From this morning's Tom Taylor NOW newsletter...
Chicago sets another all-time PPM record for Univision’s regional Mexican WOJO (5.0-5.3-5.4, and the PM drive leader). “Que Buena 105.1” is up to second place, not far behind new #1 WBBM/WCFS, the Entercom all-news simulcast (4.8-5.6-5.7). This is the first #1 and largest share for ’BBM since January 2017. In dayparts, it’s #1 on Saturday/Sunday, where the NFL Bears play. A bit softer is iHeart urban AC “V103” WVAZ (5.7-5.7-5.3, and #1 at night with Chris Michaels). Cumulus classic hits WLS-FM stays fourth, but this share looks more like its late-Summer books (5.4-5.0-4.8). It wins from 10am-3pm. Fifth is Hubbard’s hot AC “Mix” WTMX (4.1-4.6-4.5, and #1 mornings with Eric, Melissa & Whip). Sixth is classic rock sister “Drive” WDRV/WWDV (4.4-4.1-4.3). The Drive is third from 7pm-midnight. Then we enter the Land of Many Ties. Tied for seventh are Entercom siblings “US 99.5,” country WUSN, with a third-straight 3.7 share, and adult alternative WXRT (3.6-3.5-3.7). (’XRT’s stream does a 0.5 share.) Tied for ninth are iHeart CHR “Kiss 103.5” WKSC (3.1-3.1-3.3) and WRME-FM, the Weigel-run easy oldies station on the audio channel of a low power channel 6 TV station (3.8-3.4-3.3).
• More ties in Chicago – sharing 11th place are Tribune’s talk WGN (2.8-2.8-3.2) and iHeart AC “Lite FM” WLIT (3.2-3.5-3.2). Splitting 13th place are Entercom’s rhythmic AC WBMX (3.3-3.3-3.1), iHeart’s urban WGCI (3.1-3.1-3.1) and Hubbard’s AC “She 100.3” WSHE (3.1-2.6-3.1). further down, iHeart’s country “Big 95.5” WEBG (1.6-1.5-1.4) is tied for twenty-fourth place with Disney-owned/ESPN-run sports WMVP (1.2-1.4-1.4). The sports leader is Entercom’s “Score” WSCR (4.3-4.2-2.8). Good book for Chicago Public Media’s not-for-profit news/talk WBEZ (2.3-2.3-2.9). The Windy City’s cume leader is top 40 Kiss (1,776,200).
