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Northeast Radio – April 17, 2024

Nor’east Radio April 17, 2024
FEBRUARY NEW YORK, WASH DC, PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON and FCC HEBA Nighttime Approval


CLARK SMIDT, Broadcast Advisor www.broadcastideas.com 978 502 6633 clarkfmidt@gmail.com

On March 18, the FCC approved nighttime operation for the HEBA (High Efficiency Broadband Antenna) at its current site on 940 AM, Webster, MA. (www.loudandclean.com).  The patented HEBA sits on a single-family-dwelling plot of land, with NO buried ground system, NO ground wires and NO lights necessary. This one is just 72 feet tall. Here’s added value to AM tower land. Please read April 15, Radio World https://www.radioworld.com/news-and business/headlines/ wqvram-is-granted-cp-to-use-heba-antenna-at-night


Welcome Back from The NAB.  February 29 – March 27, 2024 PPM results show latest format trends.  Understanding the numbers is essential for preparations to win without major investment. Here are the Big 4 in the Nor’east.

BOSTON (10) Population 4.413 million, 12% Hispanic, 8% Black MARCH ’24. JAN/FEB/MARCH ’24 CLUSTERS:
Beasley 25.8-24.2-25.3, iHeart 22.2-20.3-22.9, Audacy 18.0-18.6-18.5, WBUR 6.0-6.1-6.4, WGBH 7.4-7.1-6.2.  Author/Advisor has lived in and participated with Greater Boston Radio since 1970.

1. WBZ/FM Beasley Sports 11.2-9.1-9.7, 429-438k #5 cume. Strong brand, 3 pro teams, built by CBS; great
Beasly enhancement and strong #1-2 BBGI combination with WROR.
2. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 5.2-6.0-6.5, 598-572k #3 cume; climbs back from #4 share with tight, safe playlist.
3. WBUR Boston University News/Talk 6.0-6.1-6.4, 376k #9 cume. Despite budget groans, there’s a very large
news department, very nice facilities. Non-comms shouldn’t have to be dependent on advertising. Go BU.
4. WWBX Audacy Hot A/C 4.5-4.9-5.9, 485k #4 cume; right demos, well done presentation, up from 6th share.
5. WMJX Audacy A/C 6.7-6.4-5.7, 757k #1 cume; quite a statement for both Mix & Magic. More listeners, but more tune-outs. Certainly, had the “Magic” with holidays and more over the years. Once was WBZ/FM.
6. iHeart TIE: WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk 4.6-4.9-4.6, 351k #10 cume. Essential/Iconic “Go To” Radio Station. Consistent and always there with 50kw AM clear channel signal. Excellence by Dan Rae at night. TIE 6: WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 4.9-5.2-4.6, 400k #8 cume. Picked up the mantle for Boston personality rock. Nicely presented and has legs.
8. WXKS-FM iHeart CHR 4.3-4.2-4.4, 650k #2 cume; The KISS Brand last, but missing Matty & Sunny Joe.
9. TIE: WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 2.9-3.7-3.8, 409k #7 cume. Decent blend of automated music; nothing special. TIE 9: WGBH News/Talk 4.2-4.6-3.8, 285k #13 cume. ‘GBH has a larger staff, newsroom, and even more impressive facilities than #3 WBUR, with WGBH TV/2 and WCRB. Please stop complaining and deliver gains.
11. WKLB Beasley Country 4.1-4.0-3.7, 335k #11. Country’s heard stronger days; don’t discount American Music.
12. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 2.8-3.2-3.4, 106k #22 cume; Hangs in with local AM talk, a credit to iHeart & Boston.
13. TIE: WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 3.2-2.9-3.0, 410k #6 cume; 96.9 has talent but seems to stay put. TIE 13: WEEI/FM Audacy Sports 3.9-3.3-3.0, 247k #17. Sox not scoring. Very tough competition vs. Sports Hub.
15. WCRB ‘GBH Public Classical 3.2-2.5-2.4, 197k #19 cume. Boston deserves stronger classical service & presentation; ‘CRB needs radio folks to run & program rather than academic “music majors.”
16. TIE: WBWL iHeart Country 1.6-1.7-2.1, 215k #18. Tough being #2 Country vs. WKLB. Room for two or adjust? 16. TIE: WBOS 1.9-2.0-2.1, 282k #14 cume; Trying but nuttin’ honey. Uses morning from Detroit.
18. TIE: WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 2.2-2.4-1.9 (down from #16), 328k #121 cume; Great signal as WCOZ and but not jammin’ no more.  18. TIE: WXRV Northeast Broadcasting Adult Alternative 1.7-2.1-1.9. 260k #15. Big signal in Boston/New Hampshire; simply needs stronger branding & better music curation.
20. TIE: WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical 1.1-1.1-1.5, 148k #20. Many attempts for 101.7. Taking time to connect. 20. TIE: WERS Emerson College 1.7-1.4-1.5, 146k #21 cume. Nice job making their student presence known.
21. WXLO Cumulus Hot A/C. 1.1-1.3-1.4, 249k #16. Big MetroWest signal; ordinary. CMLS is Providence strong.
22. WXKS-AM iHeart Talk, 0.4, 26k #25 cume. Mostly syndicated; could use an enhanced local talk format.
23. TIE @ 0.3: WNNW-AM Costa Eagle Spanish 45k #24 & WRCA-AM Beasley Bloomberg News 13k #28 cume.
25. TIE @ 0.2: WCTK Hall Country, 57k #23 cume; stays Top 3 in Providence. 25. TIE: WWFX Cumulus Classic Rock Worcester, 25k 26 cume; needs more distinction.  27. WBGB Audacy Stream, 12k #29 cume. 4-WAY 28 TIE @ 0.0: WUMB Univ. Massachusetts Variety 22k #27; huge support potential from 9 signal network; 28. WMVX Costa- Eagle Classic Hits, 19k #28; 28. WEEI-AM Audacy Sports 50kw, 10k #30 cume; sad waste of a big AM; 28. WCCM-AM Costa-Eagle Spanish CHR 8k, #31. Beasley is 3.9-2.4 ahead of iHeart; 5.8-6.8 over Audacy.  Boston is a Great Radio Market.

