NOVEMBER ’25 NOR’EAST RADIO – TOTAL PERSONS MON-SUN DEC. 5, 2025
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%. SEPT/OCT/NOVEMBER 2025
CLUSTERS: iHeart 24.5-24.3-24.3 over Beasley 20.3-21.0-21.3 by 3.0 & Audacy 20.3-19.9-19.2 by 5.1.
WGBH/WCRB 6.1-6.4-7.3; WBUR 4.4-4.2-5.0. October/November Station Change Range: +0.8 / -1.3.
4-3-1. WBZ/FM Beasley Sports 5.2-6.4-6.9. +0.5. All the good sports are back on top. #4 cume 441-529-640k.
1-T1-2. WMJX Audacy Adult Contemporary 7.6-6.5-6.1. -0.4. Xmas share rescue is coming. #1 cume 868-843k.
2-T1-3. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 5.8-6.5-5.6. -0.9. Share slips, needs refresh. Keeps #3 cume 654-694-644k.
5-5-4. WXKS/FM iHeart CHR 5.1-5.1-5.3. +0.2. Stays in the Boston the Top 5 & holds #2 cume 654-680-702k.
7-T8-5. WBUR Boston Univ. News/Talk 4.4-4.2-5.0. +0.8. Top November gainer. #14-13 cume. 258-303-316k.
10-7-6. WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk 4.1-4.5-4.7. +0.2. Essential AM service. Gains #13-12 cume 286-311-317k.
6-4-7. WEEI/FM Audacy Sports 4.7-5.7-4.4. -1.3. No Sox hurts… always next year. #9-15 cume 351-395-293k.
T8-T8-TIE 8: WWBX Audacy Hot A/C 4.2-4.2-4.3. +0.1. Just 6k separates rank #5-8 cumes, #6 509-495-526k.
3-6-TIE 8: WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 5.4-4.8-4.3. -0.5. Another dip for the lone rocker. #8 cume 525-588-520k.
11-T13-TIE 10: WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 3.8-3.3-3.7. +0.4. Now trails WWBX by 0.5, #5 cume 475-512-528k.
12-11-TIE 10: WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 3.7-3.5-3.7. +0.2. Still much more potential. #5-7 cume 556-595-525k.
T15-T13-TIE 10: WGBH ‘GBH News/Talk 3.0-3.3-3.7. +0.4. WBUR ahead by 1.3. #17 cume 238-271-250k.
T15-15-13. WCRB ‘GBH Classical 3.0-3.1-3.6. +0.5. Nice gain but can be better in Boston. #18, 210-218-226k.
T8-10-14. WKLB Beasley Country 4.2-3.7-3.5. -0.2. Leads Bull Country by 1.5. #12-10 cume 363-368-350k.
14-12-15. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 3.1-3.4-3.1. -0.3. Important AM local service. Stays #21 cume 125-144-128k.
17-T16-16. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 2.8-2.7-2.8. +0.1. Big signal, but nuttin’ honey. #11 cume 376-347k.
13-T16-17. WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative 3.2-2.7-2.7. Sits. Big cume without the share. #9, 349-381-366k.
18-18-18. WBWL iHeart Country 2.3-2.0-2.0. Flat. Hub Country totals 5.7-5.5. #17-16 cume up 261-262-255k.
20-20-19. WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical 1.2-1.3-1.6. +0.3. Slight Nov. movement. #19 cume, 177-179-180k.
19-19-20. WXLO Cumulus Hot A/C 1.9-1.6-1.5. -0.3. Big signal #2 Worcester. #16-14 cume, 283-263-308k.
21-T21-21. WBOS Beasley Bloomberg Business 1.0-0.9-1.2. America’s Business is business. #22, 123-122k.
T21-T21-22. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 1.0-0.9-1.1. +0.2, holds on to #20 cume, 129-166-156k.
23. WBGB Stream Audacy. 0.0-0.0-0.7. +0.7. Total WBGB 4.4, #29 cume 13k. TIE 24 @ 0.5: WKVB (WAAF)
Air Love Christian Holds #23 cume 85-78k & TIE 24: WXKS-AM iHeart Talk #27-26, 33-31k. TIE 26 @ 0.4:
WCCM-AM Costa Spanish CHR #27 cume 29k & WRCA-AM Beasley Classic Rock #24 cume, 63-74k. TIE
28 @ 0.2: WWFX Cumulus Classic Rock #25 cume 49k & TIE 28: WNKC (WBOQ) Air Love Christian #29
cume, 21k. 30. TIE @ 0.0: WBGB-HD2 Audacy Variety #31 cume, 5k & TIE 30. WCAI ‘GBH News/Talk
#31 cume, 3k. Smart, Local Operator Input Will Claim Boston.
