OCTOBER 2024 NOR'EAST RADIO PPM

September 12-October 9, delivers the OCTOBER 2024 PPM RADIO RESULTS.? November monthlies run October 10-November 6. The Fall ’24, 2-Book Survey runs September 12-December 4. Total Numbers offer key market & format trends.? Smart interpretation and strategy add income & audience without major investment.? When a station cume ranks higher than its share, tune-outs signal time for adjustment. ?

BOSTON (10) AUGUST/SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024 CLUSTERS – The August Top 3 Cluster Race was separated by 1.9, September 0.8, October 5.4. iHeart jumps Beasley by 2.6. iHeart 22.8-23.1-23.0-24.9. Beasley 23.3-22.9-23.1-22.3. Audacy 20.8-21.2-22.3-19.5. It remains anyone’s ballgame in Boston.

2-2-1.?WBZ/FM Beasley Sports #6-4 cume 388-447-525k?7.5-8.6-8.3.? “Sports Hub” leads Beasley Cluster.

3-3-2.? WROR?Beasley Classic Hits #2 cume 602-641-648k?6.4-6.1-7.1. Rebound as WWBX takes a 4 point hit.

4-4-3.? WMJX?Audacy A/C #1 cume 696-722-734k 5.7-5.2-6.3. Gains at “MIX” expense & sounding younger.

1-1-4.? WWBX?Audacy Hot A/C #4 cume 476-481-476k 7.8-9.6-5.6. Top Jump to biggest dip. Wha’ happened?

5-6-5.?WBZ-AM?iHeart News/Talk?#11cume 328-317-331k?4.7-4.4-5.5. Ties MJX for 1.1 top gain. News leader.

8-5-6.? WZLX?iHeart Classic Rock #5-6 cume 390-448-461k?4.3-4.9-4.4. Holds on as Boston’s Top Rocker.

7-7-7.? WXKS/FM?iHeart CHR #2-3 cume 651-635-638k?4.4-4.3-4.7.?Former #1 doesn’t look good as Lucky 7. 6-8-8 TIE.?WBUR?Boston Univ. N/T #12 cume 338-349-327k 4.6-4.2-4.2. WBZ-AM news lead grew 0.2-1.3.

9-9-8 TIE. WGBH?‘GBH News/Talk #13 cume 289-305-302k?4.1-3.9-4.2. Bickering Non-Comms are now tied.

12-11-10. WRKO-AM iHeart Talk #21 cume 127k 3.5-3.5-4.1. Heritage AM back in the Top 10 with local talk.

10-10-11. WEEI/FM?Audacy Sports #14-16 cume 274-301-267k 4.0-3.7-3.8. Off season to regroup and grow.

15-T14-12. WCRB?‘GBH Classical #18 cume 190-233-224k?2.3-2.9-3.4. Bravo. Another gain for Hub Classical.

11-12-13. WKLB?Beasley Country stays #9 cume 387-409k 3.8-3.4-3.0. 6am-2pm imports shows from Philly.

14-13-14. WBQT Beasley Hot A/C #7 cume 432-442-457k 3.1-3.1-2.9. Kinda staying put; trailing WBX by 2.7.

16-16-15. WJMN?iHeart Rhythmic CHR #10 cume 303-357-342k 2.1-2.5-2.7. Still in “Two-Ville.” Too bad.

13-T14-16. WBGB?Audacy Adult Hits #8 cume 408-440-443k?3.4-2.9-2.5. Another dip. Big strange variety.

17-17-17. WXRV Northeast Adult Alternative #16-17 cume 252-284-250k?1.9-2.0-2.0. Flawed Adult Alternative

19-19-TIE 18. WBWL?iHeart Country #17-15 cume 224-278-280k 1.7-1.6-1.6. #2 Bull by 1.8-1.4. Total C. 4.6.

22-20-TIE 18. WXLO?Cumulus Hot A/C #17-14 cume 230-297k?1.2-1.5-1.6.?Big signal, #2 in Worcester 6.3.

20-21-20. WERS Emerson College Adult Alternative. #20-19 cume 144k 1.6-1.2-1.3. Slipped. Total Alt. 3.2-3.3.

TIE 21. WMJX Stream Audacy A/C #24, 53k 0.3-0.6-1.1 & WXKS-AM iHeart Talk #27 cume 29k. 0.8-1.1.