NEW YORK (1) MARCH ’24 CLUSTERS January-February-March: iHeart 27.2-28.5-28.0, Audacy 22.2-20.0-20.6,
Spanish Broadcasting System 7.7-7.2-7.5, WNYC Public 7.8-6.7-7.0, Media Holding Inc. 6.4-6.5-6.4. NYC Live 25: iHeart repeats with the Top 3 spots: 1. WLTW A/C 7.7-8.4-8.6 3.66 million, #1 cume. 2. WAXQ Classic Rock 6.6-6.9-6.9, 1.77mil #6 cume. 3. WHTZ CHR 5.5-5.6-5.2, 2.38mil #2-3 cume. 4. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 6.2-4.6-4.0, 2.41mil up from 3rd to #2 cume. 5. WINS-FM Audacy News 4.7-4.5-4.6 (+0.4 stream), 1.5mil #8 cume. 6. WBLS Media Holding Urban A/C 4.8-4.6-4.5, 1.39mil #9 cume. 7. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 4.3-4.1-4.2, 1.59mil #7 cume. 8. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 3.7-4.1-4.1, 2.3mil #5 cume. 3-WAY TIE 9: WKTU iHeart RhymCHR 4.0-4.2-4.0, 2.35mil #4 cume; Down from 4th to TIE 9: WNYC Public N/T 4.5-4.7-4.9, 569k #17; Up from #11 to TIE 9: WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 3.5-3.8-4.0, 477k #19 cume; nicely done with local belief. 12. WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 2.8-3.1-2.9, 1.12mil #12 cume. 13. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.2-2.2-2.2, 987k #13. Up from #19, 14. WCBS-AM Audacy News 1.7-1.7-2.0 (+0.1 stream), 445k #18. 3-WAY TIE 15: WPLJ K-Love Contemp. Christian 2.1-2.2-1.9, 724k #16 cume; TIE 15: WFAN-FM Audacy Sports 2.3-2.7-2.0 (+0.6 stream), 785k #15 cume; TIE 15: WQHT Media Holding RhymCHR 1.6-1.9-1.9, 1.13mil #10. 18. WQXR-FM WNYC Classical 1.9-1.8-1.8, 359k #21 cume. 19. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 1.8-1.7-1.8, 1.12mil #12 cume. 20. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.7-1.6-1.6, 307k #22 cume. 21. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.4, 865k #14 cume. 22. WSKQ stream 1.1. TIE 23 @ 0.1: WKXW Talk Townsquare 1.0, 243k #25 cume; TIE 23: WNYC-AM Public News/Talk 1.1, 134k #31. 25. WBGO Public Jazz 0.7 304k #23 cume. 4-WAY TIE at 26 @0.1: WHUD Pamal A/C; WFUV Fordham Univ. Adult Alternative; WAWZ Christian & WFAN Sports Stream. iHeart cluster lead is 5.0-8.5-7.4 over Audacy; 12 stations have million+ cumes. 57 stations subscribe, 26 below the line.