NEW YORK (1) Pop. 16.93 million. Hispanic 26.2% Black 16.4%. SEPT/OCT/NOVEMBER 2025
CLUSTERS: iHeart 25.2-25.3-25.8 leads Audacy 21.8-22.0-22.1 by 3.7. Spanish Broadcasting 8.1-8.8-9.2.
Media Holding Inc. 7.5-8.6-8.4. WNYC Public 5.7-6.1-6.0. WABC-AM/WLIR 4.2-4.3-5.3.
12 Stations Cume 1million+. Stations #7-12 within 1.0 share. Oct/Nov Share Change Range: +0.8 / -0.6.
1-1-1. WLTW iHeart A/C 8.1-7.4-7.4. Waits. Staying tuned for Holiday presence. #1 cume 3.83-3.72-3.77 mil.
2-2-2. WINS-FM Audacy News 5.9-6.4-6.8. +0.4. Well-done. +0.5 stream=7.3. #7-5 cume 1.95-1.93-1.97mil.
3-3-3. WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.5-5.9-5.8. -0.1. Stays Top 3. Major CHR off #3-4 cume. 2.34-2.5-2.38 million.
4-5-4. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.8-5.0-5.6. +0.6. Top 5 with Classics for #2 cume. 2.47-2.55-2.48 mil.
9-T8-TIE 5: WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 4.0-4.2-5.0. +0.8. Top NYC Gain & #1 LI. #19 cume. 472-504-518k.
6-4-TIE 5: WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 4.5-5.2-5.0. -0.2, #1 Spanish has a small dip. #7cume 1.82-1.95-1.8mil.
10-T8-7. WNYC/FM Public N/T 3.9-4.2-4.5. +0.3. NYC Public Radio service dips #16-17 cume. 639-672-728k.
5-7-TIE 8: WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 4.6-4.3-4.3. Flat. Iconic NYC Top Rock. #8 cume 1.74-1.77-1.76 million
12-10-TIE 8: WQHT Media Holding Rhythmic CHR 3.2-3.9-4.3. +0.4. Holds at #9 cume. 1.49-1.51-1.49 mil.
7-6-10. WBLS Media Holding Urban A/C 4.3-4.7-4.1. -0.6. Heritage Urban keeps #10 cume. 1.41-1.43-1.33 mil.
11-14-11. WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR. 3.3-3.2-3.8. +0.6. Low share Big NYC #3 cume. 2.43-2.25-2.41 mil.
8-12-12. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 4.1-3.4-3.6. +0.2. Resting from the Top 10. #6 cume. 2.24-1.97-1.96 mil.
14-13-13. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 2.7-3.3-3.1. -0.2. Trails WBLS 1.9. #11 cume. 1.26-1.29-1.22m.
13-11-14. WFAN-FM Audacy Sports 2.9-3.5-3.0. -0.5. +0.8 stream=3.8. #12-14 cume. 1.01-1.12million-921k.
19-15-15. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.0-2.6-2.7 +0.1. 3rd of 8 Hispanic stations. #14-13 cume, 905-949-987k.
15-16-TIE 16: WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 2.6-2.4-2.0. -0.4. Spanish shares 10.0. #12 cume, 1.12-1 mil.
18-17-TIE 16: WEPN Emmis A/C 2.1-2.1-2.0. -0.1. Relatively new audience. Cume stays #15. 881-960-885k.
16-18-18. WPLJ Air Love Contemporary Christian 2.4-1.9-1.9. Flat for November. #17-18 cume 664-618-624k.
20-19-19. WQXR-FM WNYC Public Classical 1.7-1.8-1.5. -0.3. Iconic NYC calls. #20 cume, 325-365-369k.
22-21-21. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.0-1.2-1.2. Flat. 3.8 share behind WABC. Takes #23 cume, 276-300-300k.
21-23-20. WSKQ Stream Spanish SBS 1.5-0.9-1.4. +0.5; Total WSKQ 5.5. Stays at #22 cume, 310-333-354k.
