Nighttime HEBA Approval & Nor'east February PPM Radio Results.

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. Added value to AM antenna land. Please call for information.

February 1-28, 2024 PPM results show latest format trends. Understanding the numbers is essential for preparations to win without major investment.

NEW YORK (1) FEBRUARY ’24 CLUSTERS Holiday-January-February: iHeart 31.8-27.2-28.5, Audacy 19.4-22.2- 20.0), Spanish Broadcasting System 7.6-7.7-7.2, WNYC Public 7.3-7.8-6.7, Media Holding Inc. 6.6-6.4-6.5. NYC Live 25: iHeart holds the Top 3 spots: 1. WLTW A/C 14.3-7.7-8.4, 3.58 million, #1 cume; 2. WAXQ Classic Rock 5.9-6.6- 6.9, 1.75million #6 cume; 3. WHTZ CHR 4.6-5.5-5.6, 2.45mil #2 cume; 4. WNYC Public N/T 4.1-4.5-4.7, 617k #17 cume; TIE 5: WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.4-6.2-4.6, 2.27mil #3 cume; TIE 5: WBLS Media Holding Urban A/C 4.7-4.8-4.6, 1.28mil #9 cume; 7. WINS-FM Audacy News 3.9-4.7-4.5 (0.4 stream), 1.55mil #7 cume; 8. WKTU iHeart RhymCHR 4.0-4.0-4.2, 2.23mil #4 cume; 9 TIE: WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 3.9-3.7-4.1, 2.17mil #5 cume; 9 TIE: WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 4.6-4.3-4.1, 1.51mil #8 cume; 11. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 3.0-3.5-3.8, 452k #19 cume; 12: WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 2.3-2.8-3.1, 1.08mil #12 cume; 13 TIE: WPAT SBS Spanish A/C -2.1- 2.2-2.2, 911k #13; 13 TIE: WPLJ K-Love Contemp. Christian 2.1-2.1-2.2, 709k #16 cume; 15. WFAN-FM Audacy Sports 2.3-2.7-2.0 (+0.8 stream), 785k #15 cume; 16. WQHT Media Holding RhymCHR 1.9-1.6-1.9, 1.09mil #11; TIE 17: WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 1.8-1.7-1.8, 1.1mil #10, TIE 17: WQXR-FM WNYC Classical 2.0-1.9-1.8, 433k #20 cume; 19. WCBS-AM Audacy News 1.6-1.7-1.7, (+0.1 stream) 465k #18; 20. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.2- 1.7-1.6, 271k #23 cume. 21. WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.4, 801k #14 cume; 22. WNYC-AM Public N/T 1.1, 128k #34 cume; 23. WKXW Talk Townsquare 1.0, 242k #24 cume; 25. WFAN Stream 0.8, 131k #33 cume. iHeart cluster lead back up 12.4-5.0-8.5 over Audacy; 12 stations have million+ cumes.

