JANUARY 31, 2021 NORTHEAST RADIO UPDATE

BOSTON, NEW YORK CITY, PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON D.C., PROVIDENCE & HARTFORD

?CLARK SMIDT, BROADCAST ADVISOR? [email protected]?(978) 502-6633 www.broadcastideas.com Since 1982, advising radio/TV stations, ad clients and tower sales in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Connecticut, Cape Cod, New Hampshire, and throughout the northeast.

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?The Northeast HOLIDAY survey shows more Santa gains during December 9-January 5.?Xmas leaders tilt the results giving us some tight cluster races and important station trends to watch as we move forward in 2022.

?BOSTON.?Market #10.?6+ Population 4,366,400??Spanish 11.9%?Urban?8.2%.?37 of 76 stations subscribe for 48.7% of numbers published. ?13 month BOSTON CLUSTER SHARES with High & Low Months Underlined:

??????????????? Apr ?????May ????June????July ?????Aug ????Sept ?????Oct ???Nov?? ?Dec ??Hol ‘21

1.?iHeart?????????33.9??? ?32.0??? ?30.7??? ?29.2??? ?31.6??? ?31.2 ???31.4 ???32.8??? 30.4??? ?26.5

2.?Audacy??????15.8??? ?14.6 ???? 14.1?? ?12.5?????13.3??? ?13.7?? ?16.1?? ?16.1???19.8??? ?24.1

3.?Beasley??????22.2???? 23.9???? 24.7??? 25.4????24.9???? 25.9??? 26.0? ??26.0???25.6???? 23.0

This is the CLOSEST Boston Cluster Race we’ve seen.?iHeart retains Boston’s top cluster rank with stations #3, 5, 5, 9, 9,18, 18 while Audacy gets its Christmas Kiss (no pun) and lands in a close second led by the annual WMJX Yule log of top market share 13.2.?The Audacy cluster total is +0.4 from last year’s Holiday #2 cluster showing.?The rest of Audacy checks in a #7, 13, 16, 21, 24 & 25.?iHeart is off 11.0 from last Holiday with a no-show share reported by its 6 big signals outside Boston.?Beasley is the #3 cluster by just 1.1 behind Audacy and 3.5 behind iHeart. Beasley has stations #2, 4, 8, 9, & 18.?The Big 3 clusters are within a 3.5 share range. Tight, right??

Boston’s 5 rated Non-Comms (WBUR, WGBH, WCRB, WERS, WUMB) total 9.9-8.6-8.8 (N/D/Hol), WBUR 3.9-3.9-3.0 gains rank to #12, WGBH is #13, 2.6-3.2-2.6. Talk WRKO-AM moves 4.9-4.1-3.4 into a 3 way tie at #9.?Boston Sports battle N/D/H: WBZ/FM is #2: 8.7-8.5-8.3 on the market’s #4 cume; Tied at #13 WEEI/FM is 3.4-3.2-2.6, with the Hub’s #13 cume.?The holiday format on WMJX is a runaway.?It will be an interesting winter.

BOSTON STATIONS:?Holiday Share Change Range: ?+5.3/-1.8. ?Holiday Gainers: +5.3 AC WMJX, +1.4 WMJX Stream (for a huge 14.6 share total), +0.7 Adult Hits WBGB, +0.6 Classical WCRB, +0.4 WWBX Hot A/C Stream.?Holiday Sliders: -1.8 Hot A/C WWBX, -1.1 Classic Hits WROR, -0.9 Country WKLB, -0.7 Talk WRKO-AM, -0.6 @ WXKS/FM CHR, WEEI/FM Sports, WGBH News/Talk & WGIR/F -0.6 goes to a no show. ?BOSTON FORMATS (Nov/Dec/Hol): ?All A/C 14.4-15.0-20.2, ClassicRock/ClassicHits/AdultHits 17.4-17.2-16.4, News/Talk 16.1-17.5-15.9, Sports 12.8-12.9-11.9, CHR 8.1-8.5-8.1, Country 7.6-6.9-5.6, Rock/Alt 4.4-4.1-3.1, Classical 1.3-1.2-1.8. 650AM HD Classical has excellent sound quality. No Jazz, No HD but Stream grows 0.5-1.9-2.6. BOSTON’S TOP 10 ENTRY SHARES for November/December/Holiday 2021: 3.9-3.6-3.4; Top 20: 1.5-1.5-1.7.?