WASHINGTON DC (8) MARCH ‘24 CLUSTERS JAN/FEB/MARCH: iHeart 18.1-18.1-18.7, Audacy 12.8-13.8-13.6, Urban One 12.6-12.6-12.4, American University 12.8-13.0-11.1, Hubbard 8.5-7.9-8.0, Howard Univ. 7.2-7.6-7.6.  DC Top 20:  1. WAMU American U. News/ Talk 12.7-13.0-11.0 535k #5 cume. 2. WTOP-FM Hubbard News
8.3.7.6-7.9, 686k #2 cume. 3. WHUR Howard Univ. Urban A/C 7.2-7.4-7.5, 552k #5 cume up from 7.  4. WASH iHeart A/C 11.0-6.5-5.9, 839k #1 cume. Up from 7 to 5. WMAL Cumulus N/T 4.5-4.5-4.8, 199k #17. 6. WKYS Urban One Contemporary 4.2-3.8-4.7, 374k #11.  7. WMMJ Urban One A/C 5.0-5.2-4.5, 385k #10. TIE 8: WETA Public Classical 4.6-5.0-4.2, 278k #13 cume; Up from 11 to TIE 8: WZMQ iHeart Country 3.1-3.5-4.2, 338k #12 cume. TIE 10: WWDC iHeart Modern Alternative Rock 3.5-3.7-3.8, 498k #8 cume; TIE 10: WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 3.5-3.7-3.8, 630k #3 cume. 12. WGTS Contemporary Christian 3.3-3.5-3.3, 271k #14 cume; TIE 13: WPGC Audacy RhymCHR 3.1-3.4-3.1, 434k #9 cume; TIE 13: WPRS Urban One Gospel 3.0-3.1-3.1, 229k #15 cume. 15. WIBG iHeart Classic Rock 2.2-2.1-2.8, 592k #4 cume up from 9th. 16. WIHT iHeart CHR 2.7-2.8-2.6, 531-540k #6 cume. 17. WJFK Audacy Sports 2.8-2.3-2.4 (+0.9 stream), 193k #18; 18. WLZL Audacy Spanish Tropical 2.2-2.1-2.3, 212k #16. 19. WDCN-LP La Nueva Spanish CHR 1.1, 85k #22. 20. WAFY Manning Hot A/C 1.0, 82k #23.  iHeart over Audacy by 4.1. Cumes that rank higher than share rank indicates strong brand & signal with tune-outs.

PHILADELPHIA (9) MARCH ‘24 CLUSTERS JAN/FEB/MARCH: Audacy 30.9-30.5-27.7, Beasley 25.5-27.6-25.8, iHeart 15.1-15.5-16.8, Public Radio 7.4-7.0-7.2. Urban One 4.7-5.4-6.0. PHILLY TOP 20: 1. WMGK Classic Rock 8.2-9.1-8.5, 855k #2 cume. 2. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 7.3-6.8-7.5, 538 #8 cume. 3. WMMR Rock 7.5-8.0-7.3, 685k #5 cume.  TIE 4: WBEB Audacy A/C 5.5-6.3-5.8, 981k #1 cume;  TIE 4: KYW-AM Audacy News 6.2-6.0-5.8 (+0.2 stream), 507k #10. 6. WIP-FM Audacy Sports 7.0-5.7-5.5 (+3.2 stream = 8.7), 481k #11 cume. 7. WXTU
Beasley Country 5.2-5.0-4.7, 602k #7 cume.  8. WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 3.1-4.2-4.0, 726k #4 cume. 9. WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 3.8-4.2-3.8, 811k #3 cume.  10. WPPZ Urban One R&B Oldies 2.9-3.4-3.7, 348k #15.  11. WUSL iHeart Urban 3.8-3.6-3.5, 416k #14 cume. 12. WIP-FM Stream Audacy Sports 2.3-2.0-3.2, 92k #26. 13. WHYY Public N/T 3.1-3.3-3.1, 269k #17.  14. WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 3.1-3.1-2.7, 551k #9 cume down from 6.  3-WAY 15 TIE: WRNB Urban One Contemporary 1.8-2.0-2.3, 341k #16 cume;  TIE 15: WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 2.2-2.0-2.3, 161k #25; TIE 15: WXPN U. Penn Adult Alternative 1.9-1.8-2.3, 209k #22.  18. WRFF iHeart Adult Alternative 2.1-2.2-2.2, 452k #13.  3-WAY 19 TIE @ 1.8: WRTI Temple University Classical 165k #23 cume with iHeart’s 19.
WIOD CHR 457k #12 & 19. WUMR Spanish CHR 211k #21.  22. WPST Townsquare CHR 1.3, 220k #20.  23. WPEN Beasley Sports. 24. WKXK Townsquare Talk 170ki #24.  25. WSTW Forever Hot A/C 0.8, 226k #19 cume. Audacy Cluster now protects a 2.9-1.9 lead over Beasley.

