Holiday 2023 PPM Data – Information for the Holiday 2023 survey period (December 7, 2023 – January 3, 2024) has been released for Austin, Raleigh, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Nashville, Providence, Norfolk, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Greensboro, Memphis, and Hartford.
The only requirement for a spoken-word station to be included here is that they be a Nielsen Audio subscriber – there are no share or rank thresholds.
NFL; NBA; and NHL team names of corresponding spoken-word flagship(s) are bolded.
DNA – DNA = Did Not Appear – Does Not Appear
Comparisons are December 2023 – “Holiday” 2023 (6+).
AUSTIN
News/Talk
KLBJ-AM 4.6 – 4.1, #5 – #6
KJCE .3 – .1, #29 – #31
News
None
Sports Talk
KBPA-HD2 .8 – 1.4, #24 – #19
KVET-AM 1.4 – 1.1, #18 – #23
KTAE 1.0 – .9, #22 – #24
Public Radio News/Talk
KUT 5.1 – 5.3, #4 – #3
KUT-HD2 .1 – DNA, #33 – DNA
RALEIGH
News/Talk
WTKK 6.0 – 5.0, #4 – #5
WPTF .8 – .6, #20 – #22
News
WRAL-HD3 .3 – .2, #24 – #24
Sports Talk
WCMC-FM 3.3 – 3.1, #12 – #12 (Carolina Hurricanes)
Public Radio News/Talk
WUNC 8.8 – 7.9, after back-to-back months at #1, slips to #2
INDIANAPOLIS
News/Talk
WIBC 5.3 – 4.8, #7 – #8
News
WOLT-HD2 .2 – .2, #25 – #25
Sports Talk
WIBC-HD2 3.5 – 3.0, #12 – #16 (Colts)
WNDE .9 – .3, #19 – #21
WXNT .2 – DNA, #25 – DNA
Public Radio News/Talk
WFYI 4.2 – 3.4, #10 – #11
Notes: Adult contemporary WYXB registers the largest (6+) December 2023 – “Holiday” 2023 increase(11.0 – 19.5, +8.5) by any station in all 48 PPM-markets.
Sports talk WFNI (DNA – DNA) is the flagship of the Pacers.
MILWAUKEE
News/Talk
WISN 9.6 – 9.0, fourth consecutive month at #1
WTMJ 7.6 – 6.4, #3 – #5
WLIP .2 – .1, #23 – #28
News
None
Sports Talk
WRNW 3.4 – 2.7, #13 – #15 (Green Bay Packers)
WKTI 1.3 – 1.6, #18 – #17
WSSP .2 – .2, #23 – #22
WOKY .1 – .2, #27 – #22
Public Radio News/Talk
WUWM 2.7 – 2.5, #14 – #16
WHAD .7 – .8, #21 – #20
WGKB .1 – .1, #27 – #28
WHAD Stream DNA – DNA, DNA – DNA
NASHVILLE
News/Talk
WWTN 4.3 – 3.9, #9 – #12
WLAC 1.5 – 1.2, #19 – #19
News
WNRQ-HD2 DNA – DNA, DNA – DNA
Sports Talk
WGFX 7.3 – 6.9, #3 – #2 (Tennessee Titans)
WPRT 1.6 – 2.0, #18 – #17 (Predators)
Public Radio News/Talk
WPLN 4.0 – 4.1, #11 – #11
WPLN-HD3 Stream .1 – .2, #23 – #23
PROVIDENCE
News/Talk
WPRO-AM 6.4 – 5.9, #5 – #5
WHJJ .8 – .8, #15 – #15
News
None
Sports Talk
WBZ-FM 3.2 – 3.0, #8 – #8
WVEI 2.3 – 2.0, #11 – #10
WPRV DNA – DNA, DNA – DNA
Public Radio News/Talk
WGBH 2.1 – 1.6, #12 – #13
WNPN 1.5 – 1.3, ninth straight month at #14
WCAI .1 – .1, #20 – #20
NORFOLK
News/Talk
WNIS 2.5 – 2.0, #11 – #14
WGH-FM HD2 .2 – .2, #23 – #24
News
WNOH .3 – .2, #20 – #24
Sports Talk
WVSP 1.7 – 1.8, #15 – #15
WTAR .3 – .3, #20 – #20
WGH-AM .2 – .2, #23 – #24
Public Radio News/Talk
None
JACKSONVILLE
News/Talk
WOKV-FM 6.8 – 6.5, #5 – #3
News
None
Sports Talk
WOKV-AM .4 – .2, #21 – #21
Public Radio News/Talk
WJCT 2.1 – 1.8, #13 – #15
Sports talk WJXL-AM (DNA – DNA); sports talk WJXL-FM (DNA – DNA); and country WGNE are the flagships of the Jaguars.
WEST PALM BEACH
News/Talk
WFTL 2.5 – 2.1, #9 – #9
WZZR 1.2 – 1.3 #13 – #13
WJNO .7 – .6, #15 – #15
News
None
Sports Talk
WMEN .5 – .6, #16 – #15
WBZT .4 – .2, #18 – #19
Public Radio News/Talk
WLRN 2.0 – 1.9, #11 – #10
WLRN-HD2 Stream DNA – DNA, DNA – DNA
GREENSBORO
News/Talk
WPTI 3.5 – 3.3 #9 – #8
News
None
Sports Talk
None
Public Radio News/Talk
WFDD 4.0 – 4.2, #7 – #7
WUNC 1.7 – 2.2, #14 – #13
MEMPHIS
News/Talk
WREC 1.8 – 1.0, #10 – #11
KWAM .4 – .4, #13 – #13
News
None
Sports Talk
WMFS 2.6 – 2.8, #7 – #7 (Grizzlies)
WMFS Stream .2 – .2, #15 – #15 (Grizzlies)
Public Radio News/Talk
WKNO 1.8 – 1.6, #10 – #9
WKNO-HD2 .2 – .2, #15 – #15
HARTFORD
News/Talk
WTIC-AM 5.3 – 5.2, #5 – #6
WDRC-AM 1.6 – 1.5, #15 – #15
WTIC-AM Stream .4 – .4, #20 – #19
WPOP DNA – DNA, DNA – DNA
News
None
Sports Talk
WUCS 2.5 – 2.5, #12 – #11
Public Radio News/Talk
WNPR 4.3 – 4.0, #9 – #8
WFCR .6 – .6, #17 – #18
Note: Country WWYZ registers the largest (6+) December 2023 – “Holiday” 2023 decrease (8.2 – 5.4, -2.8) by any station in these 12 PPM-markets.
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