There was good news and bad news for Clear Channel in the latest ratings for the Syracuse market released today by Arbitron. In 12+ numbers, 570 WSYR moved up from fifth to second place in the rankings with a 1.7 ratings point increase. Power 106.9 also took a jump adding 1.6 ratings points to bring the urban station up to a 3.8.The news was not as good for Hot 107-9 (WWHT) which dipped 2.2 ratings points, moving from fourth to eighth place in the rankings behind K-Rock (WKRL/WKRH/WKLL). One year ago, WWHT was within a half a point of market leader B104.7.
WSEN held on to the nice jump it received last quarter; with a 6.9, it is the station's best showing in more than two years.
Numbers are for listeners 12+ for all dayparts and are not necessarily an indicator of rankings for key sales demographics.