September 2025 PPM Ratings
September 2025 PPM Ratings: Day one of Nielsen Audio's September 2025 (8/21-9/17) 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
2.2 (17t) to 2.1 (18)
Cume: -56,400 to 642,300
Chicago (3)
WUSN Audacy
4.1 (7) to 3.7 (10)
Cume: -58,000 to 802,800
Connoisseur's suburban WCCQ and WXLC, which simulcast as "Free Country," pulled a 0.4 (33t) and 0.3 (36t) respectively, with cumes of 119,800 and 107,200 respectively.
Dallas (4)
KSCS Cumulus
5.0 (4) to 5.0 (3)
Cume: -96,600 to 674,800
KPLX Cumulus
5.4 (2) to 4.7 (4)
Cume: -137,600 to 793,300
San Francisco (5)
KBAY/San Jose Connoisseur
1.3 (22t) to 1.4 (22t)
Cume: +20,500 to 261,800
Largest cume since Aug. 2022.
Houston (6)
KKBQ Radio One
5.5 (4) to 5.1 (6)
Cume: +8,500 to 878,200 (Largest cume in the format this month.)
KILT Audacy
3.2 (14) to 3.0 (16)
Cume: -55,100 to 705,100
Atlanta (7)
WKHX Cumulus
3.0 (13) to 3.3 (12t)
Cume: -7,500 to 311,500
WUBL iHeartMedia
2.8 (14) to 2.8 (15)
Cume: -5,600 to 358,500
Philadelphia (9)
WXTU Beasley
4.3 (8) to 4.0 (9)
Cume: -26,200 to 557,200
Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island) (21)
WWWF Connoisseur
1.9 (16t) to 1.8 (15)
Cume: -20,100 to 150,200
WJVC JVC
Does not subscribe.
Riverside (28)
KFRG Audacy
3.0 (4) to 3.4 (5)
Cume: -5,400 to 223,300
San Jose (40)
KBAY Connoisseur
2.5 (12) to 3.8 (7)
Cume: +1,300 to 124,000
Middlesex (42)
WKMK/Monmouth Press
1.3 (15t) to 1.5 (16)
Cume: -900 to 68,900
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