98.5 The Sports Hub enjoyed one of the best quarters in all of sports radio during the spring book. The Boston sports station finished 1st overall with a 15.2 share among Men 25-54. Chad Finn of the Boston Globe was first to report the numbers. The Hub’s ratings grew by 1.4 from the winter book.
The station’s weekday shows produced a lot of positives. Starting in mornings, Toucher and Rich delivered a 17.0 share to secure a 1st place finish. T & R were up 3 points from the winter.
In middays, Scott Zolak and Marc Bertrand generated a 15.6 share, also good enough for 1st place. Zo and Bertrand were up 1.1 points from the winter book.
Delivering the biggest performance for The Hub was the afternoon team of Felger & Massarotti. The Boston tandem recorded a massive 19.5 share to lock up 1st place. That was the highest number we can recall in Boston sports radio since we started posting numbers six years ago. Mike and Tony grew their show by a full 3 points from the winter book.
Also making news were The Hub’s evening programs. Tony Massarotti’s bseball hour (M-F 6p-7p ET) popped a 12.7 to finish 1st. The combination of Adam Jones, Boston Bruins hockey and Boston Celtics basketball produced a 10.6 to place 2nd.
For WEEI, its best showing came from OMF. Glenn Ordway, Christian Fauria and Lou Merloni were tied for 4th in afternoons with KISS-108 with a 4.8 share.
Greg Hill’s morning show and the midday team of Andy Gresh and Rich Keefe were both 6th in their respective dayparts. Hill’s show delivered a 4.9 share for the book, the station’s best share among M-F talk shows for the quarter. Gresh and Keefe had a 4.0 share.
Rounding things out at night, WEEI received a 4.1 share from the combo of Boston Red Sox baseball and Mut at Night featuring Mike Mutnansky.
