CLARK SMIDT, Advisor / Connector www.broadcastideas.com 978 502 6633 clarkfsmidt@gmail.com 60 years of Broadcasting
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BOSTON (10) Population 4.543 mil. Hispanic 13.0%. Black 8.7%. AUGUST / SEPT / OCTOBER CLUSTERS: Heart 23.1-22.7-23.0 leads Audacy 19.4-19.1-20.1 by 2.1 & Beasley 15.7-16.4-17.2 by 5.8. WGBH/WCRB 8.8-8.5-8.1. #1 WBUR 7.9-6.8-6.1. SEPT / OCT ’26 Share Change Range: +1.1 / -0.7*
2-2-1. WXKS/FM iHeart CHR 6.3-6.5-6.5. Kiss is back on Top and it’s been a while. #2 cume 727-689-676k. 1-1-2. WBUR Boston University News/Talk 7.9-6.8-6.1. -0.7.* Another dip brings #2. #12 cume 261-301-297k. 3-6-TIE 3: WMJX Audacy A/C 6.0-5.1-5.8. +0.7. Waiting to start the holiday magic. #1 cume 822-760-797k. 5-3-TIE 3: WROR Beasley Classic Hits 5.5-5.7-5.8 tops the BBGI Boston cluster. #3 cume 667-641-618k. T10-T9-5. WBZ/FM Beasley Sports 4.1-4.3-5.4. +1.1* Top gain. Winter sports start up. #6 cume 351-370-518k. T10-T9-6. WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 4.1-4.3-5.2. +0.9. Very good or the others are bad. #4 cume 526-514-521k. 6-7-7. WBMX Audacy Hot A/C 5.0-4.8-5.1. +0.3. Both share & cume stay below 5. #6-7 cume 519-506-508k. 4-4-8. WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 5.6-5.5-4.8. -0.7* Lone Hub rocker sheds audience #4-5 cume 593-538-519k. 7-5-9. WCRB ‘GBH Classical 4.5-5.2-4.6. -0.6. Still playing well in the Hub Top 10. #17 cume 210-219-203k. 8-8-TIE 10: WEEI/FM Audacy Sports 4.3-4.7-4.0. -0.7* Red Sox wait ‘til next year. #9-11 cume 363-347-317k. 9-11-TIE 10: WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative 4.2-3.6-4.0. +0.4. Unique playlist. #11 cume 393-326-374k. 12-13-12. WGBH ‘GBH News/Talk 3.2-3.2-3.5. +0.3. ‘CRB ahead 1.1. WBUR leads by 2.6. #15, 220-230-248k. T13-12-TIE 13: WKLB Beasley Country 3.1-3.4-3.2. -0.2. Doubles WBWL 1.6 share. #10 cume 321-331-323k. T13-14-TIE 13: WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk 3.1-2.9-3.2. +0.3. More audience there? #14 cume 282-243-252k. 16-16-15. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 2.6-2.5-3.0. +0.5. October shares & TSL gain. #19-20 cume, 114-114-106k. 15-15-16. WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 2.7-2.7-2.5. -0.2. Big FM doesn’t seem to grow. #7-8 cume on 454-430-433k. 18-18-17. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 1.9-1.9-2.4. +0.5. Nicely competitive! #18, 163-174-169k. 17-17-18. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 2.3-2.2-2.2. The billing must be good. Holds #13 cume 327-293-290k. 19-19-19. WBWL iHeart Country 1.6-1.8-1.6. -0.2. Country format total: 5.2-4.8 share. #17 cume 220-224-199k. 21-20-TIE 20: WBOS Bloomberg Business 1.1-1.6-1.5. +0.5. Stocks a respectable #19 cume, 100-120k; Ties 20-21-TIE 20: WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical 1.2-0.8-1.5. +0.7. Gain from 13% Hispanic pop. #18, 148-130-124k. Under One: 22-22. WKVB (WAAF) K-Love Christian 0.7-0.5-0.4. #22, 59-60k. 24-23. WRCA-AM Beasley Classic Rock 0.3, #22 cume 58-60k. TIE 24 @ 0.2: WXKS-AM iHeart Talk #23, 31k & TIE 24 WNKC K-Love #24, 26k. 0.0: WBMX-HD2 Audacy Rock; WCAI ‘GBH N/T & WJMN-HD2 iHeart N/T.
