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>\nHere are Chicago\u2019s top 30 radio stations from 6 a.m. to midnight Monday through Sunday, as measured by Nielsen Audio from January 2 to 29, followed by format and average quarter-hour share of listeners age 6 and older (with previous month\u2019s share in parentheses):<\/strong><\/p>\n1. WLIT 93.9-FM<\/strong> adult contemporary, 5.5 (13.7)
\n2. WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM<\/strong> all news, 5.4 (4.9)
\n3. WDRV 97.1-FM<\/strong> classic rock, 5.3 (4.6)
\n4. WVAZ 102.7-FM<\/strong> urban adult contemporary, 5.2 (5.7)
\n5. WTMX 101.9-FM<\/strong> hot adult contemporary, 4.9 (3.3)
\n6. WLS 94.7-FM<\/strong> classic hits, 4.2 (4.3)
\n7. WBEZ 91.5-FM<\/strong> public radio news talk, 3.9 (3.1)
\n8. WGN 720-AM<\/strong> news talk, 3.8 (3.0)
\n9. (tie) WKSC 103.5-FM<\/strong> Top 40, 3.6 (2.8); WSHE 100.3-FM<\/strong> adult contemporary, 3.6 (3.0)
\n11. WRME 87.7-FM<\/strong> soft rock oldies, 3.5 (3.0)
\n12. WOJO 105.1-FM<\/strong> Mexican regional, 3.4 (3.1)
\n13. WSCR 670-AM<\/strong> sports talk, 3.3 (3.5)
\n14. WXRT 93.1-FM<\/strong> adult album alternative, 3.1 (3.1)
\n15. (tie) WUSN 99.5-FM<\/strong> country, 2.6 (1.6); WBBM 96.3-FM<\/strong> Top 40, 2.6 (2.9)
\n17. WBMX 104.3-FM<\/strong> classic hip hop, 2.4 (2.5)
\n18. WLS 890-AM<\/strong> news talk, 2.3 (2.3)
\n19. WKQX 101.1-FM<\/strong> alternative rock, 2.2 (2.4)
\n20. WGCI 107.5-FM<\/strong> urban contemporary, 2.1 (2.5)
\n21. WLEY 107.9-FM<\/strong> Mexican regional, 1.9 (1.9)
\n22. WEBG 95.5-FM<\/strong> country, 1.6 (1.2)
\n23. (tie) WPPN 106.7-FM<\/strong> Spanish adult contemporary, 1.5 (1.6); WVIV 93.5-FM<\/strong> Spanish contemporary, 1.5 (1.1)
\n25. (tie) WMVP 1000-AM<\/strong> sports talk, 1.4 (1.4); WPWX 92.3-FM<\/strong> urban contemporary, 1.4 (1.4)
\n27. WCKL 97.9-FM<\/strong> contemporary Christian, 1.2 (1.6)
\n28. (tie) WFMT 98.7-FM<\/strong> classical 0.9 (0.8); WMBI 90.1-FM<\/strong> Christian ministry, 0.9 (1.0)
\n30. WSRB 106.3-FM<\/strong> urban adult contemporary, 0.8 (0.9)<\/p>\nHere are Chicago radio\u2019s top 10 morning shows from 6 to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday, as measured by Nielsen Audio:<\/strong><\/p>\n1. 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. WBEZ 91.5-FM \u201cMorning Edition\u201d and \u201cBBC Newshour\u201d<\/strong>
\n4. WVAZ 102.7-FM Steve Harvey<\/strong>
\n5. WDRV 97.1-FM Brian Sherman and Steve Tingle<\/strong>
\n6. WGN 720-AM Bob Sirott<\/strong>
\n7. WKSC 103.5-FM Christopher \u201cFred\u201d Frederick and Angi Taylor<\/strong>
\n8. WLIT 93.9-FM Melissa Forman<\/strong>
\n9. (tie) WSCR 670-AM Mike Mulligan and David Haugh;<\/strong> WLS 94.7-FM Dave Fogel and Kim Berk<\/strong><\/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:<\/strong><\/p>\n1. WDRV 97.1-FM Bob Stroud<\/strong>
\n2. WLIT 93.9-FM Robin Rock<\/strong>
\n3. WLS 94.7-FM Greg Brown<\/strong>
\n4. (tie) WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM Cisco Cotto and Rob Hart;<\/strong> WTMX 101.9-FM Lisa Allen<\/strong>
\n6. WVAZ 102.7-FM Bionc\u00e9 Foxx<\/strong>
\n7. (tie) WOJO 105.1-FM Rafael \u201cEl Primo Rafa\u201d Bautista;<\/strong> WRME 87.7-FM
\n9. WGN 720-AM John Williams; Ji Suk Yi; Anna Davlantes<\/strong>
\n10. WLS 890-AM Chris Plante; Rush Limbaugh<\/strong><\/p>\nHere are Chicago radio\u2019s top 10 afternoon shows from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, as measured by Nielsen Audio:<\/strong><\/p>\n1. WLIT 93.9-FM Mick Lee<\/strong>
\n2. WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM Keith Johnson and Lisa Fielding<\/strong>
\n3. WTMX 101.9-FM Kevin \u201cKoz\u201d Koske<\/strong>
\n4. WDRV 97.1-FM Steve Seaver and Janda Lane<\/strong>
\n5. (tie) WKSC 103.5-FM Brady Broski;<\/strong> WSHE 100.3-FM Jay Styles<\/strong>
\n7. WVAZ 102.7-FM Joe Soto<\/strong>
\n8. WLS 94.7-FM Erin Carman<\/strong>
\n9. (tie) WXRT 93.1-FM Marty Lennartz;<\/strong> WBEZ 91.5-FM \u201cAll Things Considered\u201d and \u201cMarketplace\u201d;<\/strong> WRME 87.7-FM<\/p>\nHere are Chicago radio\u2019s top 10 evening shows from 7 p.m. to midnight Monday through Friday, as measured by Nielsen Audio:<\/strong><\/p>\n1. WVAZ 102.7-FM Chris Michaels; Keith Sweat<\/strong>
\n2. WLIT 93.9-FM Delilah Rene<\/strong>
\n3. WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM Bob Conway<\/strong>
\n4. WBEZ 91.5-FM \u201cMarketplace,\u201d \u201cThe Daily,\u201d \u201cFresh Air with Terry Gross,\u201d \u201cBBC Newsday,\u201d \u201c1A,\u201d \u201cBBC World Service\u201d<\/strong>
\n5. WTMX 101.9-FM Chris Petlak<\/strong>
\n6. WRME 87.7-FM
\n7. (tie) WKSC 103.5-FM Jordan Foster;<\/strong> WSHE 100.3-FM Brian Middleton<\/strong>
\n9. WLS 94.7-FM Brian Peck<\/strong>
\n10. WDRV 97.1-FM Phil Manicki<\/strong><\/p>\n(Copyright \u00a9 2020 The Nielsen Company.<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WLIT 93.9-FM remained the most popular radio station in the Chicago area during January, according to Nielsen Audio figures released Tuesday. It not only marked the third consecutive monthly win for the iHeartMedia adult contemporary station, but the first time 93.9 Lite FM has captured the top spot outside of its Christmas music format, which... 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\/24543"}],"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=24543"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24550,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24543\/revisions\/24550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}