The Sports Hub continues its dominance in summer ratings

The sports-radio competitors between 98.5 The Sports activities Hub and WEEI wasn’t a lot of a contest in any respect in the summertime Nielsen Audio scores.

The Sports activities Hub’s three daytime packages completed first of their respective time durations among the many males 25-54 demographic from July 6-September 17, whereas no WEEI daytime program completed increased than a tie for sixth.

Total, the Sports activities Hub was first with an 11.1 share, whereas WEEI tied for ninth with a 3.4.

In morning drive, The Sports activities Hub’s Toucher and Hardy had the best share of any radio present within the Boston market this summer season with a 17.9. WEEI’s The Greg Hill Present tied WROR’s Bob and LBF In The Morning for sixth (4.9).

In middays, Zolak and Bertrand took first (12.5), whereas WEEI’s Jones and Keefe, which had been making headway, tied for seventh (3.5) with Magic 106.7’s programming.

Felger and Massarotti took the highest spot in afternoon drive with an 11.1 share. WEEI Afternoons was a distant fifteenth with a 2.0.

Within the spring, Felger and Mazz, a scores powerhouse within the 2-6 p.m. interval for 15 years, had seen scores fall roughly 30 p.c year-over-year (18.4 in spring ’24 to 12.2 in spring ‘25), however remained firmly within the No. 1 spot. Their 11.1 share this summer season was down from a 14.8 share final summer season.

Within the 6-7 p.m. window, the Massarotti-hosted “Baseball Hour” tied WZLX programming in that hour for second with a 7.5. WEEI, which options Red Sox pregame and the Christian Arcand present in that spot, tied WCRB for seventeenth (1.7).

WEEI, the radio house of the Crimson Sox throughout their first playoff season since 2021, acquired its finest numbers within the 7 p.m.-midnight window. Crimson Sox broadcasts and Arcand’s present introduced in a 5.2 share, tying the Sports activities Hub and Joe Murray’s present for fourth.

Chad Finn

Sports activities columnist

Chad Finn is a sports activities columnist for Boston.com. He has been voted Favourite Sports activities Author in Boston within the annual Channel Media Market and Analysis Ballot for the previous 4 years. He additionally writes a weekly sports activities media column for the Globe and contributes to Globe Journal.