JANUARY-FEBRUARY-MARCH  2024 NORTHEAST CLUSTER RACE:

NEW YORK   iHeart 27.2-28.5-28.0   Audacy 22.2-20.0-20.6    Spanish Broadcasting 7.7-7.2-7.5     

WASHINGTON DC iHeart 18.1-18.1-18.7   Audacy 13.8- 17.5-13.6  Urban One 12.7-12.6-12.4

PHILADELPHIA Audacy 30.9-30.5-27.7    Beasley 25.5-27.6-25.8 iHeart 15.1-15.5-16.8

BOSTON Beasley 25.7-24.2-25.3    iHeart 22.2-20.3-22.9            Audacy 18.0-20.3-18.5

More Nor’East Markets Next Week including Long Island, Baltimore, Providence, Hartford. When you settle in from the Great NAB, let’s talk about your market. Thank you.

Clark Smidt, Broadcast Advisor  978 502 6633 www.broadcastideas.com clarkfsmidt@gmail.com

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BOSTON RADIO UPDATE – DECEMBER 2023 Jan 5, 2024

CLARK SMIDT, Broadcast Advisor                    978 502 6633   clarkfsmidt@gmail.com    www.broadcastideas.com

Happy New Year! New England’s major PPM Market results for November 8 – December 6, 2023. Holiday Numbers: December 7 – January 3; January 4-31, 2024 will show more normal returns.

It’s All fascinating.  With timely talk about cross genre and mixed era programming, Holiday hit tunes since Gene Autry deliver winning A/C December formats: New York (1) WLTW +2.8 from Nov/Dec to 11.3 for a 4.6 lead; Washington DC (8) gets a 1.7 lift but the 9.6 is in second place by 1.7 behind 11.3 N/T WAMC. Philadelphia (9) WBEB gets a 4.4 jump to 9.5 but still a scant 0.1 over #1 Urban A/C WDAS. Boston (10) WMJX gains 3.8 to 9.3 and edges out Sports WBZ/FM by 0.1. Providence (44) WWLI adds 3.8 for a solid 4.0 lead over Country WCTK.  Hartford (54) WRCH is no surprise with a 1.4 gain for a 3.3 lead over#2 WHCN Classic Hits.  Long Island (20) WBAB Classic Rock scores 6.6, over A/C WALK at 6.2 and WLTW 5.7.  Baltimore (23) WLIT +2.3 wins with 9.8 and leads #2 Urban WERQ 7.2 by 2.6. Top 10:  Los Angeles (2) A/C KOST +4.8 wins 10.1 over Classic Hits KRTH 5.1. Chicago (3) WLIT +5.0 to 12.3 leads Classic Rock WDRV 5.8 by 6.5.  San Francisco (4) KOIT adds +2.1 at 10.1 topping N/T KQED by 3.5. Dallas (5) WDGE gets a 5.1 lift to 8.6 and takes Sports WTCR at 5.2 by 5.6.  Houston (6) KODA jumps 5.2 to 12.0 taking Classic Rock KGLK 6.1 by 5.9.  Atlanta (7) shows WSB-AM N/T 8.3, Classic Hits WSRV 8.2 and Christian WFSH at 8.0.  The Holiday numbers will undoubtedly show similar leads, if not greater.

