SEPTEMBER 12, 2026 AUGUST 2026 NOR’EAST RADIO TOTAL PERS. MON-SUN : BOSTON, NEW YORK, LONG ISLAND, PHILADELPHIA, WASH. DC, BALTIMORE, PROVIDENCE, HARTFORD & MORE.
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BOSTON (10) Population 4.543 mil. Hispanic 13.0%. Black 8.7%. JUNE / JULY / AUGUST CLUSTERS: Heart 24.1-23.3-23.1 continues over #2 Audacy 20.0-19.2-19.4 by 3.7 & Beasley 16.4-17.0-15.7 by 7.4. WGBH/WCRB 7.6-7.4-8.8. #1 WBUR 5.9-6.8-7.9. JULY/AUGUST ’26 Share Change Range: +1.1 / -0.6*
3-1-1. WBUR Boston University News/Talk 5.9-6.8-7.9. +1.1 Top Gain, 3 of 4 wins! #13 cume 293-279-261k. 5-3-2. WXKS/FM iHeart CHR 5.2-6.2-6.3 +0.1. Haven’t seen a #2 share in some time. #2 cume 726-665-727k. 1-2-3. WMJX Audacy A/C 6.6-6.5-6.0. –0.5. Is the Magic slip showing? Keeps #1 cume by 95k: 872-846-822k. 6-6-4. WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 5.1-5.0-5.6. +0.6. Lone Hub rocker into Top 5. Stays #4 cume 552-519-593k. 2-4-5. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 6.0-5.8-5.5. -0.3. Now Beasley Boston’s best. Holds #3 cume 629-605-667k. 4-5-6. WWBX Audacy Hot A/C 5.6-5.6-5.0. -0.6*. Below Top 5 in both share & cume. Stays #6 524-502-519k. 8-7-7. WCRB ‘GBH Classical 4.3-4.3-4.5. +0.2. Two Top 10 non-mainstream music formats. #16, 176-205-210k. T11-12-8. WEEI/FM Audacy Sports 3.8-3.5-4.3. +0.8. A big hit with our Red Sox! #12-8 cume, 281-313-363k. 7-9-9. WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative 4.8-3.9-4.2. +0.3. Sleepy competition=Top10. #7cume! 381-388-393k. T11-T10-TIE 10: WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 3.8-3.6-4.1. +0.4. Cost-efficient radio. Big #5 cume, 519-514-526k. 9-8-TIE 10: WBZ/FM Beasley Sports 4.0-4.1-4.1. A tough summer for the former #1. #9 cume 315-347-351k.
14-15-12. WGBH ‘GBH News/Talk 3.2-3.0-3.2. +0.2. ‘CRB is up 1.3. WBUR leads by 4.7. #14, 229-211-220k. 15-T10-TIE 13: WKLB Beasley Country 3.1-3.6-3.1. -0.5. Leading the Bull 1.8-1.5. #11 cume, 342-315-321k. 10-T13-TIE 13: WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk 3.9–3.2-3.1. -0.1. Major disappointment. #12 cume 279-274-282k. 17-T13-15. WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 2.9-3.2-2.7. -0.5. Expensive. Without the gain. #7 cume on 467-455-454k. 16-17-16. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 3.0-2.7-2.6. -0.1. AM Talker hangs in for iHeart. #20-19 cume, 115-101-114k. 13-16-17. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 3.3-2.9-2.3. -0.6*. Hurts KISS at what cost? #10 cume 343-347-327k. 20-19-18. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 1.2-1.4-1.9. +0.5. Gains a notch. #17 cume 149-150-163k. 19-18-19. WBWL iHeart Country 1.5-1.7-1.6. -0.1. Room for two in the format? Total 4.7. #17 cume, 192-220k. 18-20-20. WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical 1.6-1.1-1.2. Expect more from 13% Hispanic pop. #19, 169-137-148k. 22-21. WBOS Bloomberg Business 0.8-0.8-1.1. #22-20 cume, 66-91k. Under One: 22. WKVB (WAAF) K-Love Christian 0.7 #21, 74k. TIE 23 @ 0.3: WRCA-AM Beasley Classic Rock #22, 52-71k & WXKS-AM iHeart Talk #23 29k. 25. WNKC 0.2 K-Love #24, 14k. TIE 26 @ 0.1: WCAI ‘GBH N/T & WJMN-HD2 iHeart N/T.