NEW YORK (1) Pop. 16.93 million. Hispanic 26.2%. Black 16.4%. AUGUST / SEPT / OCTOBER 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 25.5-26.0-25.6 leads Audacy again 23.7-23.7-24.1 by 1.5. Spanish Broadcasting 6.5-6.6-7.6. MediaCo. 7.4-7.3-7.0. WNYC Public 5.7-6.3-5.8. Red Apple 4.7-3.3-3.7. 12 NYC FMs Top 1 million cume. SEPT / OCTOBER Share Change Range: +1.5 / -0.7
T1-1-1. WINS-FM Audacy News 7.3-6.8-7.7. +0.9. Give Us 22 minutes! Keeps #8 cume, 1.6-1.56-1.69 mil. T1-2-2. WLTW iHeart A/C 7.3-6.7-7.2. +0.5. Waiting for Holidays. #1 cume 3.74-3.71-3.62m; 1+ million lead.
4-3-3. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.4-5.8-5.8. +0.4. NYC Top 5 Classic Hits. #2 cume 2.5-2.54-2.72 mil. 12-10-4. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 3.2-3.8-5.3. +1.5. Big jump. #1 Top 5 Hispanic. #7 cume 1.53-1.6-1.73million.
3-4-TIE 5: WHTZ iHeart CHR 5.6-5.4-5.2. -0.2. Only NYC CHR hangs on to the #3 cume 2.34-2.37-2.31 mil. 5-5-TIE 5: WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 4.8-5.3-5.2. Top Classic Rock keeps the NY #6 cume 1.79-1.87-1.89 mil. 7-6-7. WBLS MediaCo. Urban A/C 4.4-5.0-4.9. Maintaining. 2.0 over WWPR. Steady #9 cume, 1.35-1.4 mil. 9-8-8. WFAN Audacy Sports 3.9-4.3-4.7. +0.4. Another gain. Top sports in NYC. #12 cume, 917k-1.05-1.04m. 6-7-9. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 4.5-4.5-4.2. -0.3. Stays in Top 10. Protects a #5 cume 2.12-2.2-2.1 million. T10-11-10. WNYC/FM Public News/Talk 3.8-3.7-4.0. +0.3. Back in NYC Top 10. #18-17 cume, 573-552-633k. T10-9-11. WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR. 3.8-4.0-3.7. -0.3. Lower share with a big #4 cume 2.35-2.38-2.21 mil. 8-T12-12. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 4.1-3.1-3.4. +0.3. #1 NYC Talk & AM strong. #20 cume 407-380-367k. 14-T12-13. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 2.7-3.1-2.9. -0.2. Levels off at #10 cume 1.06-1.32-1.19 million.
13-15-14. WQHT MediaCo. Rhythmic-CHR 3.0-2.3-2.1. -0.2. Two dips in a row. #11 cume 1.22-1.16-1.06 mil. 15-16-15. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.4-2.1-2.0. 2nd NYC Hispanic; Format totals 10.4-11.2. #16, 856-866-757k. 17-14-16. WQXR-FM WNYC Public Classical 1.8-2.5-1.8. -0.7. Share dip, cume gain #22-19, 341-323-384k. 19-T17-17. WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 1.6-1.8-1.7. Share & audience steady #14 cume, 814-867-835k. 16-T17-TIE 18: WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.9-1.8-1.5. -0.3. Started to grow. #13 cume, 927-924-884k. 18-19-TIE 18: WEPN Emmis Bilingual A/C 1.7-1.6-1.5. -0.1. Language mix. Keeps #15 cume 781-829-768k. 20-20-20. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.3-1.5-1.4. -0.1. Trails WABC 2.8-1.6-2.0. Stays at #22 cume 260-309-307k. 17-20-21 WPLJ K-Love Contemporary Christian 1.5-1.4-1.1. -0.3. Dipping down again #18 cume 537-571-400k. Under One: TIE 22 @ 0.8: WHSQ-AM (880) Good Karma Sports, #21 cume 409-358k; WKXW Townsquare Talk #23 cume, 288-284k & WKMK Press Country #29, 228-179k. TIE 25 @ 0.6: WHUD Pamal A/C #21, 324k & WFUV Fordham University Adult Alternative #24 cume 324-279k. TIE 27 @ 0.5: WBGO Jazz #25 cume 245k & WMGQ Beasley A/C #26, 242k. TIE 29 @ 0.4: WDHA Beasley Rock #27 cume 184k; WAWZ Pillar Christian #31, 175-138k & WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business News #37-34 cume, 95-103k. 7-WAY TIE @ 0.3: WWZY Press Classic Rock #28 cume; WXPK Pamal Adult Alternative #30; WNUV Hope Spanish #33; WARW K-Love Christian #32; WFDU Fairleigh Dickenson Oldies #25; WPAT Stream SBS Spanish A/C #47 & WLIR Red Apple Talk #49 cume, 27k. TIE 39 @ 0.2: WHBK-HD2 Audacy Country & WBGO Stream Jazz.