17-20-22. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 2.2-1.7-1.2. -0.5. Spin the format wheel? #16 cume. 899-910-808k.
25-23. WKXW Townsquare Talk 0.9, #22-24 cume, 276-325-300k. 22-24. WFAN Stream Sports Audacy 0.8,
Total WFAN 3.8. #29 cume, 199-256-187k. T23-25. WBGO Stream Public Jazz 0.9-0.7 Total WBGO 1.2, #42
cume 50-60k. 4-WAY TIE 26 @ 0.6: WMGQ Beasley A/C NJ, #26 cume, 252k; TIE 26: WFUV Fordham
University Adult Alternative #25 cume, 257-278k; TIE 26: WKMK Press Country NJ, #32 cume, 183-148k; &
TIE 26 @ 0.4: WNUV Hope Spanish Contemporary #31 cume, 130-163k. 3-WAY TIE 30 @ 0.5: WHUD
Pamal A/C #21 cume 382-358k; TIE 30: WBGO Jazz #28, 248-223k; TIE 30: WINS-FM Stream Audacy
News, WINS Total 7.3, #33 cume 115-125k. 53 stations show above the line in New York City.
LONG ISLAND (21) Pop. 2.55 million. Hispanic 20.4%, Black 10.2%. SEPT/OCT/NOVEMBER 2025
CLUSTERS: Audacy 21.1-22.6-21.9 takes iHeart 18.6-20.7-19.8 by 2.1. Connoisseur 13.6-12.4-12.1. Red Apple 7.4-7.1-8.7. Cox Media Group 9.4-8.2-8.2. Oct/Nov. Change Range: +2.0 / -1.5 *LI Stations:
1-2-1. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk. 6.8-6.2-8.2. +2.0. WABC has top gain & takes LI. #14 cume, 139-141k.
2-1-2. WHTZ iHeart CHR 6.5-7.3-7.3. Steady. NYC CHR still holds on to the #1 Long I. cume 365-447-441k.
3-3-3. WINS-FM Audacy News 6.0-5.9-6.9. +1.0. +1.6 stream=8.5. Good info pacing. #2 cume 364-396-408k.
6-T7-TIE 4: WBLI* Cox CHR 4.5-4.1-4.2. +0.1. Top local LI station in November. Dips #3-5 cume 367-355k.
T7-6-TIE 4: WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.3-4.3-4.2. -0.1. Share place gain with #7-6 cume 327-332-330k.
9-5-TIE 4: WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 4.1-4.7-4.2. -0.5. Just ahead of WBAB by 0.2 on #8 cume 315-317-321k.
T4-4-7. WFAN Audacy Sports 4.9-5.6-4.1. -1.5. +1.7 stream=5.8. Hits into double play. #10-12 cume 254-199k.
T4-T7-TIE 8: WBAB* Cox Classic Rock 4.9-4.1-4.0. -0.1. Former LI leader dips #5-7 cume on 382-347-330k.
T7-11-TIE 8: WALK* Connoisseur Adult Contemporary 4.3-3.4-4.0. +0.6. Rebound #6-3 cume 387-337-375k.
10-9-10. WKJY* Connoisseur A/C 3.9-3.9-3.0. -0.9. Former #1 LI share now rests at a #9 cume, 308-305-273k.
11-10-11. WLTW Audacy Adult Contemporary 3.0-3.5-2.9. -0.6. #1 NYC share and LI #4 cume, 342-356-367k.
T12-13-12. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 2.1-2.2-2.4. +0.2. Only LI Hot A/C. Holds at #11 cume, 203-235-254k.
14-12-13. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 2.0-2.4-2.2. -0.2. Good signal on LI. Quietly holding at #22 cume & 57-61-61k.
15-14-TIE 14: WWWF* Connoisseur Country 1.8-2.1-2.0. -0.1. Lone LI Country format. #13 cume 168-158k.
T12-15-TIE 14: WHLI-AM* Connoisseur Oldies 2.1-1.9-2.0. +0.1. Good gold delivery. #18-16 cume 95-117k.
T16-18-16. WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR 1.6-1.5-1.9. +0.4. #11 NYC share with #10 LI cume 240-222-265k.
T19-T16-17. WFAN Stream Audacy Sports 1.4-1.8-1.9. +0.1. Total LI WFAN = 5.8. Stays #20 cume 59-73-70k.
