{"id":23051,"date":"2019-10-02T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=23051"},"modified":"2019-10-02T08:03:48","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T13:03:48","slug":"chicago-radio-ratings-v103-vaults-back-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2019\/10\/02\/chicago-radio-ratings-v103-vaults-back-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago radio ratings: V103 vaults back to the top"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> V103 102.7-FM Chicago<\/p><\/div>\n

WVAZ 102.7-FM, the iHeartMedia urban adult-contemporary station known as V103, took top honors Tuesday in the Nielsen Audio survey for September.<\/p>\n

Jumping from third place to first, the R&B powerhouse recaptured the Chicago radio ratings crown for the first time since October 2018. V103 also was No. 1 in evenings with Chris Michaels.<\/p>\n

Another notable gainer was Cumulus Media classic hits WLS 94.7-FM, which rose from a tie for seventh to third.<\/p>\n

Biggest loser was Hubbard Radio hot adult-contemporary WTMX 101.9-FM, plunging a whopping 1.5 share points from first to a tie for sixth.<\/p>\n

In its last full month under Tribune Media ownership, news\/talk WGN 720-AM moved up from a tie for 16th to a tie for 12th, and Steve Cochran jumped from 11th to sixth in mornings. On September 19, the station officially was acquired<\/a> by Dallas-based Nexstar Media Group, ending a 95-year run since its founding as Chicago radio flagship of the \"World's Greatest Newspaper.\"<\/p>\n

Sports\/talk WMVP 1000-AM closed out its last full month under ESPN Radio management up from 25th to 23rd. As of this week, ESPN 1000 came under\u00a0operational control<\/a> of Wisconsin-based Good Karma Brands.<\/p>\n

Entercom all-news WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM was first in mornings with Felicia Middlebrooks and Pat Cassidy, and Hubbard Radio classic rock WDRV 97.1-FM was first in middays with Bob Stroud and afternoons with Steve Seaver and Janda Lane.<\/p>\n

Note: In accordance with Nielsen\u2019s publishing guidelines,<\/a> I cannot report actual audience shares other than those for the full week (below). For mornings, middays, afternoons and evenings, I can list only their rankings \u2014 not specific shares.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here are Chicago\u2019s top 30 radio stations from 6 a.m. to midnight Monday through Sunday, as measured by Nielsen Audio from August 15 to September 11, followed by format and average quarter-hour share of listeners age 6 and older (with previous month\u2019s share in parentheses):<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. WVAZ 102.7-FM<\/strong> urban adult contemporary, 5.7 (5.0)
\n2. WDRV 97.1-FM<\/strong> classic rock, 5.4 (5.4)
\n3. WLS 94.7-FM<\/strong> classic hits, 4.9 (3.8)
\n4. WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM<\/strong> all news, 4.8 (4.8)
\n5. WSCR 670-AM<\/strong> sports talk, 4.3 (4.1)
\n6. (tie) WLIT 93.9-FM<\/strong> adult contemporary, 4.2 (4.5); WTMX 101.9-FM<\/strong> hot adult contemporary, 4.2 (5.7)
\n8. (tie) WKSC 103.5-FM<\/strong> Top 40, 3.5 (3.8); WXRT 93.1-FM<\/strong> adult album alternative, 3.5 (3.5)
\n10. WKQX 101.1-FM<\/strong> alternative rock, 3.4 (3.4)
\n11. WRME 87.7-FM<\/strong> soft rock oldies, 3.3 (2.9)
\n12. (tie) WBMX 104.3-FM<\/strong> classic hip hop, 3.2 (3.1); WGN 720-AM<\/strong> news talk, 3.2 (2.8)
\n14. WOJO 105.1-FM<\/strong> Mexican regional, 3.0 (3.0)
\n15. (tie) WBBM 96.3-FM<\/strong> Top 40, 2.9 (2.9); WBEZ 91.5-FM<\/strong> public radio news talk, 2.9 (2.8); WSHE 100.3-FM<\/strong> adult contemporary, 2.9 (3.1)
\n18. WUSN 99.5-FM<\/strong> country, 2.7 (2.6)
\n19. WGCI 107.5-FM<\/strong> urban contemporary, 2.5 (2.5)
\n20. WLEY 107.9-FM<\/strong> Mexican regional, 2.1 (2.0)
\n21. (tie) WLS 890-AM<\/strong> news talk, 1.7 (2.1); WPPN 106.7-FM<\/strong> Spanish adult contemporary, 1.7 (1.9)
\n23. WMVP 1000-AM<\/strong> sports talk, 1.6 (1.4)
\n24. WEBG 95.5-FM<\/strong> country, 1.5 (1.6)
\n25. WVIV 93.5-FM<\/strong> Spanish contemporary, 1.4 (1.5)
\n26. WCKL 97.9-FM<\/strong> contemporary Christian, 1.1 (1.0)
\n27. (tie) WERV 95.9-FM<\/strong> classic hits, 1.0 (1.1); WSSR 96.7-FM<\/strong> adult contemporary, 1.0 (0.6)
\n29. (tie) WFMT 98.7-FM<\/strong> classical, 0.8 (0.8); WMBI 90.1-FM<\/strong> Christian ministry, 0.8 (0.9)<\/p>\n