BOSTON November/December/Holiday ’21 ?Share/Cume Rank -- calls/format/owner -- trends, local color.

7/1-2/1-1/1 WMJX-FM A/C Audacy 5.0-7.9-13.2 #1 923k-1.05-1.33m. Santa lets Audacy rise as the #2 cluster.

1/4-1/4-2/4 WBZ-FM Sports Beasley 8.7-8.5-8.3. Cume 772-719-671k, respectable Defense vs Holiday spike.

2/7-4/11-3/7 WBZ-AM News/Talk iHeart 7.4-6.9-6.5. Cume: 510-461-468k. News now, more than ever.

3/3-3/2-4/2 WROR-FM Classic Hits Beasley 7.1-7.2-6.1. #2 Cume 870-874-795k. Be careful of post holiday.

5/2-5/3-5/3 WXKS-FM CHR iHeart 5.5-5.3-4.7. Cume 877-848-759k. 3.2-2.6-2.4 below WROR. Still a scramble.

4/5-6/5-5/6 WZLX-FM Classic Rock iHeart 5.7-5.2-4.7 tied Kiss. Cume 631-598-590k. 3.0-2.0-2.4 below WROR.

15/8-14/6-7/5 WBGB-FM Adult Hits Audacy 2.5-3.0-3.7. Cume 494-546-548k. Cost-efficient withstands Xmas.

6/6-7/8-8/8 WKLB-FM Country Beasley 5.2-4.4-3.5. Cume 524-487-437k. Still top 10 but Country needs a push

12/9-9/7-9/10 WBQT-FM Hot A/C Beasley 3.1-3.8-3.4. Cume 488-497-420k. Holds in the Top 10, #9 3-way tie.

13/14-11/9-9/9 WJMN-FM RhymCHR iHeart 2.6-3.2-3.4. Cume 365-461-436k. Back into the Top 10.?Big Signal

8/20-8/20-9/21 WRKO-AM Talk iHeart 4.9-4.1-3.4. Cume 240-214-185k. Holds Top 10 with good TSL. Steady.

10/12-15/16-12/15 WBUR-FM News/Talk B.U. 3.9-2.9-3.0. Cume 376-319-301k. In the Top 5, not long ago.

11/10-11/13-13/13 WEEI-FM Sports Audacy 3.4-3.2-2.6. Cume 478-360-339k. Needs a battle plan ‘til Red Sox.

13/8-11/17-13/17 WGBH-FM News/Talk WGBH Fond. 2.6-3.2-2.6. Cume 278-272-296k. Trails WBUR by 0.4.

17/16-18/15-15/16 WXRV-FM Adult Alternative Northeast 1.9-1.9-1.9. Cume 374-324-290k. Can use more.

22/22-22/22-16/19 WCRB-FM Classical WGBH 1.3-1.2-1.8. Cume 177-156-211k. Pledges better than format.

9/11-10/10-16/11 WWBX-FM Hot A/C Audacy 4.4-3.6-1.8. Cume 470-461-407k. Holiday or stuck in between?

17/13-19/12-18/12 WBOS-FM ClassicRock Beasley 1.9-1.7-1.7. Cume 372-364-170k. Really time for a change.

19/15-16/18-18/18 WBWL-FM Country iHeart 1.8-2.0-1.7. Cume 357-289-270k. Still a struggle; can do better.