T17-T16-18. WINS Stream Audacy News 1.5-1.8-1.6. -0.2. Holds at #23 cume 46k. T19-19-19. WWPR iHeart
Urban Contemp. 1.4-1.3-1.2. -0.1. #14-18 cume 155-109k. 4-WAY 20 TIE @ 1.1: WWSK* Connoisseur Rock
Steady. #15 cume, 133-130k; TIE 20: WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical +0.1. No local LI Spanish station. #17 cume
121-111k; TIE 20: WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 1.1, +0.2. #19 cume, 86k; & TIE 20: WSKQ Stream SBS Spanish
Tropical +0.8, #29 cume 17k. 24. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 0.8, +0.2. #21 cume 71-67k. 25. WLIR*
Red Apple Talk 0.6. +0.1. WABC LI #1 Total 8.8. #27 cume 21k. 26. WSUF Sacred Heart Univ. N/T 0.4. #24,
34k. 26. WSHU Sacred Heart Classical 0.3, #25 cume 31k. 3-WAY TIE 28 @ 0.2: WINS-HD2 Modern Alt Rock
#26, 22k; TIE 28: WFBE Family Religious #28, 21k & TIE 28: WHUD Pamal A/C #30, 14k.
PHILADELPHIA (9) Pop. 4.85 million. Black 20.5%, Hispanic 10.6%. SEPT/OCT/NOVEMBER 2025
CLUSTERS: Audacy 29.8-29.6-27.5 by 7.0-3.5 over Beasley 21.6-22.6-24.0 & 8.6 on iHeart 14.8-15.0-15.4.
Urban One 5.5-5.1. Air One 3.9-4.7. WHYY 4.4. Univ. Penn 3.4. Oct/Nov. Change Range: +1.6 / -2.6.
3-3-1. WMMR Beasley Rock 6.3-6.1-7.7. +1.6. Top gain jumps to the top. Up from #5-3 cume, 604-644-727k.
2-2-2. WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 6.8-6.7-7.0. -0.3. Once again, a 1-2 Beasley Punch. #2 cume 815-828-809k
1-1-3. WIP-FMAudacy Sports 8.5-9.2-6.6. -2.6. +2.5 stream=9.1. The big Nov. tumble. #4 cume, 836-969-710k.
6-5-4. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 4.7-5.4-5.4. Flat. November shares are up, cume down. #8 cume 525-575-577k.
4-4-5. WBEB Audacy A/C 5.4-5.6-5.0. -0.6. Was moving up. Still Top 5 with big #1 Philly cume 1.05-1.09 mil.
5-6-6. KYW-AM Audacy News 4.8-4.4-4.9. +0.5. +1.5 stream=6.4 KYW total. Now #10-11 cume 491-511-501k.
9-7-TIE 7: WXTU Beasley Country 4.0-4.3-4.4. +0.1. Staying in the PHA Top 10. Holds #9 cume 557-570-552k.
7-8-TIE 7: WHYY Public News/Talk 4.4-4.1-4.4. +0.3. Solid Top 10 Public Radio gets #15 cume 346-345-355k.
10-10-TIE 7: WVKP (WIQQ NJ) Air Love Contemporary Christian 3.9-3.6-4.4. +0.8. #16 cume 272-280-326k.
12-11-10. WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 3.1-3.4-3.6. +0.2. The big cume doesn’t help. Now #5 cume 636-712-710k.
T7-9-11. WXPN U Penn. Adult Alternative 4.4-3.8-3.3. -0.5. Losing ground for some reason. #21, 293-259-264k.
T14-15-12. WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.8-2.8-3.2. +0.4. Stronger cume than share & moves #8-7 cume, 533-579-614k.
13-16-13. WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 3.0-2.6-3.0. +0.4. Still time to address tune-outs. Cume #6, 613-654-676k.
T14-12-14. WPPZ Urban One R&B Oldies 2.8-3.3-2.9. -0.4. Share dip, cume gain. #20-17 cume, 302-270-294k.
11-14-15. WUSL iHeart Urban Contemporary 3.4-3.1-2.8. -0.3. Dips in both share & cume #13, 438-502-457k.
T14-13-16. WIP Stream Audacy Sports 2.8-3.2-2.5. -0.7. +WIP 6.6=9.1. No joy in Mudville. #23, 194-242-199k.
