announcement<\/a> that Justin Kaufmann would replace Andrea Darlas on Cochran\u2019s show. (Darlas, in turn, is replacing Kaufmann as evening co-host alongside Patti Vasquez.)<\/p>\nThe latest Nielsen Audio survey ran from April 26 to May 23.<\/p>\n
Here are Chicago\u2019s top 30 radio stations from 6 a.m. to midnight Monday through Sunday, as measured by Nielsen Audio in May, followed by format and average share of listeners age 6 and older (with April share in parentheses):<\/strong><\/p>\n1. WVAZ 102.7-FM<\/strong> urban adult contemporary, 5.9 (6.1)
\n2. WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM<\/strong> all news, 4.9 (4.9)
\n3. WDRV 97.1-FM<\/strong> classic rock, 4.8 (4.6)
\n4. WTMX 101.9-FM<\/strong> hot adult contemporary, 4.7 (5.0)
\n5. WOJO 105.1-FM<\/strong> Mexican regional, 4.6 (5.0)
\n6. WLS 94.7-FM<\/strong> classic hits, 4.3 (3.8)
\n7. (tie) WKSC 103.5-FM<\/strong> Top 40, 3.6 (3.3); WSCR 670-AM<\/strong> sports talk, 3.6 (3.2)
\n9. (tie) WRME 87.7-FM<\/strong> soft rock oldies, 3.5 (3.5); WXRT 93.1-FM<\/strong> adult album alternative, 3.5 (3.5)
\n11. (tie) WBMX 104.3-FM<\/strong> classic hip hop, 3.4 (3.5); WLIT 93.9-FM<\/strong> adult contemporary, 3.4 (3.3)
\n13. WUSN 99.5-FM<\/strong> country, 3.3 (3.5)
\n14. (tie) WGCI 107.5-FM<\/strong> urban contemporary, 3.1 (2.8); WKQX 101.1-FM<\/strong> alternative rock, 3.1 (3.1)
\n16. WBEZ 91.5-FM<\/strong> public radio news talk, 2.8 (3.0)
\n17. WSHE 100.3-FM<\/strong> adult contemporary, 2.7 (2.6)
\n18. WLEY 107.9-FM<\/strong> Mexican regional, 2.6 (3.0)
\n19. WPPN 106.7-FM<\/strong> Spanish adult contemporary, 2.5 (2.3)
\n20. WBBM 96.3-FM<\/strong> Top 40, 2.4 (2.7)
\n21. WGN 720-AM<\/strong> news talk, 2.2 (2.0)
\n22. WPWX 92.3-FM<\/strong> urban contemporary, 2.0 (2.1)
\n23. WEBG 95.5-FM<\/strong> country, 1.8 (1.8)
\n24. WLS 890-AM<\/strong> news talk, 1.7 (1.8)
\n25. WCKL 97.9-FM<\/strong> contemporary Christian, 1.5 (no rating)
\n26. WMVP 1000-AM<\/strong> sports talk, 1.3 (1.4)
\n27. WVIV 93.5-FM<\/strong> Spanish contemporary, 1.2 (1.1)
\n28. WERV 95.9-FM<\/strong> classic hits, 1.0 (0.7)
\n29. (tie) WFMT 98.7-FM<\/strong> classical, 0.9 (1.2); WMBI 90.1-FM<\/strong> Christian ministry, 0.9 (0.8)<\/p>\nHere are Chicago radio\u2019s top 10 morning shows from 6 to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday, as measured by Nielsen Audio in May, followed by host and average share of listeners age 6 and older (with April share in parentheses):<\/strong><\/p>\n1. WTMX 101.9-FM Eric Ferguson<\/strong> 7.7 (7.2)
\n2. WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM Felicia Middlebrooks and Pat Cassidy<\/strong> 6.9 (7.0)
\n3. WVAZ 102.7-FM Steve Harvey<\/strong> 5.4 (5.0)
\n4. WOJO 105.1-FM Ra\u00fal Molinar, Carla Medrano and Andr\u00e9s Maldonado<\/strong> 5.2 (5.5)
\n5. WDRV 97.1-FM Brian Sherman and Steve Tingle<\/strong> 3.9 (4.3)
\n6. WKSC 103.5-FM Christopher \u201cFred\u201d Frederick and Angi Taylor<\/strong> 3.7 (3.6)
\n7. WLS 94.7-FM Dave Fogel and Kim Berk<\/strong> 3.6 (3.8)
\n8. WXRT 93.1-FM Lin Brehmer<\/strong> 3.5 (3.6)
