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![]() RadioInsight /////////////////////////////////////////// April 2021 (4/1 - 4/28) Nielsen Audio Ratings Day 1: KSBJ Surges & Bottleneck In Dallas Posted: 17 May 2021 02:00 PM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2...eck-in-dallas/ Nielsen begins its monthly release of PPM ratings with todays Day 1 update including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston/Galveston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Long Island, Riverside/San Bernardino, San Jose, and Middlesex/Somerset/Union. All the numbers can be found at RadioInsight.com/Ratings. iHeartMedia AC 106.7 Lite-FM WLTWs lead in New York narrows as it falls 7.1 to 6.3. MediaCo Adult RB 107.5 WBLS and Audacy Classic Hits 101.1 WCBS-FM both rise 5.8 to 6.1. SBS Spanish Tropical Mega 97.9 WSKQ slips 5.3 to 5.1 with an additional 1.0 from its stream, while iHeartMedia Classic Rock Q104.3 WAXQ falls 4.7 to 4.5. Audacy Sports 660 WFAN/101.9 WFAN-FM jumps up 2.4 to 3.1 with an additional 0.8 coming from its stream, while Hot AC New 102.7 WNEW rises 2.9 to 3.4 Audacy Classic Hits K-Earth 101 KRTH continues to lead Los Angeles while sliding 6.1 to 5.9. iHeartMedia News/Talk 640 KFI holds steady at a 5.7. iHeart AC 103.5 KOST slips 5.3 to 5.0. Audacy Rhythmic AC 94.7 The Wave KTWV places fourth 4.5 to 4.3 and Variety Hits 93.1 Jack-FM KCBS-FM rises 4.0 to 4.2. The start of the baseball season sees jumps in multiple markets. Los Angeles Dodgers and iHeartMedia co-owned Sports 570 KLAC rises 0.8 to 1.7 behind the defending champions. Relaunching as 97.1 Now KNOU halfway through the monthly, the Audacy CHR formerly known as Amp 97.1 KAMP rises 1.2 to 1.4. Meruelo Media Rhythmic CHR Power 106 KPWR trends downward 1.7 1.5 1.4. iHeartMedia Adult RB V103 WVAZ rises up 6.3 to 6.9 to retain its Chicago market lead. Audacy News 780 WBBM/105.9 WCFS rises 6.2 to 6.3. iHeartMedia AC 93.9 Lite-FM WLIT paces third down 5.7 to 5.6. Hubbard Classic Rock 97.1 The Drive WDRV is up 4.7 to 5.1 to place fourth, while Public News/Talk 91.5 WBEZ is up 4.7 to 4.9. Public News/Talk 88.5 KQED-FM trends downward 10.6 9.8 8.7 but stays on top of San Francisco. Audacy News 740 KCBS/106.9 KFRC also trends downward 7.5 6.8 6.1. iHeartMedia Soft AC 98.1 The Breeze KISQ rebounds 3.8 to 4.5 for third. The San Francisco Giants help Cumulus Sports 680 KNBR/104.5 KNBR-FM to surge up 2.9 3.2 4.3, while Bonneville AC 96.5 KOIT trends down 5.1 4.6 4.3. The lead in Dallas narrows with what Ratings Expert Chris Huff notes is the lowest high share for a market leader. iHeartMedia Classic Rock 92.5 KZPS rises 4.4 to 4.8 to take the market lead for the first time since February 2018. Cumulus Medias New Country 96.3 KSCS slips 4.9 to 4.6 but moves up to second. Three stations tie for third at a 4.4. Audacy Classic Hits 98.7 KLUV and Variety Hits 100.3 Jack-FM KJKK are both up 4.1 to 4.4, while iHeartMedia CHR 106.1 Kiss-FM KHKS slips from a 4.6 to 4.4. Three stations also tie at a 4.1. iHeartMedia AC Star 102.1 KDGE drops from #1 at a 5.3 to 4.1, Salem Christian AC 94.9 KLTY drops from 5.0 to 4.1, and Cumulus Country 99.5 The Wolf KPLX is down 4.7 to 4.1. Univision Regional Mexican Que Buena 94.1 KLNO slips from second at 5.2 down to 3.9. Unrelated to the baseball boosts at other Sports stations, Cumulus 96.7/1310 The Ticket KTCK/KTCK-FM rebounds 4.1 2.6 3.5. Hope Media Christian AC 89.3 KSBJ takes the Houston market lead with a 5.9 to 6.8 jump. iHeartMedia AC Sunny 99.1 KODA moves the other way down 7.7 to 6.7. Univision Regional Mexican Que Buena 102.9 KLTN is up 6.3 to 6.5. Cox Media Classic Rock 107.5/106.9 The Eagle KGLK/KHPT holds steady at a 5.7, and iHeartMedia News/Talk 740 KTRH falls to fifth 5.8 to 5.5. Audacy Hot AC Mix 96.5 KHMX drops 4.3 to 3.3. In what will be its final full monthly after todays format change to Gospel, Radio One CHR Radio Now 92.1 KROI holds steady at a 0.8. Cox Media News/Talk 750 WSB/95.5 WSBB continues it dominance of Atlanta rising 9.2 to 9.6. Cox Classic Rock 97.1 The River WSRV surges up 