LONG ISLAND, NY (21) Pop. 2.55 mil. Hispanic 20.4%. Black 10.2%. AUGUST / SEPT / OCTOBER 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 22.8-23.0-22.9 tops iHeart 19.7-19.4-18.4 by 4.5. Connoisseur 13.4-12.7-13.3. Cox Media 9.7-9.4-10.1. Red Apple 5.6-4.7-5.1. SEPT / OCT Change Range: + 0.6 /- 0.8 * LI Stations NYC station shares 49.6. Long Island stations 23.8.
1-1-1. WINS-FM Audacy News 8.1-7.8-7.7. Stays Powerful. Leads by 1.3. Holds LI #2 cume 346-365-365k. 3-3-2. WFAN Audacy Sports 6.5-5.8-6.4. +0.6. All the good sports lifts all listeners. #12-9 cume. 189-216-253k. 2-2-TIE 3: WHTZ iHeart CHR 6.6-6.1-5.4 -0.7. More slip. NYC & LI CHRs are tied. #3 cume 353-377-334k. 6-T4-TIE 3: WBLI* Cox CHR 4.8-5.0-5.4. +0.4. Top LI station. Share = WHTZ. Holds #7 cume 313-302-313k. 5-T4-TIE 5: WALK* Connoisseur Adult Contemporary 5.0-5.0-4.7. -0.3. Big Jump: #4-1 cume 361-345-359k. 4-6-TIE 5: WABC-AM Red Apple Talk. 5.4-4.6-4.7. +0.1. Adds LI signals; again Top 5. #20-18 cume, 97-93k. 7-T7-TIE 5: WBAB* Cox Classic Rock 4.7-4.4-4.7 +0.3. LI’s #3 station was once #1. #4 cume, 318-322-331k. 9-9-8. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 3.9-3.8-4.3. +0.5. NYC #3 share, #2 cume dips to #6 LI, 307-350-315k. 11-T7-9. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 3.3-4.4-3.8. -0.6. Top Sept gain, Oct share dip. #10 cume 219-240-252k. 10-10-10. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 3.4-3.3-3.7. NYC Top Rock stays in LI Top 10 at #8 cume 290-272-299k. 8-11-11. WLTW Audacy Adult Contemporary 4.2-3.1-3.6. +0.5. Waiting for Holidays. #5 cume 358-322-326k. T12-T13-12. WKJY* Connoisseur A/C 2.6-2.5-2.9. +0.4. #11 cume 248-223-237k. T12-12-13. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 2.6-2.6-2.7. #21 cume, 67-73-73k. Connoisseur has next two: 15-15-14. WWWF* Country 2.1-2.1- 2.4. +0.3 on exclusive Country format. Stays #13 cume 158k. T12-16-15. WHLI-AM* Oldies 2.6-1.9-2.0. #19 cume 102-98-92k. 16-T13-16. WKTU iHeart Rhythmic CHR 1.9-2.5-1.7. -0.8. Top dip. #9-12 cume, 239-262-232k. 18-TIE 17. WWSK* Connoisseur Rock 1.1-1.2-1.3. #14 cume 131-146k & 17-TIE 17: WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 1.0-1.8-1.3, -0.5. #15 cume, 118k-107. 18-19. WSKQ Spanish Tropical 1.1-1.2-1.2. #16 cume, 106k. T21-20. WPAT Spanish A/C 1.1 steady. #22, 71k. T18-21. WHSQ-AM (880) Good Karma Sports, #20 cume, 119-74k. Under One: T21-22. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 0.7, #17 cume 106-96k. T25-23. WLIR* Red Apple Talk 0.1-0.4 #26-23 cume 8-17k. T23-24. WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business 0.2, #24, 12k add T23-25. WBBR Stream 0.1, #26, 2k.
