FEBRUARY 26, 2022 NORTHEAST RADIO UPDATE: BOSTON, NEW YORK CITY, PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON D.C., PROVIDENCE & HARTFORD

FEBRUARY 26, 2022  NORTHEAST RADIO UPDATE:  BOSTON, NEW YORK CITY, PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON D.C., PROVIDENCE & HARTFORD

CLARK SMIDT, BROADCAST ADVISOR clarkfsmidt@gmail.com (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. Prompt results with presentation, branding, increased sales & presentation. FCC licensee of Connecticut Gold 1220WATX.com Hamden/New Haven Plug & Play music system for any format & competition.

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The JANUARY 2022 survey January 6-February 2, 2022, gives A clear indication Holiday programming is on the shelves with the elves ‘til next year. Xmas A/C leaders plunge back to normal dipping by a 6.4 share in Boston, -5.2 in New York City, -5.7 in Washington DC, - 9.6 Philadelphia, -8.2 Providence and -7.0 for Hartford CT. The stage is set for 1Q ’22 with audience & format trends to watch and fluctuations to consider.

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.  BOSTON CLUSTER SHARES with High & Low Months Underlined:

                         May     June    July      Aug      Sept      Oct     Nov    Dec     Hol      Jan ‘22

1. iHeart          32.0     30.7    29.2     31.6     31.2      31.4    32.8     30.4    26.5      29.3

2. Beasley        23.9     24.7    25.4     24.9     25.9     26.0    26.0     25.6    23.0     24.5

3. Audacy        14.6      14.1    12.5     13.3     13.7    16.1    16.1     19.8    24.1      16.5

Last January, the Boston Cluster Spread was a 18.1 share, this year it’s down to 12.8, a drop of 29.3% for tighter competition and back to reality. Last Month the Holidays showed a tight race for the Top 3 clusters within a 3.5 range. Ine month, January ’22 has opened up to a 12.8 share separation. 

iHeart retains Boston’s top cluster rank with stations #4, 5, 6, 7, 12 TIE, 17 TIE, 19 & 23 with total share down 4.1, Jan ’21-Jan’22. Beasley is back in 2nd place, up 4.2 from a year ago with stations ranking 1, 2, 8, 10 & 17 TIE. Audacy slips back into 3rd spot with the loss of their WMJX Magic Xmas Bonus. The Audacy cluster is +1.2 from last January with stations at #3, 12 TIE, 14, 16, & TIES at 23, 25 & 30.  

Boston’s 5 rated Non-Comms (WBUR, WGBH, WCRB, WERS, WUMB) total 9.9-8.6-8.8-11.1 (N/D/Holiday/Jan’21). WBUR is up from #12 to #9, 3.9-3.9-3.0-3.9 while WGBH is #11, 2.6-3.2-2.6-3.4. Talk WRKO-AM moves 4.9-4.1-3.4-4.5, up #9-#7. The Great Boston Sports battle N/D/H/Jan scores: WBZ-FM taking #1: 8.7-8.5-8.3-8.3 with the market’s #4 cume; WEEI-FM is Tied at #12 going 3.4-3.2-2.6-3.1, with the #12 cume. With the A/C Holiday format dashing away, WMJX slid 13.2-6.8 Holiday/January.

BOSTON STATIONS: JANUARY Share Change Range:  +1.1/-6.4.  January Gainers: +1.1 Talk WRKO-AM, +1.0 Classic Rock WZLX, +0.9 News/Talk WBUR, +0.8 @ Classic Hits WROR, CHR WXKS/FM and N/T WGBH. January  Sliders: -6.4 A/C WMJX, -1.4 A/C WMJX Stream, -0.7 Adult Hits WBGB, -0.3 @ RhymCHR WJMN & Sports WEEI-FM Stream.  BOSTON FORMATS Nov/Dec/Hol/Jan: News/Talk 16.1-17.5-15.9-18.8; Classic Rock/Classic & Adult Hits 17.4-17.2-16.4-17.8; All A/C 14.4-15.0-20.2-14.8; Sports 12.8-12.9-11.9-12.0; CHR 8.1-8.5-8.1-8.6; Country 7.6-6.9-5.6-6.3; Rock/Alt 4.4-4.1-3.1-4.4; Classical 1.3-1.2-1.8-1.7.  Check out technical marvel 650 AM HD for excellent Classical quality and selection. No Jazz, HD shows 0.1, Stream goes 0.5-1.9-2.6-1.2.