Here are Chicago radio\u2019s top 10 morning shows from 6 to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday, as measured by Nielsen Audio:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM Felicia Middlebrooks and Pat Cassidy<\/strong>
\n2. WTMX 101.9-FM Eric Ferguson, Melissa McGurren and Brian \u201cWhip\u201d Paruch<\/strong>
\n3. WDRV 97.1-FM Brian Sherman and Steve Tingle<\/strong>
\n4. WSCR 670-AM Mike Mulligan and David Haugh<\/strong>
\n5. WVAZ 102.7-FM Steve Harvey<\/strong>
\n6. WGN 720-AM Steve Cochran<\/strong>
\n7. WLS 94.7-FM Dave Fogel and Kim Berk<\/strong>
\n8. (tie) WBEZ 91.5-FM \u201cMorning Edition\u201d and \u201cMorning Shift\u201d with Jennifer White;<\/strong> WKSC 103.5-FM Christopher \u201cFred\u201d Frederick and Angi Taylor<\/strong>
\n10. WLIT 93.9-FM Melissa Forman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are Chicago radio\u2019s top 10 midday shows from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, as measured by Nielsen Audio:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. WDRV 97.1-FM Bob Stroud<\/strong>
\n2. WLS 94.7-FM Greg Brown<\/strong>
\n3. WVAZ 102.7-FM Bionc\u00e9 Foxx<\/strong>
\n4. WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM Cisco Cotto and Rob Hart<\/strong>
\n5. WLIT 93.9-FM Robin Rock<\/strong>
\n6. WTMX 101.9-FM Lisa Allen<\/strong>
\n7. WRME 87.7-FM
\n8. WXRT 93.1-FM Richard Milne<\/strong>
\n9. WSCR 670-AM Dan Bernstein and Connor McKnight; Laurence Holmes<\/strong>
\n10. WKQX 101.1-FM Lauren O\u2019Neil<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are Chicago radio\u2019s top 10 afternoon shows from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, as measured by Nielsen Audio:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. WDRV 97.1-FM Steve Seaver and Janda Lane<\/strong>
\n2. WVAZ 102.7-FM Joe Soto<\/strong>
\n3. WLS 94.7-FM Ron Parker<\/strong>
\n4. (tie) WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM Keith Johnson and Lisa Fielding;<\/strong> WTMX 101.9-FM Kevin \u201cKoz\u201d Koske and Jennifer Roberts<\/strong>
\n6. WLIT 93.9-FM Mick Lee<\/strong>
\n7. (tie) WKSC 103.5-FM Brady Broski;<\/strong> WXRT 93.1-FM Marty Lennartz<\/strong>
\n9. WKQX 101.1-FM Tim Virgin<\/strong>
\n10. WSCR 670-AM Dan McNeil and Danny Parkins<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are Chicago radio\u2019s top 10 evening shows from 7 p.m. to midnight Monday through Friday, as measured by Nielsen Audio:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. WVAZ 102.7-FM Chris Michaels<\/strong>
\n2. WSCR 670-AM Joe Ostrowski; Julie DiCaro; Cubs baseball<\/strong>
\n3. WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM Mariam Sobh; Bob Conway<\/strong>
\n4. WLS 94.7-FM Brian Peck<\/strong>
\n5. WBMX 104.3-FM Julian Jumpin\u2019 Perez<\/strong>
\n6. WLIT 93.9-FM Delilah Rene<\/strong>
\n7. (tie) WGN 720-AM Justin Kaufmann; White Sox baseball;<\/strong> WKSC 103.5-FM Erik Zachary<\/strong>
\n9. (tie) WBBM 96.3-FM Julia Lepidi;<\/strong> WDRV 97.1-FM Phil Manicki;<\/strong> WTMX 101.1-FM Nikki Imbracsio;\u00a0Chris Petlak<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Copyright \u00a9 2019 The Nielsen Company.<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WVAZ 102.7-FM, the iHeartMedia urban adult-contemporary station known as V103, took top honors Tuesday in the Nielsen Audio survey for September. Jumping from third place to first, the R&B powerhouse recaptured the Chicago radio ratings crown for the first time since October 2018. V103 also was No. 1 in evenings with Chris Michaels.<\/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\/23051"}],"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=23051"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23056,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23051\/revisions\/23056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}