Chicago radio ratings: Another big victory for V103

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WVAZ 102.7-FM marked its 30th anniversary as Chicago's premier music station with another stellar performance atop Chicago's radio ratings.

Nielsen Audio figures released Monday showed the iHeartMedia urban adult-contemporary powerhouse No. 1 among all listeners. V103 leads the market with 56 first-place finishes in the monthly survey since Nielsen introduced Portable People Meter-based surveys in 2008, according to the station.

The Entercom all-news simulcast combo of WBBM 780-AM and WCFS 105.9-FM, celebrating its 50th year in the format, ran a close second. WBBM Newsradio anchors Felicia Middlebrooks and Pat Cassidy again were first in morning drive.

In third place with its largest share ever was WOJO 105.1-FM, the Univision Spanish-language regional Mexican station. La Que Buena 105.1 was No. 1 in afternoon drive with Sylvia del Valle, Jose Gutierrez and Carlos Ivan Paez.

The Nielsen Audio survey ran from September 13 to October 10.

Note: In accordance with Nielsen's publishing guidelines, I cannot report actual audience shares other than those for the full week (below). For mornings, middays, afternoons and evenings, I can list only their rankings — not specific shares.

Here are Chicago’s top 30 radio stations from 6 a.m. to midnight Monday through Sunday, as measured by Nielsen Audio in October, followed by format and average quarter-hour share of listeners age 6 and older (with September share in parentheses):

1. WVAZ 102.7-FM urban adult contemporary, 5.7 (5.7)
2. WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM all news, 5.6 (4.8)
3. WOJO 105.1-FM Mexican regional, 5.3 (5.0)
4. WLS 94.7-FM classic hits, 5.0 (5.4)
5. WTMX 101.9-FM hot adult contemporary, 4.6 (4.1)
6. WSCR 670-AM sports talk, 4.2 (4.3)
7. WDRV 97.1-FM classic rock, 4.1 (4.4)
8. WUSN 99.5-FM country, 3.7 (3.7)
9. (tie) WXRT 93.1-FM adult album alternative, 3.5 (3.6); WLIT 93.9-FM adult contemporary, 3.5 (3.2)
11. WRME 87.7-FM soft rock oldies, 3.4 (3.8)
12.(tie) WGCI 107.5-FM urban contemporary, 3.1 (3.1); WKSC 103.5-FM Top 40, 3.1 (3.1)
14. WBMX 104.3-FM classic hip hop, 3.0 (3.3)
15. WGN 720-AM news talk, 2.8 (2.8)
16. (tie) WSHE 100.3-FM adult contemporary, 2.6 (3.1); WKQX 101.1-FM alternative rock, 2.6 (2.7)
18. WBBM 96.3-FM Top 40, 2.4 (2.4)
19. (tie) WLEY 107.9-FM Mexican regional, 2.3 (2.2); WPPN 106.7-FM Spanish adult contemporary, 2.3 (2.6); WBEZ 91.5-FM public radio news talk, 2.3 (2.3)
22. WPWX 92.3-FM urban contemporary, 1.7 (1.9)
23. (tie) WEBG 95.5-FM country, 1.5 (1.6); WLS 890-AM news talk, 1.5 (1.7)
25. WMVP 1000-AM sports talk, 1.4 (1.2)
26. (tie) WCKL 97.9-FM contemporary Christian, 1.2 (1.0); WFMT 98.7-FM classical, 1.2 (1.0)
28. WVIV 93.5-FM Spanish contemporary, 1.1 (1.1)
29. WMBI 90.1-FM Christian ministry, 1.0 (1.2)
30. WERV 95.9-FM classic hits, 0.8 (0.9)

Here are Chicago radio’s top 10 morning shows from 6 to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday, as measured by Nielsen Audio in October:

1. WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM Felicia Middlebrooks and Pat Cassidy
2. WTMX 101.9-FM Eric Ferguson, Melissa McGurren and Brian “Whip” Paruch
3. WOJO 105.1-FM Raúl Molinar, Carla Medrano and Andrés Maldonado
4. WVAZ 102.7-FM Steve Harvey
5. WLS 94.7-FM Dave Fogel and Kim Berk
6. WSCR 670-AM Mike Mulligan and David Haugh
7. WDRV 97.1-FM Brian Sherman and Steve Tingle
8. WGN 720-AM Steve Cochran
9. WKSC 103.5-FM Christopher “Fred” Frederick and Angi Taylor
10. WXRT 93.1-FM Lin Brehmer

Here are Chicago radio’s top 10 midday shows from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, as measured by Nielsen Audio in October:

1. WLS 94.7-FM Greg Brown
2. (tie) WVAZ 102.7-FM Bioncé Foxx; WOJO 105.1-FM Rafael “El Primo Rafa” Bautista
4. WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM Cisco Cotto and Kris Kridel
5. WDRV 97.1-FM Bob Stroud
6. WLIT 93.9-FM Robin Rock
7. (tie) WXRT 93.1-FM Terri Hemmert; Marty Lennartz; WTMX 101.9-FM Lisa Allen
9. WSCR 670-AM Dan Bernstein and Connor McKnight
10. WRME 87.7-FM

Here are Chicago radio’s top 10 afternoon shows from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, as measured by Nielsen Audio in October:

1. WOJO 105.1-FM Sylvia del Valle, Jose Gutierrez and Carlos Ivan Paez
2. WVAZ 102.7-FM Joe Soto
3. WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM Kris Kridel and Keith Johnson
4. WLS 94.7-FM Ron Parker
5. WTMX 101.9-FM Kevin “Koz” Koske and Jennifer Roberts
6. WUSN 99.5-FM Mike Kasper
7. WDRV 97.1-FM Steve Seaver and Janda Lane
8. WLIT 93.9-FM Mick Lee
9. WRME 87.7-FM
10. (tie) WXRT 93.1-FM Richard Milne; WSCR 670-AM Dan McNeil and Danny Parkins; WKSC 103.5-FM Brady Broski

Here are Chicago radio’s top 10 evening shows from 7 p.m. to midnight Monday through Friday, as measured by Nielsen Audio in October:

1. WSCR 670-AM Laurence Holmes; Julie DiCaro; Chicago Cubs baseball
2. WVAZ 102.7-FM Chris Michaels
3. WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM Mariam Sobh; Bob Conway
4. WGCI 107.5-FM DJ MoonDawg (Michael Muniz)
5. (tie) WOJO 105.1-FM Karen “La Coqueta” Duran; WDRV 97.1-FM Phil Manicki
7. WTMX 101.9-FM Chris Reese
8. WRME 87.7-FM
9. WBMX 104.3-FM Julian Jumpin’ Perez
10. WLS 94.7-FM Brian Peck

(Copyright © 2018 The Nielsen Company.)

Monday's comment of the day: Chris Thomas: As faculty advisor of WLTL, it is so cool that we can not only bring this [“The War of the Worlds”] to listeners but also that alumni like Steve Darnell stay connected and give back to our station, community and our students. Thanks Steve!