BOSTON’S TOP 10 ENTRY SHARES for Nov/Dec/Hol/Jan: 3.9-3.6-3.4-3.5. Top 20: 1.5-1.5-1.7-1.7.  85 stations are listed in the Boston Metro; 35 subscribe; 44%

BOSTON Dec/Holiday/Jan ’21  Share/Cume Rank -- calls/format/owner -- trends, local color.

1/4-2/4-1/4 WBZ-FM Sports Beasley 8.5-8.3-8.3. Cume 719-671-599k, survives holidays; solid brand on top.

3/2-4/2-2/2 WROR-FM Classic Hits Beasley 7.2-6.1-6.9. #2 Cume 874-795-759k. Still holding off competition.

2/1-1/1-3/1 WMJX-FM A/C Audacy 7.9-13.2-6.8. #1 1.05-1.33m-813k. Xmas over; was #7 in Nov; more dip?

4/11-3/7-4/7 WBZ-AM News/Talk iHeart 6.9-6.5-6.4. Cume: 461-468-449k. News continues to be essential.

6/5-5/6-5/6 WZLX-FM Classic Rock iHeart 5.2-4.7-5.7 Cume 598-590k-488; now 3.0-2.0-2.4-1.2 under WROR.

5/3-5/3-6/3 WXKS-FM CHR iHeart 5.3-4.7-5.5. Cume 848-759-719k. 3.2-2.6-2.4-1.4 back of ROR. Getting tight.

8/20-9/21-7/19 WRKO-AM Talk iHeart 4.1-3.4-4.5. Cume 214-185-209k. Impressive. Cume & share move up. 7/8-8/8-8/8 WKLB-FM Country Beasley 4.4-3.5-4.0. Cume 487-437-413k. Steady. Country needs added push.

15/16-12/15-9/13 WBUR-FM News/Talk B.U. 2.9-3.0-3.9 Cume 319-301-316k. Gains traction; 0.5 over WGBH.

9/7-9/10-10/10 WBQT-FM Hot A/C Beasley 3.8-3.4-3.5. Cume 497-420-387k. Holds in the Top 10, by a hair.

11/17-13/17-11/17 WGBH-FM News/Talk WGBH Fond. 3.2-2.6-3.4. Cume 272-296-256k. Best to Jon Abbott!

11/13-13/13-12/12 WEEI-FM Sports Audacy 3.2-2.6-3.1. Cume 360-339-341k. Significant 5.2 behind WBZ-FM.

11/9-9/9-12/11 WJMN-FM RhymCHR iHeart 3.2-3.4-3.1. Cume 461-436k-359. Dips 3 spots; something better? 

14/6-7/5-14/5 WBGB-FM Adult Hits Audacy 3.0-3.7-3.0. Cume 546-548-492k. Big cume slides 7 share ranks.

18/15-15/16-15/16 WXRV-FM Adult Alternative Northeast 1.9-1.9-2.6. Cume 324-290-280k. Same place.

10/10-16/11-16/9 WWBX-FM Hot A/C Audacy 3.6-1.8-2.2. Cume 461-407-408k. Not much change; Refresh!

19/12-18/12-17/14 WBOS-FM Classic Rock Beasley 1.7-1.7-1.8. Cume 364-270-308k. Little happening, here.

 16/18-18/18-17/18 WBWL-FM Country iHeart 2.0-1.7-1.8. Cume 289-270-253k. Tough position in the market. 16/19-19/21-19/21 WCRB-FM Classical WGBH 1.2-1.8.-1.7 Cume 156-211-169k. Wish it had better selection.

