{"id":15107,"date":"2017-08-08T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=15107"},"modified":"2017-08-08T23:01:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T04:01:31","slug":"rise-shine-chicago-radios-top-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2017\/08\/08\/rise-shine-chicago-radios-top-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Rise and shine: Chicago radio\u2019s top of the morning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Eric Ferguson<\/p><\/div>\n

Even with longtime partner Kathy Hart missing in action<\/a> since April, Eric Ferguson continues to rule the morning radio roost in Chicago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Eric & Kathy Show\u201d on Hubbard Radio hot adult-contemporary WTMX FM 101.9<\/a> was No. 1 among all listeners in July, according to Nielsen Audio ratings released Monday.<\/p>\n

The Mix in morning drive also swept the adult demographics, finishing first among men and women between 25 and 54 \u2014 categories most closely tied to advertising revenue.<\/p>\n

All-news simulcast on CBS Radio WBBM AM 780\/WCFS FM 105.9<\/a> with Felicia Middlebrooks and Pat Cassidy finished second, followed by Steve Harvey on iHeartMedia urban adult-contemporary WVAZ FM 102.7,<\/a> and Steve Cochran on Tribune Broadcasting news\/talk WGN AM 720.<\/a><\/p>\n

How did your morning favorite rank?<\/p>\n

Here are Chicago\u2019s top 30 radio stations in morning drive (6 to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday), followed by host and average share of listeners age 6 and up, as measured by Nielsen Audio in July:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. WTMX FM 101.9<\/strong> Eric Ferguson and Kathy Hart 6.9<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. WBBM AM 780\/WCFS FM 105.9<\/strong> (simulcast) Felicia Middlebrooks and Pat Cassidy 6.7<\/strong><\/p>\n

3. WVAZ FM 102.7<\/strong> Steve Harvey 5.6<\/strong><\/p>\n

4. WGN AM 720<\/strong> Steve Cochran 4.7<\/strong><\/p>\n

5. WOJO FM 105.1<\/strong> Raul Molinar, Carla Medrano and Andres Maldonado 4.4<\/strong><\/p>\n

6. WDRV FM 97.1<\/strong> Brian Sherman and Steve Tingle 4.2<\/strong><\/p>\n

7. WBEZ FM 91.5<\/strong> Morning Edition; Lisa Labuz, Tony Sarabia 3.8<\/strong><\/p>\n

8. WSCR AM 670<\/strong> Mike Mulligan and Brian Hanley 3.7<\/strong><\/p>\n

9. WKSC FM 103.5<\/strong> Christopher \u201cFred\u201d Frederick and Angi Taylor 3.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

10. WUSN FM 99.5<\/strong> Doug Stylz and Justin Roman 3.2<\/strong><\/p>\n

11. WJMK FM 104.3<\/strong> Dave Fogel 3.1<\/strong><\/p>\n

12. WBBM FM 96.3<\/strong> J. Niice (Jamar McNeil) and Showbiz Shelly Menaker 3.0<\/strong><\/p>\n

13. WLEY FM 107.9<\/strong> Alberto Terry \u201cEl Terrible\u201d Cortez and Kimberly Kristel \u201cLa Kristy\u201d Yanez 2.7<\/strong><\/p>\n

14. WIND AM 560<\/strong> Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson 2.6<\/strong><\/p>\n

15. (tie) WGCI FM 107.5<\/strong> Kyle Santillian, Kendra Gilliams and Leon Rogers 2.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

15. (tie) WXRT FM 93.1<\/strong> Lin Brehmer 2.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

15. (tie) WLS FM 94.7<\/strong> Brant Miller and Kim Berk 2.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

18. WLUP FM 97.9<\/strong> Mancow Muller 2.4<\/strong><\/p>\n

19. (tie) WSHE FM 100.3<\/strong> Brooke Fox and Jubal Flagg 2.2<\/strong><\/p>\n

19. (tie) WRME FM 87.7<\/strong> MeTV FM 2.2<\/strong><\/p>\n

21. (tie) WKQX FM 101.1<\/strong> Brian Phillips and Lou Lombardo 2.1<\/strong><\/p>\n

21. (tie) WEBG FM 95.5<\/strong> Mason Schreader, Zach \u201cRemy\u201d Hoesly and Amber \u201cAlabama\u201d Cole 2.1<\/strong><\/p>\n

23. (tie) WLIT FM 93.9<\/strong> Kristina Kage 1.9<\/strong><\/p>\n

23. (tie) WLS AM 890<\/strong> Big John Howell and Ramblin\u2019 Ray Stevens 1.9<\/strong><\/p>\n

25. WPPN FM 106.7<\/strong> Renzo Heredia and Maria Esther\u00a01.7<\/strong><\/p>\n

26. WPWX FM 92.3<\/strong> Rickey Smiley 1.6<\/strong><\/p>\n

27. WMVP AM 1000<\/strong> Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic 1.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

28. (tie) WJKL FM 94.3<\/strong> Mike Kankelfritz, Amy Baumann and Skip Mahaffey 1.0<\/strong><\/p>\n

28. (tie) WFMT FM 98.7<\/strong> Carl Grapentine 1.0<\/strong><\/p>\n

30. (tie) WSRB FM 106.3<\/strong> Mike Love 0.8<\/strong><\/p>\n

30. (tie) WCPT AM 820<\/strong> Bill Press; Stephanie Miller 0.8<\/strong><\/p>\n

30. (tie) WISN AM 1130<\/strong> Ken Herrera; Jay Weber 0.8<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Even with longtime partner Kathy Hart missing in action since April, Eric Ferguson continues to rule the morning radio roost in Chicago. \u201cThe Eric & Kathy Show\u201d on Hubbard Radio hot adult-contemporary WTMX FM 101.9 was No. 1 among all listeners in July, according to Nielsen Audio ratings released Monday.<\/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\/15107"}],"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=15107"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15122,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15107\/revisions\/15122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}