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From Radio Insight: The floods that left 54 people stranded a hospital roof in Erwin, TN also completely swept away the studios and tower of Jet Broadcasting’s News “Livewire 103.9” WXIS and “Sports Radio 1420” WEMB Erwin. Jet Broadcasting owner Maria True told Australia’s ABC News that she intends to rebuild as quickly as possible, “The station’s been a staple here for 68 years. We’ve got a lot of wonderful other radio stations that are always quick to help.” She continued, “They don’t consider it as a competition, but as their brother and their sister.” She noted that their tower was also destroyed by a flood in 1977 under her father’s ownership. MARC Radio Hip Hop “Magic 101.3” WTMG Williston/Gainesville FL is currently off-the-air as its tower was destroyed by Helene. >hr/> Up in the much devastated Asheville area, iHeartMedia’s seven station cluster is doing around-the-clock news coverage streaming here. Saga Rock “105.9 The Mountain” WTMT morning hosts Rizzo and Jeff are doing cluster-wide coverage as well as of this writing as is the “Blue Ridge Public Radio” network. The storm issues extend as far east in North Carolina as Wilkes Broadcasting’s “Mix 97.3” WKBC-FM North Wilkesboro states, “Helene’s impact has been widespread, and has affected us as well. We are currently off the air due to power outages which has disrupted our broadcast due to fallen trees. We anticipate resuming our programming tomorrow.” Curtis Media’s Classic Hits 100.7 WZJS Banner Elk and Country “Highway 102.3/106.1” WMMY Jefferson/WWMY Beech Mountain are off with the remainder of the company’s Boone cluster providing a pre-recorded local updates at the top and bottom of each hour. General Manager Erica Lackey said, “We are attempting to update this announcement once daily at least, as our systems are in disrepair and cell service and internet are not reliable.” Curtis Media’s Lenoir NC cluster is off-the-air as well. more

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From Radio Insight: Ahead of the start of the Fall book starting earlier this month, Nielsen released their biannual revision of market rankings. Among the PPM market changes: Seattle/Tacoma has moved up to market #11 leaping over Miami/Fort Lauderdale. Denver moves from #19 to #18 moving ahead of San Diego. Salt Lake City is up to market #26. Austin up to #27. Riverside/San Bernardino drops from #26 to #28. Orlando is up to #29 with Sacramento down to #30. Columbus is up to #36 to move ahead of Cleveland up the road as it drops to #37. Jacksonville rises from #44 to #43 trading places with Milwaukee. West Palm Beach dips from market #48 to #49. Memphis falls three spots from #52 to #55. Hartford from #55 to #56. Many of the markets rising were in Florida with the most significant being Fort Pierce/Stuart/Vero Beach as it is up six spots from market #94 to #88. Other gains in Florida were Fort Myers up from #54 to #52, Sarasota/Bradenton #68 to #65, Lakeland/Winter Haven (#80 to #78), Gainesville/Ocala (#83 to #81), Daytona Beach (#87 to #85), and Pensacola (#119 to #116). Other gains included Greenville/Spartanburg SC (#57 to #54), Boise (#84 to #82), Savannah GA (#137 to #135), Tyler/Longview TX (#139 to #137), Asheville NC (#153 to #150), Odessa/Midland TX (#161 to #157), Bryan College Station TX (#185 to #182), and Rochester MN (#207 to #204) The most significant drops were Cape Cod MA (market #180 to #185) and Santa Barbara CA (market #202 to #207) both falling five spots. Many California markets were down with Bakersfield (#81 to #83), Stockton (#82 to #84), Victor Valley (#114 to #118), Modesto (#118 to #120), Palm Springs (#136 to #139), and Santa Maria/Lompoc (#196 to #198) dropping multiple positions. Other markets dropping three places were Spokane WA (#88 to #91), Colorado Springs (#89 to #92), and Columbus GA (#185 to #189). The new ranking lists can be seen on our Ratings page at RadioInsight.com/ratings. more