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Baltimore, Denver, Cleveland and Cincinnati
October 23, 2007
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RADIO ONE Urban WERQ and CLEAR CHANNEL Country WPOC continue their domination of the Baltimore radio landscape. WERQ ranked #1 among adults 18-34 and 18-49 (and was second 25-54), while WPOC took the crown with 25-54 - but was second with 18-34 and 18-49 adults ... HEARST ARGYLE Active Rock WIYY remains a consistent and solid performer. WIYY ranked third 18-34 and 18-49 plus finished fourth 25-54 ... RADIO ONE's other FM, Urban AC WWIN-FM landed fifth 18-34 and 18-49, but was second 25-54 ... While CBS has the most FM's in the market with four - the highest finish for any of them in adults 25-54 was fifth - for Hot AC WWMX (who saw a nice share increase this time around).
Adults 18-34 Rank Calls Owner Format 1 WERQ-FM Radio One Urban 2 WPOC-FM Clear Channel Country 3 WIYY-FM Hearst Argyle Active Rock 4 WWMX-FM CBS Hot AC 5 WWIN-FM Radio One Urban AC 6 WLIF-FM CBS AC 7 WQSR-FM CBS Adult Hits 8 WHFS-FM CBS Talk 9 WZBA-FM Times-Shamrock Classic Rock 10 WSMJ-FM Clear Channel Smooth Jazz Adults 18-49 Rank Calls Owner Format 1 WERQ-FM Radio One Urban 2 WPOC-FM Clear Channel Country 3 WIYY-FM Hearst Argyle Active Rock 4 WWMX-FM CBS Hot AC 5 WWIN-FM Radio One Urban AC 6 WQSR-FM CBS Adult Hits 7 WLIF-FM CBS AC 8 WHFS-FM CBS Talk 9t WSMJ-FM Clear Channel Smooth Jazz 9t WZBA-FM Times-Shamrock Classic Rock Adults 25-54 Rank Calls Owner Format 1 WPOC-FM Clear Channel Country 2 WERQ-FM Radio One Urban 3 WWIN-FM Radio One Urban AC 4 WIYY-FM Hearst Argyle Active Rock 5 WWMX-FM CBS Hot AC 6 WLIF-FM CBS AC 7 WQSR-FM CBS Adult Hits 8 WSMJ-FM Clear Channel Smooth Jazz 9 WHFS-FM CBS Talk 10 WZBA-FM Times-Shamrock Classic Rock
Denver: 'Tricolor' Picks Up Triple Crown; KQKS Still Solid; Clear Channel Rocks
ENTRAVISION Regional Mexican KXPK (Radio Tricolor) topped the Denver market among adults 18-34, 18-49, and 25-54. KXPK soared to the top spot in all three cells - and is the only full FM signal airing Regional Mexican in the metro right now ... CLEAR CHANNEL's cluster(including a set of four FM rock stations) continues to deliver huge. Triple A KBCO ranked second 18-49 and 25-54. Alternative KTCL was fourth 18-34 and fifth 18-49. Active Rock KBPI was third 18-34, fourth 18-49, and fifth 25-54. Classic Rock KRFX ranked third 25-54 - as all of them were top five in target demos ... CLEAR CHANNEL's other FM, Rhythmic KPTT (95-7 The Party) saw growth this book. While the "Movin'" branded Rhythmic AC's are challenged in a number of markets, CLEAR CHANNEL's version in Denver is top 10 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54. KPTT has evolved over the last few months into a more contemporary approach and is including more hip-hop in their mix than the "Movin'" stations ... Speaking of hip-hop, LINCOLN FINANCIAL Rhythmic KQKS remains one of the market's top players - ranking second 18-34 and third 18-49 ... Finally, CLEAR CHANNEL's cluster grabbed four of the top five spots 25-54 with KBCO (#2), News/Talk KOA and Classic Rock KRFX (tied for third), and Active Rock KBPI (#5).