WASHINGTON DC (8) FEBRUARY ‘24 CLUSTERS HOL/JAN/FEB: iHeart 19.5-18.1-18.1, Audacy 13.0-12.8-13.8, American University 11.5-12.8-13.0, Urban One 12.7-12.6-12.6, Hubbard 6.5-8.5-7.9, Howard Univ. 7.7-7.2-7.6. DC Top 20: 1. WAMU American U. News/Talk 11.5-12.7-13.0 535k #5 cume; 2. WTOP-FM Hubbard News 6.3- 8.3.7.6, 658k #2 cume; 3. WHUR Howard Univ. Urban A/C 7.7-7.2-7.4, 555k #4 cume; 4. WASH-FM iHeart A/C 11.0-6.5 -5.9, 839k #1 cume; 5. WMMJ Urban One A/C 5.5-5.0-5.2, 420k #10; 6. WETA Public Classical up again 3.8-4.6-5.0, 272k #13 cume; 7. WMAL Cumulus N/T 3.1-4.5-4.5, 210k #16; 8. WKYS Urban One Contemporary 3.9-4.2-3.8, 381k #11 cume; TIE 9: WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 3.9-3.5-3.7, 603k #3 cume; TIE 9. WWDC iHeart Modern Alt Rock 2.9-3.5-3.7, 451k #8 cume; TIE 11: WGTS Contemporary Christian -3.1-3.3-3.5, 268k #14 cume; TIE 11: WZMQ iHeart Country 2.9-2.6-3.1, 311-247-277k #13 cume; 13. WPGC Audacy RhymCHR 2.9-3.1-3.4, 458k #7 cume; 14. WPRS Urban One Gospel 2.8-3.0-3.1, 254k #15 cume; 15. WIHT iHeart CHR 2.9-2.7-2.8, 531k #6 cume; 16. WJFK Audacy Sports 2.6-2.8-2.3 (+0.8 stream), 193k #18; TIE 17: WIBG iHeart Classic Rock 2.1- 2.2-2.1, 450k #9 cume; TIE 17: WLZL Audacy Spanish Tropical 2.0-2.2-2.1, 201k #17; 19. WDCN-LP La Nueva Spanish CHR 1.1-1.2-1.2, 97k #21; 20. WAFY Manning Hot A/C 1.0, 82k #23 cume. iHeart leads Audacy by 4.3. Cumes ranked higher than shares indicate a strong signal with tune-outs.

PHILADELPHIA (9) FEBRUARY ‘24 CLUSTERS HOL/JAN/FEB: Audacy 36.7-30.9-30.5, Beasley 19.8-25.5-27.6, iHeart 18.4-15.1-15.5, Public Radio 8.1-7.4-7.0. Urban One 4.6-4.7-5.4. PHA TOP 25: One-Two Beasley Win: 1. WMGK Classic Rock 6.5-8.2-9.1, 813k #2 cume; 2. WMMR Rock 5.7-7.5-8.0, 723k #4 cume; 3. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 8.6-7.3-6.8, 496 #9 cume; 4. WBEB Audacy A/C 16.8-5.5-6.3, 963k #1 cume; 5. KYW-AM Audacy News 4.7-6.2-6.0 (+0.3 stream), 499k #8; 6. WIP-FM Audacy Sports 5.7-7.0-5.7 (+2.0 stream), 458k #10 cume; 7. WXTU Beasley Country 3.7-5.2-5.0, 532k #7 cume; TIE 8: WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 2.7-3.8-4.2, 757k #3 cume; TIE 8: WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 2.4-3.1-4.2, 628k #5 cume; 10. WUSL iHeart Urban 4.1-3.8-3.6, 422k #11 cume; 11. WPPZ Urban One R&B Oldies 2.6-2.9-3.4, 319k #14; 12. WHYY Public N/T 2.8-3.1-3.3, 268k #16; 13. WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 2.7-3.1-3.1, 551k #6 cume; 14. WRFF iHeart Adult Alternative 2.1-2.2-2.1, 442 427-433k #11; 3-WAY 15 TIE: WRNB Urban One Contemporary 2.0-1.8-2.0, 303k #15 cume; TIE 15: WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 1.7-2.2-2.0, 121k #24; TIE 15: WIP-FM Stream Audacy Sports 1.5-2.3-2.0, 67k #25; 18. WRTI Temple University Classical 2.5-2.4- 1.9, 152k #22 cume; TIE 19: WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.1-1.9-1.8, 430k #12 cume; TIE 19: WXPN U. Penn Adult Alternative 2.3-1.9-1.8, 188k #20. Audacy Cluster keeps a 2.9 lead over Beasley.