21/21-23/21-19/22 WERS-FM Adult Alternative Emerson Col. 1.1-1.2-1.7. Cume 183-176-152k. 4 way tie #19.

20/17-20/14-19/15 WXLO-FM Hot A/C Cumulus 1.5-1.5-1.7. Cume 330-332-306k. Big signal has the reach.

16/19-18/20-19/20 WZRM-FM Spanish Urban iHeart 2.0-1.7-1.7. Cume 233-201-172k. New format will catch. Xx-xx-25/31-23/25 WBMX Stream Hot A/C Audacy. 0.0-0.4-0.6. 23-41k cume. Nice start. Total WBMX=2.2-2.8

27/34-25/33-23/27 WXKS-AM Talk iHeart 0.4-0.4-0.6  23 TIE:  Cume 22-19-24k. Still a work in progress.

25/26-24/24-25/24 WCTK-FM Country Hall 0.5-0.4-0.5. 3way tie at #25. Cume 94-82-76k. #1 10.6 PROV/DEC!

25/24-24/27-25/26 WEEI-FM Stream Audacy Sports 0.5-0.8-0.5 Cume 25-32-31k. Add WEEI-FM=3.2-3.6 total.

29/29-25/25-25/23. WNNW-AM Tropical Costa-Eagle 0.2-0.4-0.5 Cume 41-49-42k.

29/32-28/26 WUMB Variety UMass (6 signals) 0.2-0.2-0.4. Cume 33-22-28k.

29/29 WWFX Classic Rock Cumulus 0.1-0.1-0.2. Cume 37-43-21k.

6-way TIE at #30 with 0.1 share:  WBGB Adult Hits Stream Audacy 4k cume; WEEI-AM Sports Audacy 12k      cume; WJDA-AM Spanish Talk 26k, WMVX-AM Classic Hits Costa-Eagle 24k; WWBX-HD2 Rock Audacy 2k.

35/33 WMJX A/C Stream Audacy. 1.4-1.4-0.0.

