Mainstream AC

WRCH Hartford retains the national AC crown for the third straight month, and the seventh month overall for the year. Pittsburgh’s WSHH makes the biggest jump into the top ten with a 6.8–7.7 move.

NOVEMBER’S TOP 10 PPM SHARES – Adult Contemporary

OCT	NOV	Calls	Market	OCT	NOV
1	1	WRCH-FM	Hartford	10.9	11.6
3	2	WWLI-FM	Providence	8.5	8.9
4	3	WDUV-FM	Tampa	8.2	8.6
5	4	KKCW-FM	Portland	8.1	7.8
14	5t	WSHH-FM	Pittsburgh	6.8	7.7
2	5t	WRAL-FM	Raleigh/Durham	8.7	7.7
7	7	WEAT-FM	West Palm Beach	7.7	7.6
12	8	WDOK-FM	Cleveland	7.1	7.5
8t	9t	WMAG-FM	Greensboro	7.6	7.4
8t	9t	WJXA-FM	Nashville	7.6	7.4
6	9t	WYXB-FM	Indianapolis	7.8	7.4

The top seven remain identical to last month, and only one station manages to enter this month’s top twenty: WWRM Tampa.

NOVEMBER’S 20 BIGGEST CUMES – Adult Contemporary

OCT	NOV	Calls	Market	OCT	NOV
1	1	WLTW-FM	New York City	5,259,800	5,051,600
2	2	WWFS-FM	New York City	3,580,800	3,748,700
3	3	KOST-FM	Los Angeles	3,042,800	2,974,100
4	4	KODA-FM	Houston	1,956,600	2,045,600
5	5	WLIT-FM	Chicago	1,925,100	1,863,300
6	6	WBEB-FM	Philadelphia	1,747,000	1,671,500
7	7	KOIT-FM	San Francisco	1,427,700	1,454,900
9	8	WASH-FM	Washington, DC	1,358,300	1,388,300
8	9	WSB-FM	Atlanta	1,363,800	1,372,800
10	10	WMJX-FM	Boston	1,219,000	1,248,000
12	11	KVIL-FM	Dallas/Fort Worth	1,142,700	1,201,500
11	12	WLYF-FM	Miami	1,163,500	1,182,300
13	13	WFLC-FM	Miami	1,023,600	974,600
14	14	KESZ-FM	Phoenix	964,200	946,400
15	15	KRWM-FM	Seattle	894,600	894,700
19	16	WFEZ-FM	Miami	723,300	803,800
18	17	WDUV-FM	Tampa	732,300	744,700
20	18	WKJY-FM	New York City	721,600	732,400
21	19	WWRM-FM	Tampa	708,300	722,700
17	20	KOSI-FM	Denver	732,600	718,800

HOT AC

KSTP Minneapolis last topped the national Hot AC chart back in July, it returns by virtue of a 6.9 to 7.8 increase. WQAL Cleveland is the only other Hot AC in the top ten to see more than a half share increase.

NOVEMBER’S TOP 10 PPM SHARES – Hot AC

OCT	NOV	Calls	Market	OCT	NOV
2	1	KSTP-FM	Minneapolis	6.9	7.8
1	2	WKRQ-FM	Cincinnati	7.3	7.2
6t	3	WQAL-FM	Cleveland	5.9	6.7
5	4t	WRMF-FM	West Palm Beach	6.0	6.3
3	4t	WTIC-FM	Hartford	6.3	6.3
6t	6	KMXP-FM	Phoenix	5.9	6.2
4	7	KMXB-FM	Las Vegas	6.1	5.7
8t	8	KMYI-FM	San Diego	5.8	5.3
11	9t	WPLJ-FM	Middlesex, NJ	5.2	5.2
10	9t	KYKY-FM	St. Louis	5.4	5.2

While the top twenty cumers remain relatively stable in rank, the number of million-plus cume Hot ACs increased from seven to nine this month.

NOVEMBER’S 20 BIGGEST CUMES – Hot AC

OCT	NOV	Calls	Market	OCT	NOV
1	1	KBIG-FM	Los Angeles	2,800,500	2,791,400
2	2	WPLJ-FM	New York City	2,549,800	2,608,800
3	3	WTMX-FM	Chicago	2,009,400	2,012,000
4	4	KDMX-FM	Dallas/Fort Worth	1,456,000	1,473,900
5	5	KIOI-FM	San Francisco	1,186,800	1,131,200
7	6	KHMX-FM	Houston	1,035,800	1,110,000
6	7	WNIC-FM	Detroit	1,096,600	1,063,900
8	8	WSTR-FM	Atlanta	998,300	1,029,100
9	9	WISX-FM	Philadelphia	978,700	1,003,200
13	10	KMXP-FM	Phoenix	918,800	977,500
12	11	WDVD-FM	Detroit	934,500	948,600
14	12	KLLC-FM	San Francisco	882,600	947,600
11	13	KSTP-FM	Minneapolis	937,200	946,900
15	14	WRQX-FM	Washington, DC	818,600	909,000
10	15	WBMX-FM	Boston	943,200	902,300
16	16	WIAD-FM	Washington, DC	809,000	810,000
18	17	KPLZ-FM	Seattle	759,400	787,700
17	18	WMIA-FM	Miami	780,100	784,100
19	19	KMYI-FM	San Diego	724,400	726,100
20	20	KYKY-FM	St. Louis	704,100	698,400