18-18-17. WRFF iHeart Modern Alternative Rock 2.0-2.1-2.3. +0.2 ‘XPN leads by 1.0. #12 cume 442-486-478k.
17-17-18. WRNB Urban One Contemporary 2.4-2.2-2.2. Flat. Still recovering. Holds #14 cume, 442-385-370k.
T20-T20-19. WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 1.7-1.6-1.8. +0.2. Good PR, small gain. Stays at #26 cume 124-117-97k.
T20-T22-20. WUMR iHeart Spanish CHR 1.7-1.5-1.7. +0.2. Lone Hispanic station. Stays #22 cume, 246-245k.
19-T20-TIE 21: WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 1.9-1.6-1.6. Flat. Strong PHA cume ranks #10 gaining 504-507-538k.
23-19-TIE 21: WPEN Beasley Sports 1.4-1.8-1.6. -0.2. Stiff WIP competition. Cume levels #20, 221-271-270k.
22-T22-TIE 23: WRTI Temple University Classical 1.5-1.5-1.5. Steady. Good non-comm #24 cume 129-144k.
27-TIE 23: KYW-AM Stream Audacy News 0.9-0.9-1.5. +0.6 +KYW 4.9=6.4. #27 cume 49-45k. 25. WPST
Townsquare CHR, 1.2. +0.1 #18 cume, 303-281k. 26. WSTW Forever Hot A/C -1.0. -0.1. #19 cume, 303-276k.
27. WKXW Townsquare Talk 0.9 #25 cume, 136-120k. 28. WPHT-AM Stream Audacy Talk 0.5 #29, 26k. 29.
WYPA Air Love Soft Christian 0.3 #30, 25k. 7 stations tie at #30 @ 0.1. Philadelphia market shows big swings.
WASHINGTON DC (8) Pop. 5.29 million. Black 26.9% Hispanic 18%, SEPT/OCT/NOVEMBER 2025
CLUSTERS: iHeart 18.3-19.6-18.5, 6.2 ahead of Hubbard 12.5-12.2-12.3 & Audacy 12.3-12.7-12.2 by 6.3.
American University 11.5-11.1-11.6. Urban One 8.1-7.9-8.0. Howard University 6.9-6.7-7.0.
Christian 4.8-5.1-4.2. Cumulus 4.1-3.9-4.1. WETA 4.2-4.4-3.7. Oct/Nov. Share Change Range: +0.7 / -0.8.
1-1-1. WTOP/FM Hubbard News 11.5-11.9-12.1. +0.2. Holds steady with excellent info #1 cume 758-812-833k.
2-2-2. WAMU American University News/Talk 11.3-11.0-11.6. +0.6. More often DC #1. #3 cume 583-568-617k.
3-3-3. WHUR Howard University Urban Adult Contemporary 6.9-6.6-7.0. +0.4. Solid. #5 cume 564-552-556k.
4-4-4. WWDC iHeart Modern Alternative Rock 4.7-5.5-5.0. -0.5. Nasty Nov. cume dump. #4-9, 486-558-444k.
5-5-5. WASH-FM iHeart Adult Contemporary 4.6-4.9-4.9. Steady. Same Top 5 DC Stations. #2 cume 801-794k.
7-7-6. WGTS Public Christian Contemporary 3.9-4.1-4.2 +0.1. Keeping the faith with #13 cume 299-309-306k.
8-T8-7. WMAL Cumulus News/Talk 3.7-3.8-4.0. +0.2. Another strong DC news month. #17-16 cume 152-171k.
10-T11-TIE 8: WMMJ Urban One Inspirational Gospel 3.4-3.0-3.7. +0.7 Ties top gain. #11 cume 414-356-354k.
6-6-TIE 8: WETA Public Classical 4.4-4.4-3.7. -0.7. Still Top 10 major classical. Stays #14 cume 257-245-234k
9-14-TIE 10: WPGC Audacy Rhythmic CHR 3.6-2.9-3.0. +0.1. Rebounds to Top 10. #9-8 cume, 431-434-459k
T11-T11-TIE 10: WZMQ iHeart Country 3.0-3.0-3.0. Flat. Moves back into Top 10. #12 cume, 325-315-313k.
T11-T8-TIE 10: WLZL-FM Audacy Spanish Tropical 3.0-3.8-3.0. -0.8. Top DC Hispanic & dip. #15, 222-209k.