NEW YORK (1) 15,997,800. Hispanic 25.5%. Urban 16.7%. Top Clusters Nov/Dec/Hol/January ‘21: Audacy Takes January: 22.7-20.9-21.8-24.9, iHeart Wins 25.1-27.7-28.1-23.4, Emmis 10.9-9.5-9.8-10.1, Spanish Broadcast System 9.7-9.0-7.6-8.0, WNYC 5.2-6.0-5.5-6.5. Same Top 5 Cumes repeat:  1. WLTW A/C 3.44-4.08-4.49-3.16mil.  2. WHTZ CHR 2.94-2.75-2.57-2.63mil. 3. WKTU Hot A/C 2.83-2.73-2.46-2.33mil. 4. WCBS-FM Classic Hits 2.73-2.47-2.40-2.127mil.  5. WNEW-FM Hot A/C 2.55-2.28-2.18-2.09mil. 15 NYC stations have one million+ cume.  Audacy takes Top Cluster from iHeart 1.5 in a + 7.8 Hol/Jan swing.  NYC Change Range: +1.1/-5.2 Gainers: +1.1 WABC-AM/WLIR Talk Stream, + 0.8 @ News/Talk WNYC & Sports WFAN A/F +0.7 @ Classic Hits WCBS/FM, WABC-AM/WLIR Talk and WOR-AM Talk, +0.6 CHR WHTZ. Sliders: -5.2 A/C WLTW, -0.9 Hot A/C WKTU, -0.7 A/C WMGQ Beasley.  Formats: News/Talk WINS-AM 3.6-3.8-4.4-4.3 leads WNYC/FM 2.9-3.1-2.7-3.5, WABC-AM/WLIR-FM 2.6-2.4-2.3-3.0, WCBS-AM 2.3-2.2-2.6-2.8, leads WOR-AM Talk 2.4-2.3-2.1-2.8. Nov/Dec/Hol/Jan Shares: News/Talk 15.6-16.0-16.9-20.0, All A/C 15.2-14.5-20.1-13.9, Urban/RhymCHR/ HipHop 10.9-10.9-9.9-12.1, Spanish/Tropical 12.7-12.6-11.2-11.1, ClassicRock/ClassicHits/Oldies 10.7-8.9-9.1-10.2, Sports 5.2-4.7-4.6-5.8, CHR 7.7-6.4-6.3-4.7, Classical 1.7-2.2-2.3-2.4, Jazz 0.6-0.4-0.5-0.5, Stream 1.4-1.5-1.8,-2.5 HD 0.1-0.0. Top 26 NYC Stations (Cume Rank Dec/Hol/Jan in parenthesis):  1. In Kris Kringle absence, WBLS Urban Adult Contemporary Emmis 5.8-6.2-6.6 (8-8-8 cume) takes the top NYC spot! 2. WLTW A/C iHeart 9.7-11.2-6.0, consistent #1 Cume.  3. WCBS/FM Classic Hits Audacy 4.5-4.6-5.3 (4-4-4). 4. WHTZ CHR Audacy 4.2-4.1-4.7 (2-2-2).  5. WSKQ Tropical Spanish Broadcast 5.1-4.5-4.6 (7-7-7).  6. WAXQ Classic Rock iHeart 4.2-4.0-4.4 (6-6-6).  7. WINS-AM News Audacy 3.8-4.4-4.3 (11-12-9).  8. WFAN FM-AM Sports Audacy 3.0-3.0-3.8 (15-15-16). 9. WNEW-FM Hot A/C Audacy 3.8-3.4-3.6 (5-5-5). 10. WNYC-FM Public News/Talk 3.1-2.7-3.5 (17-17-18). 11. WKTU Hot A/C iHeart 3.9-4.1-3.2 (3-3-3). 12. WABC-AM/WLIR-FM Talk Red Apple 2.4-2.3-3.0 (21-22-20). 13 TIE: WCBS-AM News Audacy 2.2-2.6-2.8 (16-16-14) & WOR-AM Talk iHeart 2.3-2.1-2.8 (20-20-21). 15. WPAT Spanish Hits Spanish Broadcast 3.2-2.6-2.7 (12-14-13). 16 TIE: WQXR-FM Classical WNYC 2.2-2.2-2.4 (21-21-22) & WXNY Spanish Tropical 2.8-2.8-2.4 (15).  18. WWPR Urban Contemp. iHeart 3.4-2.5-2.3 (9-10-11). 19. WQHT RhymCHR iHeart 2.2-2.1-2.0 (10-9-10). 20. WNYL Modern Alt Rock 1.5-1.6-1.5 (14-13-12).  21.WEPN Sports Emmis 1.4-1.4-1.4 (19-19-19). 22. WXBK Classic Hip Hop Audacy 1.3-1.1-1.2 (22-18-17). TIE 23: WABC AM/WLIR Stream Talk 1.1 (39), WABC Total=4.1 & WINS-AM Stream News 05-08-1.1 (32), WINS Total=5.4. 25 TIE: WKXW Talk Townsquare 0.7-0.8-0.9 (23-24) & WKMK Country Press 0.5-0.6-0.9 (34).