6.4 to 7.5 (plus 0.5 from its stream), while sister Adult RB Kiss 104.1 WALR slips 6.2 to 5.9 but adds an additional 0.9 from its stream. Audacy Hip Hop/RB V103 WVEE and Radio One Gospel Praise 102.5 WPZE both rise 4.7 to 5.0. Cox AC B98.5 WSB-FM falls out of the top five slipping 5.3 to 4.7, while Salem Christian AC 104.7 The Fish WFSH trends up 3.7 4.1 4.5. The CHR lead in Atlanta narrows as Cumulus Q99.7 WWWQ slips 4.0 to 3.6, while iHeartMedias Power 96.1 WWPW rises 2.4 to 2.9. The co-flagships of the Atlanta Braves move in opposite directions. Dickey Broadcasting Sports 680/93.7 The Fan WCNN is up 1.5 to 2.4, while Cumulus Rock 100.5 WNNX slides 2.3 to 1.8. iHeartMedia Adult RB 105.3 WDAS-FM continues its dominance of Philadelphia with an 8.1 to 8.6 gain. Beasleys duo of Rock 93.3 WMMR (7.0 to 6.8) and Classic Rock 102.9 WMGK (6.0 to 6.2) both rise. Audacy Sports 94.1 WIP rises to fourth with a 5.3 to 5.7 boost with its stream adding an additional 1.1 share, while co-owned News 1060 KYW/103.9 WPHI slips 6.0 to 5.5. Trending up in Philadelphia is Audacy Classic Hits 98.1 WOGL 3.9 to 4.5, while iHeartMedias pair of Soft AC 106.1 The Breeze WISX (4.7 to 3.6) and CHR Q102 WIOQ (4.4 to 3.5) move down. Anaheim Broadcasting Classic Hits 99.9 KOLA-FM trends up 4.2 5.5 6.6 to retake the Riverside/San Bernardino lead. Entravision Spanish Adult Hits Jose 97.5 KLYY slides down to second 6.4 to 5.8. Estrella Media Regional Mexican Que Buena 96.1 KRQB moves up to third 4.5 to 4.7. Univision Spanish AC K-Love 107.5 KLVE Los Angeles is fourth down 5.0 to 4.5. Audacy Country 95.1 K-Frog KFRG trends up to fifth 3.7 4.1 4.4. /////////////////////////////////////////// iHeartMedia Donates Dayton Pair From Aloha Stations Trust Posted: 17 May 2021 01:09 PM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2...tations-trust/ iHeartMedia is nearing the end of clearing out its Aloha Stations Trust for divestitures necessitated from its 2007 privatization. iHeart is donating its two Dayton OH market FMs Country B94.5 WYDB Englewood and Oldies Big 106.5 WRZX Greenville to Delmarva Educational Association. The deal is structured with iHeartMedia donating the equipment associated with both stations transmitters while Delmarva will pay iHeartMedia $200,000 to reimburse for costs incurred for the maintenance of the trust and divestiture of the stations. Delmarva will assume the obligations for the WYDBs tower lease and enter into a sublease for WRZX. iHeartMedia will retain the WRZX call letters and has the right until closing to retain WYDB as well. The deal leaves 1230 WIRO Ironton OH as the last station in the Aloha Stations Trust. WIRO simulcasts Fox Sports 1420 WZWB Huntington WV. /////////////////////////////////////////// One Morning Fiasco For Two Ranches Posted: 17 May 2021 11:17 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2...r-two-ranches/ LKCM Media is merging the morning shows on its two Ranch branded Texas/Red Dirt Country stations. “95.9 The Ranch” KFWR Jacksboro/Fort Worth TX co-host Heather Anderson will join current The Morning Fiasco hosts co-hosts Keith James and Carey Dean from 106.9 The Ranch KRVF Kerens/Corsicana on both stations. The move helps KFWR fill the opening created by the firing of Justin Frazell after his sexual assault arrest in March. /////////////////////////////////////////// Grant Stinchfield Joins KRLA/KTIE As Morning Co-Host Posted: 17 May 2021 11:07 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2...rning-co-host/ Salem Media Conservative Talkers 870 The Answer KRLA Glendale/Los Angeles and 590 The Answer KTIE San Bernardino have announced the addition of Grant Stinchfield as morning co-host. Stinchfield will join Jennifer Horn for The Morning Answer starting Tuesday, May 18. Stinchfield will continue to anchor for Newsmax TV in addition to his new role for Salem. He previously hosted evenings at Cumulus Medias 570 KLIF Dallas, was an investigative reporter for NBC owned television stations in Dallas and Hartford, and a host for NRA TV. Stinchfield fills the co-host slot that had been