{"id":11580,"date":"2016-06-07T19:30:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T00:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=11580"},"modified":"2016-06-07T19:36:38","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T00:36:38","slug":"cubs-run-up-the-score-in-chicago-radio-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/06\/07\/cubs-run-up-the-score-in-chicago-radio-ratings\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs run up The Score in radio ratings"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Cubs<\/a>

<\/a> Cubs Radio<\/p><\/div>\n

Cubs baseball broadcasts catapulted CBS Radio sports\/talk WSCR AM 670<\/a> to the top tier of Chicago radio stations in Nielsen Audio ratings released Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Score moved up from 18th place in March with a 2.5 percent audience share to a tie for ninth in April with a 3.2 share all the way up to fourth in May with a 4.2 share. The latest survey covers the four-week period from April 21 to May 18.<\/p>\n

Under a seven-year deal with CBS Radio, Cubs broadcasts shifted to The Score this season after one year on all-news WBBM AM 780. <\/a>In simulcast combo with WCFS FM 105.9,<\/a> WBBM Newsradio continued to lead the market in overall share.<\/p>\n

White Sox baseball broadcasts have had a less noticeable effect in their first season on WLS AM 890.<\/a> The Cumulus Media news\/talk station tied for 20th place in May with a 2.2 share \u2014 identical to its rank and share in March. In April it tied for 21st with a 2.0 share.<\/p>\n

Here are the top 40 radio stations in the Chicago area followed by average share of listeners age 6 and older from 6 a.m. to midnight Monday through Sunday, as measured by Nielsen Audio from April 21 to May 18 (followed by the previous month\u2019s share in parentheses):<\/em><\/p>\n

1) WBBM AM 780\/WCFS FM 105.9<\/strong> (simulcast) 6.4 (6.5)
\n2) WVAZ FM 102.7<\/strong> 6.1 (6.1)
\n3) WTMX FM 101.9<\/strong> 4.9 (4.8)
\n4) WSCR AM 670<\/strong> 4.2 (3.2)
\n5) (tie) WKSC FM 103.5<\/strong> 3.9 (3.7)
\n5) (tie) WLIT FM 93.9<\/strong> 3.9 (3.9)
\n7) WGN AM 720<\/strong> 3.7 (4.3)
\n8) WGCI FM 107.5<\/strong> 3.6 (3.9)
\n9) (tie) WJMK FM 104.3<\/strong> 3.1 (3.2)
\n9) (tie) WOJO FM 105.1<\/strong> 3.1 (3.1)
\n11) WUSN FM 99.5<\/strong> 2.9 (2.8)
\n12) (tie) WDRV FM 97.1<\/strong> 2.8 (3.4)
\n12) (tie) WLS FM 94.7<\/strong> 2.8 (3.1)
\n12) (tie) WSHE FM 100.3<\/strong> 2.8 (2.4)
\n12) (tie) WXRT FM 93.1<\/strong> 2.8 (3.0)
\n16) WBBM FM 96.3<\/strong> 2.7 (2.8)
\n17) (tie) WKQX FM 101.1<\/strong> 2.6 (2.6)
\n17) (tie) WLUP FM 97.9<\/strong> 2.6 (2.3)
\n19) WBEZ FM 91.5<\/strong> 2.5 (2.7)
\n20) (tie) WLS AM 890<\/strong> 2.2 (2.0)
\n20) (tie) WPPN FM 106.7<\/strong> 2.2 (2.2)
\n22) WEBG FM 95.5<\/strong> 2.0 (1.8)
\n23) (tie) WMVP AM 1000<\/strong> 1.9 (2.0)
\n23) (tie) WPWX FM 92.3<\/strong> 1.9 (1.9)
\n25) WRME FM 87.7<\/strong> 1.8 (1.8)
\n26) WLEY FM 107.9<\/strong> 1.6 (1.7)
\n27) WIND AM 560<\/strong> 1.5 (1.1)
\n28) WFMT FM 98.7<\/strong> 1.2 (0.8)
\n29) (tie) WCPT AM 820<\/strong> 1.1 (1.1)
\n29) (tie) WJKL FM 94.3<\/strong> 1.1 (1.7)
\n29) (tie) WVIV FM 93.5<\/strong> 1.1 (1.1)
\n32) (tie) WMBI FM 90.1<\/strong> 0.9 (0.8)
\n32) (tie) WSRB FM 106.3<\/strong> 0.9 (0.8)
\n34) (tie) WCCQ FM 98.3<\/strong> 0.6 (0.6)
\n34) (tie) WERV FM 95.9<\/strong> 0.6 (0.6)
\n34) (tie) WIIL FM 95.1<\/strong> 0.6 (0.8)
\n34) (tie) WZSR FM 105.5<\/strong> 0.6 (0.7)
\n38) WSSR FM 96.7<\/strong> 0.5 (0.5)
\n39) (tie) WFXF FM 103.9<\/strong> 0.4 (0.4)
\n39) (tie) WGRB AM 1390<\/strong> 0.4 (0.6)
\n39) (tie) WLIT-FM HD2<\/strong> 0.4 (0.3)
\n39) (tie) WLJE FM 105.5<\/strong> 0.4 (0.4)
\n39) (tie) WVON AM 1690<\/strong> 0.4 (0.3)
\n39) (tie) WXLC FM 102.3<\/strong> 0.4 (0.4)<\/p>\n