WASHINGTON D.C. (8) 5,019,200. Urban 26.8%. Hispanic 16.5%. Top Clusters Dec/Hol/Jan: iHeart Wins: 27.9-25.2-23.6, Audacy 11.5-10.7-11.8, Urban One 11.1-10.3-10.1, American University 7.5-7.3-9.7, Hubbard 7.5-7.2-9.2, Howard University 8.8-8.3-8.0, WETA Public 4.0-4.7-5.3. Top 5 Cumes: 1. WASH 1.07-1.15m-811k. 2. WTOP/WTLP News Hubbard 743-645-742k. 3. WIHT CHR iHeart 697-557-630k. 4. WIAD Classic Hits Audacy 676-619-537k. 5. WAMU N/T American U. 487k.  DC January Share Change Range +2.3/-5.7  Gainers: +2.3 N/T WAMU, +1.6 News WTOP/WTLP, +1.1 Sports WJFK, +1.0 ModRock WWDC. Sliders: -5.7 A/C WASH,  -0.7 Classic Hits WIAD, -0.6 Urban A/C WMMJ.  Formats: News/Talk 19.2-18.7-22.4, Urban/Gospel 19.9-18.6-18.1, Classic Rock/Classic Hits 8.6-8.0-8.1, CHR 8.6-7.2-7.9, All A/C 11.5-13.4-7.7, Sports 2.8-2.6-3.6.3. Classical 5.1-5.3-5.3, Rock 4.4-3.8-4.8, Country 4.8-3.1-3.1, Stream 0.5-0.3-0.5, HD 0.0. Top 20 DC Stations Dec/Hol/Jan Share (Cume Rank)  1. WAMU News/Talk American Univ. -7.5-7.3-9.6 (10-7-5). 2 TIE: WHUR Urban A/C Howard Univ. 8.8-8.3-8.0 (5-4-6) & WTOP/WTLP News Hubbard 6.8-6.4-8.0 (2-2-2).  4. WASH A/C iHeart 11.3-13.2-7.5 (1-1-1).  5. WETA/WGMS Classical WETA 4.0-4.7-5.6 (14-14-14). 6. WWDC/ FM Mod. Alternative Rock iHeart 4.8-3.8-4.8 (9-10-9).  7. WBIG-FM Classic Rock iHeart 4.2-4.1-4.7 (7-6-8). 8. WIHT CHR iHeart 4.5-3.9-4.3 (3-5-3). 9. WGTS/WGBZ Contemporary Christian 3.4-4.0-4.2 (13-13-12). 10. WMMJ Urban A/C Urban One 5.6-4.7-4.1 (11-9-11). 11. WKYS Urban Contemporary Urban One 3.4-3.3-3.8 (8-11-11).  12. WMAL-FM News/Talk Cumulus 3.7-3.6-3.6 (15-16-17). 13 TIE: WIAD Classic Hits Audacy 4.0-3.7-3.0 (4-3-4) & WJFK Sports Audacy 1.7-1.9-3.0 (16-15-15).  15. WPGC RhymCHR Audacy 3.3-2.6-2.8 (6-8-7). 16. WMZQ Country iHeart 3.1-2.2-2.3 (12-12-13).  17. WPRS Gospel Urban One 1.7-1.9-1.9 (17-18-18).  18. WLZL Spanish Tropical Audacy 1.2-1.6-1.8 (18-17-16).  19. WBQH-AM Spanish-Mex. Hubbard 0.6-0.8-1.1 (24). 20. WFLS Country Alpha 0.8-0.8-0.8 (20).

