cume stays #7, 1.9-1.88-1.8 mil. 3-3-3. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.4-5.8-5.8. NYC Classics are strong. Holds #2 cume 2.63-2.7-2.74mil. 4-4-4. WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.2-5.6-5.6. Steady. This is the market’s only CHR. #3 cume 2.33-2.41-2.51 million. 8-5-5. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 4.4-4.9-4.9. Holding. Top 5 stations stay in place. #6 cume 1.8-1.9-1.97mil. 5-9-6. WNYC/FM Public News/Talk 4.7-4.1-4.2. -0.1. Audience dips; share rank up. Cume #17, 708-693-647k. 7-6-7. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 4.5-4.7-4.1. -0.6. June top share dip. Stays at #5 cume 2-2.02-2.15 million. 9-T7-TIE 8: WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 4.0-4.2-4.0. -0.2. #1 of 7 Hispanic Total 10.2. #8 cume 1.62-1.61 mil. 12-10-TIE 8: WFAN Audacy Sports 3.6-3.6-4.0. World Champion Knicks. #14-12 cume moves 839-953-967k. T10-12-10. WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR. 3.7-3.5-3.9. +0.4. Big cume lower share. #4 cume 2.34-2.27-2.36mil.
NYC. 6-T7-11. WBLS MediaCo. Urban A/C 4.6-4.2-3.7. -0.5. Tops Urban WWPR by 0.8. #9 cume, 1.52-1.39-1.34mil. T10-11-12. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 3.7-3.6-3.5. Again, the #1 NYC Talk & AM #20 cume, 392-384-413k. T18-16-13. WQXR-FM WNYC Public Classical 1.9-2.1-3.3. +1.2. June’s top gain! #21 cume, 362-392-382k. 15-15-14. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.2-2.4-3.2. +0.8. 2nd NY Hispanic moves up again #13 cume 908-960-954k. 13-13-15. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 3.3-3.4-2.9. -0.5. ‘BLS leads by 0.8. #10 cume 1.2-1.22-1.33mil. 14-14-16. WQHT MediaCo. Rhythmic-CHR 2.7–2.6-2.7. Not much change on #10-11 cume. 1.37-1.24-1.28 mil. 21-18-17. WPLJ Air Love Contemporary Christian 1.5-1.8-1.9. +0.1. Repeats with the #18 cume, 537-595-580k. T16-19-18. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 2.0-1.7-1.7. Still working. Cume moves up #16-14, 959-899-939k. T18-17-19. WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 1.9-2.0-1.5. -0.4. Audience is off #12-15 cume, 1mil-994-831k. T20-T20-TIE 20. WEPN Emmis A/C 2.0-1.5-1.4. -0.5. Looking to find traction. Again #16 cume 876-824-799k. 21-T20-TIE 20: WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.6-1.5-1.4. Repeats being behind WABC 2.1. #22 cume, 330-347-322k. Under One: 3-WAY TIE 22 @ 0.8: WKXW Townsquare Talk #23 cume 345k-298; WFUV Fordham U. Adult Alt. #25 cume 296-282k; WSKQ Stream Spanish Tropical SBS #24 cume, 273-285k. 3-WAY 25 @ 0.6: WHUD Pamal A/C #21-19, 361-416k; WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business News #37, 93-123k; WNVU Hope Spanish Christan #33, 134-151k. 28. WAWZ Pillar Media Christian 0.5 #27, 218-228k. 5-WAY TIE 29 @ 0.4: WMGQ Beasley A/C #26, 248k; WDHA Beasley Rock #28, 192k; WBGO Jazz #29, 177k +0.2 stream; WKMK Press Country #30, 171k; WARW Christian #32, 155k. 6-WAY TIE 34 @ 0.3: WXPK Pamal Adult Alt. #36, 123k; WWZY Press Classic Rock #31, 157k; WFDU Fairleigh Dickenson Univ. Oldies #35, 134k; WJLK TownSq. A/C #34, 139k; WXBK-HD2 Audacy Country #38, 67k; WLIR Red Apple Talk #46 cume 34k, WABC total 3.8.