NEW YORK (1) DECEMBER ‘23 CLUSTERS October-November-December: iHeart 26.2-27.8-30.9, Audacy 22.5-22.9-21.0, WNYC Public 7.7-7.2-7.6 (All Public stations 9.3-8.7), Spanish Broadcasting System 7.2-6.9-6.9, Media Holding Inc. 7.6-7.6-6.4. Market Swings: +2.8 WLTW iHeart A/C; -0.7 WINS-FM News. TOP 25 NYC STATIONS: Nov-Dec Change, Oct-Nov-Dec Cume & Dec Rank. iHeart takes 4 out of Top 5: 1. WLTW A/C 7.8-8.5-11.4 +2.8, 3.58-3.96-4.11 million, #1 cume; 2. WAXQ Classic Rock 5.9-6.4-6.7 +0.3, 1.95-1.88-175mil #6 cume; TIE 3. WHTZ CHR 5.2-5.4-4.9 -0.5, 2.64-2.72-2.59 mil #4 cume;  TIE 3: WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.2-5.2-4.9, 2.61-2.75-2.63mil #3 cume; 5. WKTU up from #10 iHeart RhymCHR 4.1-3.7-4.7 +1.0, 2.9-2.71-2.65mil #4-#2 cume; 6. WBLS Media Holding Urban A/C 5.4-5.0-4.5 -0.5, 1.45-1.45-1.38mil #9 cume; 7. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 4.2-4.1-4.4 +0.3, 2.5-2.39-2.31 mil #5 cume;  8. WNYC Public N/T 4.4-4.0-4.3 +0.3, 606-630k #17 cume; 9. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 4.2-4.1-4.2, 1.79-1.68-1.54mil #7 cume; 10. WINS-FM down from #6 Audacy News 4.3-4.8-4.1 -0.7 (0.3 stream), 1.5-1.65-1.5mil #8 cume; 11. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 3.1-3.0-2.8, 480-499-440k #20 cume; 12. WFAN-FM Audacy Sports 2.9-2.8-2.5 (+0.9 stream), 1.07mil-988-920k #14 cume; TIE 13: WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 3.0-2.7-2.3 -0.4, 967-999-994k #12 cume; TIE 13: WQXR-FM WNYC Classical 2.0-2.1-2.3, 378-399-432k #21 cume 15. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 2.0-2.1-2.2, 1.24-1.25-122mil #10 cume; 3-WAY TIE 16: WQHT Media Holding RhymCHR 2.2-2.2-1.9, 1.39-1.25-1.2mil #11; TIE 16. WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.2-2.1-1.9, 970-1.05mil-939k #13; TIE 16: WPLJ K-Love Contemp. Christian 2.5-1.7- 1.9, 638-488-632k #16cume; 19. WCBS-AM Audacy News 2.3-1.9-1.7, (+0.2 stream), 674-627-530k #19; 20. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.7-2.1-1.6 942k-1.03mil-855k #15 cume; 21. WEPN Emmis Sports 1.4-1.5-1.3, 561-594-553k #18 cume. 22. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.2-1.3-1.1, 277-331-263k #23 cume. 23. WNYC-AM Public N/T 1.3-1.1-1.0, 176-141-158k #31; 3-WAY TIE @ 24 @ 0.9: WHUD Pamal A/C, WKXK Townsquare Talk & WFAN Audacy Sports Stream.  iHeart cluster 9.9 share lead; all but 3 fluctuations are less than 0.5; Top 7 are music stations; 11 stations at 1mil+ cume.

WASHINGTON DC (8) DECEMBER ‘23 CLUSTERS O/N/D: iHeart 19.4-19.9-21.6, Urban One 12.3-12.0-12.6, Audacy 13.3-13.1-11.6, American University 11.9-12.7-11.4 (All Public Stations 25.1-26.0-25.3), Hubbard 8.4-7.7-7.1. Market Swings: +1.7 WASH iHeart A/C; -1.4 WAMU American University N/T. DC Top 20: 1. WAMU American U. News/Talk 11.9-12.7-11.3 509-509-578k #5 cume; 2. WASH-FM iHeart A/C 7.1-7.9-9.6 +1.7, 950-911k-1.04mil #1 cume; 3. WTOP-FM Hubbard News 8.1-7.4-6.9 -0.5, 731-683-721k #2 cume; 4. WHUR Howard Univ. Urban A/C 5.9-6.6-6.8 +0.7, 543-572-572k #4 cume; 5. WMMJ Urban One A/C 5.6-5.8-5.8, 420-450-473k #8; 6. WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 3.6-3.7-4.3 +0.6 588-629-641k #3 cume;  7. WKYS Urban One Contemporary 3.6-3.3-3.8 -0.5, 397-416k #10 cume; 8. WGTS Contemp.Christian 4.8-4.4-3.6 -0.8, 366-324k #11 cume; 9. WMAL  Cumulus N/T 4.0-4.6-3.5 -1.1, 222-228-214k #16;  TIE 10. WWDC iHeart Modern Alt Rock 3.0-3.3-3.4, 436-463-470k #9 cume; TIE 10: WETA up from 17, Public Classical 2.2-2.1-3.4 +1.3, 236-195-225k #14 cume; 12. WPGC Audacy RhymCHR 3.0-3.1-3, 476-490-499k #7cume; TIE 13: WITH iHeart CHR 2.7-2.6-2.9, 515-574-554k #5 cume; TIE 13: WZMQ iHeart Country 3.3-3.1-2.9, 289-311k #12 cume; 15. WIBG iHeart Classic Rock 3.3-3.0-2.8, 530-508-538k #6 cume; 16. WPRS Urban One Gospel 2.8-2.6-2.7, 207-208-233k #13 cume from #17;  17. WJFK Audacy Sports 2.6-2.8-2.4 (+0.5 Stream) 241-234-220k #15; TIE 18: WLZL Audacy Spanish Tropical 1.8-1.6-1.3, 196-222-186k #16; TIE 18: WAFY Manning Hot A/C 1.3-1.1-1.3, 112-99-125k #17 cume 20. WDCN-LP La Nueva Spanish CHR 1.4-1.5-1.1, 92-97-88k #20. 21. WWEG Manning Classic Hits 1.0 #22. iHeart has a 9.0 lead.