16/19-16/19-18/20 WZRM-FM Spanish Urban iHeart 2.1-2.0-1.7. Cume 258-233-201k. New format will work.

xx-21/27-21/23 WMJX A/C Stream Audacy. 0.0-1.4-1.4. Cume 69k. Holiday gift of streaming. Magic Share 9.3.

17/19-20/17-20/14 WXLO-FM Hot A/C Cumulus 2.2-1.5-1.5. Cume 405-330-332k. Big signal can do much more.

22/20-21/21-23/21 WERS-FM Adult Alternative Emerson Col. 1.4-1.4-1.1. Cume 205-183-176k. Good sound.

26/28-25/24-24/27 WEEI/FM Stream Audacy Sports 0.5-0.5-0.8. Cume 47-25-32k. Add WEEI/FM total = 3.2.

25/26-25/26-25/24 WCTK-FM Country Hall 0.6-0.5-0.4. Cume: 106-94-82k. 7.8 at #3 in Holiday, Providence.

27/30-29/29-25/25 WNNW-AM Tropical Costa-Eagle 0.5-0.2-0.4 Cume 53-41-49k.

25/31 WBMX Stream Hot A/C Audacy. 0.4.?23k cume. Nice initial showing.?Total WBMX: 2.2.

30/36-27-34-25/33 WXKS-AM Talk iHeart 0.3-0.4-0.4 Cume 17-22-19k.?Still a local work in progress.

29/32 WUMB Variety UMass (6 signals) 0.2-0.2-0.2. Cume 34-33-22k.

29/29 WVEI-FM Sports Audacy 46-16-28k. ?#9 share in Holiday Providence with 4.4-3.6-3.2

Tied at 31:?WJDA-AM Spanish Talk 0.1, #30 cume, WWFX Classic Rock Cumulus 0.1 20-37-43k & WMVX-AM ?????Classic Hits Costa-Eagle Cume 30k, #28. ?Tied at 34 at 0.0: WCOD Hot A/C iHeart Cape Cod #7, 3.0 Fall ‘21; WHJY-FM Rock iHeart #2 Holiday Providence 9.8; ?WHEB-FM Rock iHeart Portsmouth NH #2 5.9 Fall ‘21; WSNE-FM Hot A/C iHeart Providence #6, 5.4; WSRS-FM A/C iHeart Worcester #1 8.5., December 2021.

Nor’east Major Market Radio Update – January 31, 2022 Clark Smidt?www.broadcastideas.com

NEW YORK (1)?15,997,800.?Hispanic 25.5%.?Urban 16.7%.?Top Clusters November/December/Holiday ‘21: iHeart Wins Again 25.1-27.7-28.1, Audacy 22.7-20.9-21.8, Emmis 10.9-9.5-9.8, Spanish Broadcasting System 9.7-9.0-7.6, WNYC 5.2-6.0-5.5.?Same Top 5 Cumes: ?1. WLTW A/C 3.44-4.08-4.49mil. 2. WHTZ CHR 2.94-2.75-2.57mil.?3. WKTU Hot A/C 2.83-2.73-2.46mil.?4. WCBS-FM Classic Hits 2.73-2.47-2.40mil. ?5. WNEW-FM Hot A/C 2.55-2.28-2.18mil.?14 NYC stations have a million+ cume. ?iHeart keeps Top Cluster from Audacy by 2.4-6.8-6.3. ?NYC Change Range:?+2.5/-0.9?Gainers: +2.5 A/C WLTW, + 0.6 News WINS-AM, +0.4 @ Urban A/C WBLS & News WCBS-AM.?Sliders: -0.9 Urban Contemporary WBLS, -0.6 @ Spanish Tropical WSKQ & Spanish A/C WPAT, -0.4 @ Hot A/C WNEW/FM & News/Talk WNYC/FM.?Formats: News/Talk WINS-AM 3.6-3.8-4.4 leads WNYC/FM 2.9-3.1-2.7, WBCS-AM 2.3-2.2-2.6, next WABC-AM/WLIR-FM 2.6-2.4-2.3 leads WOR-AM Talk 2.4-2.3-2.1.?Nov/Dec/Holiday Shares: All A/C 15.2-14.5-20.1, News/Talk 15.6-16.0-16.9, Spanish/Tropical 12.7-12.6-11.2, Urban/RhymCHR/HipHop 10.9-10.9-9.9, ClassicRock/ClassicHits/Oldies 10.7-8.9-9.1, CHR 7.7-6.4-6.3, Sports 5.2-4.7-4.6, Classical 1.7-2.2-2.3, Jazz 0.6-0.4-0.5, Stream 1.4-1.5-1.8, HD 0.0-0.0-0.1.

