The huge jump made by WQOK Raleigh/Durham unseats WVEE “V103” Atlanta from the top of the urban list for the first time this year, with almost a 3 share increase. Both WPEG Charlotte and WEDR Miami had nice jumps into the top 10.

DECEMBER’S TOP 10 PPM SHARES – Urban

NOV	DEC	Calls	Market	NOV	DEC
5	1	WQOK-FM	Raleigh/Durham	6.8	9.1
1	2	WVEE-FM	Atlanta	8.4	8.1
2	3	WHRK-FM	Memphis	8.0	8.0
3	4	WJMH-FM	Greensboro	7.0	7.3
4	5	KBXX-FM	Houston	6.9	7.1
9	6	WZMX-FM	Hartford	6.2	6.9
7t	7t	WERQ-FM	Baltimore	6.3	6.5
11t	7t	WPEG-FM	Charlotte	5.8	6.4
11t	9	WEDR-FM	Miami	5.8	6.3
6	10	WUBT-FM	Nashville	6.6	6.1

It appears that the all holiday formats in some markets did impact on urban stations in terms of cumes. Most urbans went down in cume slightly, with the exceptions being KBXX Houston, KMEL San Francisco, WEDR Miami, WHTA Atlanta, WGPR Detroit (with its new format in place), WERQ Baltimore, WPHI Philadelphia (with a new signal), And WBTP Tampa.

DECEMBER’S 20 BIGGEST CUMES – Urban

NOV	DEC	Calls	Market	NOV	DEC
1	1	WQHT-FM	New York City	2,777,000	2,671,600
3	2	KPWR-FM	Los Angeles	2,723,800	2,572,800
2	3	WWPR-FM	New York City	2,731,700	2,568,200
4	4	KBXX-FM	Houston	1,393,000	1,417,200
5	5	WGCI-FM	Chicago	1,252,000	1,203,800
6	6	WVEE-FM	Atlanta	1,137,200	1,100,100
9	7	KMEL-FM	San Francisco	1,007,800	1,048,900
7	8	KKDA-FM	Dallas/Fort Worth	1,127,800	1,046,100
8	9	KBFB-FM	Dallas/Fort Worth	1,008,900	1,040,200
13	10	WEDR-FM	Miami	901,400	1,017,000
11	11	WHTA-FM	Atlanta	924,600	937,200
10	12	WPGC-FM	Washington, DC	925,000	890,800
14	13	WUSL-FM	Philadelphia	857,500	848,500
12	14	WPWX-FM	Chicago	912,900	839,100
15	15	WKYS-FM	Washington, DC	800,100	761,500
16	16	WJLB-FM	Detroit	722,900	679,000
18	17	WGPR-FM	Detroit	500,800	559,800
17	18	WERQ-FM	Baltimore	545,400	546,800
19	19	WPHI-FM	Philadelphia	474,300	512,500
22	20	WBTP-FM	Tampa	402,900	425,200

After falling behind WQMG Greensboro for the last two months, KJMS Memphis shoots back in to the top spot among urban ACs, giving it its ninth win of the year. It was also the greatest non-Christmas music gainer in the All-Format National Shares Recaps, with its 2.9 share increase, making it the 15th greatest increase for the month.

DECEMBER’S TOP 10 PPM SHARES – Urban AC

NOV	DEC	Calls	Market	NOV	DEC
2	1	KJMS-FM	Memphis	9.4	12.3
3	2	WVKL-FM	Norfolk	9.2	10.1
1	3	WQMG-FM	Greensboro	10.5	9.3
5t	4	WQQK-FM	Nashville	8.3	8.6
4	5	WFXC-FM	Raleigh/Durham	8.7	8.5
7	6	WBAV-FM	Charlotte	8.1	8.3
9	7	WWIN-FM	Baltimore	7.2	8.2
8	8	WHQT-FM	Miami	7.5	7.3
10t	9	WALR-FM	Atlanta	6.8	7.2
10t	10	WZAK-FM	Cleveland	6.8	7.0

DECEMBER’S 20 BIGGEST CUMES – Urban AC

NOV	DEC	Calls	Market	NOV	DEC
1	1	WBLS-FM	New York City	1,938,800	1,795,100
2	2	WRKS-FM	New York City	1,790,700	1,791,600
3	3	WVAZ-FM	Chicago	1,118,900	1,081,200
4	4	WALR-FM	Atlanta	960,200	1,007,800
5	5	KMJQ-FM	Houston	917,600	899,900
8	6	WAMJ-FM	Atlanta	807,600	797,500
7	7	WDAS-FM	Philadelphia	808,000	796,000
6	8	WHUR-FM	Washington, DC	821,600	747,700
10	9	WHQT-FM	Miami	671,000	691,000
9	10	WMMJ-FM	Washington, DC	709,700	683,800
13	11	WRNB-FM	Philadelphia	634,900	654,200
11	12	KRNB-FM	Dallas/Fort Worth	668,200	642,600
12	13	WDMK-FM	Detroit	657,800	624,400
14	14	WMXD-FM	Detroit	622,100	545,700
16	15	KBLX-FM	San Francisco	521,100	491,500
15	16	KSOC-FM	Dallas/Fort Worth	566,900	480,200
18	17	WWIN-FM	Baltimore	425,400	448,000
17	18	KJLH-FM	Los Angeles	447,200	414,300
19	19	WBAV-FM	Charlotte	397,100	382,400
20	20	WVKL-FM	Norfolk	369,800	376,800