PHILADELPHIA (9)  4,635,500. Urban 20.8%. Hispanic 9.5%. Dec/Holiday/January’21:  Audacy keeps Top Cluster despite the post-holiday drop by A/C WBEB for a total: 28.9-30.6-25.0. Beasley has a close #2, 22.4-19.3-24.2. The iHeart cluster ranks 3rd place show at 18.8-18.5-17.3. WHYY 5.7-5.9-7.4 Urban One 3.2-3.1-3.1. Audacy has stations #6, 7, 8, 9, TIES at 15 & 20. Beasley stations rank #1, a Pair at #4, 10 & 11 TIE. iHeart registers #3, 10, TIES at 11 & 15, and 19.  Top 5 Cumes:  1. WBEB A/C Audacy 1.31-1.63mil-778k, now at #7 share. 2. WMGK Rock Beasley 808-731-689k. 3. WOGL Classic Hits Audacy 841-665-672k is the #6 share. 4. WDAS Urban A/C iHeart 736-741-670k, at #3 share.  5. WKW-AM/WPHI-FM News 631k, #6 share. January ’21 Share Change Range:  +2.4/-9.6. Gainers: +2.4 WXTU Country, +1.5 @ WHYY News/Talk & WPEN Sports, +1.2 WIP Sports Stream, +1.0 WOGL Classic Hits. Sliders: -9.6 WBEB A/C, -1.2 WDAS Urban A/C, -0.5 WISX Soft A/C. Formats: News/Talk: WHYY is now #2 share, topping KYW-AM/WPHI-FM by 1.2-2.2, holding at #6. Sports: WIP-AM dips to #9 (3.9+1.9 stream=5.8) beating WPEN (up 1.6-3.1) by 2.8-2.7. Dec/Hol:/Jan’21: News/Talk 14.0-14.2- 17.7.  All A/C 16.4-20.8-10.8.  Classic Rock/Classic & Adult Hits 14.8-13.1-12.7.  All Urban shares 14.3-13.9-12.4.  Rock/Alterative 10.3-10.3-9.9. Sports 7.1-6.0-8.9. Country 3.5-2.9-5.3. CHR 3.3-2.7-3.1. Classical 2.0-1.8-1.7. Jazz 0.0. Stream 1.7-2.2-2.2. HD 0.0. Top 25 Philly Stations Dec/Hol/January’21 (cume rank): 1. WMMR Rock Beasley 6.6-7.1-7.6 (10-10-9).  2. WHYY Public News/Talk (6 signals) 5.7-5.9-7.4 (15-14-12). 3. WDAS Urban A/C iHeart 8.4-8.5-7.3 (4-2-4).  4 TIE: WMGK Classic Rock Beasley 6.9-5.1-5.3 (3-3-2) with WXTU Country Beasley 3.5-2.9-5.3 (11-11-6).  6. KYW-AM/WPHI-FM News Audacy 4.6-4.7-5.2 (6-6-5). 7. WBEB A/C Audacy 10.1-14.4-4.8 (1-1-1). 8. WOGL Classic Hits Audacy 4.4-3.5-4.5 (2-5-3).  9. WIP-FM Sports Audacy 4.6-3.7-3.9 (5-7-8).  10. WISX Soft A/C iHeart 3.0-3.8-3.3 (9-4-11). 11 TIE: WIOQ CHR iHeart 3.3-2.7-3.1 (7-8-10) & WPEN Sports Beasly 1.9-1.6-3.1 (17-16). 13. WBEN Adult Hits Beasley 3.5-2.6-2.9 (8-9-7).  14. WUSL Urban Contemp. iHeart 2.3-2.0-2.0 (13-13-13). 15 TIE:  WPPZ R&B Oldies Urban One 2.2-1.9-1.9 (16-16-17) and WIP/FM Stream Sports Audacy 0.6-0.7-1.9 (26). 17. WXPN Alternative U. Penn 1.9-1.7-1.8 (21-21-20).    18. WRTI Classical Temple Univ. 1.9-1.7-1.7 (22-23-22). 19. WRFF Mod. Alternative Rock Audacy 1.8-1.5-1.6 (12-15-15).      3-way 20 TIE @ 1.3: WKXW Talk Townsquare (24) with WPHT-AM (23) & WPHT Stream (27) Talk Audacy, Total 2.6. 23 TIE @ 1.2: WRNB Urban Contemporary Urban One (18) & WTDY Hot A/C Audacy (14).  25. KYW-AM Stream/WPHI News Audacy 0.9 (27); KYW News Total: 6.1.

