From this morning's Tom Taylor NOW column...
Chicago is the same at the top – iHeart’s urban AC WVAZ (6.0-6.1-6.0). “V103” ties for the afternoon lead and goes on to win nights and weekends. The two “classic” stations are no longer tied, bringing Hubbard’s classic rock “Drive” WDRV to second (4.8-4.9-5.5) ahead of Cumulus classic hits WLS-FM (4.2-4.9-5.3). Chris Huff says the Drive’s 5.5 represents “the largest share in the facility’s history.” While the 5.3 for WLS-FM is its highest number since the January 2009 PPMs. The Drive ties with V103 and WLS-FM for the afternoon lead, while WLS-FM is #1 middays, by its lonesome. Holding fourth place is Hubbard’s hot AC “Mix” WTMX (4.9-4.8-4.9, and #1 mornings – though tied for eleventh at night). Fifth is Univision’s regional Mexican WOJO (4.3-4.0-4.8, though it’s fourth everywhere except nights). Sixth is Entercom’s news simulcast of WBBM/WCFS (4.8-4.6-4.6). It’s second mornings – and third at night. “The little station that could” is Weigel-run easy oldies WRME-LP, on the audio channel of a leased low power channel 6 TV station (3.3-3.7-3.8). Cubs flagship WSCR (Entercom’s “Score”) is eighth, 3.5-3.4-3.5, but down to fifth at night. Adult alternative sister WXRT is next (3.7-3.7-3.4). Tenth place is an interesting tie, between Entercom sisters who were previously tied for seventh. That’s classic hip-hop/throwbacks “104.3 Jams” WBMX (3.6-3.9-3.3) and country “US99” WUSN (3.5-3.9-3.3). iHeart’s country “Big” WEBG is 22nd (1.9-1.7-1.8). iHeart CHR “Kiss” WKSC is twelfth (3.5-3.3-3.2). We write a lot here about the uncertain future ownership of Tribune’s talk WGN (2.4-3.0-2.5). Windy City cume leaders are Kiss (1,687,600) and “Mix 101.9” (1,679,000).
Robert Feder posted the ratings by daypart. Here are the morning numbers...
1. WTMX 101.9-FM Eric Ferguson, Melissa McGurren and Brian “Whip” Paruch 7.7 (7.1)
2. WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM Felicia Middlebrooks and Pat Cassidy 6.9 (6.6)
3. WVAZ 102.7-FM Steve Harvey 5.7 (5.5)
4. WOJO 105.1-FM Raúl Molinar, Carla Medrano and Andrés Maldonado 5.6 (5.1)
5. (tie) WDRV 97.1-FM Brian Sherman and Steve Tingle 5.2 (4.7); WLS 94.7-FM Dave Fogel and Kim Berk 5.2 (4.1)
7. (tie) WGN 720-AM Steve Cochran 4.0 (4.7); WSCR 670-AM Mike Mulligan and David Haugh 4.0 (3.9)
9. WXRT 93.1-FM Lin Brehmer 3.7 (4.1)
10. WKSC 103.5-FM Christopher “Fred” Frederick and Angi Taylor 3.0 (2.9)
