While most formats are happy to just remain flat through the Holiday book, several urban stations saw huge gains in the survey. Greensboro’s WJMH “102 Jamz” saw the biggest share increase of any non-Christmas music station in the nation, rising 1.6 shares. WHRK “K97” Memphis jumped over a share as well to claim the format crown outright for the first time this year.

HOLIDAY BOOK’S TOP 10 PPM SHARES – Urban

DEC	HOL	Calls	Market	DEC	HOL
3	1	WHRK-FM	Memphis	8.0	9.2
2	2	WVEE-FM	Atlanta	8.1	9.1
4	3	WJMH-FM	Greensboro	7.3	8.9
1	4	WQOK-FM	Raleigh/Durham	9.1	8.5
5	5	KBXX-FM	Houston	7.1	7.0
6	6	WZMX-FM	Hartford	6.9	6.8
11	7t	WHHH-FM	Indianapolis	5.7	6.5
8	7t	WPEG-FM	Charlotte	6.4	6.4
7	9	WERQ-FM	Baltimore	6.5	5.9
10	10t	WUBT-FM	Nashville	6.1	5.8
9	10t	WEDR-FM	Miami	6.3	5.8

HOLIDAY BOOK’S 20 BIGGEST CUMES – Urban

DEC	HOL	Calls	Market	DEC	HOL
1	1	WQHT-FM	New York City	2,671,600	2,646,300
2	2	KPWR-FM	Los Angeles	2,572,800	2,556,900
3	3	WWPR-FM	New York City	2,568,200	2,460,900
4	4	KBXX-FM	Houston	1,417,200	1,382,800
5	5	WGCI-FM	Chicago	1,203,800	1,310,400
6	6	WVEE-FM	Atlanta	1,100,100	1,137,100
7	7	KMEL-FM	San Francisco	1,048,900	1,058,000
8	8	KKDA-FM	Dallas/Fort Worth	1,046,100	1,016,200
9	9	KBFB-FM	Dallas/Fort Worth	1,040,200	977,800
10	10	WEDR-FM	Miami	1,017,000	962,100
11	11	WHTA-FM	Atlanta	937,200	960,300
12	12	WPGC-FM	Washington, DC	890,800	935,500
14	13	WPWX-FM	Chicago	839,100	884,000
13	14	WUSL-FM	Philadelphia	848,500	818,300
15	15	WKYS-FM	Washington, DC	761,500	788,900
16	16	WJLB-FM	Detroit	679,000	673,900
18	17	WPHI-FM	Philadelphia	512,500	521,600
17	18	WERQ-FM	Baltimore	546,800	516,800
21	19	WPEG-FM	Charlotte	403,100	441,800
19	20	WBTP-FM	Tampa	425,200	403,400

There aren’t many markets where a Christmas music station didn’t take the top spot in the Holiday book—but two of those markets saw an urban AC holding back the holiday charge: Memphis and Miami.
KJMS “V101.1” Memphis had the largest share of any non-Christmas music station for the survey. Miami’s WHQT “Hot 105” moved 7.3 to 8.5 for its largest PPM share to date.

HOLIDAY BOOK’S TOP 10 PPM SHARES – Urban AC

DEC	HOL	Calls	Market	DEC	HOL
1	1	KJMS-FM	Memphis	12.3	13.2
2	2	WVKL-FM	Norfolk	10.1	10.0
3	3	WQMG-FM	Greensboro	9.3	8.8
8	4	WHQT-FM	Miami	7.3	8.5
7	5t	WWIN-FM	Baltimore	8.2	8.4
4	5t	WQQK-FM	Nashville	8.6	8.4
6	7t	WBAV-FM	Charlotte	8.3	7.7
5	7t	WFXC-FM	Raleigh/Durham	8.5	7.7
9	9	WALR-FM	Atlanta	7.2	7.3
12	10	WSOL-FM	Jacksonville	6.8	6.9

HOLIDAY BOOK’S 20 BIGGEST CUMES – Urban AC

DEC	HOL	Calls	Market	DEC	HOL
1	1	WBLS-FM	New York City	1,795,100	1,860,800
2	2	WRKS-FM	New York City	1,791,600	1,791,200
3	3	WVAZ-FM	Chicago	1,081,200	1,089,800
4	4	WALR-FM	Atlanta	1,007,800	1,003,000
5	5	KMJQ-FM	Houston	899,900	944,100
7	6	WDAS-FM	Philadelphia	796,000	835,300
6	7	WAMJ-FM	Atlanta	797,500	822,200
8	8	WHUR-FM	Washington, DC	747,700	746,000
10	9	WMMJ-FM	Washington, DC	683,800	714,000
9	10	WHQT-FM	Miami	691,000	712,200
11	11	WRNB-FM	Philadelphia	654,200	643,900
12	12	KRNB-FM	Dallas/Fort Worth	642,600	603,900
13	13	WDMK-FM	Detroit	624,400	579,600
15	14	WMXD-FM	Detroit	545,700	548,700
14	15	WGPR-FM	Detroit	559,800	544,200
17	16	KSOC-FM	Dallas/Fort Worth	480,200	530,600
16	17	KBLX-FM	San Francisco	491,500	472,400
19	18	KJLH-FM	Los Angeles	414,300	459,500
18	19	WWIN-FM	Baltimore	448,000	439,200
20	20	WBAV-FM	Charlotte	382,400	372,300