PHILADELPHIA (9) Pop. 4.85 mil. Black 20.5%, Hispanic 10.6%. AUG / SEPT / OCT 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 25.6-25.0-30.5 retakes Beasley 24.1-26.9-24.4 by 1.9 & iHeart 18.0-17.6-17.2 by 13.3. Urban One 7.8-7.2-5.8. WHYY 3.6-3.0-3.2. U PENN 2.8. K-Love 2.6. SEPT/OCT Range: +2.7 / -2.0.
3-2-1. WIP-FM Audacy Sports 7.4-7.6-10.3. +2.7. Top Gain Home Run Score. #5-3-2 cume 693-766-960k. T5-1-2. WMMR Beasley Rock. 5.5-10.2-8.2. -2.0. Retains most of the Sept gain. Stays #6 cume, 607-646-608k. T5-5-3. WBEB Audacy A/C 5.5-5.5-7.9. +2.4. Pre-Holiday Big Jump. Consistently #1 cume, 1.08-1.08-1.11mil. T1-3-4. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 7.8-7.4-7.1. -0.3. Slips in the monthly shake up. Still #7 cume 621-580-593k.
T1-4-5. WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 7.8-6.9-6.9. Steady share but loss in audience #2-4 cume 818-754-752k. 4-6-6. KYW-AM Audacy News 5.6-5.1-5.4. +0.3. Stays below Top 5 with a continued #8 cume 493-518-556k.
7-7-TIE 7: WXTU Beasley Country 5.4-4.7-4.1. -0.6. Country dips but stays Top 10. #11 cume 436-455-446k. T10-9-TIE 7: WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 4.2-4.1-4.1. Steady share, but TSL watch on #3 cume 748-801-754k.
T10-T10-9. WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 4.2-3.9-3.8. -0.1. Another TSL problem with big #5 cume 697-687-697k. T8-8-10. WRNB Urban One Contemporary 4.4-4.3-3.7. -0.6. Takes October hit. Stays #14 cume 358-372-374k.
T8-T10-11. WUSL iHeart Urban Contemporary 4.4-3.9-3.5 -0.4. Shares & cume down. #11-13, 430-465-401k. 12-14-12. WHYY Public News/Talk 3.6-3.0-3.2. +0.2. PHA Public gets small lift. #16-15 cume, 302-249-292k.
15-16-TIE 13: WRFF iHeart Modern Alternative Rock 2.6-2.8-2.8. Holds & ties WXPN. #12, 488-437-422k. 16-T12-TIE 13: WXPN Univ Penn. Adult Alt. 2.5-3.1-2.8. -0.3. A Great battle. #18 cume 243-226-247k. 14-15-15. WVKP K-Love Contemporary Christian. 3.0-2.9-2.6. -0.3. Wrong way. #17-22 cume, 234-237-206k. T17-17-16. WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.0-2.3-2.5. +0.2. Slight gain. Top CHR slips with #8-9-10 cume 498-498-491k. 13-T12-17. WPPZ Urban One R&B Classics 3.4-3.1-2.1. -1.0. Fair sized October drop. #16 cume 277-309-285k. T17-18-18. WCUS Audacy Country (was WTDY) 2.0-2.0-2.0. Flat. Cume rank holds at #9, gains 497-487-532k. 22-19. WRTI Temple University Classical 0.8-1.1-1.5. +0.4. Nice lift. #23 cume, 82-98-137k. 20-20. WPEN
Beasley Sports 1.2-1.2-1.4. +0.2. #22-19 cume 200-242k. T20-21. WUMR iHeart Lone Hispanic Spanish CHR 1.1-1.2-1.3 #179 cume, 193-220-263k. 19-22. WKXW Townsquare Talk 1.4-1.4-1.2. #23-24 cume, repeats 106k.