\n9. WLEY 107.9-FM Alberto Terry \u201cEl Terrible\u201d Cortez<\/strong> 3.4 (4.0)
\n10. WSCR 670-AM Mike Mulligan and Brian Hanley<\/strong> 3.3 (3.6)<\/p>\nHere are Chicago radio\u2019s top 10 midday shows from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, as measured by Nielsen Audio in May, followed by host and average share of listeners age 6 and older (with April share in parentheses):<\/strong><\/p>\n1. WDRV 97.1-FM Bob Stroud<\/strong> 5.6 (5.4)
\n2. WVAZ 102.7-FM Bionc\u00e9 Foxx<\/strong> 5.4 (5.7)
\n3. WLS 94.7-FM Greg Brown<\/strong> 5.3 (4.5)
\n4. (tie) WOJO 105.1-FM Rafael \u201cEl Primo Rafa\u201d Bautist<\/strong>a 4.4 (5.4); WXRT 93.1-FM Terri Hemmert; Marty Lennartz<\/strong> 4.4 (3.8)
\n6. (tie) WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM Cisco Cotto and Kris Kridel<\/strong> 4.2 (4.0); WRME 87.7-FM 4.2 (4.2)
\n8. (tie) WLIT 93.9-FM Robin Rock<\/strong> 3.9 (3.8); WTMX 101.9-FM Lisa Allen 3.9 (3.9)
\n10. WLEY 107.9-FM Diane Fong<\/strong> 3.7 (3.7)<\/p>\nHere are Chicago radio\u2019s top 10 afternoon shows from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, as measured by Nielsen Audio in May, followed by host and average share of listeners age 6 and older (with April share in parentheses):<\/strong><\/p>\n1. WVAZ 102.7-FM Joe Soto<\/strong> 5.7 (5.6)
\n2. (tie) WDRV 97.1-FM Steve Seaver<\/strong> 4.7 (4.6); WOJO 105.1-FM Sylvia del Valle, Jose Gutierrez and Carlos Ivan Paez<\/strong> 4.7 (5.0)
\n4. WTMX 101.9-FM Kevin \u201cKoz\u201d Koske and Jennifer Roberts<\/strong> 4.5 (5.2)
\n5. WLS 94.7-FM Ron Parker<\/strong> 4.4 (3.8)
\n6. WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM Kris Kridel and Keith Johnson<\/strong> 4.2 (4.1)
\n7. WKSC 103.5-FM Brady Broski<\/strong> 3.9 (3.6)
\n8. WLIT 93.9-FM Mick Lee<\/strong> 3.7 (3.3)
\n9. WUSN 99.5-FM Mike Kasper<\/strong> 3.6 (3.6)
\n10. (tie) WBEZ 91.5-FM \u201cAll Things Considered\u201d<\/strong> 3.4 (3.4); WBMX 104.3-FM Sean \u201cSonic\u201d Leckie<\/strong> 3.4 (3.7); WGCI 107.5-FM Tone Kapone<\/strong> 3.4 (3.1); WRME 87.7-FM 3.4 (3.1)<\/p>\nMonday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Max Armstrong:<\/strong> As one who had an office in Tribune Tower for more than two decades, it's hard not to recall the media executives who made terrible, costly decisions, and did so with arrogance. But we also had the privilege of working with some superb media industry leaders whose contributions we will always appreciate.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As sure as the sun rises over Lake Michigan, Eric Ferguson dominates morning radio in Chicago. The Nielsen Audio ratings report released Monday shows the Radio Hall of Famer expanding his first-place lead in May after more than two decades as morning star of Hubbard Radio hot adult-contemporary WTMX 101.9-FM.<\/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\/18328"}],"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=18328"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18338,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18328\/revisions\/18338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}