NEW YORK (1) Pop. 16.93 million. Hispanic 26.2%. Black 16.4%. JUNE / JULY / AUGUST 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 26.2-26.0-25.5 leads Audacy 23.1-22.3-23.7 by 3.7-1.8. MediaCo. 6.4-7.2-7.4. Spanish Broadcasting 8.0-7.3-6.5. WNYC Public 7.6-7.2-5.7. Red Apple 3.9-4.5-4.7. 11 Stations Top 1 million cume. JULY / AUGUST Share Change Range stays small: +0.4* / -1.1
1-1-TIE 1. WLTW iHeart A/C 7.5-7.9-7.3. -0.6. First place Tie. #1 cume: 3.8-3.8-3.74m leads by 1.2million. 2-2-TIE 1. WINS-FM Audacy News 7.1-7.4-7.3. FM News gets Top Tie. Cume holds at #7, 1.8-1.74-1.6 mil.
4-4-3. WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.6-5.2-5.6. +0.4*. The only NYC CHR holds on with #3 cume 2.41-2.51-2.34 mil. 3-3-4. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.8-5.7-5.4. -0.3. Classic Hits stays in Top 5. #2 cume 2.54-2.5-2.54 mil. 5-5-5. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 4.9-4.8-4.8. Top 5 stations remain the same. #6 cume 1.97-1.86-1.79 million. 7-T8-6. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 4.1-4.1-4.5. +0.4* Nice month. Keeps the #5 cume 2.15-2.08-2.12 million. 11-6-7. WBLS MediaCo. Urban A/C 3.7-4.5-4.4. Maintaining. 1.7 over WWPR. Steady #9 cume, 1.33-1.35 mil. 12-T8-8. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 3.5-4.1-4.1. Breaks #8 tie. #1 NYC Talk & AM. #20 cume 413-435-407k. T8-T11-9. WFAN Audacy Sports 4.0-3.5-3.9. +0.4* Baseball is berry good. #1 sports. #13 cume, 967-893-917k. 10-10-TIE 10: WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR. 3.9-4.0-3.8. -0.2. Big #4 cume but low share 2.36-2.25-2.35 mil. 6-7-TIE 10: WNYC/FM Public News/Talk 4.2-4.2-3.8. -0.4*. Holds on in Top 10. #17 cume 647-628-573k.
T8-T11-12. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 4.0-3.5-3.2. -0.3. #1 NY Spanish format. #8 cume 1.61-1.53-1.53mil. 16-15-13. WQHT MediaCo. Rhythmic-CHR 2.7–2.7-3.0. +.0.3. Slight August gains. #10 cume, 1.28-1.11-1.22. 15-16-14. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 2.9-2.6-2.7. +0.1. Steady with #11 cume, 1.33-1.15-1.06 mil. 14-13-15. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 3.2-3.0-2.4. -0.6. 2nd NYC Spanish, format total 9.2-8.5. #14, 954-958-856k. 18-T18-16. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.7-1.6-1.9. +0.3. Starting to grow? Cume #13-12, 939-912-927k. 13-14-17. WQXR-FM WNYC Public Classical 3.3-2.9-1.8. -1.1. Top monthly dip. #21-22 cume, 382-341-323k. T20-T18-18. WEPN Emmis Bilingual A/C 1.4-1.6-1.7. +0.1. Interesting mix. Stays at #15 cume 799-817-781k. 19-21-19. WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 1.5-1.4-1.6. +0.2. Audience holding at #16 cume, 831-786-814k. 17-17-20. WPLJ K-Love Contemporary Christian 1.9-1.7-1.5. -0.2. Repeats with the #18 cume, 580-574-537k. T20-20-21. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.4-1.5-1.3. Staying well behind WABC 2.6-2.8. #20-26 cume, 322-330-260k. Under One: TIE 22 @ 0.9: WKXW Townsquare Talk #24 cume, 284k & WKMK Press Country #28, 184-228k. TIE 24 @ 0.8: WFUV Fordham Univ. Adult Alt. #23, 301-322k & WSKQ Stream SBS Tropical #25, 260k; 26. WHSQ-AM (880) Good Karma Sports. 0.7, #21 cume 370k. TIE 27 @ 0.6: WLIR Red Apple Talk #44 cume 37-49k, WABC total 4.7 & WAWZ Pillar Christian #31, 200k. 3-WAY TIE 29 @ 0.5: WHUD Pamal A/C #19, 317-414k; WBGO Public Jazz 0.5 #32, 156-185k; WHBK-HD2 Audacy Country #40, 66k. 3-WAY TIE 32 @ 0.4: WMGQ Beasley A/C #26, 230k; WDHA Beasly Rock #29, 219k; WBGO Stream #45, 42k (total 0.9). 6-STATION TIE 35 @ 0.3: WWZY Classic Rock; WARW Christian; WXPK Adult Alt: WFDU Oldies; WNVU Spanish; WBBR-AM 0.9 Bloomberg. 41 TIE @ 0.2: WSOU Rock & WHTG-AM Oldies. 11 TIE @ 0.1 at #43.