Top 26 NYC Stations (Cume Rank Nov/Dec/Hol in parenthesis): ?1. WLTW A/C iHeart jumps top spot 6.8-9.7-11.2 (#1-#1-#1 Cume).?2. WBLS Urban Adult Contemporary Emmis 6.5-5.8-6.2 (#9-8-8 cume).?3. WCBS/FM Classic Hits Audacy 5.5-4.5-4.6 (4-4-4).?4. WSKQ Tropical Spanish Broadcast 4.5-5.1-4.5 (7-7-7). ?5. WINS-AM News Audacy 3.6-3.8-4.4 (11-11-12).?Tie at 6. WHTZ CHR Audacy 5.1-4.2-4.1 (2-2-2) & WKTU Hot A/C iHeart 3.5-3.9-4.1 (3-3-3).?8. WAXQ Classic Rock iHeart 4.6-4.2-4.0 (6-6-6). ?9. WNEW/FM Hot A/C Audacy 4.5-3.8-3.4 (5-5-5).?10. WFAN FM/AM Sports Audacy 3.2-3.0-3.0 (15-15-15).?11. WXNY Spanish CHR Univision 2.8-2.8-2.8 (13-13-11).?12. WNYC-FM Public News/Talk 2.9-3.1-2.7 (18-17-17).?Tie at 13. WCBS-AM News Audacy 2.3-2.2-2.6 (16-16-16) and WPAT Spanish Hits Spanish Broadcast 3.4-3.2-2.6 (12-12-14).?15. WWPR Urban Contemp. iHeart 2.7-3.4-2.5 (9-9-10).?16. WABC-AM/WLIR-FM Talk Red Apple 2.6-2.4-2.3 (20-21-22).?17. WQXR/FM Classical WNYC 1.7-2.2-2.2 (22-21-21). Tie at 18. WOR-AM Talk iHeart 2.4-2.3-2.1 (19-20-20) & WQHT Rhym. CHR iHeart 2.6-2.2-2.1 (10-10-9).?20. WNYL Modern Alternative Rock 1.8-1.5-1.6 (14-14-13).?21. WEPN FM Sports Emmis 1.6-1.4-1.4 (18-19-19).?22. Country WNSH is now WXBK Classic HipHop Audacy 1.4-1.3-1.1 (17-22-18). ?23. WMGO A/C Beasley 0.3-0.8-1.0 (24).?24. WAWZ Christian 0.9-0.9-0.8 (26).?Tie at 25.?WINS-AM Stream News Audacy 0.0-0.5-0.8 (34) & WKXW Talk Townsquare 0.8-0.7-0.8 (23).

