Country stations tie in rankings

Urban and country, the two big formats in Charlotte radio, are at the top of the latest radio rankings released this month by Arbitron.

Perennial leader WBAV-FM remains atop the rankings followed by country stations WKKT-FM and WSOC-FM, which are tied for second.

Here are major Charlotte-area stations and their percentage of the listening audience as measured by Arbitron. Station WXRC-FM ("Ride" 95.7) is not included in the rankings because it does not subscribe to the ratings service.


1. WBAV-FM (“V” 101.9)  8.8%
2. WKKT-FM (“Kat” 96.9)  7.7%
2. WSOC-FM (103.7)  7.7%
4. WPEG-FM (“Power 98” 97.9)  6.8%
5. WKQC-FM (“K” 104.7)  4.9%
6. WHQC-FM (“Channel” 96.1)  4.7%
7. WLNK-FM (“Lite” 102.9)  4.6%
8. WEND-FM (“End” 106.5)  4.4%
9. WNKS-FM (“Kiss” 95.1)  4.2%
10 WRFX-FM (“Fox” 99.7)  4.1%
11. WBT-AM (News-talk 1110)  4.0%
12. WPZS-FM (“Praise” 100.9)  3.7%
13. WLYT-FM (“Lite” 102.9)  3.4%
14. WFAE-FM (NPR, 90.7)                  3.2%
15. WRCM-FM (“New Life” 91.9)  2.9%
16. WQNC-FM (“Q” 92.7)  2.5%
17. WFNZ-AM (Sports 610)  1.1%
18. WDAV-FM (Classical 89.9)  0.8%
19. WNSC-FM (NPR 88.9)  0.4%
20. WBCN-AM (1660)  0.3%
21. WZGV-AM (Sports 730)  0.2%