T11-T11-13. WIHT iHeart CHR 3.0-3.0-2.9. -0.1. Top DC CHR. Lower shares yet has #4 cume, 562-547-567k.
T11-10-14. WBIG iHeart Classic Rock 3.0-3.2-2.7. -0.5. Leaves the Top 10 and dips to #7 cume, 480-549-467k.
15-15-15. WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 2.6-2.7-2.6. -0.1. Tune-outs are obvious. Holding #6 cume, 516-526-528k.
17-16-16. WKYS Urban One Contemporary 2.0-2.5-2.3. -0.2. Rebound is postponed. #10 cume, 334-368-364k.
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.
3-WAY TIE 18 @ 1.1: WLVW Air Love Christian #19-17 cume 128-151k; TIE 18: WJFK Audacy Sports add
stream 0.6=1.7, #18 cume 131k; TIE 18: WDCN-LP Nueva Spanish CHR +0.7, #22 cume, 80-96k. 21. WPGC
Stream Audacy Rhythmic CHR 0.8 = 3.8 Total WPGC. #34 cume, 23k. 22. WDCH Audacy Business News 0.7
#21 cume 99k. 3-WAY TIE 23 @ 0.6: WFLS Connoisseur (nee Alpha) Country 0.8-0.6, #22-20, 92-106k; TIE
23: WTEM-AM Audacy Sports #32-29 cume, 38-58k; TIE 23: WJFK Stream Audacy Sports #32 cume, 43k.
26. WBOB Chesapeake-Portsmouth Hot A/C 0.4. #26, 68k. 3-WAY TIE 27 @ 0.3: WERQ Urban One Contemp.
#24 cume, 86k; TIE 27: WAFY Manning Hot A/C #27 cume, 63k; & TIE 27: WIAD-HD2 Audacy Hot A/C 0.3
#34 cume. 25k. 7 Washington DC market stations tie at #30 @ 0.2.
BALTIMORE (23) Pop. 2.47 million. Black 30.9%. Hispanic 8.1%, SEPT/OCT/NOVEMBER 2025
CLUSTERS: Urban One 19.2-17.5-17.5 over Audacy 14.2-16.1-14.6 by 2.9 & iHeart 12.6-11.7-13.6 by 3.9.
Hearst 9.3-9.4-9.3. YPR Public 4.4-5.0-7.6. Times-Shamrock 2.8-2.5. Oct/Nov. Change Range: +2.0 / -1.6
1-1-1. WWIN Urban One Urban A/C 9.4-8.6-8.4. -0.2. Still has a big 1.7 market lead. #4 cume 328-302-321k.
2-2-2. WERQ Urban One Urban Contemporary 7.7-7.0-6.7. -0.3. Hanging in; steady #2 cume 395-374-350k.
5-6-3. WPOC iHeart Country 5.6-5.2-5.0. -0.2. Crab Country claws back into the Top 5. #7 cume 249-221-217k.
3-3-4. WIYY Hearst Rock 5.9-5.9-5.8. -0.1. Leading WQSR by 1.1 & WZBA by 3.3. #6 cume 286-276-268k.
4-5-5. WLIF Audacy Adult Contemp. 5.3-5.4-5.2. -0.2. On-going record as Baltimore’s #1 cume, 429-417-403k.
T7-7-TIE 6: WJZ-FM Audacy Sports 4.5-4.4-4.8 +0.3. Top 10, good franchise. Cume stays #11, 149-147-144k.
T13-T11-TIE 6: WYPR Public News/Talk 2.2-2.8-4.8. +2.0: Top November Gain! #12-13 cume, 126-127-133k.
6-8-8. WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 4.7-4.1-4.7 +0.6. Strong cume but lower shares = TSL. #3 cume, 329-309-349k.
9-4-9. WWMX Audacy Hot Adult Contemporary 4.0-5.6-4.0. -1.6. Gave up Oct gain. #5 cume, 258-280-275k.
T10-10-10. WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 3.4-3.5-3.5. Holding. Regional potential. #14 cume, 126-120-117k.
T7-9-11. WRBS Contemporary Christian 4.5-3.6-3.1. -0.5. Rosary roller coaster cume stays #10, 194-170-160k.
13-13-12. WTMD ‘YPR Public Adult Alternative 2.2-2.2-2.8. +0.6. Cume holding at #15 cume, 110-96-107k.
T10-T11-13. WZBA Times Shamrock Classic Rock 3.4-2.8-2.5. -0.3. Still stalled. Stays #8 cume 248-213-217k.
