KIIS-FM again tops Arbitron ratings for L.A. area radio market

Top 40 outlet KIIS-FM (102.7) finished April as, once again, the leading station in Los Angeles and Orange County, with more than 4 million people tuning in for at least five minutes each week, according to figures released Wednesday by the Arbitron ratings service.

KIIS attracted an average of 5.8% of the local audience in the survey of listeners ages 6 and older from April 1 to 28. That’s up slightly from 5.7% in March. Second-place KRTH-FM (101.1), the classic hits station, took 4.9% of the April audience, up from 4.6% in March, as it hopped over adult-contemporary station KOST-FM (103.5), which saw its share slip from 4.7% to 4.4%.

Talk station KFI-AM (640) remained in fourth place while increasing its share from 4.1% to 4.3%. KIIS’ rival pop station, KAMP-FM (97.1), stayed in fifth place, though its audience share fell from 4% in March to 3.7% in April.

Hip-hop station KPWR-FM (105.9) jumped from 11th to a fifth-place tie with KAMP, increasing its audience share from 3.3% to 3.7%. Headed in the opposite direction was smooth adult-contemporary station KTWV-FM (94.7), which dropped from sixth to a four-way tie for ninth place, at 3.3%, with classic rock outlet KLOS-FM (95.5), alternative-rock station KROQ-FM (106.7) and KHHT-FM (92.3), which plays R&B and rhythmic adult contemporary.

KFI once again claimed the top spot in morning drive, with local host Bill Handel and the first hour of Rush Limbaugh’s program dominating from 6 to 10 a.m. They took 6.1% of the audience, up from 5.9% in March. Ryan Seacrest on KIIS and Gary Bryan on KRTH tied for second, with 5.2% apiece. Mark Thompson and Brian Phelps at KLOS dropped from second in March, at 5.1%, to 4.7% and fifth place in April. Kevin Ryder and Gene “Bean” Baxter on alternative KROQ-FM (106.7) held on to fourth place.

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