NYC Radio: iHeart Media Places 3 Stations Top 5

Current WLTW Contesting

iHeartMedia's AC WLTW 106.7 FM sits atop the market place in the September PPMs (6+ AQH, Total Week, Total Persons) released Tuesday by Nielsen. Lite was up7.1—7.5. Meanwhile,  CBS Radio's Classic Hits WCBS 101.1 FM, which had been gaining on WLTW, was off 6.8—6.6. CBS-FM remains Top 5 25-54.

In the #3 spot, Emmis' UrbanAC WBLS 107.5 FM reversed direction during September, moving 5.8—6.2. iHM's Top40 WHTZ 100.3 FM dropped a half-share 5.4-4.9 and lands in the #4 spot. At #5 its iHM's Urban/HipHop WWPR 105.1 FM thanks to a 4.1—4.8 spike.

In the News/Talk area..iHeartMedia's WOR 710 was up a bit 2.1—2.2. And Cumulus Media's WABC dropped again 1.4—1.3. That's the third down month in-a-row for WABC. And iconic WABC Top40 programmer Rick Sklar must be turning-over in his grave. He regularly posted Cume totals in excess of 5-million, now WABC's Cume is down to a mere 540,400 while crosstown talker WOR is at 1,204,700, more than double!

25-54: WLTW...WBLS...WWPR...WHTZ...WCBS-FM

18-34: WWPR...WHTZ...WQHT...WLTW...WSKQ

18-49: WWPR...WLTW...WHTZ...WQHT...WBLS

Cume: WLTW-FM 5,412,100...WKTU-FM 4,533,700...WHTZ-FM 4,265,300...WCBS-FM 3,767,700...WBMP-FM 3,128,300

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