{"id":26101,"date":"2020-07-07T15:20:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T20:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=26101"},"modified":"2020-07-07T15:29:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T20:29:45","slug":"chicago-radio-ratings-newsradio-wins-morning-noon-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2020\/07\/07\/chicago-radio-ratings-newsradio-wins-morning-noon-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago radio ratings: WBBM Newsradio wins morning, noon and night"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> WBBM Newswradio<\/p><\/div>\n

It was a rare clean sweep for Chicago's all-news radio station in the latest Nielsen Audio survey.<\/p>\n

Audience estimates released Tuesday showed the Entercom combo of WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM finishing first overall for the fifth consecutive month and winning all four weekday time periods \u2014 mornings, middays, afternoons and evenings.<\/p>\n

Close behind but still second was Hubbard Radio classic rock WDRV 97.1-FM.<\/p>\n

The dearth of sports attributed to the coronavirus pandemic continued to take a toll on Chicago's sports\/talk stations \u2014 Entercom WSCR 670-AM and Good Karma Brands WMVP 1000-AM \u2014 both of which declined.<\/p>\n

Also down for the second straight month were both news\/talk stations \u2014 Nexstar Media Group WGN 720-AM and Chicago Public Media WBEZ 91.5-FM. One notable exception was in mornings on WGN where Bob Sirott held steady in second place and increased his overall share by three tenths.<\/p>\n

Once again Nielsen Audio tacked on an advisory note essentially telling clients to take it all with a grain of salt: \"Audience estimates covering the time of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency can and should be used to understand the nature of that audience during that period only since it may reflect behavior that is unique to the COVID-19 crisis. Users should be aware that the effect of COVID-19 on media consumption will vary by market, period and measurement type.<\/p>\n