LONG ISLAND, NY (21) Pop. 2.55 mil. Hispanic 20.4%. Black 10.2%. APRIL / MAY / JUNE 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 24.9-22.8-21.7 leads iHeart 18.8-19.2-19.9 by 3.6-1.7. Connoisseur 13.6-14.5-13.2. Cox Media Group 9.4-9.1-9.7. Red Apple 4.8-5.2-5.7. MAY / JUNE Change: +0.8 / -1.1 * LI Stations
1-1-1. WINS-FM Audacy News 8.8-8.3-7.7. -0.5. Lead goes 2.6-1.0-0.9. LI Cume off #1-2-5, 394-406-366k. 2-2-2. WHTZ iHeart CHR 6.2-7.3-6.8. -1.5. NYC CHR tops LI local WBLI by 2.5-1.5. #1 cume 381-418-404k. 4-3-3. WFAN Audacy Sports 5.4-5.5-5.7. +0.2. Hot Knicks. Streams no factor. Keeps #12 cume, 261-227-215k. 6-5-4. WBLI* Cox CHR 4.9-4.8-5.3. +0.5. Stays Top 5 as the #1 LI station. #6 cume is steady 347-328-352k. 8-T7-5. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk. 4.4-4.4-5.2. +0.8. Rebounds. Top May Gain. 770 at #17cume, 95-97-103k. 5-4-6. WALK* Connoisseur Adult Contemporary 5.1-5.1-4.8. -0.3. The #2 LI grows #4-5-3 cume 354-367-390k. 9-6-7. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.2.4.7-4.5. -0.2. NYC #3 share, #2 cume; LI #3-2 cume 351-392-392k. 7-9-8. WBAB* Cox Classic Rock 4.5-4.3-4.4. +0.1. Now LI #3. Former #1 now holds #7 cume, 322-338-325k. 10-T10-9. WLTW Audacy Adult Contemporary 3.8-3.5-4.2. +0.7 #1 NYC scores an LI #4 cume, 380-392-367k. 12-T7-TIE 10: WKJY* Connoisseur A/C 3.2-4.4-3.3. -1.1. Top June share dip moves #8-9 cume 287-317-283k. 11-12-TIE 10: WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 3.4–3.3-3.3. Steady for NYC Top Rock. #8 cume, 257-291-285k.
LI. 3-T10-12. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 5.5-3.5-2.8. 0.7. Appears to slip in NYC&LI. #11 cume 261-263-250k. 13-13-13. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 2.6-2.2-2.4. +0.2. Solid signal over LI with cume rank holding #21, 60-63-74k. 14-T15-14. WHLI-AM* Connoisseur Oldies 2.1-1.8-2.1. +0.3. Regains in June. #16-17-19 cume 103-103-92k. 16-T15-TIE 15: WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR 1.8–1.8-1.9. Stalled at #10 cume, 233-259-259k & 15-14-TIE 15: WWWF* Connoisseur Country 2.0-2.0-1.9. Pinned as the only LI Country format, #13 cume 141-145-160k. T19-20-17. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical, 1.0-1.0-1.4. +0.4. No LI local Spanish #16 cume 104k. T19-19-18. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 1.0-1.1-1.3, #15 cume 110-132k. #15 cume, 106-134k. T17-18-TIE 19: WWSK* Connoisseur Rock 1.2-1.2-1.1, #14 cume 127-141k. T17-17-TIE 19: WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 1.2-1.4-1.1. -0.3, #18 LI cume 80-85-95k. Under One: 21. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 0.9 +0.3, #20 cume 74-85k. 22. WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business News 0.6, #23, 17k. 23. WLIR* Red Apple Talk 0.5, #22 cume 22k, Add WABC=5.7. 24. WSKQ Stream SBS Spanish Tropical 0.2, #24, 17k. 25. WINS-HD3 Audacy Oldies 0.1 #24, 8k. 26. WCBS-HD3 Audacy Tropical 0.0, 2k.
PHILADELPHIA (9) Pop. 4.85 mil. Black 20.5%, Hispanic 10.6%. APRIL / MAY / JUNE 2026 CLUSTERS Audacy 28.0-29.2-26.3 leads Beasley 23.7-22.4-23.1 by 3.2 & iHeart 16.0-16.6-17.4 by 8.9. Urban One 6.4-6.4-6.0. Air Love 3.5-3.4-4.3. WHYY 4.4-4.4-4.1. MAY / Change Range: +0.9 / -0.9.