22-23. WZRM?iHeart Spanish Tropical #20 cume 1.37k?1.5-1.0-1.0. Boston Hispanic pop 12%, Tot. Share is 1.7.

24-24. WBOS Beasley Business News #12-18-22 cume 306-258-102k 1.9-1.8-0.8. Changed from Classic Rock.

25. WNNW-AM Costa-Eagle Spanish Tropical 0.5, 62k #23cume. TIE 26 @ 0.2: WCCM-AM Costa-Eagle Spanish, 23k #29 cume, TIE 26 WUMB UMass Variety 45k #24 cume. 3-WAY TIE 29 @ 0.1: WMVX-AM Costa-Eagle Classic Hits, WWFX Cumulus Classic Rock 19k #30 cume, WBGB Stream Audacy 10k #31 cume, WVEI-AM Audacy Sports (Worcester, not WEEI-AM) 3k, #32 cume. Boston Share Change Range +1.1 / - 4.0

NEW YORK (1) AUGUST/SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024 CLUSTERS: iHeart 27.8-27.0-27.0, Audacy 20.9-20.4-21.0, Media Holding Inc. 7.3-7.1-7.6, Spanish Broadcasting System 7.7-7.7-7.1, WNYC Public Radio 5.9-6.3-7.0. iHeart repeats again with the Top 2, WCBS/FM dips #3-5, WABC-AM holds #6. 1-1-1. WLTW A/C 8.0-8.5-8.2, 3.42-3.55-3.47 million, #1 cume. 3-2-2. WAXQ Classic Rock 5.9-6.1-6.1, 1.93-1.87-1.74 mil #6 cume. 5-5-3. WBLS Media Holding Urban A/C 5.0-5.1-5.8, 1.53-141mil #8-9 cume. 2-4-4. WHTZ CHR 6.5-5.5-5.7, 2.61-2.39mil #2-4 cume. 4-3-5. WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 5.4-5.6-5.5, 2.37-2.61-2.53mil #4-3-2cume. 6-6-6. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 4.0-4.4-5.0, 459-560k #18 cume. 7-7-7. WINS-FM Audacy News 4.3-4.3-4.6 (+0.4 stream), 1.53-1.62mil #9-7 cume. 8-9-8. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 4.1-4.2-4.4, 2.29mil #5 cume. TIE 7-9: WSKQ SBS Spanish Tropical 4.1-4.3-4.0, 1.66-1.59mil #7-8 cume. 11-10-10. WNYC Public N/T 3.2-3.2-3.9, 547-634k #17-16 cume. 8-11-11. WKTU iHeart Rhym CHR 3.7-3.4-3.5, 2.48-2.52mil #4-3 cume. T12-12-12. WFAN-FM Audacy Sports 2.7-2.6-3.3 (+1.1 stream), 895-929-1.05mil #12 cume. T14-T13-T13: WXNY Univision Spanish Tropical 2.7-2.5-2.5, 911-964k #13 cume. 15-T13-TIE 13: WQXR-FM WNYC Classical 1.9-2.3-2.5, 305-343k #21 cume. T12-15-15: WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 2.3-2.6-2.3, 885-849k #14. 16-16-16. WWPR iHeart Urban Contemp. 2.1-2.2-2.1, 1.11mil #11 cume. 17-17-17. WQHT Media Holding Rhym CHR 2.3-2.0-1.8, 1.14 mil #10 cume. 18-T18-TIE 18: WPLJ K-Love Contemporary Christian 1.4-1.5-1.4, 696-624k #16-17 cume. 20-T18-TIE 18: WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.6-1.2-1.4, 294k #24. 19-T20-TIE 20: WXBK Audacy Classic Hip Hop 1.5-1.3-1.2 843-826k #15 cume. 21-T20-TIE 20: WKXW Townsquare Talk 1.2-1.1-1.2, 361-384k #20 cume. 23-22-22. WFAN Stream 1.1, 176-199k #28-26. 22-23-23. WFUV Fordham Adult Alternative 0.8, 333-244k #22-25. TIE 24 @ 0.7: WBGO Public Jazz 293-307k #22. TIE 24: WSKQ Stream 149-165k, #32-28 cume. 4-WAY TIE 26 @ 0.6: WNYC-AM Public N/T, 116k #33, WHUD Pamal A/C 395k #19 cume, WMGQ Beasley A/C 256-294k #26-23, & TIE 26: WWYZ Press Classic Rock 179k #26 cume. 3-WAY TIE 30 @ 0.5: WKMK Press Country 171k #27, WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business 125k #32, WWRV-AM Spanish Religion 46k. TIE 33 @ 0.4: WINS Stream 92k & WADO-AM Univision Spanish 80k. iHeart tops Audacy 6.9-6.6-6.0. NYC Change Range: + 0.7 / - 0.3