PROVIDENCE (44) 1,422,700. Hispanic 13%. Urban 6.2%. Top Clusters Nov/Dec/Holiday/January 2021: Cumulus 23.0-25.1-30.2-20.7, iHeart 25.6-25.1-19.5-15.9, Hall Communications 7.9-8.6-8.3-11.3, Beasley 5.4-5.6-4.9-5.8, Audacy 4.4-3.6-3.2-4.2, WGBH Boston 2.5-2.4-2.3-3.2. RI Public Radio 3.0-2.4 -2.2-2.8. Same Top 4 Cumes: 1. WWLI A/C Cumulus 372-427-503-326k.  2. WPRO-FM CHR Cumulus 384-368-350-283k.  3. WSNE Hot A/C iHeart 339-331-279-275k. 4. WHJY Rock iHeart 334-318-255-253k. 5. WCTK Country Hall 224k. Jan’21 Change Range: +2.8/-8.2. Gainers: +2.8 WCTK Country, +1.6 WHJY Rock, +1.0 WVEI Sports, +0.8 WBZ-FM Sports, +0.6 @ N/T WGBH & WNPN. Sliders: -8.2 WWLI A/C, -1.7 WPRO-FM CHR, -0.4 WHJJ-AM Talk. Formats: Classic Rock/Hits/Oldies 6.1-6.3-14.3-15.5, News/Talk 13.0-13.0-12.4-13.5, Country 8.8-9.3-9.1-12.0, All A/C 12.2-15.3-18.6-10.1, Sports 8.4-7.6-6.8-8.6, CHR 11.7-10.9-9.2-6.1, Classical 0.8-0.8-1.2-1.9; Jazz, HD & Stream all 0.0. Providence Top 20 Shares Dec/Hol/Jan’21 (cume rank): 1. WCTK Country Hall 7.7-7.8 -10.6 (6-6-5).  2. WHJY Classic Rock iHeart 10.5-9.8-10.4 (4-4-4).  3. WPRO-AM/WEAN-FM Talk Cumulus 5.8-6.7-7.0 (9-8-8).  4. WPRO-FM CHR Cumulus 7.6-7.8-6.1 (2-2-2). 5. WWLI A/C Cumulus 10.1-14.2-6.0 (2-1-1).  6. WBZ-FM Sports Beasley 4.0-3.6-4.4 (7-7-7).   7. WVEI-FM Sports Audacy 3.6-3.2-4.2 (8-9-9).  8. WSNE Hot A/C iHeart 5.2-4.4-4.1 (3-3-3). 9. WWBB-FM Classic Hits iHeart 3.7-4.1-4.0 (5-5-6).  10 TIE: WNPN News/Talk RI Public Radio 2.4-2.2-2.8 (12-12-12) & WGBH-FM News/Talk 2.3-2.2-2.8 (13-12-11). 12 TIE: WJMF Classical 0.7-1.1-1.5 (17-16) & WWKX RhymCHR Cumulus 1.6-1.4-1.5 (12-10-10).  14. WKLB Country Beasley 1.6-1.3-1.4 (15-13-13). 15. WKKB Tropical Red Wolf 0.8-0.7-0.8 (15-14). TIE 16 @ 0.7: WNBH-AM Hall Classic Hits (15) & WHJJ-AM Talk iHeart (17). 18. WELH Rock Wheeler 0.5. TIE 19 @ 0.4: WCRB Classical & WSKP-AM Oldies Red Wolf. 