LONG ISLAND, NY (21) Pop. 2.55 mil. Hispanic 20.4%. Black 10.2%. JUNE / JULY / AUGUST 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 21.7-21.3-22.8 over iHeart 19.9-20.9-19.7 by 3.1. Connoisseur 13.2-13.5-13.4. Cox Media Group 9.7-9.7-9.7. Red Apple 5.7-5.8-5.6. JULY / AUGUST Change: +1.1 / -1.8 * LI Stations
1-1-1. WINS-FM Audacy News 7.7-7.0-8.1. +1.1. Top Gain. Leads by 1.5. LI Cume stays #4, 366-335-346k. 2-3-2. WHTZ iHeart CHR 6.8-5.9-6.6 +0.7. Rebound. NYC CHR tops WBLI 0.7-1.8. #3 cume 404-393-353k. 3-4-3. WFAN Audacy Sports 5.7-5.7-6.5. Yankees. Streams are no factor. TSL slips #11-12 cume 215-205-189k. 5-5-4. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk. 5.2-5.5-5.4. -0.1. Adding new signals, more to come. #19 cume, 95-93k. 6-6-5. WALK* Connoisseur Adult Contemporary 5.1-4.8-5.4. +0.6. Top LI station has #1 cume 390-394-361k. 4-7-6. WBLI* Cox CHR 5.3-5.2-4.8. -0.4. #2 LI station remains below Top 5. Dips #5-6 cume 352-329-313k. 8-8-7. WBAB* Cox Classic Rock 4.4-4.5-4.7. +0.2. Now LI #3, the former #1 gains #6-5 cume, 325-322-318k. 9-2-8. WLTW Audacy Adult Contemporary 4.2-6.0-4.2. -1.8. Top dip on a sample blip? #2 cume 392-395-358k. 7-9-9. WCBS/FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.5.3.9-3.9. Holds. NYC #4 share, #2 cume has #7 LI cume 392-392-307k. T10-11-10. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 3.3–3.2-3.4. NYC Top Rock steady on LI. Holds #8 cume 285-304-290k.
12-10-11. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 2.8-3.5-3.3. –0.2. #11 cume 250-269-219k. 3-WAY TIE 12: T10-13-TIE 12: WKJY* Connoisseur A/C 3.3-2.5-2.6. #9 cume 283-263-248k & 14-14-TIE 12: WHLI-AM* Connoisseur Oldies 2.1-2.4-2.6. +0.2. Another gain. #17 cume 92-99-102k with 13-12-TIE 12: WOR-AM iHeart Talk 2.4-2.7-2.6. #20-22 cume, 74-67-67k. 15-T15-15. WWWF* Connoisseur Country 1.9-1.9-2.1. +0.2. Exclusive LI format #13 cume 160-156-135k. T15-T15-16. WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR 1.9–1.9-1.9. #10 cume, 259-236-239k. 17. WHSQ-AM (880) Good Karma Sports 0.1-1.2, +1.1 Top Gain #15 cume, 114k. 3-WAY TIE 18 @ 1.1: WWSK* Connoisseur Rock #14 cume 123k with both SBS WSKQ Spanish Tropical #18, 97k & WPAT Spanish A/C #21, 76k. TIE 21 @ 1.0: WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary #16, 112k & WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop #20 cume, 86k. Under One: TIE 23 @ 0.2: WLIR* Red Apple Talk #24 cume 11k with WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business #25 cume, 10k. 25. WSKQ Stream SBS Spanish Tropical #23, 13k.