held by Brian Whitman until last December. Salem Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SALM) announced today that after an extensive and exhilarating months-long search for a new co-host to team with Jennifer Horn on The Morning Answer for Talkers AM 870 in Los Angeles and AM 590 in Riverside and San Bernardino, broadcast veteran Grant Stinchfield joins The Morning Answer on Tuesday, May 18th. Grant Stinchfield will continue to host his daily television program Stinchfield on Newsmax. The Morning Answer with Jennifer Horn and Grant Stinchfield is heard weekday mornings 6-9am on KRLA-AM and KTIE-AM. “Good things come to those that wait,” according to Chuck Tyler, Director of Programming for KRLA and KTIE. “We put Jennifer Horn through the ringer, as we tried out numerous co-hosts for this plumb assignment, having a number of world-class talk-radio candidates. It took us five months. The good news is Jennifer survived, and we found an amazing new partner for her!” VP/General Manager Terry Fahy remarked, “Grant Stinchfield is an ideal fit for The Morning Answer here in Southern California. The chemistry is already spectacular. We look forward to covering the news, commenting on the news…and making news from our home base in Los Angeles.” “Grant is a true gem. He is smart, funny and knows his stuff. His chemistry with Jennifer makes the morning show sizzle. We are delighted to add him to the team,” added Senior Vice President Phil Boyce. According to The Morning Answer Co-Host Jennifer Horn, “The Morning Answer has reached new ratings highs over the last few months and I cannot wait to grow the show with Grant. We clicked on day one and have great plans for making The Morning Answer, bigger, better and brighter than ever!” Grant added, “It is an honor to be chosen to be an important voice for millions of Californians who cherish liberty and freedom in a state that is quickly being controlled by big bureaucracy and government. I can’t think of a more important area of the country that needs common sense straight talk than Southern California. My goal is to simply strengthen the tireless fight AM 870 and AM 590 is already waging war against the enemies of freedom, capitalism and democracy.” /////////////////////////////////////////// Brian Oake Returns To Mornings At Cities 97.1 Posted: 17 May 2021 10:13 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2...t-cities-97-1/ iHeartMedia Hot AC/AAA Cities 97.1 KTCZ Minneapolis has announced the return of Brian Oake to the station as morning host. Oake previously spent sixteen years at KTCZ, hosting afternoons from 2001 to 2012 and then mornings until 2016. He then moved to Minnesota Public Radio AAA 89.3 The Current KCMP until exiting in August 2019 following a Facebook rant after he and his daughter were kicked out of a concert. He hosted mornings at Alternative Rev 105 from 1994-1997 and successor Zone 105 from 1997 to 2001. With the return of Oake to the station, Paul Fletcher moves back to afternoons. Fletcher has filled in on mornings since the layoff of Hunter Quinn last fall. Also joining the KTCZ lineup will be Mix 96.9 KMXP Phoenix morning host Matthew Blades. Blades, a native of Minneapolis suburb Coon Rapids, will remotely track nights. Hes back Please welcome Brian Oake home to Cities 97.1!! Listen to Brian Oake in the Morning weekdays from 6-10AMhttps://t.co/FO34ZBDWr4 pic.twitter.com/zgLbwKGAGH - Cities 97.1 (@cities97radio) May 17, 2021 /////////////////////////////////////////// Levitating Rises to the Top Again Posted: 17 May 2021 09:15 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/ross/208066...the-top-again/ There are just so many temptations for a journalist when a song called “Levitating” rebounds at radio. “Levitating floats on?” “Levitating is magic?” “PDs say it’s now a hit/they’re a tad bit late/Dua Lipa and Da Baby/had to levitate?” “Levitating” peaked at No. 4 on Jan. 18 according to BDSradio and began losing spins in the week of February 8. If it was classified as a current, which is how many CHR stations are now playing it, it