Adults 18-34 Rank Calls Owner Format 1 KXPK-FM Entravision Reg. Mexican 2 KQKS-FM Lincoln Financial Rhythmic 3 KBPI-FM Clear Channel Active Rock 4 KTCL-FM Clear Channel Alternative 5 KALC-FM Entercom Hot AC 6 KBCO-FM Clear Channel Triple A 7 KPTT-FM Clear Channel Rhythmic AC 8t KOA-AM Clear Channel News/Talk 8t KYGO-FM Lincoln Financial Country 10 KBNO-AM Latino Communications Reg. Mexican 11 KJMN-FM Entravision Spanish Cont. 12 KOSI-FM Entercom AC 13 KIMN-FM CBS Hot AC 14 KRFX-FM Clear Channel Classic Rock 15 KMXA-AM Entravision Spanish Adult Hits Adults 18-49 Rank Calls Owner Format 1 KXPK-FM Entravision Reg. Mexican 2 KBCO-FM Clear Channel Triple A 3 KQKS-FM Lincoln Financial Rhythmic 4 KBPI-FM Clear Channel Active Rock 5t KYGO-FM Lincoln Financial Country 5t KTCL-FM Clear Channel Alternative 7 KRFX-FM Clear Channel Classic Rock 8 KALC-FM Entercom Hot AC 9 KPTT-FM Clear Channel Rhythmic AC 10 KOA-AM Clear Channel News/Talk 11 KIMN-FM CBS Hot AC 12 KOSI-FM Entercom AC 13 KQMT-FM Entercom Classic Rock 14t KMXA-AM Entravision Spanish Adult Hits 14t KBNO-AM Latino Comm. Reg. Mexican Adults 25-54 Rank Calls Owner Format 1 KXPK-FM Entravision Reg. Mexican 2 KBCO-FM Clear Channel Triple A 3t KOA-AM Clear Channel News/Talk 3t KRFX-FM Clear Channel Classic Rock 3t KBPI-FM Clear Channel Active Rock 6 KYGO-FM Lincoln Financial Country 7t KIMN-FM CBS Hot AC 7t KQKS-FM Lincoln Financial Rhythmic 9 KPTT-FM Clear Channel Rhythmic AC 10t KALC-FM Entercom Hot AC 10t KOSI-FM Entercom AC 12 KQMT-FM Entercom Classic Rock 13 KXKL-FM CBS Classic Hits 14t KTCL-FM Clear Channel Alternative 14t KHOW-AM Clear Channel News/Talk
Cleveland: Radio One Stations Top Key Demos; Clear Channel Lands Three Of Top 5 25-54
RADIO ONE owned the top two positions 18-34 and 18-49, and scored the 25-54 champ in the Cleveland summer book. Urban WENZ was the winner among adults 18-34 and 18-49 (and ranked seventh 25-54). Meanwhile, Urban AC sister WZAK moved from third in the spring to first 25-54 in the summer - while finishing second among adults 18-34 and 18-49 ... CLEAR CHANNEL landed three of the top five stations in the 25-54 cell, with Country WGAR, Classic Hits WMJI, and News/Talk WTAM taking the third through fifth positions ... CBS Classic Rock WNCX moved from fifth place in the spring - all the way to #2 in the summer ... CBS actually saw growth from three of their four FM's in the 25-54 demo this summer - with only AC WDOK off slightly ... The Hot AC battle between CLEAR CHANNEL's WMVX and CBS's WQAL continues to be a standoff. WQAL won 18-34, WMVX took 18-49, but the stations tied 25-54.
Adults 18-34 Rank Calls Owner Format 1 WENZ-FM Radio One Urban 2 WZAK-FM Radio One Urban AC 3 WAKS-FM Clear Channel Top 40 4 WKRI-FM CBS Alternative 5 WGAR-FM Clear Channel Country 6 WMMS-FM Clear Channel Rock 7 WQAL-FM CBS Hot AC 8 WMVX-FM Clear Channel Hot AC 9t WNCX-FM CBS Classic Rock 9t WNWV-FM Elyria-Lorain Smooth Jazz 11 WTAM-AM Clear Channel News/Talk 12 WDOK-FM CBS AC 13 WMJI-FM Clear Channel Classic Hits 14 WKNR-AM Salem Sports 15 WFHM-FM Salem Country Adults 18-49 Rank Calls Owner Format 1 WENZ-FM Radio One Urban 2 WZAK-FM Radio One Urban AC 3 WGAR-FM Clear Channel Country 4 WNCX-FM CBS Classic Rock 5 WMVX-FM Clear Channel Hot AC 6 WMMS-FM Clear Channel Rock 7 WKRI-FM CBS Alternative 8t WAKS-FM Clear Channel Top 40 8t WQAL-FM CBS Hot AC 10 WTAM-AM Clear Channel News/Talk 11 WDOK-FM CBS AC 12 WMJI-FM Clear Channel Classic Hits 13 WNWV-FM Elyria-Lorain Smooth Jazz 14 WKNR-AM Salem Sports 15 WFHM-FM Salem Country Adults 25-54 Rank Calls Owner Format 1 WZAK-FM Radio One. Urban AC 2 WNCX-FM CBS Classic Rock 3 WGAR-FM Clear Channel Country 4 WMJI-FM Clear Channel Classic Hits 5 WTAM-AM Clear Channel News/Talk 6t WDOK-FM CBS AC 6t WENZ-FM Radio One Urban 8t WMVX-FM Clear Channel Hot AC 8t WQAL-FM CBS Hot AC 10 WNWV-FM Elyria-Lorain Smooth Jazz 11 WMMS-FM Clear Channel Rock 12 WKRI-FM CBS Alternative 13 WAKS-FM Clear Channel Top 40 14 WKNR-AM Salem Sports 15 WFHM-FM Salem Country