PHILADELPHIA (9) Pop. 4.85 mil. Black 20.5%, Hispanic 10.6%. JUNE / JULY / AUGUST 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 26.3-27.8-25.6 leads Beasley 23.1-22.7-24.1 by 1.5 & iHeart 17.4-17.0-18.0 by 8.6. Urban One 6.0-6.1-7.8. WHYY 4.1-4.1-3.6. K-Love 4.3-4.0-3.1. JULY / AUG Change Range: +1.1 / -1.2.
5-2-TIE 1: WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 6.3-7.4-7.8. +0.4. Returns in TIE on Top. #2 cume, 771-809-818k. T3-3-TIE 1. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 6.6-7.1-7.8. +0.7. Top TIE with good cume gain #7-6, 585-543-621k.
T1-T4-3. WIP-FM Audacy Sports 7.1-6.4-7.4. +1.0. Nice gain from Phillies baseball. #5 cume, 663-590-693k. 6-6-4. KYW-AM Audacy News 5.2-5.3-5.6. +0.3. Returns to the Top 5. Still holding at #10 cume 490-474-493k. T3-1-TIE 5: WBEB Audacy A/C 6.6-7.7-5.5 -1.2. Top Aug. Dip. Top slot didn’t last. #1 cume, 1.12-1.08-1.08m. T1-T4-TIE 5: WMMR Beasley Rock. 7.1-6.4-5.5. -1.1. Big dip, many share shifts. #-6-7 cume, 709-582-607k. 7-7-7. WXTU Beasley Country 4.7-4.4-5.4. +1.0. Country stays nicely in the Top 10. #12 cume, 470-435-436k. 11-11-TIE 8: WUSL iHeart Urban Contemporary 3.8-3.7-4.4. +0.7. Good August shares. #11-13, 442-454-430k. 13-13-TIE 8: WRNB Urban One Contemporary 3.4-3.3-4.4. +1.1 Top gain for summer. #14 cume 389-362-358k. 12-8-TIE 10: WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 3.6-4.2-4.2. Classic Hits stays low on a big #3 cume, 744-741-748k. T8-12-TIE 10: WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 4.1-3.4-4.2. +0.8. Nice gain but not for the #4 cume, 684-741-697k.
T8-9-12. WHYY Public News/Talk 4.1-4.1-3.6. -0.5. PHA Public Radio exits Top 10. #15 cume, 331-291-302k. T14-16-13. WPPZ Urban One R&B Classics 3.0-2.8-3.4. +0.6. A nice Urban August. #16 cume, 276-273-277k. T8-10-14. WVKP K-Love Contemporary Christian. 4.1-3.8-3.0. -0.8. Takes a summer dip. #18, 277-260-234k. 16-T17-15. WRFF iHeart Modern Alt Rock 2.8-2.5-2.6. Moves 0.1 ahead of WXPN. #11, 470-453-488k. T14-14-16. WXPN Univ. Penn. Adult Alternative 3.0-3.2-2.5. -0.7. Non-comm holds at #17 cume, 251-258-243k. 17-T17-TIE 17: WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.7-2.5-2.0. -0.5. Philly’s Top CHR #8 cume, 553-534-498k. 18-15-TIE 17: WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 2.2-3.0-2.0. -1.0. Still TSL concerns: low share, #9 cume 480-507-497k. 22-19-19. WKXW Townsquare Talk 1.2-1.3-1.4. #21 cume, 97-106k. 20. WPEN Beasley Sports 1.2 #20, 164-201k. 21. WUMR iHeart has the Lone Hispanic Spanish CHR 1.1 #19 cume, 193k. 22. WPST Townsquare CHR 1.0 #18, 241k. Under One: 23. WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 0.9 #23 cume, 66k. TIE 24 @ 0.8: WSTW Draper Media CHR #19, 233k & WRTI Temple Univ. Classical #24 cume, 197-82k. 26. WEMG-AM Mega Spanish Tropical 0.5, #25 cume, 72k. 27. WSJO Townsquare Hot A/C #26 cume, 71k. 5-WAY TIE 28 @ 0.1: Townsquare WFPG A/C & WKXW Stream Talk; WXCY Draper Country; WTEL-AM iHeart Talk & WYPA K-Love Christian.