PHILADELPHIA (9) DECEMBER ‘23 CLUSTERS O/N:/D Audacy 30.5-31.2-29.6, Beasley 25.9-24.7-23.9, iHeart 18.3-16.9-18.6, Public Radio 6.9-8.3-7.2. Market Swings: +4.4 WBEB Audacy A/C; -1.9 WIP/FM Audacy Sports. TOP 20: 1. WBEB Audacy A/C 4.7-5.1-9.6, 932-941k-1.27mil #1 cume; 2. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 8.6-8.7-9.4574-574-609k #7 cume; 3. WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 8.2-7.9-7.9, 907-857-779k #3 cume; 4. WIP-FM Audacy Sports 8.2-8.5-6.6 -1.9 (+1.3 stream), 864-971-698k #4 cume from #1; 5. WMMR Beasley Rock 6.9-6.1-6.1, 668-571-654k #5 cume; 6. WXTU Beasley Country 5.9-5.9-5.3 -0.6, 677-604-583k #8 cume; 7. KYW-AM Audacy News 5.4-5.3-5.2 (+0.1 stream) 502-516-504k #10; 8. WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 5.2-5.0-4.1 -0.9, 874-801-808k #2 cume; 9. WUSL iHeart Urban 3.5-3.6-3.8, 405-465-450k #12 cume; 10. WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 3.7-3.5-3.4, 690-676-616k #6 cume; 11. WHYY Public N/T 3.1-2.9-2.8, 277-251-232k #17; 7 PHILADELPHIA Stations separated by 0.1, 3-WAY TIE 12: WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 2.8-2.7-2.2 -0.5, 554-561-521k #9; TIE 12: WXPN U. Penn Adult Alternative 1.8-2.0-2.2 up from #20, 184-207-218k #19 cume; TIE 12: WRTI Temple Univ. Classical 2.0-2.2-2.2, 140-151-152k #22 cume; 4-WAY TIE 15: WPPZ Urban One R&B Oldies 2.4-2.2-2.1, 313-314-295k #15; TIE 15: WRFF iHeart Adult Alternative 2.1-2.3-2.1, 459-482-442k #13; TIE 15: WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.3-2.3-2.1, 545-560-503k #11 cume; TIE 15: WRNB Urban One Contemporary, 1.4-1.7-2.1 +0.4, 193-343k #14 cume up from #21; 19. WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 2.1-2.2-1.7, 144-141-100k #24; TIE 20: WPST Townsquare CHR 0.9-1.3-1.4, 227k cume #18; TIE 20: WUMR iHeart Spanish CHR 1.6-1.6-1.4, 185k #21 cume. Audacy Cluster has a 5.6 share lead over Beasley.

