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Mar 2025 PPM Ratings

March 2025 PPM Ratings: Day one of Nielsen Audio's March 2025 (3/6-4/2) PPM ratings are below. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. All graphs indicate Average Share Mon-Sun 6am-Midnight Persons 6+.

Los Angeles (Market 2)
KKGO Mt. Wilson

2.5 (15) to 2.6 (14) 
Cume: -17,400 to 677,300 

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Chicago (3)
WUSN Audacy
3.7 (9t) to 4.7 (4)
Cume: +142,200 to 910,100
Largest cume since Aug. 2022.


Alpha's suburban WCCQ and WXLC, which simulcast as "Free Country," each pulled a 0.3 (37t), with cumes of 90,800 and 102,400 respectively.

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Dallas 
(4)
KPLX Cumulus 
3.6 (10t) to 6.0 (1)
First No. 1 since Sept. 2023. Largest share since June 2017.
Cume: +81,800 to 814,200

KSCS Cumulus
4.4 (6t) to 4.9 (5)
Cume: +14,800 to 731,800

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San Francisco (5)
KBAY/San Jose Alpha
1.6 (22t) to 1.8 (21)

Matches largest share ever (June 2023).
Cume: -11,500 to 223,400

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Houston (6)
KKBQ Radio One
6.0 (3t) to 6.0 (3)
Cume: -2,200 to 1,008,800 (Largest cume in the format this month).

KILT Audacy
3.6 (12) to 3.6 (11)
Cume: +133,000 to 921,900
Largest cume since Feb. 2020.

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Atlanta (7)
WUBL iHeartMedia 
3.6 (8) to 3.4 (12)
Cume: +9,700 to 411,900

WKHX Cumulus
3.4 (10) to 3.2 (13t)
Cume: -35,200 to 272,600

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Philadelphia (9)
WXTU Beasley
4.4 (6) to 5.5 (4)
Largest share since Nov. 2023.

Cume: +102,500 to 645,400

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Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island) (21)
WWWF Connoisseur 
2.1 (16) to 2.1 (16t)

Cume: +10,800 to 176,500
Classic Hits WBZO flipped to Country WWWF on March 20, 2024 (CAT 3/20/24).


WJVC JVC
Does not subscribe. 

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Riverside (28)
KFRG Audacy 
3.9 (4) to 3.4 (5)

Cume: -9,400 to 243,700

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San Jose (40)
KBAY Alpha
3.2 (11) to 3.1 (8t)
Cume: +4,400 to 140,900
Largest cume since April 2022.

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Middlesex (42)
WKMK/Monmouth Press
2.3 (12t) to 1.9 (15)
Cume: -5,000 to 63,800
Did not subscribe in July 2024. 

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