WASHINGTON D.C. (8) 5,019,200. Urban 26.8%. Hispanic 16.5%. Top Clusters Nov/Dec/Hol:?iHeart Wins Big Again: 24.1-27.9-25.2, Audacy 11.6-11.5-10.7, Urban One 11.3-11.1-10.3, Howard University 6.6-8.8-8.3, American University 8.9-7.5-7.3, Hubbard 8.4-7.5-7.2, WETA Public 4.6-4.0-4.7.?Top 5 Cumes: ?1. WASH A/C 971k-1.07-1.15mil ?2. WTOP/WTLP News Hubbard 822-743-645k.?3. WIAD Classic Hits Audacy 662-676-619k.?4. WHUR Urban Howard U. A/C 644-620-581k.?5. WIHT CHR iHeart 748-697-557k.?DC Holiday Share Change Range +1.9/-0.9 ?Gainers: +1.9 A/C WASH, +0.7 Classical WETA/WGMS, +0.6 WGTS/WGTZ Christian.?Sliders: ??-1.0 Mod/Alt Rock WWDC, 0.9 @ Urban A/C WMMJ & Country WMZO, -0.7 RhymCHR WPGC, -0.6 CHR WHIT, -0.5 Urban A/C WHUR Formats: News/Talk 20.9-19.2-18.7, Urban/Gospel 20.1-19.9-18.6, All A/C 7.3 11.5-13.4, Classic Rock/Classic Hits 8.2-8.6-8.0, CHR 8.5-8.6-7.2, Classical 5.8-5.1-5.3, Rock 4.4-4.4-3.8, Country 4.0-4.8-3.1, Sports 3.0-2.8-2.6.?Stream 0.7-0.5-0.3, HD 0.0-0.1-0.1.?Top 18 DC Stations Nov/Dec/Hol Share (Cume Rank) ?1. WASH A/C iHeart 7.2-11.3-13.2 (1-1-1). 2. WHUR Urban A/C Howard Univ. 8.8-8.8-8.3 (5-5-4). ?3. WAMU News/Talk American Univ. 8.9-7.5-7.3 (6-10-7).?4. WTOP/WTLP News Hubbard 7.7-6.8-6.4 (2-2-2). ?TIE at 5. WETA/WGMS Classical WETA 4.6-4.0-4.7 (15-14-14) & WMMJ Urban A/C Urban One 6.2-5.6-4.7 (8-11-9).?7. WBIG-FM Classic Rock iHeart 3.8-4.2-4.1 (11-7-6).?8.?WGTS/WGBZ Contemporary Christian 4.3-3.4-4.0 (13-13-13).?9. WIHT CHR iHeart 4.9-4.5-3.9 (3-3-5).?10. WWDC/ FM Modern Alternative Rock iHeart 4.4-4.8-3.8 (9-9-10). ?11. WIAD Classic Hits Audacy 4.1-4.0-3.7 (4-4-3). 12. WMAL-FM News/Talk Cumulus 3.5-3.7-3.6 (14-15-16).?13. WKYS Urban Contemporary Urban One 2.6-3.4-3.3 (10-8-11). 14. WPGC RhymCHR Audacy 3.1-3.3-2.6 (7-6-8).?15. WMZQ Country iHeart 3.8-3.1-2.2 (12-12-12). TIE at 16. WJFK Sports Audacy 1.6-1.7-1.9 (16-15) & WPRS Gospel Urban One 2.0-1.7-1.9 (17-18). 18. WLZL Spanish Tropical Audacy 1.3-1.2-1.6 (18-17). ?

Nor’east Major Market Radio Update – January 31, 2022??Clark Smidt?www.broadcastideas.com

