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At Any Rate: A strong Country summer continues with stations in Portland, Pittsburgh, San Antonio, Kansas City and Orlando ranked No. 1 6+ in their respective markets. Here's day three of Arbitron's July (6/20-7/17) to August (7/18-8/14) PPM ratings listed by metro size. Have a story for your station inside the overall numbers? Email us here.

Portland
  • KUPL 7.3-7.9, +1,800 to 432,600, Alpha
  • KWJJ 6.1-6.5, -24,000 to 458,000, Entercom

Second consecutive best-ever share for KUPL, and PD Scott Mahalick says, "Another amazing month for the Bull, scoring No. 1 Country Persons 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54. I really want to thank the artists, writers and record companies for all the great hits. It makes it much easier for our team to score a really big win with lots of big hits fueling the format. Special congrats on the continued No. 1 domination by Howie, Monica and Jake, aka the Morning Bull Ride.

Charlotte
  • WSOC 6.8-6.9, +6,400 to 495,200, CBS Radio
  • WKKT 6.5-6.4, -18,400 to 469,900, Clear Channel
Pittsburgh
  • WDSY 9.3-8.6, -52,800 to 508,900, CBS Radio

"What a summer for country music in Pittsburgh!" says PD Mark Anderson. "This makes three months in a row that Team Y108 has delivered a No. 1 Persons 6+ and I couldn't be more thrilled to share this great news with them today."

Sacramento
  • KNCI 5.3-4.6, -9,000 to 365,200, CBS Radio
  • KNTY 3.4-3.4, -2,400 to 265,500, Entravision
San Antonio
  • KAJA 8.6-7.9, +14,000 to 609,100, Clear Channel
  • KCYY 7.3-7.5, +50,000 to 631,500, Cox
  • KRPT/Devine 1.1-1.3, -1,700 to 101,600, Clear Channel
  • KKYX-AM 1.3-1.1, 2,700 to 86,800, Cox Classic Country

"KJ got the Ala-mo'st out of ratings in August in San Antonio!" says PD Travis Moon. "We topped the market as the No. 1 radio station Persons 6+ for the 17th straight month. KJ was also No. 1 in the market in Persons 18-49 and 25-54, and Women 25-54. In addition, KJ swept middays, afternoons, nights and weekends with a No. 1 in the market in Persons 25-54. I'm proud to have such a focused staff having so much fun with the excitement for our format."

Sixth consecutive share increase for KCYY.

Cincinnati
  • WUBE 7.8-7.8, +4,300 to 553,900, Hubbard
  • WNNF 3.2-2.8, +12,900 to 302,500, Cumulus
  • WYGY 2.5-2.5, +12,700 to 219,100, Hubbard

Best-ever cume for WYGY.

Cleveland
  • WGAR 7.0-7.3, -600 to 503,000, Clear Channel
Salt Lake City
  • KUBL 5.7-6.2, -40,900 to 389,500, Cumulus
  • KSOP 3.1-2.9, -6,600 to 224,200, KSOP Inc.
  • KEGA 2.0-2.3, +2,900 to 236,400, Simmons

Best share for KUBL since Oct. 2011.

Las Vegas
  • KCYE 3.9-3.6, -9,500 to 186,900, Beasley
  • KWNR 2.9-1.7, -14,900 to 145,700, Clear Channel

KCYE PD Kris Daniels, who arrived last month, tells Country Aircheck, "I'm very proud to be a part of this great Coyote team. KCYE remains the No. 1 Country station in Las Vegas in all key demos including Persons 18-49 and 25-54."

Kansas City
  • KFKF 9.3-7.9, +5,300 to 354,700, Wilks
  • WDAF 5.1-5.9, -5,400 to 337,400, Entercom
  • KBEQ 4.9-4.3, -3,400 to 354,900, Wilks
WDAF PD Wes Poe says, "No. 1 Country Persons, Men and Women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, and top five in the market in those demos."
Orlando
  • WWKA 6.6-7.7, +9,700 to 306,600, Cox

Best-ever share for WWKA, and PD JR Schumann adds, "No. 1 Persons 6+, 12+, 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54! [We have] a great staff on a great-sounding radio station that's doing great things.  And I'm so proud of their commitment to excellence! Orlando is definitely a country market!"

Columbus, OH
  • WCOL 10.3-10.4, +51,300 to 492,400, Clear Channel
  • WHOK 1.2-1.3, +4,500 to 95,700, Wilks

Best-ever cume for WCOL.

As only certain stations participate per market, actual rankings are no longer available for publication. Certain markets do not appear because the Country stations in those metros aren't subscribers; non-subscribing stations in published markets are also excluded. Unless otherwise noted, all shares and cume figures are persons 6+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

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