HARTFORD (53) 1,075,700. Hispanic 16%. Urban 11.8%. Top Clusters Nov/Dec/Holiday/Jan’21: Audacy Continues at #1: 29.4-32.0-36.8-31.2, iHeart 24.1-23.8-21.5-25.8, Red Wolf 10.8-9.9-9.5-9.5, CT Public 7.0-7.1-6.9-8.6. Top 5 Cumes: 1. WTIC-FM Hot A/C Audacy 236-218-178-197k. 2. WRCH Soft A/C Audacy 210-297-335-193k. 3. WKSS CHR iHeart 219-206-173-168k. 4. WDRC Classic Rock Red Wolf 144k.  5. WHCN Classic Hits iHeart 179-168-144-132k. January’21 Hartford Share Change Range: +3.0/-7.0. Gainers: +3.0 WHCN Classic Hits iHeart. +1.7 @ WNPR News/Talk CT Public & WDRC-FM Classic Rock Red Wolf, +0.8 WKSS CHR Audacy, +0.5 WRCH Stream Soft A/C Audacy. Sliders: -7.0 WRCH Soft A/C Audacy, -0.9 WZMX RhymCHR Audacy, -0.5 WMRQ-HD2 Spanish Tropical Red Wolf. Just 21 Subscribers. Formats: News/Talk WNPR CT Public is in a 3-way tie for #2 share at 8.6 with WHCN Classic Hits & WWYZ Country. WNPR has a 91-105k cume vs 50kw WTIC-AM #7 share, 5.2-5.3, 77-80k cume. WHCN leads #7 Classic Rock WDRC-FM by 1.8-1.8-1.5-2.8. All A/C stations: 17.6-20.6-26.0-20.5, Classic Hits/Classic Rock/Oldies 14.4-12.9-11.5-16.5, News/Talk 14.3-13.6 -13.4-15.8, All CHR 14.6-13.8-11.9-12.3, Country 7.6-8.0-8.7-8.6, Sports 0.8-0.9-0.9-1.2. HD 1.3-1.7-2.4-1.6. Stream 0.2-0.0-0.0-0.7. All Hartford Stations Dec/Hol/Jan (Cume): 1. WRCH Soft A/C Audacy 14.9-18.6-11.6 (1-1-2).  3-Way Tie at 2: WWYZ Country iHeart 8.0-8.7-8.6 (5-4-7), WNPR News/Talk Connecticut Public 7.1-6.9 -8.6 (10-8-8) and WHCN Classic Hits iHeart 6.3-5.6-8.6 (4-5-5). 5. WTIC-FM Hot A/C Audacy 6.7-7.4-8.4 (2-2-1). 6. WDRC-FM Classic Rock Red Wolf 4.5-4.1-5.8 (6-6-4).  7. WTIC-AM News/Talk Audacy 5.2-5.2-5.3 (11-11-11). 8. WKSS 5.6-4.1-4.9 (3-3-3). 9. WZMX Rhythmic CHR Audacy 5.2-5.6-4.7 (7-7-6). 10 TIE: WMRQ Modern Alt. Rock RedWolf 2.8-2.4-2.3 (9-8-10) & WKCI CHR iHeart 2.8-2.2-2.3 (8-10-10). 12. WPLR ClassicRock Connoisseur 1.9-1.7-1.6 (12-12). 13. WMRQ-HD2 Spanish Tropical Red Wolf 1.5-1.9-1.4 (14-13-13). 14. WUCS-FM Sports iHeart 0.9-0.9-1.2 (13-14-14). 15. AMs WDRC/WBOM/WSNG Talk Red Wolf 0.9-0.9-0.9 (16-15-15). 4-Way 16 TIE: WFCR News/Talk UMass 0.4-0.4-0.5 (16-17). 17. WNTY-AM Oldies Red Wolf 0.2-0.2-0.5 (17-16),  Streams WRCH Soft A/C 0.5 (19) & WTIC-AM 0.5 (18). 20. TIE @ 0.2: WKSS-HD2 RhymCHR (21) & WZMX Stream RhymCHR (20).

DECEMBER/HOLIDAY’21/JANUARY 2022 NORTHEAST CLUSTER SCOREBOARD – WIN, PLACE, SHOW:

NEW YORK (1): AUDACY 20.9-21.8-24.9, iHEART 27.7-28.1-23.4, EMMIS 9.5-9.8-10.1

WASHINGTON DC (8): iHEART 27.9-25.2-23.6, AUDACY 11.5-10.7-11.8, URBAN ONE 11.1-10.3-10.1

PHILADELPHIA (9): AUDACY 28.9-30.6-25.0, BEASLEY 22.4-19.3-24.2, iHEART 18.8-18.5-17.3

BOSTON (10): iHEART 30.4-26.5-29.3, BEASLEY 25.6-23.0-24.5, AUDACY 19.8-24.1-16.5

PROVIDENCE (44): CUMULUS 25.1-30.2-20.7, iHEART 25.1-19.5-15.9, HALL 8.6-8.3-11.3 

HARTFORD (53):  AUDACY 32.0-36.8-31.2, iHEART 23.8-21.5-25.8, RED WOLF 9.9-9.5-9.5

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