LONG ISLAND NY (20) AUGUST/SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024 CLUSTERS. iHeart stays ahead of Audacy by 1.2-1.6: iHeart 17.7-19.6-18.7, Audacy 17.8-18.4-17.1, Connoisseur 15.6-14.8-16.1, Cox Media Group 13.7-12.0-12.8. LI Stations: 1-1-1. WBAB CMG Classic Rock 9.3-7.9-8.5, 449-437-433k #1 cume, 1.8-2.8 lead. 2-2-2. WHTZ iHeart CHR 4.8-6.1-5.7, 451-415k #2 cume. T3-3-3: WINS-FM Audacy News 4.7-4.9-5.6, 319k #8 cume. T5-4-4: WALK Connoisseur A/C 4.3-4.6-5.0, 380k #3 cume. 10-13-5. WFAN Audacy Sports 2.8-2.6-4.7, 158-218k #14-12 cume. T5-6-6: WAXQ iHeart Classic Rock 4.4-4.6-4.3, 316-305k #9 cume. T3-T7-TIE 7: WCBS-FM Audacy Classic Hits 4.1-4.9-4.0, 363-342k #6-5 cume. 7-T7-TIE 7: WBLI CMG CHR 4.2-3.8-4.0, 372-349k #4 cume. 10-9-9. WKJY Connoisseur A/C 3.0-3.3-3.8, 325-333k #7 cume. 8-10-10. WLTW Audacy A/C 3.1-3.5-3.3, 368-340k #5-6 cume. 12-T11-TIE 11 (3-WAY): WKTU iHeart RhymCHR 2.5-2.9-2.6, 300-290k #10. 17-14-TIE 11. WNEW-FM Audacy Hot A/C 1.8-2.4-2.6, 223-253k #11 cume. 15-T11-TIE 11. WWSK Connoisseur Rock 2.2-2.2-2.6, 179-170k #13. 9-14-14. WWWF Connoisseur Country 4.1-3.4-2.5, 183-156k #12-14 cume. 14-11-16. WABC-AM Red Apple Talk 2.0-3.1-2.0, 60-74k #21-19 cume. T18-18-17. WOR-AM iHeart Talk 1.2-1.3-1.7, 44k #21. 21-19-TIE 19 (3-WAY): WWPR iHeart Urban Contemp. 1.7-1.2-1.1, 138k #15 cume. T18-T19-TIE 19: WPAT SBS Spanish A/C 1.1-1.3-1.1, 74k #20. 20-17-TIE 19: WINS Stream 1.3-1.5-1.1, 31k #22 cume. 22-22-22. WXKB Audacy Classic Hip Hop 0.8-0.9-0.8, 108-87k #17 cume. T24-23-23 WLIR Red Apple Talk 0.7, 17-21k #28-25 cume. TIE 24 @ 0.4: WSHU Sacred Heart Classical 23k #23 & WLIW Public News/Talk 17k #28 cume. 4-WAY TIE @ 26: WBLI Stream 19.1k #26, WSUF Sacred Heart N/T 18.9k #27, WSKQ Stream SBS Tropical 12k #29, WBBR-AM Bloomberg Business 8k #30. WHSQ-AM Audacy Sports (former WCBS-AM 88 News leased to Good Karma) 2.3-1.9-0.8-0.0. ?L.I. Change Range: +0.9 / -1.1. ??