2-3-TIE 1: WMMR Beasley Rock. 6.9-6.6-7.1. +0.5. Grows back to#1 Tie. Slips #5-6-3 cume 695-646-709k. 1-1-TIE 1: WIP-FM Audacy Sports 7.4-8.0-7.1 -0.9. Top dip tie. 5 stations range 0.8. #5 cume 717-752-663k. 5-2-TIE 3: WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 5.9-6.7-6.6. Steady share, audience gains a notch #7-6 cume 571-614-585k. 4-4-TIE 3: WBEB Audacy A/C 6.1-6.2-6.6 +0.4. Getting closer to regaining top spot. #1 cume: 1.16-1.15-1.12m. 3-5-5. WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 6.3-6.0-6.3. +0.3. Holding on in Top 5. Gains #3-2 cume, 847-792-771k. 6-6-6. KYW-AM Audacy News 5.5-5.7-5.2. -0.5. A temporary stay below Top 5. #9-9-8 cume, 520-534-490k. T7-7-7. WXTU Beasley Country 4.4-4.6-4.7. +0.1. Country is firmly a PHA Top 10 #12-11 cume, 521-479-470k. T7-8-TIE 8: WHYY Public News/Talk 4.4-4.4-4.1. -0.3. Public Radio also stays Top10 #14 cume 372-374-331k. 12-T11-TIE 8: WVKP Air Love Contemporary Christian. 3.2-3.2-4.1. +0.9. Better than most markets. #15, 277k. 9-10-TIE 8: WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 4.0-3.7-4.1. +0.4. Big cume but 3-way #8 tie. #5-4 cume, 678-685-684k.
Philadelphia. 11-T11-11. WUSL iHeart Urban Contemporary 3.4-3.2-3.8. +0.6. Share & cume up in June. #12, 486-435-442k. 10-9-12. WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 3.8-3.8-3.6. -0.2. Don’t tell Dick Clark. Low #12, #2 cume, 829-819-744k. T12-T11-13. WRNB Urban One Contemporary 3.2-3.2-3.4. +0.2. Slightly better June. Cume #13, 345-386-389k. T12-T11-TIE 14: WPPZ Urban One R&B Classics 3.2-3.2-3.0. No jump yet. Keeps #16 cume, 348-328-276k. 16-T17-TIE 14: WXPN U. Penn. Adult Alternative 2.8-2.6-3.0. +0.4. Well done holds #17 cume, 275-282-251k. T18-16-16. WRFF iHeart Modern Alternative Rock 2.3-2.7-2.8. WXPN 0.3 ahead. #11-10 cume, 435-498-470k. 15-T17-17. WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.9-2.6-2.7. Remains steady. Philly’s Top CHR move #8-7 cume, 561-571-553k. 17-15-18. WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 2.7-2.9-2.2. -0.7. TSL concerns from low share vs. #9 cume, 512-522-480k. T18-19-19. WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 2.3-2.4-1.5. -0.9. Ties Top Dip. Good PR, bad slip. #24 cume, 84-79-74k. 21-T21-20. WUMR iHeart Spanish CHR 1.4-1.3-1.4. Market’s only Hispanic has #21-19 cume, 239-221-243k. 22-T21-21. WRTI Temple University Classical 1.2-1.3-1.3. Very decent non-comm. #23-22 cume, 128-134-99k T23-22. WKXW Townsquare Talk 1.0-0.9-1.2. +0.3. #23 cume 96-90k +0.2 stream. T23-23. WPST Townsquare CHR. #22-18 cume 213-248k. Under One: 20-24. WPEN Beasley Sports 12.1-1.5-0.9. -0.6. #17-21 cume 281-172k. 25. WSTW Forever Media Hot A/C 0.7 #20 cume, 237-212k. 26. WEMG-AM Mega Spanish Tropical 0.4 #25 cume, 70k. 4-WAY TIE 27 @ 0.2: 3 Townsquare stations WFPG A/C #26, 42k; WPUR Country #32, 15k; WKXW Stream Talk #34 cume 10k TIE WYPA K-Love Soft Christian #33, 12k. The market of brotherly ties.
WASHINGTON DC (8) Pop. 5.29 million. Black 26.9% Hispanic 18%. APRIL / MAY / JUNE 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 19.6-19.8-19.4 over American Univ. 10.5-11.6-12.5 by 6.9 & Audacy 11.1-11.6-10.5. Hubbard 13.1-10.5-10.0. Urban One 8.5-8.1-8.8. Howard U. 5.6-5.3-5.6. WGTS Christian 5.7-5.1-5.5. / MAY / JUNE Share Change Range: +0.9 / -0.9.