WASHINGTON DC (8) Pop. 5.29 million. Black 26.9% Hispanic 18%. JUNE / JULY / AUGUST 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 19.4-21.3-20.6 takes Audacy 10.5-9.8-12.1 by 8.5. American University 12.5-11.4-11.8. Hubbard 10.0-10.4-10.0. Howard Univ. 5.3-5.6-5.6-6.3. Urban One 8.8-8.0-6.2. WGTS Atlantic 5.5-5.7-3.6. WETA Public 3.3-3.1-3.3. K-Love 2.8. JULY / AUGUST Share Change Range: +1.0 / -1.9.
1-1-1. WAMU American University News/Talk 12.5-11.3-11.7. +0.4. Consistent #1. #4 cume 612-572-552k.U 2-2-2. WTOP/FM Hubbard News 9.8-10.3-9.8. –0.5. Top biller now trails AMU by 1.9. #2 cume 762-753-717k. 3-4-3. WHUR Howard Univ. Urban Adult Contemporary 5.6-5.6-6.1. +0.5. Cume stays about #8, 538-476-439k. 6-T5-4. WASH-FM iHeart Adult Contemporary 4.7–5.5-5.5. Keeps the former WTOP #1 cume, 751-803-823k. 5-T5-5. WWDC iHeart Modern Alt. Rock 5.4-5.5-5.3. -0.2. Impressive Top 5 Alt Rocker #6 cume 527-544-504k. 7-7-6. WBIG iHeart Classic Rock 3.6-4.1-4.6. +0.5. Another good share gain; retains #5 cume, 473-541-551k. 4-3-7. WGTS Atlantic Christian Contemporary 5.5-5.7-3.6. -1.9. OMG the big Aug dip. #10 cume 373-322-290k. 9-8-TIE 8: WIHT iHeart CHR 3.2-3.8-3.3. -0.5. The top DC CHR has an off month. #6-7 cume, 487-518-465k. 8-9-TIE 8: WETA Public Classical 3.3-3.1-3.3. +0.2. DC Classical stays in the Top 10. #13 cume, 280-251-269k. 10-10-TIE 10: WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 3.0-2.8-3.0. +0.2. August had a big jump #7-3 cume, 533-516-559k. 11-T11-TIE 10: WPGC Audacy Rhythmic CHR 2.6-2.5-3.0. #2 CHR jumps to 0.3 below ‘IHT. #9, 410-404k.
17-14-12. WLZL-FM Audacy Spanish Tropical 2.1-2.3-2.8. +0.5. Top DC Hispanic. #15 cume 181-182-211k. T14-17-13. WJFK Audacy Sports 2.2-1.8-2.6. +0.8. Nice August sports share kick. #15-16 cume, 174-202-159k. 11-T11-14. WMMJ Urban One Urban A/C 2.6-2.5-2.5. Share holds still. Cume rank #12-11, 313-319-285k. T14-15-15. WKYS Urban One Contemp. 2.2–2.1-2.3. +0.2. Slight up month. #11-12 cume, 325-312-283k. 18-T20-16. WLVW K-Love Christian 1.3-0.9-1.9. +1.0. Top August gain. #18-17 cume, 149-158k. 13-13-17. WZMQ iHeart Country 2.3-2.4-1.7. -0.7. Rough ride. #14 cume, 238-236-243k. T14-18-18. WPRS Urban One Inspirational Gospel 2.2-1.4-1.4. Many religious formats in DC. #20, 95k. Under One: T20-19. WPFW Pacifica News/Talk, #19 117-97k. T20-TIE 20 @ 0.8: WBQB Chesapeake Hot A/C #18, 124-141k & WAIW K-Love Contemporary Christian #23 cume, 62k. 22. WFLS 0.6. Connoisseur Country #22 64k. 3-WAY TIE 23 @ 0.5: WRBS Bright Christian #21, 51-74k; WDCH Bloomberg #24, 80-62k & WTEM-AM Audacy Sports #31-27 cume, 24-33k. 26. WWEG Manning Classic Hits #20 cume, 84-77k. 27. WAFY Manning Hot A/C #25, 70-56k. 5-WAY TIE 28 @ 0.2: WCSP C-Span Talk #26, 45k; WSHE-AM Hubbard Adult Alternative #28, 29k; WFAX-AM Costa Spanish #29, 27k; WIAD-HD2 Audacy Hot A/C #30, 16k; WTOP-HD4 Hubbard Adult Alt. #36, 9k. 7 stations tie at 0.1. WLNO Urban One Spanish CHR went from 2.0 to Not Available.
