Country's Top Ratings & Revenue Companies
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COUNTRY’S TOP RATINGS & REVENUE COMPANIES Country Aircheck’s annual overview of America’s top radio In PPM markets, the Fall shares and cume represent the Nielsen Audio companies shows that 17 groups each generated at least $10 million Sept.-Oct.-Nov. 12+ average (6+ fi gures are not available) as obtained in revenues from their Country stations in 2018. Collectively, the from BIA, which is also the source of revenue fi gures. This report 441stations owned by these 17 operators entertained almost 40 million provides year-to-year trends in both categories and stations-owned by people, off from last year’s just over 43 million. Total revenues for these each operator, plus ratings, cume and revenue comparisons. If your groups total more than $890 million, off from last year’s $922 million. company or station has inadvertently been omitted, please let us know. Calls/City 12+ Shares 12+ Cume (00) Revenue (in millions) COUNTRY COMPANIES REVENUE RANKER ALPHA MEDIA (continued) Fa ‘18 Fa ‘17 Fa ‘18 Fa ‘17 2018 2017 Here’s how how the thecompanies companies listed on listed these pageson these rank bypages 2016 rankCountry by revenue 2018 Country revenue WCCQ/Chicago* 0.6 0.6 1,194 1,390 $1.7 $1.6 (in millions of dollars). The data is compiled from individual station revenues for each year as provided (in millions of dollars). The data is compiled from individual station revenues for WCLI/Dayton+ 1.8 2.5 356 445 $1.1 $1.2 eachby BIA. yearFor comparison as provided purposes, by BIA. previous For years’comparison total company purposes, revenues previous and revenue years’ rankings total fol- low, with each company’s rank for that year following the revenue fi gure. KCOB/Des Moines 0.0 0.0 0 0 $0.0 $0.0 company revenues and revenue rankings follow, with each company’s rank for that year following the revenue fi gure. WFLS/Fredericksburg, VA 8.5 8.0 540 636 $2.9 $2.8 KZKX/Lincoln 5.2 6.4 291 403 $1.5 $1.5 Owner 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 KLLL/Lubbock, TX 6.8 7.2 409 376 $1.5 $1.5 1 iHeartMedia $302.1 $316.4/1 $327.1/1 $331.6/1 $336.0/1 KDES/Palm Springs, CA 1.2 1.8 150 213 $0.6 $0.6 2 Entercom $139.5 $37.7/7 $37.0/7 $37.6/7 $28.6/6 WXCL/Peoria 2 7.7 7.8 500 513 $2.0 $2.0 3 Cumulus $125.9 $129.2/2 $136.3/2 $152.2/2 $161.9/2 KUPL/Portland, OR* 3.2 4.1 2,622 2,258 $5.4 $5.5 4 Townsquare $66.9 $66.4/4 $78.3/4 $80.4/4 $84.5/4 WCEN/Saginaw, MI 5.5 6.0 531 513 $1.3 $1.3 5 Cox $42.1 $43.8/5 $49.0/5 $55.0/5 $56.3/5 KLQL/Sioux Falls, SD 3.2 2.7 127 101 $0.5 $0.5 6 Beasley $31.5 $40.6/6 $27.3/8 $26.2/8 $26.0/7 KTPK/Topeka, KS 6.7 8.2 227 309 $1.1 $1.1 7 Alpha Media $30.5 $36.2/8 $47.7/6 $42.0/6 $21.4/8 WIBW/Topeka, KS 6.2 7.2 321 300 $1.9 $1.9 8 Hubbard $24.1 $19.3/10 $19.4/9 $19.1/12 $20.6/9 KYKX/Tyler, TX 3.6 2.7 304 243 $0.9 $1.0 9 Midwest $20.1 $20.7/9 $18.2/10 $17.6/13 $16.3/14 KKUS/Tyler, TX 3.3 6.2 201 303 $1.0 $1.0 10 Saga $18.3 $17.7/12 $17.5/11 $20.2/11 $16.9/12 11 Bonneville $16.4 -- -- -- -- WIRK/W. Palm Beach* 3 3.3 4.0 1,238 1,568 $4.6 $4.8 12 SummitMedia $15.4 $15.5/13 $15.0/14 $15.4/15 $16.4/13 TOTALS Year No. Stations Fall Shares 12+ Cume Revenue 13 Forever Media $14.3 $15.1/14 $16.5/13 $16.9/14 -- 2018 41 81.7 973,200 $30,200,000 14 Hall $12.0 $13.3/15 $13.6/15 $13.1/17 $13.3/16 2017 51 124.0 1,271,600 $36,175,000 2016 54 131.9 1,573,000 $47,743,000 15 MGTF $10.6 $10.5/16 $10.6/16 $10.6/18 $11.3/17 2015 47 98.3 1,049,300 $41,955,000 16 Curtis $10.5 $10.3/17 $10.1/17 $10.5/19 $10.8/18 2014 17 71.4 854,100 $21,400,000 17 Mt. Wilson $10.0 $9.8/-- $8.8/-- $9.9/-- $10.5/9 1. Alpha sold WHKX & WHQX to First Media in Sept. ‘18. Their ‘18 numbers are not included in Alpha’s ‘18 totals. -- CBS Radio -- $112.7/3 $117.8/3 $117.5/3 $124.2/3 2. WXCL was sold to Midwest Communications in Feb. ‘19. Its ‘18 numbers are included in Alpha’s ‘18 totals. -- EW Scripps -- $17.8/11 $17.2/12 $20.3/10 $15.5/15 3. WIRK was sold to Hubbard in Nov. ‘18. Its ‘18 numbers are included in Alpha’s ‘18 totals. Country outlets also operated by Alpha in 2018 included 23 Country stations in non-rated markets and fi ve transla- COUNTRY COMPANIES AUDIENCE RANKER tors, according to BIA. Here’s how the companies listed on these pages rank by 2018 metro weekly Country 12+ cume audience, according to Nielsen Audio information Calls/City 12+ Shares 12+ Cume (00) Revenue (in millions) provided by BIA. Previous years’ cume and cume rankings follow, with the BEASLEY Fa ‘18 Fa ‘17 Fa ‘18 Fa ‘17 2018 2017 company’s rank for that year following the cume fi gure. WKXC/Augusta, GA 6.2 6.7 775 717 $3.1 $3.1 WKLB/Boston* 3.5 4.4 5,627 6,452 $10.2 $8.6 Owner 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 WSOC/Charlotte* 7.3 5.9 4,393 4,298 $6.5 $7.4 1 iHeartMedia 13,634,000 13,832,100/1 14,766,100/1 15,408,000/1 14,593,800/1 WKML/Fayetteville, NC 10.3 8.1 677 625 $2.9 $3.4 2 Cumulus 6,985,100 7,732,700/2 8,539,700/2 8,555,270/2 7,959,700/2 KCYE/Las Vegas* 3.1 3.8 2,180 2,032 $2.4 $2.1 3 Entercom 6,179,900 2,142,300/5 2,142,300/5 2,340,900/5 1,920,500/5 WXTU/Philadelphia* 1 4.7 4.0 7,164 6,038 12.5 12.5 4 Cox 2,710,300 2,831,700/4 2,792,500/4 3,021,400/4 2,849,700/4 WQYK/Tampa* 6.1 5.1 4,043 4,388 $6.4 $6.7 5 Beasley 1,769,500 1,851,200/6 1,234,400/8 1,243,500/8 1,253,200/7 TOTALS Year No. Stations Fall Shares 12+ Cume Revenue 6 Townsquare 1,589,100 1,553,000/7 1,612,200/6 1,651,400/6 1,812,820/6 2018 7 41.2 2,485,900 $31,475,000 2017 6 34.0 1,851,200 $40,625,000 7 Hubbard 1,258,700 971,500/9 1,085,700/9 1,255,900/7 1,114,800/8 2016 5 30.6 1,234,400 $27,325,000 8 Alpha 973,200 1,271,600/8 1,514,500/7 1,049,300/9 854,000/11 2015 5 32.1 1,243,500 $26,175,000 2014 5 36.5 1,253,200 $26,000,000 9 Mt. Wilson 943,400 1,002,900/-- 1,118,000/-- 1,123,200/-- 889,900/10 10 SummitMedia 706,800 478,600/13 478,900/13 511,000/14 523,000/14 1. Beasley acquired WXTU from Entercom in Sept. ‘18. Its audience numbers are included in Beasley’s totals; its revenues in Entercom’s totals. 11 Bonneville 702,300 -- -- -- -- Beasley also operated three HD Country stations in 2018, according to BIA. 12 MGTF Media 525,200 605,300/11 535,600/12 506,100/15 633,800/12 13 Hall 492,300 485,000/12 577,500/11 568,500/12 554,500/13 Calls/City 12+ Shares 12+ Cume (00) Revenue (in millions) 14 Midwest Communications 476,100 541,600/14 451,600/14 428,200/16 397,800/16 BONNEVILLE Fa ‘18 Fa ‘17 Fa ‘18 Fa ‘17 2018 2017 15 Curtis Media 291,600 301,400/15 355,600/15 352,300/17 327,400/18 KYGO/Denver* 5.2 6.1 4,022 4,294 $9.2 $9.3 16 Forever Media 222,200 272,800/16 354,300/16 258,100/18 -- KNCI/Sacramento* 1 4.9 4.6 3,001 3,067 $7.2 $5.7 17 Saga 153,100 117,500/17 139,700/17 185,500/19 184,300/19 TOTALS Year No. Stations Fall Shares 12+ Cume Revenue -- CBS Radio -- 6,059,900/3 6,447,200/3 6,799,400/3 6,715,000/3 2018 2 10.1 702,300 $16,400,000 2017 1 6.1 429,400 $9,300,000 -- EW Scripps -- 627,100/10 649,200/10 652,900/11 344,100/17 1.