15-14-14. WZFT iHeart CHR 2.1-2.0-2.0. Flat. Needs TSL conversion from stronger #9 cume, 191-196-190k.
T17-T15-15. WKYS DC Urban One Contemporary 1.3-1.4-1.5. +0.1. Big NBC signal. #12 cume, 128-113-135k.
T19-18-TIE 16: WBJC Public Classical 0.9-1.3-1.2. -0.4. Keep those real oldies familiar. #16 cume 69-85-87k.
T17-T15-TIE 16: WTOP-FM Hubbard DC News 1.3-1.4-1.2. -0.2. Big signal is DC #1. #17 cume, 79-86-84k.
16-T15-18. WGTS Atlantic Gateway DC Contemporary Christian 1.4-1.4-1.1. -0.3. Strong DC signal #19, 60k.
T19-19-19. WDCH DC Audacy Bloomberg Business News 0.9-1.0-1.0. Holds. Nov #22-20 cume gain 44-58k.
20. WMMJ Urban One A/C #20 cume 0.8. +0.4 #21 cume, 50-54k. 21. WEAA Stream Public Jazz 0.7, +0.2,
+0.1 stream=0.8. #18 cume, 74k. 22. WCAO-AM iHeart Ins Gospel 0.6, #23, 33-25k. 23. WLIF-HD2 Audacy
Inspirational Gospel 0.3, #22 cume 27k. 24. WLIF-HD3 Audacy Oldies 0.2, TIE 27 cume, 6.1k. 4-WAY TIE
25 @ 0.1: WEAA Stream #24, 10k; TIE 25: WJZ-AM Audacy Sports #25. 9k; TIE 25: WFOA-AM Max
Media Spanish Variety, #26 cume 8k & TIE 25 WPRS Urban One Insp. Gospel T27 cume, 6.1k
PROVIDENCE (45) Pop. 1.5 mil. Hispanic 15.1%, Black 8.3%. SEPT/OCT/NOVEMBER 2025
CLUSTER SHARES: Cumulus 21.7-22.9-24.2. iHeart 21.7-18.5-19.0. Hall Communications 11.3-11.5-10.2
Air Love 3.0-3.4. WGBH 3.0. RI Public Radio 2.1. Red Wolf 1.4. Oct/Nov. Share Change +0.8 / -1.0
2-2-1. WWLI Cumulus A/C, 8.4-9.3-9.3. Sits. Wins by a hair. Lite repeats #1 cume lead by 61k, 405-400-394k.
1-1-2. WCTK Hall Country 10.4-10.0-9.2. -0.8. Close at the top; Hall Comm stays hot! #4 cume. 310-292-270k.
5-3-3. WPRO/FM Cumulus CHR 7.1-6.6-7.4. +0.8. Heritage Top 40 has Nov. Top gain. #2 cume 355-318-333k.
3-4-4. WHJY iHeart Classic Rock 7.8-6.5-6.4. 0.1. The former #1 content to be Top 5. #5 cume, 262-225-225k.
4-5-5. WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 7.3-6.1-6.3. +0.2. Classic Hits is now a close 4th. #6 cume 241-219-213k.
7-6-6. WPRO-AM Cumulus Talk 4.6-5.3-5.5. +0.2. Essential AM Talk/Info service. Up #9-8 cume, 87-98-107k.
6-7-7. WSNE iHeart Hot A/C 5.4-5.0-5.2. +0.2. WSNE has yet to crack the Top 5. Has #3 cume 315-322-317k.
9-10-8. WLVO (WBRU) Air Love Contemporary Chrisitan. 2.9-2.9-3.2. +0.3. Gains #8-7 cume, 112-105-110k.
8-8-9. WVEI/FM Audacy Sports 3.9-4.1-3.1. -1.0. Big Nov. Dip Without the Red Sox. #7-9 cume 118-123-100k.
10-9-10. WGBH-FM ‘GBH Boston Public News/Talk 2.8-3.0-2.9. -0.1. Big 100kw signal. #11 cume 60-67-70k.
11-11-11. WNPN Rhode Island Public News/Talk 1.9-2.3-2.1. -0.2. Local RI Non-comm. #12 cume 52-56-57k.
12-12-12. WWKX Cumulus Classic Rock 1.6-1.7-2.0. +0.3. Slight gain from format change. #10 cume, 93-96k.