BALTIMORE (23) Pop. 2.47mil. Black 30.9%. Hispanic 8.1%. JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 20.4-20.7-20.8 wins over Audacy 16.6-16.1-15.6 by 5.2. YPR Public 6.6-7.8-8.2. Hearst 7.7-7.3-7.3. Urban One 4.7-4.6-4.9. Bright Christian 5.3-4.9-4.0. JULY / AUGUST Share Change Range: +1.2 / -1.6
1-1-1. WWIN iHeart Urban One Urban A/C 8.3-8.4-8.9. +0.5. Leads by 1.4. Keeps #3 cume 311-283-299k. 2-2-2. WLIF Audacy Adult Contemporary. 6.8-6.7-7.5. +1.2. Top jump. #1 cume wins by 147k: 462-448-446k. 4-4-TIE 3: WPOC iHeart Country 5.4–5.4-5.3 -0.1. Top 5 major mkt. country station #7-6 cume 219-222-220k. 7-5-TIE 3: WYPR Public News/Talk 4.4-4.9-5.3. +0.4. Another good NPR month. #10-11 cume, 153-144-138k. 6-6-5. WERQ Urban One Urban Contemporary 4.7-4.6-4.9. +0.3. #2 Urban grows on #5-4 cume 283-263-276k. 8-9-6. WIYY Hearst Rock 4.1-4.0-4.4. +0.4. Audience from the late WZBA. Ups ‘QSR by 0.2. #5 cume 261-255-270k. 9-T7-TIE 7: WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 3.9-4.5-4.2. -0.3. Big cume lower share is TSL. #2 cume, 323-299-299k. 3-3-TIE 7: WWMX Audacy Hot Adult Contemp. 5.5-5.8-4.2 -1.6. Top Aug. dip. #4-7 cume 284-282-217k. 5-T7-9. WRBS Bright Contemporary Christian 5.3-4.5-4.0 -0.5. Like DC, many religious formats. #9, 148-162k. 11-12-10. WJZ-FM Audacy Sports 3.5-2.8-3.5. +0.7. Cracks the Baltimore Top 10. #11-10 cume, 144-132-143k.
T12-11-TIE 11: WTMD WYPR Public Adult Alternative 2.4-2.9-2.9. Steady. Holding #12 cume, 103-98-112k. 10-10-TIE 11: WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 3.6-3.3-2.9. -0.4. Solid TV/News connects, 14 cume 113-97-98k. T12-13-13. WZFT iHeart CHR 2.4-2.3-2.2. Not growing shares, needs stronger TSL. #8 cume, 210-198-189k. T17-15-TIE 14: WBJC Public Classical 0.9-1.1-1.6, +0.5. Nice August good music jump. #15-13 cume 82-99k. 14-14-TIE 14: WTOP-FM Hubbard DC News 1.9-1.7-1.6. Strong signal in Baltimore. #16 cume, 98-93-75k. Under One: 16. WEAA Public Jazz 0.9, #15, 77k. TIE 17 @ 0.8: WDCH 1.0 Bloomberg Business #17, 54-60k & WGTS Christian #18 cume, 41k. 19. WYRE Cortona Media Adult Alternative 0.7 #20, 29k. 20. WEAA Stream Jazz 0.5 #21, 8-16k. 21. WLIF-HD2 Audacy Inspirational Gospel 0.3 #23, 6k. 22. WCAO-AM iHeart Inspirational Gospel 0.2, #22cume, 13k. 23. WLIF-HD3 0.1. Audacy Oldies, #23 cume, 4k.
PROVIDENCE (45) Pop. 1.5 mil. Hispanic 15.1 %. Black 8.3%. JUNE / JULY / AUGUST 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 21.5-21.8-21.7. Red Wolf 12.9-12.9-12.6. ‘GBH 4.4-4.5-3.7. K-Love 2.9-2.9-2.9. Ocean State Public 2.0-1.4-0.1? Incomplete without CUMULUS Shares. JULY / AUGUST Range: +/- 1.3.