T23-23. WPST Townsquare CHR 1.0-0.9-1.1. +0.2. #20-21, 219-218k. Under One: 24. WSTW Draper Media Hot A/C #20, 207-237k. 25. WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 0.8 #25 cume 69k. 26. WSJO Townsquare Hot A/C 0.2
#26, 51k. 27. WXCY Draper Country 0.1. #27 cume, 22k. TIED 0.0: Townsquare WFPG A/C & WKXW Stream Talk; WTEL-AM iHeart Talk & WYPA K-Love Soft Christian. Philadelphia is an interesting market.
WASHINGTON DC (8) Pop. 5.29 million. Black 26.9% Hispanic 18%. AUGUST / SEPT / OCTOBER 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 20.6-20.4-19.6. American University 11.8-11.9-12.6. Audacy 12.1-11.4-12.5. Hubbard 10.0-9.8-10.4. Urban One 6.2-7.1-10.1. Howard Univ. 6.3-6.9-5.8. WGTS Atlantic 3.6-4.1-3.8. WETA Public 3.3-3.0-3.3. K-Love 2.8-2.3-1.6. SEPT / OCT Share Change Range: +1.4 / -1.0.
1-1-1. WAMU American University News/Talk 11.7-11.9-12.6. +0.7. Consistent #1. #4 cume 552-552-543k. 2-2-2. WTOP/FM Hubbard News 9.8-9.7-10.3. +0.6. Renowned Top biller 2.3 behind AMU. #2 cume 717-752k. 3-3-3. WHUR Howard Univ. Urban Adult Contemp. 6.1-6.7-5.8. -0.9. October dip. #8-5-8 cume, 439-484-451k. 4-5-4. WASH-FM iHeart Adult Contemp. 5.6-4.9-5.4. +0.5. Sustains the usual top #1 cume, 823-779-772k.
5-4-5. WWDC iHeart Modern Alt. Rock 5.3-5.9-5.3. -0.6. Impressive Top 5 Alt Rock. #6 cume 504-483-479k. 14-11-6. WMMJ Urban One Urban A/C 2.5-2.8-4.2. +1.4. Top Oct. Share Gain. Stays #11 cume 285-308-322k. 7-T6-7. WGTS Atlantic Christian Contemporary 3.6-4.1-3.8. -0.3. Prayers can also slip. #13 cume 290-297-290k. 6-T6-8. WBIG iHeart Classic Rock 4.6-4.1-3.6. -0.5. Another share dip but gains on #7-5 cume, 551-466-521k. T10-9-9. WPGC Audacy Rhythmic CHR 3.0-3.3-3.5. +0.2. Top DC CHR takes WIHT by 0.3. #9, 404-415-418k. 11-T13-TIE 10: WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 3.0-2.6-3.3. +0.7. Shares up & keeps a big #3 cume 559-553-613k. T8-10-TIE 10: WETA Public Classical 3.3-3.0-3.3. +0.3. DC Classical stays in Top 10. #12 cume 269-287-294k. T8-8-12. WIHT iHeart CHR 3.3-3.5-3.2. -0.3. 2nd DC CHR is having some struggles. #8-7 cume 465-454-463k. 13-T15-13. WJFK Audacy Sports 2.6-2.0-3.0. +1.0. Solid clutch hit for October. #15-16 cume, 159-176-177k.