13-T14-13. WHJJ-AM iHeart Talk 1.2-0.9-1.1. +0.2. Vote AM service to become law. Stays #16 cume 32-35k.
T14-13-14. WNBH-AM Hall Classic Hits 0.9-1.5-1.0. -0.5. Playing Oldies is a digital fit. #13 cume 39-43-46k.
T14-T14-15. WKKB Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 0.9-0.9-0.8. -0.1. The lone Hispanic format. #15 cume 52-47k.
17-16-TIE 16 @ 0.6: WSKP-AM Red Wolf Oldies #17 cume 16k. 16-17-TIE 16: WELH Rock Wheeler School
#15 cume, 34-41k. TIE 18 @ 0.4: WDOM Providence College Variety #18 cume 17k & TIE 18: WJMF Bryant
Univ. Classical #19, 17k. 20. WTKL Air Love Christian 0.2 #20, 10k. 21. WCRB ‘GBH Public Classical 0.1.
HARTFORD (57) Pop. 1.114 million. Hispanic 17.2%, Black 13.0%. SEPT/OCT/NOVEMBER 2025
CLUSTER SHARES: Audacy 28.3-27.9-29.0 takes iHeart 25.2-25.9-25.1 by 3.9. Red Wolf 17.8-18.6-17.4.
Connecticut Public 6.2-5.5-5.1. Hartford October/November Share Change Range: +0.8 / – 0.7
1-1.1. WRCH Audacy Soft A/C 11.4-10.4-10.7. +0.3 with a 2.2 share lead. Always the #1 cume 309-297-283k.
3-2-2. WDRC/FM Red Wolf Classic Rock. 9.0-9.2-8.5. -0.7. Impressive #2. Settles at #6 cume 164-186-169k.
2-3-3. WWYZ iHeart Country 9.5-8.6-8.4. -0.2. Iconic CT Country is a close #3. Up to #5 cume, 182-165-170k.
4-T4-4: WZMX Audacy Rhythmic CHR 6.9-6.9-7.1. +0.2. Top 5 Contender. Cume dip goes #6-7 178-192-164k.
8-6-TIE 5: WTIC/FM Audacy Hot A/C 6.2-6.3-6.4. +0.1. Still solid with a significant #2 cume 234-245-212k.
8-7-TIE 5: WKSS iHeart CHR 5.2-6.0-6.4. +0.4. Back into the Htfd Top 5 with a strong #3 cume 201-192-198k.
5-T4-7. WHCN iHeart Classics Hits 6.5-6.9-6.2. -0.7. Missing its great history mojo. #4 cume. 178-192-188k.
7-8-8. WNPR Connecticut Public News/Talk. 6.2-5.5-5.1. -0.4. Clearly showing slippage. #10 cume, 74-79-85k.
9-10-9. WTIC-AM Audacy News/Talk 3.4-3.9-4.2. +0.3. When the 50kw wakes up, look out. #11 cume 61-27k.
10-9-10. WMRQ Red Wolf Modern Alt. Rock 3.2-4.8-3.3. -1.5. Big November dump. Now #8 cume 95-98-120k.
12-14-11. WBOM-AM Red Wolf Urban Adult Contemporary 2.2-1.9-2.7. +0.8. Top gain. #14-13 cume 49-52k.
13-T11-12. WKCI iHeart New Haven CHR 2.1-2.3-2.4 +0.1. Competitive CHR market. Stays #9 cume 96-97k.
11-T11-13. WMRQ-HD2 Red Wolf Spanish Tropical, 3.0-2.3-1.8. -0.5. Strong HD2 dips. #14 cume 59-55-48k.
14-13-14. WUCS iHeart Sports 1.9-2.1-1.5. -0.6. #15 cume 50-36k. 15-15-15. WCCC Air Love Christian 1.3-1.1-1.3. +0.2, #12, 49-55k. TIE 16 @ 0.9: WRYM-AM Trignition Spanish Tropical #17, 17k & TIE 16: WDRC-
AM Red Wolf Talk #17, 17k. 18. WTIC-AM Stream Audacy N/T 0.4, #21, 4k. 3-WAY TIE 19 @ 0.2: WNTY-
AM Red Wolf Oldies #14, 18k; WPOP-AM Audacy N/T #19, 8k; TIE 19: WTIC-FM Stream Hot A/C #20, 7k.
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