BOSTON (10) DECEMBER ‘23 CLUSTERS O/N/D: A Very Tight Race finds the top 3 clusters within a 2.9. iHeart 23.4-24.0-23.3, Beasley 26.2-24.9-22.8, Audacy 17.4-17.1-20.4, All Public Stations 14.8, WGBH 6.8, WBUR 5.6. Market Swings: +3.8 WMJX Audacy A/C; -1.5 WBZ/ FM Beasly Sports. Boston:  1. WMJX Audacy A/C 5.7-5.5-9.3 +3.8, 772-801-899k #1 cume; 2. WBZ/FM Beasley Sports 10.9-10.7-9.2 -1.5, 624-617-562k #4 cume; 3. WBUR Boston University News/Talk 5.4-6.4-5.6-0.8, 398-483-405k #9 cume; 4. WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 4.6-5.4-5.4, 508-508-444k #8 cume; 5. WBZ-AM iHeart News/ Talk 4.5-5.0-5.1, 370-393-368k #10 cume. 6. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 5.3-5.2-4.9 -0.3, 667-638-593k #3 cume; 7. WWBX Audacy Hot A/C 4.6-4.9-4.3 -0.6, 544-525-479k #5 cume;  8. WGBH Public News/Talk 3.8-3.9-4.2, 305-337-338k #14 cume; 9. WXKS-FM iHeart CHR 4.9-4.9-4.1 -0.8, 705-705-634k #2 cume; 10. WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 3.1-3.1-3.6 +0.5, 511-504-450k #6 cume; 11. WKLB Beasley Country 3.9-3.6-3.4 -0.2, 400-367-365k #11; 12. WEEI-FM Audacy Sports 3.8-3.6-3.2 -0.4, 341-317-282k #15; 13. WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 3.8-3.1-3.1, 498-497-448k #7 cume. 14. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 2.3-2.5-2.9 +0.4, 120-123-123k #21; 15. WCRB Public Classical 2.1-2.3-2.6 +0.3, 231-231-223k #18; 16. WBOS Beasley Classic Rock 2.3-2.2-2.1, 380-344-342k #13; 17. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 2.3-2.1-2.0, 199-171-183k #20;  Editor’s note: December or not, any Boston station with a decent signal in Boston under a 2.0 needs a New Year’s resolution. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 2.3-2.0-1.9, 372-401-352k #12 cume; TIE 19: WXRV Northeast Adult Alt. 2.4-2.4-1.8, 316-305-246k #16; TIE 19: WBWL iHeart Country 2.7-2.1-1.8 -0.3, 267-260-227k #17cume; 21 TIE: WXLO Cumulus Hot A/C 1.4-1.4-1.3, 305-291-266k #15; 21 TIE: WZRM iHeart Spanish Tropical 1.3 flat, 174-176-186k #19; 23. WXKS-AM iHeart Talk 0.8 flat, 24k #26; TIE 24 @ 0.4: WNNW-AM Costa Eagle Spanish, 44k #23. TIE 24: WUMB UMass Variety flat, 38k #24; 26. WCTK Hall Country 0.2, 54k #22, #2 Providence 9.0; 3-WAY TIE 27 @0.1: WWFX Cumulus Classic Hits 29k #25, WMVX-AM Costa Eagle Classic Hits 17kcume #27; WRCA–AM Beasley Business News 11k #29k. TIE 30 @ 0.0: WCCM-AM Costa Eagle Spanish Hits 11k #29 & WBGB Stream Audacy Adult Hits #30.

 PROVIDENCE (44) DECEMBER ‘23 CLUSTERS O/N/D: Cumulus 23.8-23.1-25.8, iHeart 20.6-21.3-19.6, Hall Communications 9.8-10.0-9.4, Public 4.7-5.0. Market Swings: +3.8 WWLI Cumulus A/C; -0.9 @ WHJY iHeart Classic Rock & WKKB Red Wolf Spanish Tropical.  Stations: 1. WWLI Cumulus A/C WWLI 9.0-9.2-13.0 +3.8, 395-418-457k #1 cume. 2. WCTK Hall Country 9.3-9.5-9.0 -0.5, 263-277-236k #5 cume;  3. WHJY iHeart Classic Rock 9.0-8.1-7.2 -0.9, 292-280-252k #3 cume; 4. WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 6.9-6.9-6.9, 241-259-238k #4; 5. WPRO-AM Cumulus Talk -6.5-6.8-6.4, 89-89-91k #8; 6. WSNE iHeart Hot A/C 5.0-4.7-4.6, 267-269-233k #6 cume; 7. WPRO-FM Cumulus CHR 5.4-5.3-4.5, 286-292-269k #2 cume; 8. WBZ-FM Beasley Sports 3.6-3.4-3.2, 103-108-101k #7; 9. WKKB-FM Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 2.3-3.6-2.7 -0.9, 72-68-57k #13; 10. WKLB Beasley Country 2.3-2.3-2.4, 78-70-67k #11; 11. WVEI-FM Audacy Sports 2.4-2.0-2.3, 88-85-86k #10 cume; 12. WGBH-FM Public N/T 2.4-2.0-2.1, 74-62-65k #12. 13. WWKX Cumulus RhymCHR 1.9-1.8-1.9, 87-98-89k #9; 14. WNPN-FM RI Public N/T 1.4-1.6-1.5, 51-46-42k #14; TIE 15: WSKP-AM Oldies Red Wolf, 0.8 26k #17; TIE 15: WHJJ-AM iHeart Talk 0.8, 24k #17; 17. WJMF Bryant U. Classical 0.7, 18k #19; 18. WELH Wheeler School Rock 0.2-0.5, 16k #19; 19. WNBH-AM Hall Classic Hits 0.4, 28k #15; 3-WAY TIE 20 @ 0.1: WCAI Public WGBH N/T 5k #21, WCRB Classical 2k #22 & WSNE HD2 Talk 8k #20cume. Cumulus tops iHeart by 6.2, Talk WPRO-AM 6.4 over CHR WPRO-FM 4.5