PHILADELPHIA (9) AUGUST/SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024 CLUSTERS: Audacy 29.0-29.8-30.8, Beasley 23.9-23.3-25.3, iHeart 18.1-19.0-18.2. Philly Stations: 3-2-1. WIP-FM Audacy Sports 7.0-8.0-9.8 (+ 2.5 stream), 605-769-969k #5-3-1 cume. 1-1-2. WDAS iHeart Urban A/C 9.0-8.9-8.2, 627-572k #8 cume 3-3-3. WMMR Beasley Rock 8.1-7.8-7.9, 628-641k #6-7 cume. 4-4-4. WMGK Beasley Classic Rock 6.7-6.6-6.7, 790-729k #2-3 cume. 5-5-5. KYW-AM Audacy News 4.8-4.9-4.8 (+0.8 stream), 484k #11. 6-6-6. WBEB Audacy A/C 4.7-4.8-4.3, 960-936k #2 cume. 7-8T-7. WXTU Beasley Country 3.8-3.9-4.0, 5621k #7-8-9 cume. 10-8T-8. WUSL iHeart Urban Contemp 3.3-3.9-3.8, 428-391 #12-14 cume. 10-10-9. WOGL Audacy Classic Hits 3.7-3.8-3.5, 642-681k #5-4 cume. 12-7-9. WPPZ Urban One R&B Oldies 3.1-4.1-3.5, 323k #15 cume. 12-11-11. WHYY Public N/T 3.3-3.2-3.1, 289 #17. 8-12-12. WBEN Beasley Adult Hits 3.7-3.1-2.9, 653-668k #5 cume. 16-13-13: WIOQ iHeart CHR 2.1-2.5-2.7, 445-495k #10. 14. WIP-FM Stream Audacy Sports 1.7-2.0-2.5, 166-226k #23-21-18 cume. 21-18T-15 TIE (3-WAY): WPEN Beasley Sports 1.4-1.9-2.3, 241-291k #16 cume. 20T-20-15 TIE: WXPN U. Penn. Adult Alt. 1.4-1.8-2.3, 176-199k #21 cume, 13-16T-15 TIE: WPHT-AM Audacy Talk 2.8-2.0-2.329k #23. 14-15-18. WRNB Urban One Contemp 2.3-2.1-2.2, 365-328k #14 cume. 14-13T-19: WTDY Audacy Hot A/C 2.7-2.5-2.1, 462 #12. 19-18T-21. WUMR iHeart Spanish CHR 2.0-1.8-1.9, 207k. 20T-20. WRFF iHeart Mod Alt. Rock 1.9-1.8-1.8, 382-426k #13. 21. WUMR 1.7, 216k #19 cume. T20-22. WRTI Temple Univ. Classical 2.0-1.8-1.5, 126k, #24. cume. TIE 23 @ 0.8: WSPT Townsquare CHR, 212k #18 & KYW-AM Stream Audacy News, 43k #29. TIE 25 @ 0.7: WKXW Townsquare Talk,108k #25 & WPHT-AM Stream 46k #28. Audacy leads Beasley 6.1-6.5-5.5. PHA. Share Range: + 1.8 / - 0.7.

WASHINGTON DC (8) AUGUST/SEPTMBER/OCTOBER 2024 CLUSTERS: iHeart 16.3-19.3-20.0, Audacy 14.6-13.1-13.5, American University 10.6-12.2-11.9, Hubbard 11.0-10.8-10.8, Howard University 6.8-8.3-9.3. Urban One 11.2-10.0-8.6. DC Stations: 1-1-1. WAMU American Univ. News/Talk 10.5-12.1-11.9, 495-491k #7 cume. 2-2-2. WTOP FM?Hubbard News 9.8-9.2-9.1, 694-723k #2 cume. 3-3-3. WHUR Howard University Urban A/C 6.4-7.9-8.5, 506k #6 cume.?4-T4-4. WASH-FM iHeart A/C 4.8-4.5-5.1, 724-727k #1 cume. T7-T4-5. WETA Public Classical 3.9-4.5-4.2, 283-277k #13 cume. T7-6-6. WZMQ iHeart Country 3.9-4.3-4.1, 338k #11 cume. T11-T9-7. WIAD Audacy Classic Hits 3.6-3.7-4.0, 595-588k #3 cume. 5-T9-TIE 8: WWDC iHeart Modern Alt. Rock 4.4-3.7-3.8, 491-473k #8 cume. T13-13-TIE 8: WIHT iHeart CHR 3.4-3.1-3.8, 497-546k #6-7-4 cume. 10-T7-10: WMAL?Cumulus News/Talk 3.7-4.0-3.6, 173k #18 cume. 6-T7-11. WMMJ?Urban One Urban A/C 4.1-4.0-3.5, 334k #12. 16-12-12. WGTS Christian Contemporary 3.2-3.2-3.3, 260k #14 cume. T11-11-13: WBIG Audacy Classic Rock 3.6-3.5-3.1, 497-526k #5 cume.? T9-15-14. WPGC Audacy Rhythmic CHR 3.8-2.7-2.4, 373k?#9 cume. 15-16-15. WPRS Urban One Gospel 3.3-2.5-2.3, 180k #17. 13-14-16. WKYS Urban One Contemp. 3.4-3.0-2.2, 345k #10 cume. 17-17-17. WLZL-FM Audacy Spanish 1.8-2.0-2.0, 213k #15 cume. 18-18-18. WJFK Audacy Sports 1.8-1.6-1.8 (+0.8 stream), 186-196k #16 cume. 19-19-19. WBQH-AM Hubbard Mexican 1.0-1.4-1.5 44k #26. T20-20: WLZL Stream Audacy Spanish 1.0, 21k #30. 20-21. WDCN-LP La Nueva Spanish CHR 0.9, 63k #24 cume. 22-22. WJFK Stream Audacy Sports, 36k #28, T23-23. WAFY Manning Hot A/C 0.8, 79k #22. TIE 24 @ 0.6: WDCH Audacy Business News, 91k #21 & WERQ Urban One Contemporary 92k #20. ?iHeart over Audacy by 6.2-6.5. D.C. Change Range: + 0.7 / -0.8.