1-1-1. WCTK Red Wolf Country 10.2-9.8-9.4. -0.4. Nice to be on top; 1.7-2.0 lead. #3 cume, 277 258-270k. 3-3-2. WHJY Classic Rock. 7.4-7.4-7.4. V ery steady. Former #1 still in range of top. #2 cume, 268-272-274k. 4-4-3. WSNE iHeart Hot A/C 5.7-5.7-7.0. +1.3. Best share rank. Top monthly gain gets #1 cume, 292-300-286k. 2-2-4. WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 8.0-8.1-6.8. -1.3. August Top dip. Share drop keeps #4 cume 255-235-224k. 5-5-5. WGBH ‘GBH Boston Public News/Talk 3.9-4.1-3.6 -0.5. Big Boston signal. #7-6 cume gain, 77-61-72k. 6-6-6. WLVO K-Love Contemporary Chrisitan. 2.7-2.7-2.7. Flat. Once Brown U. WBRU. #5 cume, 98-80-82k. 7-7-7. WKKB Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 1.3-1.7-2.0. +0.3. Only RI Hispanic format gets #7 cume 62-63-62k. 8. WELH Wheeler School Rock 0.8 #8 cume, 58k. 9. WNBH-AM Red Wolf Classic Hits 0.7 #9, 55k. TIE 10 @ 0.5: WHJJ-AM iHeart Talk #10 cume, 24k & WSKP-AM Oldies #15 cume, 17k. 12. WDOM 0.3 Providence College Variety #12 cume, 17k. 3-WAY TIE 13 @ 0.1: WCRB ‘GBH Classical, #11, 21k & K-Love Christian pair WTKL #14, 12k & WKIV #15, 5k. No show for Ocean State Public WPVD and WNPN is listed as silent. Providence is not the market it once was.
HARTFORD (57) Pop. 1.11 million. Hispanic 17.2%. Black 13.0%. JUNE / JULY / AUGUST 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 26.0-26.4-28.1 now tops iHeart 31.0-28.5-25.6 by 2.5. Red Wolf 16.8-16.6-16.8. Connecticut Public 4.6-4.8-5.1. K-Love 2.7-2.6-2.6. JULY / AUGUST Share Change Range: +2.0 / -1.6
2-T2-1. WRCH Audacy Soft A/C 8.3-8.0-10.0. +2.0. Aug Top Gain takes back lead. #1 cume, 253-248-270k. T1-1-2. WWYZ iHeart Country 11.0-11.0-9.4. -1.6. The big monthly dip loses top spot. #4 cume, 186-184-163k. 6-T2-3. WZMX Audacy Rhythmic CHR 7.1-8.0-7.5. -0.5. The usual gains take a break. #6 cume, 156-152-139k. 3-4-4. WDRC/FM Red Wolf Classic Rock. 8.1-7.1-7.2. +0.1. Stops slide, leads ‘HCN by 1.0. #7, 141-134-126k. 7-7-5. WTIC/FM Audacy Hot A/C 6.9-6.3-6.8. +0.5. A welcome August gain. Steady #2 cume 217-226-215k. 4-5-6. WHCN iHeart Classic Hits 7.9-6.7-6.2. -0.5. Share is slipping. TSL needs gain #6-5 cume 176-144-145k. 5-6-7. WKSS iHeart CHR 7.7-6.5-5.3. -1.2. Another strong dip stays under the Top 5. #3 cume, 227-206-181k. 8-8-8. WNPR Connecticut Public N/T. 4.6-4.8-5.1. +0.3. Slowly growing; radio priority? #10 cume, 65-62-61k. 10-10-9. WMRQ Red Wolf Modern Alt. Rock 3.1-3.9-4.3 +0.4. Another gain tops ‘TIC. #9-8 cume 101-95-119k. 9-9-10. WTIC-AM Audacy News/Talk 3.7-4.1-3.8. -0.3. Only CT 50kwAM was once #1. Sad. #11 cume 54-58k.
15-13-11. WKCI iHeart New Haven CHR 1.9-2.4-2.8. +0.4. Stays in the competitive hunt. #9 cume 81-95-99k. T11-12-TIE 12: WCCC K-Love Christian 2.7-2.6-2.6. Steady. Cost-efficient music has #12 cume, 61-53-56k. 14-11-TIE 12: WMRQ-HD2 Red Wolf Spanish Tropical, 2.1-2.8-2.6. -0.2. Red Wolf Big HD. #13, 49-49-52k. T11-14-14. WBOM-AM Red Wolf Urban Adult Contemporary 2.7-2.2-2.1. -0.1. Smart HD. #14 cume, 53-44-39k. 13-15-15. WUCS iHeart Sports 2.3-1.7-1.7. Tough sports market; needs something more. #15 cume 35-31-27k. 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. Hartford is Never Dull but the once Great WDRC-WPOP AM battle is gone from the charts.