15-12-14. WKYS Urban One Contemporary 2.3-2.7-2.7. Staying flat in share & audience at #10, 312-283-324k. 17-17-15. WZMQ iHeart Country 1.7-1.9-2.1. +0.2. DC is one tough country market. #14 cume 243-239-255k. 12-13-16. WLZL-FM Audacy Spanish Tropical 2.8-2.6-1.9. -0.7. Top DC Hispanic. #17-15 cume 211-169-182k. 18-18-17. WPRS Urban One Inspirational Gospel 1.4-1.7-1.7. Holds. Many religious formats. #19, 95-93-133k. DNS-19-18. WLNO Urban One Spanish CHR. 0.0-1.5-1.5. New Entry. #20 cume 107k. 17-T15-TIE 19: WLVW K-Love Christian 1.9-2.0-1.0. -1.0. #16-17 cume, 176-159k & 22-19-19. WBQB Chesapeake Hot A/C 0.8-1.0-1.0. #18 cume, 141-138-126k. Under One: WPFW Pacifica News/Talk 0.8, #22 cume, 86k. 22. WTEM-AM Audacy Sports 0.7, #28 cume, 38-58k. T26-23. WAIW K-Love Contemporary Christian #25 cume, 37-69k. T24-TIE 24: WAFY Manning Hot A/C 0.5, #25, 54-69k & T24-TIE 24 WRBS Bright Christian 0.5 #24 cume,
44-82k. 3-WAY TIE 26 @ 0.4: WWEG Manning Classic Hits #23, 85k; WFLS Connoisseur Country #21-26, 78-67k & WDCH Bloomberg #27, 54-60k. TIE 29 @ 0.2: WCSP C-Span Talk #29, 47k & WFAX-AM Costa Spanish #30, 22k. TIE 31 @ 0.1: WIAD-HD2 Audacy Hot A/C #31, 20k; WSHE-AM Hubbard Adult Alternative #31, 20k & WPWC-AM WASP Productions Spanish Regional #37, 6k.
BALTIMORE (23) Pop. 2.47mil. Black 30.9%. Hispanic 8.1%. AUG / SEPT / OCT 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 20.8-18.1-19.3 wins over Audacy 15.6-15.6-16.2 by 3.1. YPR Public 8.2-7.8-9.3. Hearst 7.3-7.7-7.5. Urban One 4.9-5.7-6.6. Bright Christian 4.0-3.3-3.8. SEPT / OCT Share Change Range: +0.9 / -1.0
1-1-1. WWIN iHeart Urban One Urban A/C 8.9-8.6-8.5. -0.1. Slim lead. Continues #2 cume 299-332-296k. 2-2-2. WLIF Audacy Adult Contemp. 7.5-7.1-7.7. +0.6. Stronger. #1 cume wins by 160k: 446-452-456k. 5-3-3. WERQ Urban One Urban Contemporary 4.9-5.7-6.6. +0.9. #2 Urban gains; ups #5-3 cume 276-298-292k. T3-4-4. WYPR Public News/Talk 5.3-5.1-5.9. +0.8. NPR boasts Top 5. #10 cume 138-164-153k. 6-5-TIE 5: WIYY Hearst Rock 4.4-4.9-4.7. -0.2. Market’s Top Rock. Leads WQSR 0.6. #5 cume 270-312-238k. T3-7-TIE 5: WPOC iHeart Country 5.3-4.5-4.7 +0.2. Country ties up for the Top 5. #6-7 cume 220-238-189k. T7-6-7. WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 4.2-4.6-4.1. -0.5. Baltimore rock battle is under way. #4 cume, 299-314-270k. 10-9-8. WJZ-FM Audacy Sports 3.5-3.7-4.0. +0.3. Moves up in the Raven Top 10 with #11 cume, 143-136-148k. T7-8-9. WWMX Audacy Hot Adult Contemporary 4.2-4.2-3.9. -0.3. Concerns since summer. #6 cume 224-232k. 9-10-10. WRBS Bright Contemporary Christian 4.0-3.3-3.8 +0.5. Multiple religious formats. #8, 162-154-169k. 11-11-11. WHUR Howard Univ. Urban Adult Contemporary 3.4-3.4-3.6. +0.2. 3rd in the format. #12 cume 141k. T11-12-12. WTMD WYPR Public Adult Alternative 2.9-2.7-3.4. +0.7. Slight cume loss #12-13, 112-110-109k. T11-11-13. WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 2.9-2.8-2.8. Holds. Strong TV / News support, #16 cume 98-98-90k. T14-14-14. WTOP-FM Hubbard News 1.6-1.5-2.1. +0.6. Big DC signal. #15 cume, 96-91k. T14-15-15. WBJC Public Classical 1.6-1.4-1.8, +0.4. A nice, good music showing. #14 cume, 93-105k. 13-13-16. WZFT iHeart CHR 2.3-2.2-2.5. +0.3. Some improvement. Needs TSL. #9 cume, 189-205-168k. Under One: 17. WDCH Bloomberg Business 0.8-0.9-0.8 #18 cume, 60-64k. TIE 18 @ 0.7: WEAA Public Jazz #17, 60-65k & WGTS Christian #16-19 cume, 63-44k. 3-WAY TIE 20 @ 0.5: WLIF-HD2 Audacy Inspirational Gospel #20, 45-27k; WCAO-AM iHeart Inspirational Gospel #21 cume, 33-20k & WYRE-AM Cortona Media Adult Alternative #22, 20k. 23. WEAA Stream Public Jazz 0.2. #23, 20-8k. 24. WLIF-HD3 Audacy Oldies 0.1, #24 cume, 3k.