2-1-1. WAMU American University News/Talk 10.4-11.6-12.5. +0.9 Top gain for #1. #3 cume 572-607-612k. 1-2-2. WTOP/FM Hubbard News 12.9-10.2-9.8. 0.4. Second place by 2.7 behind AMU. #1 cume 868-843-762k. 4-4-3. WHUR Howard Univ. Urban Adult Contemporary 5.4-5.2-5.6. +0.4. June jump #8-4 cume, 499-495-538k. 3-5-4. WGTS Atlantic Christian Contemporary 5.7-5.1-5.5. +0.4. DC is in our prayers #10 cume 351-373k. 6-3-5. WWDC iHeart Modern Alt. Rock 4.9-5.4-5.4. Steady in June with a minor cume dip #5-6, 447-544-527k. 5-6-6. WASH-FM iHeart Adult Contemporary 5.0–4.9-4.7. Big WTOP audience forces #2 cume, 868-824-751k. T7-7-7. WBIG iHeart Classic Rock 3.4-3.4-3.6. +0.2. A Top 10 share registers a #6-8 cume loss, 535-535-473k. 10-13-8. WETA Public Classical 3.0-2.8-3.3. +0.5. DC Classical gets back in tune. #14-13 cume, 243-237-280k. T7-8-9. WIHT iHeart CHR 3.4-3.3-3.2. Top DC CHR experiences slight slippage. #7-8-7 cume, 501-520-487k. 12-T10-10. WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 2.8-3.0-3.0. Not much movement for a good #5 cume, 554-585-533k.
D.C. 14-11-TIE 11: WPGC Audacy Rhythmic CHR 2.4-2.6-2.6. #2 CHR gains to 0.7 behind ‘IHT. #9 379-401-414k. 7-12-TIE 11: WMMJ Urban One A/C 3.4-2.9-2.6. -0.3. Another dip. #12 cume 324-305-313k. 11-9-13. WZMQ iHeart Country 2.9-3.1-2.3. -0.8. Fast exit from Top 10. Off a bit #13-14 cume, 234-270-238k. 16-16-TIE 14: WKYS Urban One Contemporary 1.9–2.2-2.2. The rebound’s on hold. #11 cume, 318-310-325k. 14-15-TIE 14: WJFK Audacy Sports 2.6-2.5-2.2. Other DC excitement besides sports. #16 cume, 192-192-174k. T17-17-TIE 14: WPRS Urban One Inspirational Gospel 1.6-2.0-2.2. +0.2. Crowded religion. #20, 125-124-120k. 13-T10-17. WLZL-FM Audacy Spanish Tropical 2.7-3.0-2.1. -0.9. Top Hispanic, top dip. #15 cume 214-181k. T17-18-18. WLNO Urban One Spanish CHR. 1.6-1.0-1.8. +0.8. Hispanic Total: 4.2-4.0. #19 cume, 94-106-131k. 21-19. WLVW Air Love Christian 00.6-1.3, +0.7. #22-18 cume, 90-133k. 19-20. WBQB Chesapeake Hot A/C 0.6-0.9-1.0. #17 cume, 156k. Under One: 21. WAIW K-Love Christian 0.7, #21 cume, 73-80k. 22. WTEM-AM Audacy Sports 0.5, Tie #28 cume 30.4k. TIE 23 @ 0.4: WDCH Bloomberg Business #24, 90-67k & 23. WAFY Manning Hot A/C #25, 60k. 3-WAY TIE 25 @ 0.3: WWEG Manning Classics Hits #22 78k; WFLS Connoisseur Country #27 cume, 39k & WRBS Bright Christian #23, 70k. TIE 28 @ 0.2: WCSP C-Span Talk #26 cume, 58k & WIHT-HD2 iHeart Rhym CHR #28 cume tie, 30.4k. 5-WAY TIE 30 @ 0.1: WFAX-AM Costa Spanish #30, 25k; WSHE-AM Hubbard Adult Alt. #31 cume, 23k; WIAD-HD2 Audacy Hot A/C #31 cume, 18k; 30. WBOB-Stream Manning Hot A/C & WTOP-HD4 Hubbard Adult Alternative.
BALTIMORE (23) Pop. 2.47mil. Black 30.9%. Hispanic 8.1%. APRIL/MAY/JUNE 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 21.3-20.9-20.4 over Audacy 15.8-15.5-16.6 by 5.4-3.8. Hearst 8.4-8.2-7.7. YPR Public 5.8-6.0-6.6. Bright Christian 5.4-4.8-5.3. Urban One 4.8-4.7-4.7. MAY / JUNE Share Change Range: +0.9 / -0.6.