PHILADELPHIA (9) ?4,635,500.?Urban 20.8%.?Hispanic 9.5%. November/December/Holiday: ?Audacy increases #1 lead as Top Cluster with a 4.3 gain by Holiday WBEB totaling 23.2-28.9-30.6. Beasley holds #2, following by 11.3: 24.4-22.4-19.3, while the iHeart cluster ranks “show” at 19.8-18.8-18.5.?WHYY 5.2-5.7-5.9. ?Urban One 3.2-3.2-3.1. Audacy has stations #1, 6, 8, 9. Beasley stations rank #3, 5, 10 & 12.?iHeart registers #2, 7, 11 & 13. ?Top 5 Cumes: ?1. WBEB A/C Audacy 952k-1.31-1.63mil, top share.?2. WDAS Urban A/C iHeart holds 732-736-741k, for #2 share. ?3. Rock WMGK at 808-731k.?4. Soft A/C WISX 675k.?5. WOGL Classic Hits Audacy 780-841-665k slipping back to 9th share.?PHA Holiday Share Change Range: ?+4.3/-1.8.?Gainers: +4.3 WBEB, +0.8 WISX, +0.5 Rock WMMR.?Sliders:?-1.8 Rock WMGX, -0.9 @ Sports WIP/FM, Classic Hits WOGL & Adult Hits WBEN; -0.7 Hot A/C WTDY, -0.6 @ Country WXTU & CHR WIOQ.?Formats:?#1 WBEB keeps the top cume and enjoys Xmas at #1. News/Talk: WHYY moves into 4th share, topping KYW-AM/WPHI-FM by 1.2, holding at #6.?Sports: WIP-AM slips to #8 (3.7+.7 stream = 4.4) beating WPEN at 1.6 by 2.8-2.7-2.8. Nov/Dec/Hol: All A/C 11.9-16.4-20.8 News/Talk 13.0-14.0-14.2. ?All Urban shares 14.3-14.3-13.9. ?Classic Rock/ Classic & Adult Hits 14.6-14.8-13.1. ?Rock/Alterative 9.9-10.3-10.3.?Sports 8.3-7.1-6.0.?Country 4.4-3.5-2.9.?CHR 2.8-3.3-2.7. Classical 2.2-2.0-1.8, Jazz 0.0, Stream 1.0-1.7-2.2. HD 0.0

Top 20 Philly Stations Nov/Dec/Holiday (Cume Rank): ?1. WBEB A/C Audacy 4.8-10.1-14.4 (1-1-1).?2. WDAS Urban A/C iHeart 8.7-8.4-8.5 (4-4-2). ?3. WMMR Rock Beasley 6.8-6.6-7.1 (10-10-10). ?4. WHYY Public News/ Talk (6 signals) 5.2-5.7-5.9 (17-15-14). ?5. WMGK Classic Rock Beasley 7.2-6.9-5.1 (2-3-3)??6. KYW-AM/WPHI-FM News Audacy 5.2-4.6-4.7 (5-6-6).?7. WISX Soft A/C iHeart 3.5-3.0-3.8 (9-9-4).?8. WIP-FM Sports Audacy 5.1-4.6-3.7 (6-5-7). ?9. WOGL Classic Hits Audacy 3.7-4.4-3.5 (3-2-5). ?10. WXTU Country Beasley 4.4-3.5-2.9 (11-11-11).?11. WIOQ CHR iHeart 3.3-3.3-2.7 (8-7-8).?12. WBEN Adult Hits Beasley 3.7-3.5-2.6 (7-8-9). ?13. WUSL Urban Contemp. iHeart 2.4-2.3-2.0 (13-13-13).?14. WPPZ R&B Oldies Urban One 2.2-2.2-1.9 (16-16-16). College TIE at 15. WXPN Alternative U. Penn 1.2-1.9-1.7 (21-21) & WRTI Classical Temple University 2.1-1.9-1.7 (22-23).?17. WPEN Sports Beasly 2.3-1.9-1.6 (17).?18. WRFF ModAltRock Audacy 1.9-1.8-1.5 (12-15). 3-way TIE at 19. WKXW Talk Townsquare 1.1-1.0-1.2 (22) with WRNB Urban Contemp Urban One 1.0-1.0-1.2 (18) and WTDY Hot A/C Audacy 2.0-1.9-1.2 (12-12).

PROVIDENCE (44)?1,422,700.?Hispanic 13%.?Urban 6.2%.?Top Clusters November/December/Holiday 2021: Last month two clusters were tied at 25.1.?Cumulus Christmas broke that wide open 23.25.1-30.2.?iHeart 25.6-25.1-19.5, Hall Communications 7.9-8.6-8.3, Beasley 5.4-5.6-4.9, Audacy 4.4-3.6-3.2, WGBH Boston 2.5-2.4-2.3 edges RI Public Radio 3.0-2.4 -2.2.?Same Top 5 Cumes:?1. WWLI A/C Cumulus 372-427-503k.

