In the first batch of
Nielsen Audio June PPM estimates, WNYC-FM had 966,200 weekly cumulative
listeners, the weekly audience estimate for the station since PPM ratings
started over ten-years ago.
WNYC-FM now has the largest weekly audience in the
nation, topping KQED by 3,200 estimated weekly listeners.
Combined with listeners on
Long Island, WNYC AM/FM had a estimated 1,386,700 weekly listeners in June 2017.
Compared to Nielsen data
for June 2016, WNYC-FM added 227,000 weekly listeners – up 23% in one year. Also,
according to Nielsen estimates, WNYC-FM also had a 3.0% average-quarter-hour
(AQH) share in June 2017, also a record-high number for PPM data. WNYC-FM’s 3.0% AQH share puts it above commercial
stations WNEW-FM (Hot AC), WCBS-AM (All News), WPLJ (Rock Hits) and WOR-AM (All
Talk).
Speaking of KQED, Nielsen
estimated they had 963,600 weekly cumulative listeners in the June 2017 PPM
estimates. KQED added 181,200 weekly listeners since June 2016, a gain of 18%.
KQED continues to be the
top station in the San Francisco Bay market with a 6.7% AQH share. KQED was far
above the number two station, CBS All News O&O KCBS-AM/KFRC-FM (6.0).
We will have complete
coverage of PPM results during the new few days, plus comparisons with June
2016 results. The following week, the Radio Research Consortium (RRC) will be
begin releasing Nielsen Audio estimates for Diary markets in Spring 2017.
WNYC-AM was also up
considerably in the June sweeps compared with June 2016.
The biggest percentage
gain in NYC was K-Love affiliate WKLV, up 27% in weekly cume, 108,000 estimated
listeners.
New York stations also
dominate the noncom listening in Nassau and Suffolk Counties on Long Island. Nassau-Suffolk
is geographically a large metro.
WSHU and WSUF from Fairfield, Connecticut,
have a substantial number of weekly listeners.
Nielson Audio PPM results
for June 2017 were off a bit for all four LA noncom stations that subscribe to the
ratings. Compared to June 2016, KUSC had 115,700 fewer estimated weekly
listeners, a drop of 15%.
In Chicago, the top
performer compared to June 2016 was nifty Jazz/Blues station WDCB, up 2%.
Other subscribing noncom stations were down.
Elsewhere in the Bay Area,
Classical KDFC had 53,900 fewer estimated weekly listeners in June 2017 than
they did one year ago, down 13%.
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