\"Given the anomalous nature of audience behavior during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, it is Nielsen's position that future buying and planning decisions for periods that fall outside the COVID-19 crisis should not be made using COVID-19 impacted audience estimates.\"<\/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 May 21 to June 17, 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. WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM<\/strong> all news, 6.9 (7.0)
\n2. WDRV 97.1-FM<\/strong> classic rock, 6.4 (6.4)
\n3. WVAZ 102.7-FM<\/strong> R&B, 5.6 (5.2)
\n4. WLIT 93.9-FM<\/strong> adult contemporary, 5.5 (5.2)
\n5. WLS 94.7-FM<\/strong> classic hits, 5.2 (4.6)
\n6. WTMX 101.9-FM<\/strong> hot adult contemporary, 4.8 (4.9)
\n7. WGN 720-AM<\/strong> news talk, 4.5 (5.2)
\n8. WXRT 93.1-FM<\/strong> adult album alternative, 3.9 (3.9)
\n9. (tie) WBEZ 91.5-FM<\/strong> public radio news talk, 3.8 (4.7); WOJO 105.1-FM<\/strong> Mexican regional, 3.8 (3.2)
\n11. WKSC 103.5-FM<\/strong> Top 40, 3.3 (2.7)
\n12. WRME 87.7-FM<\/strong> soft rock oldies, 3.0 (2.5)
\n13. (tie) WGCI 107.5-FM<\/strong> hip-hop, 2.8 (2.6); WKQX 101.1-FM<\/strong> alternative rock, 2.8 (2.5)
\n15. (tie) WUSN 99.5-FM<\/strong> country, 2.5 (2.4); WLEY 107.9-FM<\/strong> Mexican regional, 2.5 (2.8)
\n17. WSHE 100.3-FM<\/strong> adult contemporary, 2.3 (2.3)
\n18. WBMX 104.3-FM<\/strong> classic hip hop, 2.2 (2.2)
\n19. (tie) WBBM 96.3-FM<\/strong> Top 40, 2.0 (2.1); WLS 890-AM<\/strong> news talk, 2.0 (2.1); WPPN 106.7-FM<\/strong> Spanish adult contemporary, 2.0 (1.8)
\n22. WEBG 95.5-FM<\/strong> country, 1.7 (1.5)
\n23. WPWX 92.3-FM<\/strong> urban contemporary, 1.6 (1.6)
\n24. WSCR 670-AM<\/strong> sports talk, 1.5 (2.1)
\n25. WCKL 97.9-FM<\/strong> contemporary Christian music, 1.3 (1.3)
\n26. WVIV 93.5-FM<\/strong> Spanish contemporary, 1.2 (1.0)
\n27. WMVP 1000-AM<\/strong> sports talk, 0.8 (1.2)
\n28. WSRB 106.3-FM<\/strong> urban adult contemporary, 0.7 (0.6)
\n29. WFMT 98.7-FM<\/strong> classical 0.6 (1.2)
\n30. (tie) WDCB 90.9-FM<\/strong> jazz, blues 0.5 (0.5); WERV 95.9-FM<\/strong> classic hits, 0.5 (0.4); WZSR 105.5-FM<\/strong> hot adult-contemporary, 0.5 (0.4)<\/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 Pat Cassidy<\/strong>
\n2. WGN 720-AM Bob Sirott<\/strong>
\n3. WBEZ 91.5-FM \u201cMorning Edition\u201d; \u201cBBC Newshour\u201d<\/strong>
\n4. WTMX 101.9-FM Eric Ferguson, Melissa McGurren and Brian \u201cWhip\u201d Paruch<\/strong>
\n5. WDRV 97.1-FM Brian Sherman and Steve Tingle<\/strong>
\n6. WVAZ 102.7-FM Steve Harvey<\/strong>
\n7. (tie) WLIT 93.9-FM Melissa Forman;<\/strong> WLS 94.7-FM Dave Fogel and Kim Berk<\/strong>
\n9. WOJO 105.1-FM Ra\u00fal Molinar, Carla Medrano and Andr\u00e9s Maldonado<\/strong>
\n10. WXRT 93.1-FM Richard Milne<\/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. WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM Cisco Cotto<\/strong>
\n2. WDRV 97.1-FM Bob Stroud<\/strong>
\n3. WLS 94.7-FM Greg Brown<\/strong>
\n4. WTMX 101.9-FM Lisa Allen<\/strong>
\n5. WLIT 93.9-FM Robin Rock<\/strong>
\n6. WGN 720-AM John Williams; Anna Davlantes<\/strong>
\n7. WVAZ 102.7-FM Bionc\u00e9 Foxx<\/strong>
\n8. (tie) WXRT 93.1-FM Lin Brehmer;<\/strong> WOJO 105.1-FM Rafael \u201cEl Primo Rafa\u201d Bautista<\/strong>
\n10. WRME 87.7-FM<\/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. WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM Keith Johnson and Lisa Fielding<\/strong>
\n2. WDRV 97.1-FM Steve Seaver and Janda Lane<\/strong>
\n3. WVAZ 102.7-FM Joe Soto<\/strong>
\n4. (tie) WLIT 93.9-FM Mick Lee;<\/strong> WLS 94.7-FM Erin Carman<\/strong>
\n6. WTMX 101.9-FM Kevin \u201cKoz\u201d Koske<\/strong>
\n7. WKSC 103.5-FM Brady Broski<\/strong>
\n8. WXRT 93.1-FM Marty Lennartz<\/strong>
\n9. (tie) WBEZ 91.5-FM \u201cAll Things Considered\u201d; \u201cMarketplace\u201d;<\/strong> WGCI 107.5-FM Tone Kapone<\/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. WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM Bob Conway; Andy Dahn<\/strong>
\n2. WLIT 93.9-FM Delilah Rene<\/strong>
\n3. WVAZ 102.7-FM Keith Sweat<\/strong>
\n4. WDRV 97.1-FM John \"Byrd\" Kempf<\/strong>
\n5. WGCI 107.5-FM Zach Boog<\/strong>
\n6. WLS 94.7-FM Brian Peck<\/strong>
\n7. WXRT 93.1-FM Ryan Arnold<\/strong>
\n8. WKSC 103.5-FM Jordan \u201cJRDN\u201d Foster<\/strong>
\n9. (tie) WLEY 107.9-FM Marco \u201cEl Compa Marco\u201d Vargas;<\/strong> WOJO 105.1-FM Karen \u201cLa Coqueta\u201d Duran<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Copyright \u00a9 2020 The Nielsen Company.<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was a rare clean sweep for Chicago's all-news radio station in the latest Nielsen Audio survey. Audience estimates released Tuesday showed the Entercom combo of WBBM 780-AM\/WCFS 105.9-FM finishing first overall for the fifth consecutive month and winning all four weekday time periods \u2014 mornings, middays, afternoons and evenings.<\/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\/26101"}],"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=26101"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26108,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26101\/revisions\/26108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}