BOSTON (10) FEBRUARY ’24 CLUSTERS HOL/JAN/FEB: Beasley 20.8-25.8-24.2, iHeart 22.0-22.2-20.3, Audacy 24.6-18.0-18.6, WGBH 6.8-7.4-7.1, WBUR 6.1-6.0-6.1. BOS: 1. WBZ/FM Beasley Sports 9.2-11.2-9.1, 429k #6 cume; 2. WMJX Audacy A/C 14.2-6.7-6.4, 716k #1 cume; 3. WBUR Boston University N/T 6.1-6.0-6.1, 368k #9 cume; 4. WROR Beasley Classic Hits 3.9-5.2-6.0 598k #3 cume; 5. WZLX iHeart Classic Rock 5.0-4.9-5.2, 391k #7 cume, TIE 6: WWBX Audacy Hot A/C 2.8-4.5-4.9, 459k #4 cume; TIE 6. WBZ-AM iHeart News/Talk 4.7-4.6-4.9, 370k #8 cume; 8. WGBH Public News/Talk 3.9-4.2-4.6, 296 #13 cume; 9. WXKS-FM iHeart CHR 3.9-4.3-4.2, 601k #2 cume; 10. WKLB Beasley Country 3.0-4.1-4.0, 353k #10; 11. WBGB Audacy Adult Hits 3.1-2.9-3.7, 423k #6 cume; 12. WEEI-FM Audacy Sports 2.8-3.9-3.3, 247k #16; 13. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk 3.1-2.8-3.2, 100k #21 cume; 14. WBQT Beasley Hot A/C 2.8-3.2-2.9, 439k #5 cume; 15. WCRB ‘GBH Public Classical 2.9-3.2-2.5, 227k #17 cume; 16. WJMN iHeart Rhythmic CHR 1.7-2.2-2.4, 345k #11 cume; 17. WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative 1.7-1.7-2.1, 275k #14; 18. WBOS Beasley Classic Rock 1.8-1.9-2.0, 304 #12; 19. WBWL iHeart Country 1.7-1.6-1.7, 214k #18; 20. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative 1.5-1.7-1.4, 140k #20 cume. Beasley 3.9 ahead of iHeart; 5.8 over Audacy. Please See March 20 Boston Spotlight: https://1drv.ms/w/s!AoaA0zThaI9Vg9txt8i3GrV2mwaHnQ?e=JMgQzZ

PROVIDENCE (44) FEBRUARY ‘24 CLUSTERS HOL/JAN/FEB: Cumulus 30.5-23.3-23.8, iHeart 18.3-20.8-21.9, Hall Communications 7.7-8.7-8.5. PROV TOP 20: 1. WWLI Cumulus A/C 19.0-9.8 -9.2, 347k #1 cume. 2. WHJY iHeart Classic Rock 6.6-7.0-9.1, 235k #3 cume; 3. WCTK Hall Country 7.3-8.3-7.9, 230k #5 cume; 4. WPRO-AM Cumulus Talk 5.9-6.9-6.8, 99k #7; 5. WWBB iHeart Classic Hits 6.7-6.7-6.0, 212 #6 cume; 6. WSNE iHeart Hot A/C 4.2-6.1- 5.7, 234k #4 cume; 7. WPRO-FM Cumulus CHR 3.9-4.5-5.1, 273k #2 cume; 8. WGBH-FM Public N/T 1.6-2.1-2.4, 77k #10. 9. WKKB-FM Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 1.9-2.3-2.1 2k #11; 10. WWKX Cumulus RhymCHR 1.7-2.1-2.0, 84k #8; 11. WVEI-FM Audacy Sports 2.0-2.1-1.7, 81k #8 cume; 12. WNPN RI Public N/T 1.3-1.5-1.4, 42k #12; 13. WHJJ-AM iHeart Talk 1.1, 22k #15; 14. WJMF Bryant University Classical 0.9, 20k #16; 15. WSKP-AM Oldies Red Wolf 0.7, 22k #17 cume; TIE 16: WNBH-AM Hall Classic Hits 0.6, 32k #13; TIE 16: WELH Wheeler School Rock 0.6, 18k #17; TIE 18: WCAI ‘GBH Public N/T 0.1, 7k #18; TIE 18: WCRB ‘GBH Classical 0.1, 5k #19. 20. WSNE-HD2 Talk 0.0 1k #20. Cumulus leads iHeart 2.2-2.5-1.9; Talk WPRO-AM 6.8, CHR WPRO-FM 5.1.