PROVIDENCE (45) Pop. 1.5 mil. Hispanic 15.1 %. Black 8.3%. AUGUST / SEPT / OCTOBER 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 21.7-20.8-18.9. Red Wolf 12.6-12.6-13.5. GBH 3.7-4.1-4.5. K-Love 2.9-2.9-2.4. Ocean State Public 0.1-1.8-1.8. SEPT / OCT. Range: +1.4 / -1.7. Incomplete without Cumulus.
1-1-1. WCTK Red Wolf Country 9.4-9.6-11.0. +1.4. Great run on top; 3.8 lead. #3-2 cume, 270-278-264k. 4-3-2. WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 6.8-6.9-7.2. +0.3. Climbs to runner-up. Holding at #4 cume 224-238-232k. 2-2-3. WHJY Classic Rock. 7.4-7.1-6.5. -0.6. Share drops a notch. Former #1 has the #3 cume 274-278-233k. 3-4-4. WSNE iHeart Hot A/C 7.0-6.4-4.7. -1.7. Top drop. Still Top 5 and still holds the #1 cume 286-300-291k. 5-5-5. WGBH ‘GBH Boston Public News/Talk 3.6-3.8-4.2 +0.4. Weak local competition. #5 cume, 72-76-80k. 6-6-6. WLVO K-Love Contemporary Chrisitan. 2.7-2.5-2.2. -0.3. Slip slipping downward. #6 cume, 82-83-77. 7-T7-7. WPVD Ocean State Public News/Talk. 1.8-1.8-1.8. Bigger signal; still no ratings gain. #7 cume, 83-60k. 7-T7-8. WKKB Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 2.0-1.8-1.5. -0.3. Only Hispanic format. Holds #8 cume 62-59-57k. Under One: T9-9. WELH Wheeler School Rock 0.8. #10 cume, 48k. T9-10. WNBH-AM Red Wolf Classic Hits 0.7. #9, 57k. T11-11. WHJJ-AM iHeart Talk 0.5 #12 cume, 18-24k. T11-12. WDOM Providence College Variety 0.4. #11 cume, 25k. T13-T13 @ 0.3: WCRB ‘GBH Classical, #13, 20k & WSKP-AM Red Wolf Oldies #14 cume, 17k. TIE 15 @ 0.1 K-Love Christian WTKL #15, 10k & WKIV #16, 4k. Ocean State Public WNPN
is listed as silent. Providence has lost its market pizazz.