QUICKIES: MIDDLESEX-UNION, NJ. (41) Pop. 1.62 mil. Hispanic 26.5%, Black 14.1%. Top 5 are NYC stations. AUGUST CLUSTERS: iHeart 29.7. Audacy 22.3. SBS 5.7. Townsquare 5.7. *Local. 1. WAXQ Classic Rock 8.6. 2. WFAN Sports 6.8. 3. WLTW A/C 6.7. 4. WNEW/FM Hot A/C 6.5. 5. WCBS/FM Classic Hits 5.2. 6. WKXW* Townsquare Talk 4.7. TIE 7 @ 4.0: WHTZ CHR & WSKQ Spanish. 9. WKTU Rhym CHR 3.4. 10. WMGC* Beasley A/C 3.1. 11. WAWZ* Christian 2.7. 12. WOR-AM Talk 2.6. 13. WWPR Urban 2.4. 14. WINS/FM News 2.2. 15. WPAT Spanish A/C 2.1. 16. WDHA* Beasley Rock 2.0. 17. WXBK Hip Hop 1.6. 18. WSKQ Stream Spanish 1.2. 19. WKMK* Press Country 1.1. 20 WWZY* Press Classic Rock 1.0.
ALBANY, NY. (68). Pop. 852k. Black 9.9%. Hispanic 6.6%. JULY ’26 CLUSTERS: Pamal 21.9. iHeart 19.6. Townsquare 12.8. WAMC 4.1. WHMT 3.7. Stations: 1. WPXY iHeart Classic Rock 7.3. 2. WFLY Pamal CHR 6.0. 3. WGNA Townsq. Country 5.7. 4. WYJB Pamal A/C 5.1. 5. WQBK Townsquare Classic Rock 4.2. TIE 6 @ 4.0: WAMC Albany Medical N/T & WAJZ Pamal Rhym CHR. 8. WKLI Pamal Country 3.7. 9. WRVE iHeart Hot A/C 3.5. TIE 10 @ 3.0. WMHT Classical & WGY-AM iHeart N/T. 12. WTRY iHeart Adult Hits 2.9. 13. WKKF iHeart CHR 1.9. 14. WGDJ-AM Capital Talk 1.7. 15. WROW-AM Pamal Classic Hits 1.5. 16. WQBK-HD2 Townsquare Urban 1.4. TIE 17 @ 1.2: WINU Pamal Classic Country & WTMM Townsquare Sports. 19. WYKV K-Love Christian 0.8. 3-WAY TIE 20 @ 0.7: WABY Loud Alternative Rock; WEXT WMHT Adult Alternative & WYAI K-Love Christian.
METRO FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CT. (73) Pop. 787k. Hispanic 21.9%. Black 14.1%. JULY CLUSTERS: Connoisseur 30.0. iHeart NYC 9.9. Sacred Heart University 3.4. SBS NYC 2.0. *NYC. July ’26 Top 3 are Connoisseur: 1. WEBE A/C 10.1. 2. WEZN Hot A/C 9.8. 3. WPLR Classic Rock 4.0. 4. WHTZ* iHeart CHR 3.8. 5. WICC AM/FM Connoisseur N/T 3.2. 6. WSHU Classical 2.6. 7. WSKQ* SBS Spanish 2.0. iHeart TIE 8 @ 1.6: WWPR* Urban & WKTU* RhymCHR. 10. WOR-AM* iHeart Talk 1.5. TIE 11 @ 0.9: WLTW* iHeart A/C, WYBC Connoisseur Urban A/C. 13. WAXQ* iHeart Classic Rock 0.5. 14. WSHU Stream Sacred Heart University Classical 0.4 and co-owned News/Talk AM’s at 15 & 16: WSHU 0.3 & WSTC 0.1. Please hear: 1220watx.com Classics from WATX-AM Hamden/New Haven CT. The Cost-Efficient Music System Adjusts to Any Market & Competition.
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