Monday, September 12, 2011
August 2011 PPM: Hot AC and AC National Recaps

The nation’s top three ACs remain the same from last month. Entering the top ten at number four is Miami’s WLYF, which had its best book in over a year.
AUGUST’S TOP 10 PPM SHARES – Adult Contemporary
| JUL |
AUG |
Calls |
Market |
JUL |
AUG |
| 1 |
1 |
WWLI-FM |
Providence |
10.2 |
10.3 |
| 2 |
2 |
WRCH-FM |
Hartford |
9.9 |
10.2 |
| 3 |
3 |
KKCW-FM |
Portland, OR |
9.6 |
8.8 |
| 11t |
4 |
WLYF-FM |
Miami |
7.2 |
8.6 |
| 5 |
5 |
WJXA-FM |
Nashville |
7.9 |
8.3 |
| 4 |
6 |
WEAT-FM |
West Palm Beach |
8.9 |
8.0 |
| 6t |
7 |
WYXB-FM |
Indianapolis |
7.8 |
7.7 |
| 11t |
8t |
WSHH-FM |
Pittsburgh |
7.2 |
7.5 |
| 6t |
8t |
WRAL-FM |
Raleigh/Durham |
7.8 |
7.5 |
| 11t |
10t |
WDUV-FM |
Tampa |
7.2 |
7.4 |
| 8 |
10t |
WEJZ-FM |
Jacksonville |
7.6 |
7.4 |
AUGUST’S 20 BIGGEST CUMING STATIONS – Adult Contemporary
| JUL |
AUG |
Calls |
Market |
JUL |
AUG |
| 1 |
1 |
WLTW-FM |
New York City |
5,603,100 |
5,324,500 |
| 2 |
2 |
WWFS-FM |
New York City |
3,783,800 |
3,545,600 |
| 3 |
3 |
KOST-FM |
Los Angeles |
3,164,900 |
3,232,900 |
| 4 |
4 |
KODA-FM |
Houston |
2,015,100 |
2,004,100 |
| 5 |
5 |
WLIT-FM |
Chicago |
1,997,000 |
1,921,000 |
| 6 |
6 |
WBEB-FM |
Philadelphia |
1,743,800 |
1,697,300 |
| 9 |
7 |
WSB-FM |
Atlanta |
1,444,300 |
1,508,400 |
| 7 |
8 |
KOIT-FM |
San Francisco |
1,559,900 |
1,459,400 |
| 11 |
9 |
WMJX-FM |
Boston |
1,295,500 |
1,331,400 |
| 12 |
10 |
WASH-FM |
Washington, DC |
1,292,800 |
1,311,700 |
| 10 |
11 |
KVIL-FM |
Dallas/Fort Worth |
1,299,600 |
1,299,500 |
| 13 |
12 |
WLYF-FM |
Miami |
1,203,400 |
1,229,900 |
| 15 |
13 |
KESZ-FM |
Phoenix |
968,700 |
1,041,100 |
| 14 |
14 |
WFLC-FM |
Miami |
1,039,200 |
959,100 |
| 16 |
15 |
KRWM-FM |
Seattle |
897,000 |
880,700 |
| 17 |
16 |
WMGC-FM |
Detroit |
792,600 |
806,200 |
| 21 |
17 |
WLTE-FM |
Minneapolis |
724,200 |
762,900 |
| 24 |
18 |
KEZK-FM |
St Louis |
717,800 |
748,400 |
| 20 |
19 |
WKJY-FM |
New York City |
734,800 |
731,900 |
| 18 |
20 |
KKCW-FM |
Portland |
745,900 |
711,500 |
WRMF West Palm Beach not only claims its first market victory in the PPM era with a 7.2–8.4 move, it also tops all Hot AC stations in the month of August. Austin’s KAMX makes a sizeable jump and makes its first appearance in the Hot AC Top Ten.
AUGUST’S TOP 10 PPM SHARES – Hot AC
| JUL |
AUG |
Calls |
Market |
JUL |
AUG |
| 2 |
1 |
WRMF-FM |
West Palm Beach |
7.2 |
8.4 |
| 1 |
2 |
KSTP-FM |
Minneapolis |
7.7 |
7.5 |
| 5 |
3 |
KMXB-FM |
Las Vegas |
6.2 |
7.0 |
| 3 |
4 |
WKRQ-FM |
Cincinnati |
6.7 |
6.2 |
| 12 |
5 |
KAMX-FM |
Austin |
5.3 |
6.1 |
| 8 |
6 |
KMXP-FM |
Phoenix |
5.7 |
6.0 |
| 4 |
7 |
KMYI-FM |
San Diego |
6.6 |
5.8 |
| 9 |
8t |
WSTR-FM |
Atlanta |
5.6 |
5.5 |
| 7 |
8t |
WTIC-FM |
Hartford |
5.8 |
5.5 |
| 6 |
10 |
WOMX-FM |
Orlando |
5.9 |
5.4 |
AUGUST’S 20 BIGGEST CUMING STATIONS – Hot AC
| JUL |
AUG |
Calls |
Market |
JUL |
AUG |
| 1 |
1 |
KBIG-FM |
Los Angeles |
2,985,700 |
2,849,600 |
| 2 |
2 |
WPLJ-FM |
New York City |
2,473,700 |
2,504,500 |
| 3 |
3 |
WTMX-FM |
Chicago |
2,163,300 |
2,178,800 |
| 4 |
4 |
KDMX-FM |
Dallas/Fort Worth |
1,476,000 |
1,485,700 |
| 5 |
5 |
KIOI-FM |
San Francisco |
1,295,900 |
1,268,800 |
| 8 |
6 |
KHMX-FM |
Houston |
1,158,300 |
1,172,500 |
| 6 |
7 |
WNIC-FM |
Detroit |
1,196,300 |
1,126,600 |
| 7 |
8 |
WSTR-FM |
Atlanta |
1,158,500 |
1,094,900 |
| 9 |
9 |
KSTP-FM |
Minneapolis |
1,047,000 |
1,044,200 |
| 13 |
10 |
KMXP-FM |
Phoenix |
929,700 |
1,021,300 |
| 12 |
11 |
WISX-FM |
Philadelphia |
958,300 |
1,006,400 |
| 11 |
12 |
WDVD-FM |
Detroit |
1,012,300 |
985,500 |
| 10 |
13 |
WBMX-FM |
Boston |
1,034,700 |
967,900 |
| 15 |
14 |
KLLC-FM |
San Francisco |
896,100 |
955,900 |
| 14 |
15 |
WRQX-FM |
Washington, DC |
898,600 |
857,400 |
| 16 |
16 |
WIAD-FM |
Washington, DC |
873,900 |
807,300 |
| 17 |
17 |
KPLZ-FM |
Seattle |
872,100 |
784,900 |
| 18 |
18 |
KMYI-FM |
San Diego |
792,600 |
737,500 |
| 19 |
19 |
WMIA-FM |
Miami |
783,900 |
726,600 |
| 20 |
20 |
KYKY-FM |
St Louis |
731,100 |
724,100 |
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