2. WPRO/FM CHR Cumulus 384-368-350k.??3. WSNE Hot A/C iHeart 339-331-279k.??4. WHJY Rock iHeart 334-318-255k.?5. WWBB Classic Hits iHeart 258-228k. Holiday Change Range: +4.1/-0.8.?Gainers: +4.1 WWLI A/C, + 0.9 WPRO/WEAN CHR, +0.4 @ WWBB Classic Hits & WJMF Classical. ?Sliders: -0.8 WSNE Hot A/C, -0.7 WHJY Classic Rock, -0.4 @ WBZ/FM Sports, WVEI/FM Sports & WNBH-AM Classic Hits. ?Formats:?All A/C 12.2-15.3-18.6; Classic Rock/Hits/Oldies 6.1-6.3-14.3, News/Talk 13.0-13.0-12.4, CHR 11.7-10.9-9.2; Country 8.8-9.3-9.1, Sports 8.4-7.6-6.8, Classical 0.8-0.8-1.2; Jazz, HD & Stream all 0.0.?Providence Top 18 Station Shares N/D/Hol (cume rank):?1. WWLI A/C Cumulus 7.7-10.1-14.2 (2-2-1).?2. WHJY Classic Rock iHeart 11.3-10.5-9.8 (4-4-4). TIE at 3. WCTK Country Hall 7.4-7.7-7.8 (5-6-6) with WPRO/FM CHR Cumulus 8.8-7.6-7.8 (1-2-2).?5. WPRO-AM/WEAN-FM Talk Cumulus 5.2-5.8-6.7 (9-9-8).?6. WSNE Hot A/C iHeart 4.5-5.2-4.4 (3-3-3).?7. WWBB-FM Classic Hits iHeart 4.2-3.7-4.1 (6-5-5).?8. WBZ-FM Sports Beasley 4.0-4.0-3.6 (7-7-7).?9. WVEI-FM Sports Audacy 4.4-3.6-3.2 (8-8-9). TIE at 10. WNPN News/Talk RI Public Radio 3.0-2.4-2.2 (10-12-12) and WGBH-FM News/Talk 2.4-2.3-2.2 (11-13-12).?12. WWKX RhymCHR Cumulus 1.5-1.6-1.4 (10-12-10). ?13. WKLB Country Beasley 1.4-1.6-1.3 (15-15-13).?TIE at 14. WHJJ-AM Talk iHeart 0.8-1.1-1.1 (21-16) & WJMF Classical 0.7-0.7-1.1 (17). ?16. WKKB Spanish Tropical Red Wolf 0.9-0.8-0.7 (15).?17. WNBH-AM Hall Classic Hits 0.5-0.9-0.5 (14). ?18. WSKP-AM Oldies Red Wolf 0.4-0.4-0.4 (18).?

HARTFORD (53)?1,075,700.?Hispanic 16%.?Urban 11.8%.?Top Clusters Nov/Dec/Holiday:?Audacy Continues at #1: 29.4-32.0-36.8, iHeart 24.1-23.8-21.5, Red Wolf 10.8-9.9-9.5, CT Public 7.0-7.1-6.9.?Top 5 Cumes:?1. WRCH Soft A/C Audacy 210-297-335k.?2. WTIC-FM Hot A/C Audacy 236-218-178k.?3. WKSS CHR iHeart 219-206-173k.?4. WWYZ Country iHeart 156-161k. ?5. WHCN Classic Hits iHeart 179-168-144k.?A Very Rare Cume Tie at #8 with CT Public News/Talk WNPR & WMRQ Mod.Alt.Rock Red Wolf at exactly 90,900 persons weekly. Holiday ’21 Hartford Share Change Range: +3.7/-1.5. Gainers: +3.7 WRCH Soft A/C Audacy, +0.7 @ WWYZ Country iHeart & WTIC/FM Hot A/C Audacy, +0.4 @ WZMX Rythmic CHR Audacy & WMRQ HD2 Tropical Red Wolf. ?Sliders: -1.5 @ WKSS CHR iHeart & WRYM-AM Spanish Trignition, -0.7 WHCN Classic Hits iHeart, -0.6 WKCI CHR iHeart.?Only 22 Subscribers.?Formats: News/Talk WNPR CT Public slips to #4 share 6.9, at 91k cume while 50kw WTIC-AM holds #7 share at 5.2, 77k cume.??WHCN Classic Hits ties at #5 with WZMX and leads #8 Classic Rock WDRC-FM by 1.8-1.8-1.5, tied with WKSS. All A/C stations: 17.6-20.6-26.0, News/Talk 14.3-13.6-13.4, All CHR 14.6-13.8-11.9, Classic Hits/Classic Rock/Oldies 14.4-12.9-11.5, Country 7.6-8.0-8.7, Sports 0.8-0.9-0.9.?HD 1.3-1.7-2.4. Stream 0.2-0.0-0.0.

