Cincy: Country B105.1 Ties WLW For #1

In terms of radio news, this is The Big One:  Country station B105.1 FM WUBE has tied 700 AM WLW  in the June ratings, ending WLW’s 10-1/2 year streak of being the only #1 radio station in town.

According to John Kiesewtter's TV & Media Blog at cincinnati.com, WLW-AM has been the sole #1  since the fall 1999 diary ratings. (Aribtron switched to Portable People Meters, and from quarterly to monthly reports, in January 2010).

B105 hasn’t been #1 since the winter quarter of 1998.

Arbitron says that both WLW-AM and WUBE-FM had a 9.7% audience share in June. B105 had closed the gap in May, with a 8.8% audience share, while “the Big One” had dropped in May to an 11% audience share from a peak this year of 12.3% in April (when the Reds season started).

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