BALTIMORE (23) AUG/SEPT/OCTOBER 2024 CLUSTERS: Urban One 14.9-18.5-16.6, Audacy 16.5-15.1-15.3, iHeart 11.1-10.7-10.8, Hearst 10.1-10.3-10.7, YPR 7.5-6.1-7.2. Tie at the Top: 2-T3-TIE 1: WIYY Hearst Rock 7.8-7.5-7.7, 276-306k #4 cume & 4-1-TIE 1. WWIN Urban One Urban A/C 6.0-8.7-7.7, 267-296k #5 cume. 3-2-3. WERQ Urban One Urban Contemporary 7.6-8.6-7.2, 346k #2 cume. 1-T3-4. WLIF Audacy A/C 9.3-7.5-6.8 keeps #1 Cume 409-375k. T7-5-5. WRBS Bright Contemp. Christian 4.2-4.5-5.6, 193-185k #10 cume. 5-8-6. WYPR Public N/T 4.8-3.8-4.6, 97-132k #14-12. T7-7-7. WPOC iHeart Country 4.2-4.1-4.3, 198-227k #8 cume. 6-6-TIE 8: WQSR iHeart Adult Hits 4.5-4.3-3.8, 310k #3 cume. 10-T9-TIE 8: WJZ-FM Audacy Sports 3.3-3.3-3.8, 146k #11. 9-T9-10. WZBA Times Shamrock Classic Rock 3.4-3.3-3.7, 233k #7. 12-12-11. WCBM-AM Talk 3.2-2.7-3.2, 62k #19. 14-11-12. WBAL-AM Hearst News/Talk 2.3-2.8-3.0, 131k #13 cume. 13-13-13. WWMX Audacy Hot A/C 2.6-2.5-2.9, 236k #6 cume. 12-14-14. WTMD ‘YPR Adult Alternative 2.7-2.3-2.6, 102k #13-15 cume. 15-15-15. WZFT iHeart CHR 2.0-2.0-2.4, 181-204k #9 cume. 16-16-16. WBJC Public Classical 1.9-1.5-1.4, 57-74k #16. 17-17-17. WTOP-FM Hubbard News 1.3-1.4-1.3, 64k #17. T20-18-18. WLIF-HD2 Audacy Insp. Gospel 37k #23. T19-TIE 19 @ 0.9: WKYS Urban One Urban Contemp. 109k #14 & T19-TIE 19: WEAA Public Jazz (+0.3 Stream), 63k #18 cume. T21-21. WDCH Audacy Business News 0.7, 42k #21. TIE 22 @ 0.6: WGTS Contemp. Christian 48k #20 & WMMJ Urban One A/C 22k #23. TIE 24 @ 0.3: WEAA Stream Public Jazz 13k #25 & TIE 24: WCAO-AM iHeart Insp. Gospel 0.3, 23k #24. Urban One lead over Audacy 3.4-1.3, iHeart 7.8-5.8 and Hearst 8.2-5.9. Change Range +1.1 / -1.0.

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