would be the No. 5 song in the country. (Ironically, the song it would push from No. 10 to 11 would be Dua Lipa’s “We’re Good.”) Stations have not done numbered playlists for years. When they did, a station might on a rare occasion “re-add” a song it had dropped, usually at a high chart number. Songs are rarely truly dropped now, and the lines between current, recurrent, and “off” are fungible. But if this were an old-style playlist, Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” would be a re-add at No. 4 or 5 (or higher) for those stations now playing it in power. In early February, the large-market stations powering “Levitating” were mostly those owned by Cumulus, Entercom (now Audacy), or smaller owners. The song’s biggest iHeart-owned large-market supporter was WXKS (Kiss 108) Boston. Now “Levitating” is in power in every top 10 market except one. Many of the stations powering “Levitating” were playing it somewhere between 60-75x in its peak week, although there are a few stations like KDWB Minneapolis (18x) or WFLC (Hits 97.3) Miami (54x) where it is a sharper reversal. At a station like KMVQ (Now 99.7) San Francisco that was “power then, power now” on “Levitating,” the song has received more than 3,200 spins over the last year. (Most other stations began playing it in late September/early October.) WWWQ (Q99.7) Atlanta and Kiss 108 are both around 2,900 spins, according to BDSradio. As recently as three weeks ago, I wrote that there was a chance of Song of Summer 2021 being an actual summer song, rather than a winter or spring holdover. There didn’t seem like an obvious choice among the current hits to become this year’s lingering “Sucker” or “Blinding Lights,” in part because the tenacity of “Blinding Lights” (as well as Dua Lipa’s previous hits “Don’t Start Now” and “Break My Heart”) meant that no uptempo winter monster had really emerged. That is no longer true.* By several accounts, the issue for those stations not powering “Levitating” in January/February was familiarity. Top 40 radio was at its most challenged at the time — a format of three-share stations impacted not just by COVID-era listening habits, but also by December’s disruption of listening by Christmas music on Adult Contemporary radio. It would have been hard for most songs to kick in. “Levitating” was also in the extensive shadows of “Don’t Start Now” and “Break My Heart” for some stations. Should stations have just powered “Levitating” anyway in January, regardless of what callout showed? I understand if that would have felt like grade inflation for a song just because it had tempo and was a great radio record. What happens in the world beyond callout is another issue. A medium-market station without callout trying to decide what to do in February could have followed the lead of Kiss 108 (100x that week) or Kiss-FM (WAKS) Cleveland (40x). What most choose to do is just follow the chart, where losing spins in the aggregate turns out to be more important than any individual story. I would thus avoid declaring that the system worked on “Levitating” and listeners embraced it only when they were ready. There might have been nothing Top 40 could do in its weakened state in January, but the ratings show that the format doesn’t work with 14 viable currents that take eight months to break either. “Levitating” will play all summer, and I’ll be happy to hear it because it didn’t reach saturation in January. But Top 40 still needs another 20 songs like it and needs to do the work to develop them. When Dua Lipa won the “Best Pop Album” Grammy, her “thank you” list included the Warner Records promotion team. “Don’t Start Now,” “Break My Heart,” and now “Levitating” have helped radio continue to prove its value in creating real hits that help drive streaming metrics, rather than just scrambling to catch up with them. It’s also evidence that the audience that likes “Astronaut in the Ocean” or “Rapstar” isn’t uninterested in an uptempo, major-chord hit record when one comes along. Lipa’s speech also acknowledged that she had once been afraid of not being