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Ratings Recaps
This essay, December 2011 PPM: News/Talk and Sports National Recaps, was written by Chris Huff for Radio-Info.com's Ratings Recaps column.
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December 2011 PPM: News/Talk and Sports National Recaps
WTMJ Milwaukee is knocked out of the top spot—making way for Cincinnati’s WLW. The remaining stations in the top ten jump around in rank. DECEMBER’S TOP 10 PPM SHARES – News/Talk
| NOV | DEC | Calls | Market | NOV | DEC |
| 3 | 1 | WLW-AM | Cincinnati | 10.0 | 10.1 |
| 2 | 2 | WTVN-AM | Columbus, OH | 10.6 | 9.6 |
| 1 | 3 | WTMJ-AM | Milwaukee | 11.0 | 9.4 |
| 4 | 4 | WTAM-AM | Cleveland | 9.4 | 9.0 |
| 5 | 5 | WSB-AM | Atlanta | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| 9 | 6 | WOKV-AM | Jacksonville | 7.5 | 7.8 |
| 10t | 7 | WTIC-AM | Hartford | 7.4 | 7.5 |
| 10t | 8 | KSL-AM | Salt Lake City | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| 10t | 9t | KYW-AM | Philadelphia | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| 6 | 9t | WTOP-FM | Washington, DC | 8.4 | 7.0 |
DECEMBER’S 20 BIGGEST CUMES – News/Talk
| NOV | DEC | Calls | Market | NOV | DEC |
| 1 | 1 | WINS-AM | New York City | 2,497,600 | 2,318,000 |
| 2 | 2 | WBBM-AM | Chicago | 1,829,800 | 1,970,200 |
| 3 | 3 | WCBS-AM | New York City | 1,785,200 | 1,753,300 |
| 6 | 4 | KFI-AM | Los Angeles | 1,275,200 | 1,245,500 |
| 8 | 5 | WABC-AM | New York City | 1,194,600 | 1,240,100 |
| 5 | 6 | KNX-AM | Los Angeles | 1,276,700 | 1,224,300 |
| 4 | 7 | WTOP-FM | Washington, DC | 1,342,300 | 1,220,900 |
| 9 | 8 | WSB-AM | Atlanta | 1,134,700 | 1,131,400 |
| 7 | 9 | KCBS-AM | San Francisco | 1,214,100 | 1,124,000 |
| 10 | 10 | KYW-AM | Philadelphia | 1,065,900 | 1,029,700 |
| 15 | 11 | WOR-AM | New York City | 821,500 | 878,100 |
| 13 | 12 | WGN-AM | Chicago | 842,200 | 874,200 |
| 11 | 13 | KQED-FM | San Francisco | 926,100 | 848,100 |
| 14 | 14 | WWJ-AM | Detroit | 833,600 | 812,300 |
| 12 | 15 | WBZ-AM | Boston | 849,500 | 785,000 |
| 17 | 16 | WNYC-FM | New York City | 666,100 | 671,800 |
| 18 | 17 | WLS-AM | Chicago | 663,800 | 628,100 |
| 21 | 18 | WEMP-FM | New York City | 589,500 | 621,300 |
| 23 | 19 | WAMU-FM | Washington, DC | 567,200 | 609,900 |
| 16 | 20 | KPCC-FM | Los Angeles | 681,000 | 606,400 |
DECEMBER’S TOP 10 PPM SHARES – Sports
| NOV | DEC | Calls | Market | NOV | DEC |
| 1 | 1 | WGFX-FM | Nashville | 8.1 | 7.8 |
| 2t | 2 | WBNS-FM | Columbus, OH | 6.8 | 7.2 |
| 2t | 3 | WXYT-FM | Detroit | 6.8 | 5.5 |
| 5 | 4 | WFAN-AM | Nassau/Suffolk | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| 6t | 5 | KFXN-FM | Minneapolis | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 8 | 6t | WJZ-FM | Baltimore | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 6t | 6t | WVEI-FM | Providence | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 9 | 8 | KDKA-FM | Pittsburgh | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 11 | 9 | WBZ-FM | Boston | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 4 | 10 | WXOS-FM | St. Louis | 5.5 | 3.8 |
DECEMBER’S 20 BIGGEST CUMES – Sports
| NOV | DEC | Calls | Market | NOV | DEC |
| 1 | 1 | WFAN-AM | New York City | 1,660,300 | 1,665,900 |
| 2 | 2 | WEPN-AM | New York City | 1,203,600 | 1,017,700 |
| 10 | 3 | WSCR-AM | Chicago | 667,100 | 774,700 |
| 4 | 4 | WXYT-FM | Detroit | 894,800 | 766,400 |
| 8 | 5 | WBZ-FM | Boston | 695,500 | 756,100 |
| 6 | 6 | WMVP-AM | Chicago | 771,300 | 704,000 |
| 9 | 7 | WIP-FM | Philadelphia | 668,400 | 701,600 |
| 5 | 8 | KNBR-AM | San Francisco | 775,400 | 684,300 |
| 11 | 9 | KRLD-FM | Dallas/Fort Worth | 613,600 | 609,400 |
| 7 | 10 | KSPN-AM | Los Angeles | 733,600 | 581,900 |
| 12 | 11 | WEEI-FM | Boston | 601,500 | 577,500 |
| 16 | 12 | KLAC-AM | Los Angeles | 495,600 | 551,200 |
| 13 | 13 | WTEM-AM | Washington, DC | 554,300 | 510,900 |
| 15 | 14 | KFXN-FM | Minneapolis | 511,400 | 496,800 |
| 3 | 15 | KESN-FM | Dallas/Fort Worth | 972,800 | 465,400 |
| 17 | 16 | KILT-AM | Houston | 473,000 | 449,900 |
| 19 | 17 | WPEN-FM | Philadelphia | 431,900 | 437,400 |
| 18 | 18 | KIRO-AM | Seattle | 465,700 | 407,000 |
| 24 | 19 | WBNS-FM | Columbus, OH | 353,300 | 396,500 |
| 21 | 20 | WFAN-AM | Nassau/Suffolk | 383,500 | 368,300 |
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