1-1-1. WWIN iHeart Urban One Urban A/C 8.3-8.1-8.3. Stays leader by 1.5. Up #4-3 cume 286-310-311k. 2-2-2. WLIF Audacy Adult Contemporary. 6.7-6.2-6.8. +0.6. Shares up & #1 cume wins by 139k 476-453-462k. T4-3-3. WWMX Audacy Hot Adult Contemporary 5.4-5.8-5.5 -0.3. Best Audacy two. #4 cume 293-278-284k. 3-4-4. WPOC iHeart Country 6.2–5.7-5.4 -0.3. Top 5 major market country station #7 cume 239-217-219k. 4-5-5. WRBS Bright Contemporary Christian 5.4-4.8-5.3. +0.5. Balt/DC is good for religion. #10, 169-159-148k. 6-T6-6. WERQ Urban One Urban Contemp. 4.8-4.7-4.7. S tops the share slide with #5 cume 308-324-283k. 10-9-7. WYPR Public News/Talk 3.6-3.7-4.4. +0.7. A good month for NPR. Gains #10-9 cume, 131-157-153k. 7-T6-8. WIYY Hearst Rock 4.1-4.7-4.1. -0.6. Now leads WQSR by 0.2. Audience posts #6 cume 254-242-261k. 8-8-9. WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 4.1-4.3-3.9. -0.4. Tremendous cume & low share=TSL. #2 cume, 338-353-323k. 9-10-10. WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 3.7-3.5-3.6 +0.1. Substantial news resources. #12 cume 126-112-113k.
Baltimore. 11-11-11. WJZ-FM Audacy Sports 3.2-2.9-3.5. +0.6. Just under the Baltimore Top 10. #11 cume, 136-121-144k. 12-12-TIE 12: WZFT iHeart CHR 2.3-2.4-2.4. Not moving shares and needs cume #6-8, 222-248-210k. 13-13-TIE 12: WTMD WYPR Public Adult Alternative 2.2-2.3-2.4. +0.1. Leveling off. #13 cume, 98-99-103k. 14-14-14. WTOP-FM Hubbard DC News 1.5-1.7-1.9. Strong signal & service in Baltimore. #14, 96-90-98k. T16-16-TIE 15: WGTS Atlantic Gateway Contemp. Christian 1.2-1.0 1.0. #17 cume, 62-48-57k & TIE 15: WDCH Bloomberg Business News 0.9-0.8-1.0, #18 cume 48-46k. Under One: TIE 17 @ 0.9: WBJC Public Classical 0.9, -0.4 #15 cume 83k & WYRE Cortona Media with a +0.9 tie for big June gain. #20 cume, 26k. 19. WEAA Public Jazz 0.7, #16 cume 66-73k. 20. WLIF-HD2 Audacy Gospel 0.6, #19 cume, 41k. 21. WCAO-AM iHeart Gospel 0.4 #21, 22k. 22. WEAA Stream Jazz 0.2 #22 cume 15k, WEAA Total 0.9. WLIF-HD3 Audacy Oldies 0.2, #23 cume 6k. Times Shamrock WZBA Rock was sold to K-Love Christian.
PROVIDENCE (45) Pop. 1.5 mil. Hispanic 15.1 %, Black 8.3%. APRIL / MAY / JUNE 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 20.6-21.3-21.5. Red Wolf 12.6-13.4-12.9. GBH 4.1-3.8-4.4. Air Love 3.5-3.1-2.9. RI Public 5.3-1.9-2.0. Incomplete Results without CUMULUS Shares. MAY/JUNE Range: +0.5 / -0.6
1-1-1. WCTK Red Wolf Country 10.1-10.8-10.2. -0.6. Smart acquisition 2.2 lead. #2 cume 265-260-277k. 2-2-2. WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 7.4-7.8-8.0. +0.2. Share gain but cume rank dip #2-4 cume, 265-263-255k. 3-3-3. WHJY iHeart Classic Rock 6.9-7.7-7.4. -0.3. Former #1 stays Top 5 moving #4-3 cume 259-257-268k. 4-4-4. WSNE iHeart Hot A/C 5.5-5.3-5.7. +0.4. June share gain keeps the surprising #1 cume. 290-295-292k. 5-5-5. WGBH ‘GBH Boston Public News/Talk 3.8-3.4-3.9 +0.5. Top gain. 100kw signal. #6 cume, 78-74-77k. 6-6-6. WLVO (WBRU) Air Love Contemporary Chrisitan. 3.3-3.0-2.7. -0.3. Slips again: #5 cume, 99-90-98k. 9-7-7. WKKB Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 1.2-1.3-1.3. Only RI Hispanic format stays at #7 cume, 54-62-62k. 8-8-8. WNPN Rhode Island Public News/Talk 2.4-1.0-1.1 +0.1. Not much for RI public. #8 cume, 74-57-55k. 7-9-9. WPVD (WVEI/FM Sports sold in Jan) RI Public 2.9-0.9-0.9. -2.0. Strangely low. #11 cume, 90-58-33k. 11-T10-10. WELH Wheeler School Rock stays 0.8 #10-9 cume, 54-55k. Red Wolf TIE 11 @ 0.7: WNBH-AM Classic Hits #10 cume, 47k & WSKP-AM Oldies #16 cume 12k. 13. WCRB ‘GBH Classical 0.5. #13 cume, 25k. 14. WHJJ-AM iHeart Talk 0.4, #12 cume 26k. 15. WDOM Providence College Variety 0.3 #14, 23k. Air Love Christian TIE 16 @ 0.1: WTKL #15, 12k & WKIV 0.1, #17, 4k. Sadly, it appears Providence has become boring.