taken seriously unless her music was sober before deciding “happiness is something we all deserve.” Interestingly, you can find support for tempo in the streaming world now, too. The top two songs on Spotify’s Today’s Top Hits playlist are “Levitating” and Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More.” “Levitating” maintained a strong presence on Today’s Top Hits, even as radio backed off. In fact, sometimes the uptempo pop balance records that seem like mid-charters for major-market programmers endure longer on TTH. Miley Cyrus & Lipa’s “Prisoner” stayed there long after radio was done. Ava Max’s “My Head and My Heart” is there now. * Just as the notion of what constitutes a TikTok record has expanded to include almost everything over the last year, the traditional pattern of active and passive records is being disrupted as well. A CHR PD may regard Imagine Dragons’ “Follow You” as an Adult CHR record, but it’s on Today’s Top Hits as well. (So, for that matter, is Pink’s duet with her daughter, “Cover Me in Sunshine,” a No. 2 song in Australia that wasn’t worked to radio here.) I’ve written in the past that Top 40 radio has somehow reached a backwards place where programmers expect balance records to stream but active records to test. “Levitating” followed two massive hits, and came from a hip artist, meaning it initially hit the wall at No. 4. Other tempo songs start to struggle well before reaching the top 10. Marshmello & Halsey’s “Be Kind” peaked at No. 14. A year later, “Be Kind” is only on a few CHRs but one of them is WKTU New York, where it did well enough that even AC sister WLTW (Lite FM) tried the song for a few weeks, despite it never having been a CHR power at the time.* How songs develop has become complex, but in a way that should be helpful to a song like “Levitating” that can have a streaming or a callout story. It’s a good thing when uptempo songs that sound great on the radio can do that. Until we have more great records than we can play again, programmers should not be finicky because a song does not have both consumption and callout. Unlike “Blinding Lights,” I can say that I’m not tired of it yet, in part because it didn’t reach airplay saturation. /////////////////////////////////////////// Townsquare Goes La Grande In Killeen Posted: 17 May 2021 04:30 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2...de-in-killeen/ Townsquare Media has flipped Classic Rock K-Rock 101.7 KLTD Temple/Killeen TX to Regional Mexican La Grande 101.7. The move gives the Killeen/Temple market its only Spanish language station as the audience was previously served by stations in the adjacent Austin and Waco markets. The flip was first indicated in our 4/22 Domain Insight. KLTD had flipped from Classic Hits to Classic Rock in June 2017 as part of a group deal to bring the regionally syndicated Walton Johnson morning show back to the market. Producer Ken Webster Jr. rose to co-host alongside Steve Johnson following the 2019 death of John Walton. The remainder of the station consisted of out of market voicetrackers. KLTD had a 2.2 share in the Fall 2020 Nielsen Audio ratings, placing it well behind iHeartMedia Rock 107.3 The Fox KLFXs 4.1 share. /////////////////////////////////////////// Radio Now Houston Gives Way To Praise Posted: 17 May 2021 03:31 AM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/2...way-to-praise/ Radio One flipped CHR Radio Now 92.1 KROI Seabrook/Houston TX to Gospel Praise 92.1 this morning. The move brings the Praise brand back to the 92.1 signal as it was previously heard there from 2006 to 2011. Since then it has continued to be heard on 102.1 KMJQ-HD2. KROI will carry Radio Ones suite of syndicated daily programming including Get Up Mornings with Erica Campbell, Willie Moore Jr. in afternoons, and The Nightly Spirit with Darlene McCoy. The CHR Radio Now brand had aired on KROI since January 2017 when it launched to fill the second CHR slot in the market role created by CBS Radios flip of Hot 95.7 KKHH to Adult Hits 95.7 The Spot. Due to its rimshot signal, it never