Cincinnati: Market Settles; Clear Channel Tops Key Demos; Bonneville Scores Growth
The last 12-18 months have seen a number of ownership and format shifts involving the Cincinnati market. CBS and ENTERCOM exited the market, while CUMULUS and BONNEVILLE joined. Several formats and stations moved frequencies and now the market has stabilized. However,CLEAR CHANNEL's stable cluster owned the top position in all three demos. Rock WEBN and Top 40 WKFS were the top two stations 18-34. WEBN was #1 among adults 18-49, while News/Talk WLW took the 25-54 crown. Here's a look at how the other operators faired ... BONNEVILLE: Country WUBE tied for second 18-34 and 18-49 and was third 25-54 - and remains of the market's best performers all around. However, sister WYGY, which moved from 96.5 to 94.9 and then Class A 97.3 under the new moniker "The Wolf" has struggled. Hot AC WKRQ saw share growth in all three demos and now ranks fourth 18-34 and 18-49, and moved into the top five 25-54. Alternative WSWD has faired moderately well, but failed to make the top five in any demo ... RADIO ONE: The company purchased the intellectual property of "Mojo" from CUMULUS and moved it to the new 100.3 frequency and shifted the successful Rhythmic Oldies station into an Urban AC. WMOJ performed best 25-54, where it ranked eighth. Urban WIZF dropped from first to fifth 18-34 this book ... CUMULUS: Classic Hits WGRR saw big growth and now ranks second 25-54. AC WRMM slipped from fourth to sixth 25-54. The one challenge for CUMULUS is FM Talker WFTK which didn't rank among the top 15 in any demo.
Adults 18-34 Rank Calls Owner Format 1 WEBN-FM Clear Channel Rock 2t WKFS-FM Clear Channel Top 40 2t WUBE-FM Bonneville Country 4 WKRQ-FM Bonneville Hot AC 5 WIZF-FM Radio One Urban 6 WSWD-FM Bonneville Alternative 7 WLW-AM Clear Channel News/Talk 8 WOFX-FM Clear Channel Classic Rock 9 WNNF-FM Clear Channel Hot AC 10 WGRR-FM Cumulus Classic Hits 11 WRRM-FM Cumulus AC 12 WYGY-FM Bonneville Country 13 WMOJ-FM Radio One Urban AC 14 WCKY-AM Clear Channel Sports 15 WAKW-FM Pillar Of Fire Christian AC Adults 18-49 Rank Calls Owner Format 1 WEBN-FM Clear Channel Rock 2 WUBE-FM Bonneville Country 3 WLW-AM Clear Channel News/Talk 4 WKRQ-FM Bonneville Hot AC 5 WGRR-FM Cumulus Classic Hits 6 WKFS-FM Clear Channel Top 40 7 WSWD-FM Bonneville Alternative 8 WRRM-FM Cumulus AC 9 WOFX-FM Clear Channel Classic Rock 10 WIZF-FM Radio One Urban 11 WMOJ-FM Radio One Urban AC 12 WNNF-FM Clear Channel Hot AC 13 WKRC-AM Clear Channel Talk 14t WAKW-FM Pillar Of Fire Talk 14t WCKY-AM Clear Channel Sports 14t WYGY-FM Bonneville Country Adults 25-54 Rank Calls Owner Format 1 WLW-AM Clear Channel News/Talk 2 WGRR-FM Cumulus Classic Hits 3 WUBE-FM Bonneville Country 4 WEBN-FM Clear Channel Rock 5 WKRQ-FM Bonneville Hot AC 6 WRRM-FM Cumulus AC 7 WOFX-FM Clear Channel Classic Rock 8 WMOJ-FM Radio One Urban AC 9 WSWD-FM Bonneville Alternative 10 WNNF-FM Clear Channel Hot AC 11 WIZF-FM Radio One Urban 12 WKFS-FM Clear Channel Top 40 13 WKRC-AM Clear Channel Talk 14 WAKW-FM Pillar Of Fire Christian AC 15 WOXY-FM First Broadcasting Adult Hits -
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