Top 17 Hartford Stations Nov/Dec/Hol (Cume):?1. WRCH Soft A/C Aduacy 10.8-14.9-18.6 (3-1-1). ?2. WWYZ Country iHeart 7.6-8.0-8.7 (4-5-4).?3. WTIC-FM Hot A/C Audacy 6.8-6.7-7.4 (1-2-2).?4. WNPR News/Talk Connecticut Public 7.0-7.1-6.9 (10-10-8 Tie).?TIE at 5. WHCN Classic Hits iHeart 6.8-6.3-5.6 (5-4-5) with WZMX Rhythmic CHR Audacy 5.9-5.2-5.6 (6-7-7).?7. WTIC-AM News/Talk Audacy 5.7-5.2-5.2 (11-11-11).?TIE at 8. WKSS 5.7-5.6-4.1 (2-3-3) & WDRC-FM Classic Rock Red Wolf 5.3-4.5-4.1 (7-6-6).?10. WMRQ ModernAlt.Rock Red Wolf 3.6-2.8-2.4 (9-9-8 Tie).?11. WKCI CHR iHeart 3.0-2.8-2.2 (8-8-10).?12. WMRQ-HD2 Spanish Tropical Red Wolf 1.3-1.5-1.9 (13-14-13).?13. WPLR Classic Rock Connoisseur 1.9-1.9-1.7 (12).?TIE at 14.?WUCS/FM Sports iHeart 0.8-0.9-0.9 (14-13-14) with AMs WDRC/WBOM/WSNG Talk Red Wolf 0.8-0.9-0.9 (15-16-15).???16. WFCR News/Talk UMass 0.4-0.4-0.4 (16).??17. WNTY-AM Oldies Red Wolf 0.4-0.2-0.2 (17).?

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER/HOLIDAY 2021 NORTHEAST CLUSTER SCOREBOARD – WIN, PLACE, SHOW:

NEW YORK (1):?iHEART 25.1-27.7-28.1, AUDACY 22.7-20.9-21.8, EMMIS 10.9-9.5-9.8

WASHINGTON DC (8):?iHEART 24.1-27.9-25.2, AUDACY 11.6-11.5-10.7, URBAN ONE 11.3-11.1-10.3

PHILADELPHIA (9): AUDACY 23.2-28.9-30.6, BEASLEY 24.4-22.4-19.3, iHEART 19.8-18.8-18.5

BOSTON (10):?iHEART 32.8-30.4-26.5, AUDACY 16.1-19.8-24.1, BEASLEY 26.0-25.6-23.0

PROVIDENCE (44):?CUMULUS 23.3-25.1-30.2, iHEART 25.6-25.1-19.5, HALL 7.9-8.6-8.3?

HARTFORD (53): ?AUDACY 29.4-32.0-36.8, iHEART 24.1-23.8-21.5, RED WOLF 10.8-9.9-9.5

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