December 2025 PPM Ratings
December 2025 PPM Ratings: Days one and two of Nielsen Audio's December 2025 (11/13-12/10) PPM ratings are below. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. All graphs indicate Average Share Mon-Sun 6am-Midnight Persons 6+.
Los Angeles (Market 2)
KKGO Mt. Wilson
2.4 (18t) to 2.5 (17)
Cume: -108,900 to 648,200
Chicago (3)
WUSN Audacy
4.8 (5) to 3.6 (8)
Cume: -80,800 to 763,400
Connoisseur's suburban WCCQ and WXLC, which simulcast as "Free Country," pulled a 0.3 (36t) and 0.2 (38t) respectively, with cumes of 109,100 and 65,400 respectively.
Dallas (4)
KPLX Cumulus
5.1 (2) to 5.5 (3)
Cume: -68,400 to 818,000 (Largest cume in the format this month.)
KSCS Cumulus
5.0 (3) to 5.3 (4)
Cume: -87,700 to 672,300
Houston (5)
KKBQ Radio One
6.0 (3) to 5.7 (3)
Cume: -77,400 to 806,900
KILT Audacy
3.7 (13) to 3.4 (10)
Cume: +10,800 to 712,200
San Francisco (6)
KBAY/San Jose Connoisseur
1.2 (24) to 1.3 (22t)
Cume: +8,500 to 238,000
Atlanta (7)
WKHX Cumulus
3.4 (12) to 3.7 (10)
Cume: -1,800 to 305,400
WUBL iHeartMedia
3.0 (15t) to 2.4 (19)
Cume: +1,500 to 311,600
Washington (8)
WMZQ iHeartMedia
3.0 (10t) to 2.6 (11t)
Cume: -44,400 to 268,900
Philadelphia (9)
WXTU Beasley
4.4 (7t) to 3.7 (10t)
Cume: -68,500 to 483,300
Boston (10)
WKLB Beasley
3.5 (14) to 3.4 (12)
Cume: -16,100 to 334,100
WBWL iHeartMedia
2.0 (18) to 1.7 (18)
Cume: -4,500 to 250,400
Miami (11)
WKIS Audacy
3.4 (11t) to 3.4 (12)
Cume: -43,600 to 299,800
Seattle (12)
KKWF Audacy
3.5 (11t) to 3.6 (9)
Cume: -21,200 to 287,900
KPLZ Lotus Classic Country
2.9 (17) to 2.9 (15)
Cume: -18,400 to 221,300
KPNW Hubbard
2.1 (20) to 2.0 (20)
Cume: -21,300 to 197,800
Phoenix (13)
KNIX iHeartMedia
4.3 (5) to 4.0 (5t)
Cume: -63,800 to 410,300
KMLE Audacy
3.4 (10) to 2.4 (18)
Cume: -85,700 to 352,400
Detroit (14)
WYCD Audacy
5.4 (5) to 4.7 (5)
Cume: -118,400 to 464,700
Minneapolis (15)
KEEY iHeartMedia
4.9 (6) to 4.9 (8)
Cume: -22,500 to 372,500
KMNB Audacy
2.0 (16t) to 2.0 (17)
Cume: -30,500 to 273,200
KLCI Milestone Classic Country
1.2 (21t) to 1.1 (23)
Cume: -18,900 to 106,300
Did not subscribe in Holiday 2024 and January 2025.
Tampa (16)
WFUS iHeartMedia
5.3 (4t) to 4.2 (7t)
Cume: -400 to 302,600
WQYK Beasley
4.2 (8t) to 3.6 (9t)
Cume: -24,400 to 254,300
Denver (18)
KYGO Bonneville
5.4 (4) to 4.5 (7)
Cume: -19,300 to 286,100
KWBL iHeartMedia
3.1 (16t) to 4.2 (9t)
Largest share in station's eight years in the format.
Cume: +3,400 to 167,600
KQKS-HD2 Audacy Classic Country
0.8 (27) to 0.7 (27)
Cume: -7,600 to 58,700
San Diego (19)
KSON Audacy
5.1 (5t) to 4.9 (5)
Cume: -5,700 to 234,500
Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island) (21)
WWWF Connoisseur
2.0 (14t) to 1.7 (15t)
Cume: -6,900 to 151,200
WJVC JVC
Does not subscribe.
Baltimore (23)
WPOC iHeartMedia
6.3 (3) to 5.0 (5)
Cume: -3,300 to 213,900
St. Louis (25)
KSD iHeartMedia
5.5 (7t) to 5.1 (6)
Cume: -45,400 to 327,100
WIL Hubbard
3.8 (12) to 3.5 (13)
Cume: -42,500 to 293,100
Riverside (28)
KFRG Audacy
3.0 (5) to 2.4 (6t)
Cume: -31,100 to 202,000
San Jose (39)
KBAY Connoisseur
2.8 (12) to 3.3 (8)
Cume: +29,500 to 139,800
Middlesex (41)
WKMK/Monmouth Press
1.4 (16t) to 1.7 (16)
Cume: -6,500 to 59,900
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