HARTFORD (54) DECEMBER ‘23 CLUSTERS O/N/D: Audacy 27.9-28.0-30.7, iHeart 25.8-26.7-26.5, Red Wolf 14.3-14.7-13.5. Public Radio 4.9. Market Swings: +1.4 WRCH Audacy A/C; -0.5 @ WKSS iHeart CHR & WDRC/FM Red Wolf Classic Rock. HARTFORD:  1. WRCH Audacy Soft A/C 10.3-10.7-12.1 +1.4, 264-266-307k #1 cume; 2. WHCN-FM iHeart Classic Hits 8.0-9.0-8.6 -0.4, 204-185-169k #4 cume; 3. WWYZ iHeart Country 6.7-7.5-8.2 +0.7, 171-159-162k #5 cume; 4. WTIC-FM Audacy Hot A/C 6.3-6.1-6.8 +0.7, 200-202-204k #2 cume; 5. WTIC-AM Audacy News/Talk 5.1-4.8-4.3, 80-69-72k #11 cume; 6. WKSS iHeart CHR 6.1-5.4-4.9 -0.5, 202-200-2.1k #3 cume; 7. WZMX-FM Rhythmic CHR Audacy 4.2-4.4-4.7 +0.3, 138-133-136k #6;  8. WMRQ-HD2 Spanish Tropical Red Wolf 3.4-4.0-4.5 +0.5, 64-68-70k #13; 9. WNPR-FM Connecticut Public News/Talk 3.8-4.0-4.3 +0.3, 70-70-72k #12 cume; 10. WDRC-FM Classic Rock Red Wolf 4.6-4.2-3.7 -0.5, 155-159-132k #7 cume; 11. WPLR-FM Connoisseur Classic Rock 2.3-3.3-2.7 -0.6, 78-96-80k #10; 12. WUCS iHeart Sports 2.5-2.3-2.5, 57-47-50k #14; 13. WMRQ Red Wolf Modern Alternative Rock 2.3-2.7-2.3, 102-107-93k #8; 14. WKCI iHeart CHR 2.3-2.3-2.1, 104-99-83k #9; 15. WDRC-AM Red Wolf Talk 1.9-1.9-1.6, 30-27-23k #16; 16. WBOM-AM Red Wolf Urban A/C 1.3-1.3-1.2, 39-37-38k #15; 3-WAY TIE 17 @ 0.6: WFCR UMass N/T, 22-33-15k #17 cume, TIE 17: WRYM-AM Viva Spanish Tropical 13k #19 cume & TIE 17: WZMX Stream Audacy RhymCHR 5k #24; 3 WAY TIE 20 @ 0.4: Audacy Streams WTIC-FM Hot A/C 9 #20 TIES WTIC-AM N/T 8k #21 and WRCH Soft A/C 7k #22; 23. WNTY-AM Red Wolf Oldies, 14k #18. 24. WPOP-AM iHeart N/T, 0.0 5k #23. No big changes, WHCN Classic Hits #2, WDRC Classic Rock #10, 50kw WTIC-AM #5, Public WNPR #9.

OCTOBER-NOVEMBER-DECEMBER   2023   NORTHEAST CLUSTER RACE    WIN, PLACE & SHOW

NEW YORK              iHeart 26.2-27.8-30.9        Audacy 22.5-22.9-21.0        WNYC Public 7.7-7.2-7.6

WASHINGTON DC     iHeart 19.4-19.9-21.6    Urban One 12.3-12.0-12.6  Audacy 13.3-13.1-11.6

PHILADELPHIA   Audacy 26.9-30.5-29.6   Beasley 28.2-25.9-23.9        iHeart 17.4-18.3-18.6

BOSTON                   iHeart 23.4-24.0-23.3        Beasley 26.2-24.9-22.8        Audacy 17.4-17.1-20.4

PROVIDENCE       Cumulus 23.8-23.1-25.8    iHeart 21.3-20.2-19.6           Hall Comm. 9.8-10.0-9.4

HARTFORD           Audacy 27.9-28.0-30.7      iHeart 25.8-26.7-26.5           Red Wolf 14.3-14.7-13.5

 

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