Morning drive top 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are Chicago\u2019s top 10 morning shows followed by average share of listeners age 6 and older from 6 to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday, as measured by Nielsen Audio (with previous month\u2019s share in parentheses):<\/em><\/p>\n

1) WBBM AM 780\/WCFS FM 105.9 (simulcast) Felicia Middlebrooks and Pat Cassidy<\/strong> 9.1 (9.0)
\n2) WTMX FM 101.9 Eric Ferguson and Kathy Hart<\/strong> 7.0 (6.8)
\n3) WGN AM 720 Steve Cochran<\/strong> 5.6 (6.1)
\n4) WVAZ FM 102.7 Steve Harvey<\/strong> 5.1 (5.1)
\n5) WOJO FM 105.1 Raul Molinar, Sylvia del Valle and Andres Maldonado<\/strong> 3.9 (3.7)
\n6) WBEZ FM 91.5 Morning Edition; Morning Shift with Tony Sarabia<\/strong> 3.8 (4.0)
\n7) WSCR AM 670 Mike Mulligan and Brian Hanley<\/strong> 3.6 (3.6)
\n8) (tie) WKSC FM 103.5 Christopher \u201cFred\u201d Frederick and Angi Taylor<\/strong> 3.4 (3.3)
\n8) (tie) WLIT FM 93.9 Kristina Kage<\/strong> 3.4 (3.5)
\n10) WUSN FM 99.5 Lisa Dent and Ramblin\u2019 Ray Stevens<\/strong> 3.1 (3.2)<\/p>\n

Afternoon drive top 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are Chicago\u2019s top 10 afternoon shows followed by average share of listeners age 6 and older from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, as measured by Nielsen Audio (with previous month\u2019s share in parentheses):<\/em><\/p>\n

1) WBBM AM 780\/WCFS FM 105.9 (simulcast) Kris Kridel and Keith Johnson<\/strong> 5.6 (5.6)
\n2) WVAZ FM 102.7 Joe Soto<\/strong> 5.5 (5.7)
\n3) WTMX FM 101.9 Koz (Kevin Koske)<\/strong> 4.5 (4.5)
\n4) (tie) WKSC FM 103.5 Brady Broski<\/strong> 4.3 (4.0)
\n4) (tie) WLIT FM 93.9 Mick Lee<\/strong> 4.3 (4.3)
\n6) WGCI FM 107.5 Tone Kapone<\/strong> 3.7 (4.1)
\n7) WSCR AM 670 Terry Boers and Dan Bernstein; Cubs baseball<\/strong> 3.5 (2.4)
\n8) (tie) WBBM FM 96.3 Dougie Stylz and Justin Roman<\/strong> 3.1 (3.0)
\n8) (tie) WGN AM 720 Roe Conn and Anna Davlantes<\/strong> 3.1 (3.6)
\n10) (tie) WUSN FM 99.5 Mike Kasper<\/strong> 3.0 (3.0)
\n10) (tie) WXRT FM 93.1 Marty Lennartz; Jason Thomas<\/strong> 3.0 (2.9)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cubs baseball broadcasts catapulted CBS Radio sports\/talk WSCR AM 670 to the top tier of Chicago radio stations in Nielsen Audio ratings released Tuesday. The Score moved up from 18th place in March with a 2.5 percent audience share to a tie for ninth in April with a 3.2 share all the way up to... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11580"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11583,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11580\/revisions\/11583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}