HARTFORD (54) FEBRUARY ’24 CLUSTERS HOL/JAN/FEB: Audacy 35.1-33.8-33.6, iHeart 22.1-22.2-22.2, Red Wolf 13.1-14.5-12.8. HTFD: 1. WRCH Soft A/C 16.9-10.0-10.6, 262k #1 cume; 2. WTIC-FM Hot A/C 5.6-10.0-9.4, 193k #2 cume; 3. WHCN FM iHeart Classic Hits 7.5-7.2-7.6, 163k #4 cume; 4. WZMX-FM Rhythmic CHR Audacy 5.6-6.4- 6.9, 137k #6 cume; 5. WWYZ iHeart Country 5.4-6.1-6.7, 159k #5 cume; 6. WTIC-AM Audacy News/Talk 5.2-6.6- 5.7, 71k #11 cume; 7. WNPR-FM Connecticut Public News/Talk 4.0-4.1-5.1, 68k #12 cume; 8. WKSS iHeart CHR 4.8-5.1-4.7, 185k #3 cume; 9. WDRC-FM Classic Rock Red Wolf 4.0-4.1-4.1, 125k #7 cume; TIE 10: WPLR-FM Connoisseur Classic Rock 2.1-2.7-2.9, 85k #9; TIE 10: WMRQ-HD2 Red Wolf Spanish Tropical 4.0-4.1-2.9, 47k #14, 12. WMRQ Red Wolf Modern/Alternative Rock 2.1-2.3-2.2, 97k #8; 13. WKCI iHeart CHR 1.9-1.8-1.8, 77k #10; TIE 14: WBOM-AM Red Wolf Urban A/C 1.3-1.8-1.6, 48k #13; TIE 14: WDRC-AM Red Wolf Talk 1.5-1.8-1.6, 23k #16; 16. WUCS iHeart Sports 2.5-2.0-1.4, 36k #15; 17. WTIC-FM Stream Hot A/C 0.6, 9k #19; 3-WAY TIE 18 @ 0.4: WFCR Univ. Mass News/Talk 16k #17; TIE 18: WNTY-AM Oldies Red Wolf 15k #18; TIE 18: WTIC-AM Stream Audacy 3k #20; TIE 21 Audacy Streams @ 0.0, 0 cume: WRCH Soft A/C & WZMX RhymCHR. Audacy cluster 33.6 stays 11.4 over iHeart 22.2. WHCN Classic Hits #3, 50kw WTIC-AM #6. WNPR N/T #7, WDRC/FM #9. HOLIDAY-JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2024 NORTHEAST CLUSTER RACE

NEW YORK iHeart 31.8-27.2-28.5 Audacy 19.4-22.2-20.0 Spanish Broadcasting 7.6-7.7-7.2

WASHINGTON DC iHeart 21.6-18.1-18.1 American U. 11.5-12.8-13.1 Urban One 12.7-12.6-12.6

PHILADELPHIA Audacy 36.7-30.9-30.5 Beasley 19.6-25.5-27.6 iHeart 18.4-15.1-15.5

BOSTON Beasley 20.8-25.7-24.2 iHeart 22.0-22.2-20.3 Audacy 24.6-18.0 -20.3

PROVIDENCE Cumulus 30.5-23.3-23.8 iHeart 18.3-20.8-21.9 Hall Communications 7.7-8.7-8.5

HARTFORD Audacy 35.1-33.8-33.6 iHeart 22.1-22.2-22.2 Red Wolf 13.1-14.5-12.8

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Nor’east FEBRUARY 2024 Updates follow as a BONUS LISTING from www.broadcastideas.com:

LONG ISLAND NY (20) PPM HOL/JAN/FEB ‘24 Top Clusters: iHeart 19.4-17.2-18.5, Audacy 17.8-17.2-17.8, Connoisseur 19.0-17.6-17.1; CMG Cox Media Group 8.7-11.0-9.9. LI Top 20 shares, cume & rank: 1. WBAB CMG Classic Rock 5.2-7.2-6.9, 435k #1 cume. 2. WHTZ iHeart CHR 4.4-5.1-5.5, 403k #2; TIE 3: WKJY Connoisseur A/C 4.6-5.1-5.1, 323k #6 cume; TIE 3: WINS/FM Audacy News 3.3-4.8-5.1, 305k #7; 5. WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 3.4- 3.8-4.8 291k #9; 6. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 3.6-5.8-4.4, 304 #8; 7. WALK Connoisseur A/C 9.2-4.7-4.1, 343k #3 cume; 8. WKTU iHeart RhymCHR 2.4-3.0-3.1, 289k #10; 9. WHLI-AM Connoisseur Oldies 1.9-3.5-3.0, 100k #17; TIE 10: WBLI CMG CHR 3.3-3.6-2.8, 329k #4 cume; TIE 10: WLTW iHeart A/C 5.9.2-3.3-2.8, 327k #5 cume. TIE 12: WNEW/FM Audacy Hot A/C 2.4-2.3-2.7, 195k #12; TIE 12: WFAN Audacy Sports 3.5-4.6-2.7 190k #13; 14: WWSK Connoisseur Rock 1.6-2.2-2.5. 175k #14 cume; 15. WBZO CHANGED TO COUNTRY from Classic Hits, Connoisseur 1.7-2.1.-2.1, 214k #11 cume; 16. WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 2.0, 115k #16; (15); 17. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 1.8, 70k #19 (Add WLIR/FM 0.2); 18. WCBS-AM Audacy News 1.7, 92k #18; 19. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.2, 50k #20; TIE 20 @ 1.1: WWPR iHeart Urban Contemporary 124k #15 & TIE 20: WSHU Sacred Heart Classical 43k #21. BALTIMORE MD (23) PPM HOL/JAN/FEB 2024 Top Clusters: Audacy 35.6-23.2-20.9, Urban One 12.9-13.2-14.9, iHeart 11.1-10.5-13.4, Hearst 6.6-7.7-8.8. BALTIMORE TOP 20: 1. WLIF Audacy A/C 15.0-11.8-10.4 427k #1 cume; TIE 2: WERQ Urban One Contemporary 6.8-6.1-7.1, 358k #2 cume; TIE 2: WWIN Urban One A/C 4.9-5.9-7.1, 279k #5; 4. WPOC iHeart Country 5.1-6.4-7.0, 243k #7; TIE 5: WWMX Hot A/C Audacy 3.0-4.6-5.4, 317K #4 cume; TIE 5: WRBS Bright Contemporary Christian 5.3-5.0-5.4, 217k #8; 7. WIYY Hearst Rock 3.9-4.4-5.0, 217k #9; 8. WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 3.7-3.5-4.4, 338k #3 cume; 9. WZBA Times Shamrock Classic Rock 2.4-2.7-3.7, 244k #6; 10. WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 2.7-4.3-3.3, 90k #15 cume; 11. WYPR Public News/Talk 3.4-3.4-3.2; 121k #12 cume; 12. WJZ-FM Audacy Sports 4.5-4.8-3.1, 142k #11; 13. WBJC Public Classical 2.2-3.7-2.1, 67k 17; 14. WCBM-AM Talk 1.5-1.9-2.0, 56k #18; 16. WZFT iHeart CHR 1.5, 161k #10 cume; 17. WLIF-HD2 Audacy Insp. Gospel 1.4, 42k #20; 18. WTOP/FM Hubbard News 1.3, 71k #16; 19. WKYS Urban One Contemporary 0.7, 110k #13; TIE 20 @ 0.6: WEAA Public Jazz, 53k #19; TIE 20: WDCH Audacy Business News, 37k #21 cume. Thank you for your time and communication. Clark Smidt, 978 502 6633