HARTFORD (57) Pop. 1.11 million. Hispanic 17.2%, Black 13.0%. AUGUST / SEPT / OCTOBER 2026 CLUSTERS: iHeart 25.6-27.0-26.7 again leads Audacy 28.1-26.2-24.9. Red Wolf gains 16.8-17.6-18.7. Connecticut Public 5.1-5.1-5.7. K-Love 2.6-2.2-1.8. SEPT/OCT Share Change Range: +0.9 / -1.1
2-2-1. WWYZ iHeart Country 9.4-9.0-9.2. +0.2. Takes back July’s #1. CBA winner. #5 cume 184-163-155k. 1-1-2. WRCH Audacy Soft A/C 10.0-9.7-8.6. -1.1. The good news: Holiday music soon. #1 cume 270-265-254k. 4-3-3. WDRC/FM Red Wolf Classic Rock. 7.2-8.1-7.7. -0.4. Lead on WHCN cut to 0.4. #6 cume 126-121-137k. 6-4-4. WHCN iHeart Classic Hits 6.2-7.7-7.3 -0.4. Dips but closes the gap with ‘DRC/F. #4 cume 145-162-159k. 5-6-5. WTIC/FM Audacy Hot A/C 6.8-6.2-6.8. +0.6. Some help but Audacy is now #2. #2 cume 215-189-194k. 3-5-6. WZMX Audacy Rhythmic CHR 7.5-6.8-6.4. -0.4. Another slip could be showing. #6 cume 157-125-134k. 7-7-TIE 7: WKSS iHeart CHR 5.3-5.7-5.7. Flat. Solid factor but stalls momentum. #3 cume 181-183-176k. 8-8-TIE 7: WNPR Connecticut Public N/T. 5.1-5.1-5.7. +0.6. Radio still needs attention. #11 cume, 61-60-62k. 9-9-9. WMRQ Red Wolf Modern Alternative Rock 4.3-3.7-4.4 +0.7. Solid Alt. format. #8 cume 95-119-115k.
11-12-TIE 10: WKCI iHeart New Haven CHR 2.8-2.4-3.3. +0.9. Goes Top 10, good book! #9 cume 99-87-101k. T12-11-TIE 10: WMRQ-HD2 Red Wolf Spanish Tropical, 2.6-2.9-3.3. +0.4. Strong HD. #10 cume, 49-52-52k.
10-10-12. WTIC-AM Audacy News/Talk 3.8-3.5-3.1. -0.4. 50kw is not even Top 10. Sad. #13 cume 58-52-46k. 15-14-TIE 13: WUCS iHeart Sports 1.7-2.0-2.2. +0.2. Gains in tough spot between NYC/BOS. #14, 27-30-40k. 14-T14-TIE 13: WBOM-AM Red Wolf Urban Adult Contemp. 2.1-2.0-2.2. +0.2. A Great HD. #15, 39-34-34. T12-13-15. WCCC K-Love Christian 2.6-2.2-1.8. -0.4. Network format appears to be slipping. #10-12 cume 56-60-50k. Under One: TIE 16 @ 0.4: WNTY-AM Red Wolf Oldies #16 cume 18k. & WDRC-AM Red Wolf Talk #17, 10k. 18. WPOP-AM iHeart News/Talk 0.0 #18, 7k.
MIDDLESEX-UNION, NJ. (41) Pop. 1.62 mil. Hispanic 26.5%, Black 14.1%. Top 6 are NYC stations. NYC Shares 45.2. NJ Shares 14.3. AUG/SEPT/OCT. 2026 CLUSTERS: Audacy 22.3-23.7-26.4. iHeart 29.7-25.1-24.5. SBS 5.7-8.3-9.1. Beasley 5.1-5.6-6.6. Townsquare 5.7-5.2-4.4. *Local. 1. WFAN Audacy Sports 6.8-7.0-9.1. TIE 2: WCBS/FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.2-7.4-7.5. TIE 2. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 8.6-7.3-7.5. 4. WSKQ SBS Spanish 4.0-4.7-6.9. 5. WLTW iHeart A/C 6.7-5.7-5.4. 6. WNEW/FM Audacy Hot A/C 6.5-5.4-4.8. 7. WMGQ* Beasley A/C 3.1-3.5-4.4. TIE 8 iHeart @ 3.9: WHTZ CHR & WKTU RhymCHR. 10. WKXW* Townsquare Talk 3.8. 11. WINS/FM Audacy News 3.0. 12. WPAT SBS Spanish 2.3. 13. WDHA* Beasley Rock 2.1. 14. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 2.0. TIE 15 @ 0.8: WXBK* Audacy Hip Hop & WWPR iHeart Urban. 17. WAWZ* Pillar Christian 1.6. 18. WKMK* Press Country 1.2. 19. WHSQ GBK Sports 0.7. 20. WWZY* Press Classic Rock 0.6. 21. WPST* Townsquare CHR 0.5. TIE 22 @ 0.1: WKXW* Stream Talk; WMTR* Oldies; WINS-HD3 Oldies; WRNB Urban & WXBK-HD2 Country.
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