HARTFORD, CT. (57) Pop. 1.11 million. Hispanic 17.2%, Black 13.0%. APRIL / MAY / JUNE 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart: 27.3-27.0-31.0 beats Audacy 28.0-26.0-26.0 by 5.0! Red Wolf 17.1-17.4-16.8. Connecticut Public 5.1-5.5-4.6. K-Love 2.2-2.7 2.7. MAY / JUNE Share Change Range: +1.5 / -1.9
1-T1-1. WWYZ iHeart Country 10.9-9.9-11.0. +1.1. Breaks #1 tie, leads by 2.7. #4 cume, 172-167-186k. 2-T1-2. WRCH Audacy Soft A/C 9.9-9.9-8.3. -1.6. Top dip kills the long time leads. #1 cume, 271-264-253k. 3-3-3. WDRC/FM Red Wolf Classic Rock. 8.7-9.0-8.1. -0.9. Just 0.2 ahead of ‘HCN. #6-7 cume, 147-154-141k. 4-6-4. WHCN iHeart Classic Hits 7.5-6.6-7.3 +1.3. Big gain comes close to DRC/F. #4-5 cume, 169-171-176k. T6-7-5. WKSS iHeart CHR 6.3-6.2-7.7. +1.5. Top June jump gets back into the Top 5 #3-2 cume, 188-205-227k. 5-5-6. WZMX Audacy Rhythmic CHR 6.5-6.8-7.1. +0.3. Audacy’s one June bright spot. #6 cume, 140-142-156k. T6-4-7. WTIC/FM Audacy Hot A/C 6.3-7.4-6.9. -0.5. A slip in share & total audience #2-3 cume 228-236-217k. 8-8-8. WNPR Connecticut Public N/T. 5.1-5.5-4.6. -0.9. New leader has a radio mission. #10 cume, 76-73-65k. 9-9-9. WTIC-AM Audacy News/Talk 3.8-3.9-3.7. Once huge #1 as only CT 50kw AM. #12 cume 56-56-55k. 10-10-10. WMRQ Red Wolf Modern Alt. Rock 3.4-3.1-3.1. Steady, might need to adjust. #8 cume 103-109-101k. T12-T11-TIE 11: WCCC K-Love Christian 2.2-2.7-2.7. Flat. Better to be local. Stays at #11 cume, 64-69-61k.
Hartford. 11-T11-TIE 11: WBOM-AM Red Wolf Urban Adult Contemporary 2.6-2.7-2.7. Good job. #14-13, 50-45-53k. 15-15-13. WUCS iHeart Sports 1.1-1.6-2.3. +0.7. A nice sports lift in between BOS/NYC. #15 cume 32-28-35k. 14-14-14. WMRQ-HD2 Red Wolf Spanish Tropical, 1.6-1.8-2.1. +0.3. Strong HD2 signal. #14 cume 45-49-49k. 12-13-15. WKCI iHeart New Haven CHR 2.2-2.3-1.9. -0.4. takes a dip in competitive Htfd. #9 cume 91-89-81k. 16-16-16. WRYM-AM Trignition Spanish Tropical 0.8-1.0-0.8. #16 cume 25k. Red Wolf TIE 17 @ 0.4: WNTY-AM Oldies #17 cume 19k & WDRC-AM Talk, #18 cume 13k. 19. WPOP-AM News/Talk 0.2 #19, 6k. 20. WKSS-HD2 RhymCHR 0.0 #20, 3k. It’s getting interesting in Hartford, especially in the Top 10.
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