generated any momentum against Cumulus Medias 104.1 KRBE with Radio Now rising from a 0.5 to 0.8 share in the March 2021 Nielsen Audio ratings placing it well behind KRBEs 3.5. Exiting the station with the flip are midday host On Air Laura Dickerson and evening host Jessica Jeanz. Dickerson joined KROI in June 2017 from producing mornings at Hot 97.5/103.9 KMVA/KZON Phoenix. Jeanz also hosts late nights at Hip Hop 97.9 The Box KBXX. She previously worked at KROI during its former Classic Hip Hop Boom 92 iteration and has also worked in mornings at Hot AC Mix 105.1 KKRG Albuquerque and spent eleven years at 98.5 The Beat KBBT San Antonio. KROI aired Yea! Networks Kidd Kraddick Morning Show and Tino Cochino Radio in afternoons. Radio One Houston is pleased to announce the re-launch of Houston’s Inspiration Station, KROI Praise 92.1 / KMJQ Praise 102.1 HD2. In the late 2000’s and early 2010’s Praise inspired Houstonians through difficult times on the 92.1 radio frequency. Houston’s Inspiration Station is now back on the 92.1 dial with a new and improved signal offering full market coverage in HD broadcasting at 40,000 watts and simulcasting on Praise 102.1 HD2. With inspirational songs and motivational content, Praise is providing a new all-star lineup of gospel greats to Houston. Houston can now GET UP and enjoy Mornings with Erica Campbell, award-winning gospel music singer and reality TV star. Erica Campbell creates a high-energy experience for listeners to start every day in FAITH, with LOVE and having JOY. Get Up! Mornings with Erica Campbell can be heard from 5AM-9AM weekdays. Keep the faith while working from home with TJ Jackson, an award-winning Manager, On-Air Personality, Talk Show Host, Public Speaker, Voice Over Artist, and community leader. Whether she’s hosting a talk show or music program, voicing commercials, planning or hosting events, TJ gets up in the morning to make life better for someone else. Listen to TJ in the mid-day from 9AM – 2PM weekdays. “It’s a privilege to re-launch such an uplifting and positive station, especially during these times of uncertainty where people are looking for outlets of love and hope to keep them inspired,” says Radio One Houston’s Vice President and General Manager, Pam McKay. Pump up your afternoon with “The Willie Moore Jr. Show.” As a world-renowned influencer, Willie is a licensed minister and Comedic Speaker where many call him “Young America’s Pastor”. Gifted to tell stories, jokes, and share bible-based principles he’s irrationally passionate to #KeepIt100 and tell the #Flat-out truth. Tune into The Willie Moore Jr. Show 2PM-6PM weekdays. Terri Thomas, Operations Manager of Radio One Houston says, “It’s in times like these where people want to escape from today’s challenging realities and listen to music that inspires and makes them feel good.” Enjoy your evenings with Darlene McCoy. The song “I’m Every Woman” would be the ideal preamble! She bears a plethora of titles in an attempt to define her: Mother, National Recording Artist, Radio Personality, Actress, Author, Songwriter, Mentor, Entrepreneur, Comedian, and Speaker. It is evident that we have not witnessed all that God has placed behind this bright, shining star of a woman. Darlene McCoy can be heard 6PM-10PM weekdays. The Praise continues every weekend on Saturday with the Spirit Top 15 countdown and shows featuring recording artist Ronnette Rollins, actress Veda Howard, award winners D. Stone and Willie Moore Jr. Plus a Sunday lineup featuring motivational speaker Krystal Lee, evangelist Cheryl Jackson and singer/songwriter Jermaine Dolly. Praise 92.1/102.1 HD2 is available streaming online at praisehouston.com and you can Praise anywhere by downloading the Praise app from your mobile app store. For inspiring content and good news, follow Praise on all major social media platforms @praisehouston. Business owners, ministries and local advertisers interested in marketing packages can submit your request to Radio One Houston Director of Sales, Wayne Jones at |
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