The spring 2005 Arbitron book painted a kind of business-as-usual picture of the local radio market.

Things settled back into a familiar pattern, following the winter 2005 book's upset, in which longtime top dog news/talk KDKA-AM was tied for total listeners with first place with longtime runner-up rock station WDVE-FM. This time, they returned to their respective ranks.

Most of the competition held on to their places, although many showed small declines in listeners. The exceptions: country station WDSY-FM, which has been a steady No. 3 for more than a year but gained some listeners compared to spring 2004; WKST-FM, which moved to sixth place from eighth a year ago, gaining a full rating share point; and WAMO-FM, which rebounded into ninth place, up from 13th place a year ago.

WJAS-AM dropped to 10th place, down from a fourth-place tie a year ago.

In morning drive, the status quo also ruled, with KDKA followed by WDVE and talk station WPGB-FM. It's been a year since rock station WRKZ-FM picked up Howard Stern, and see how well that paid off: The station was in fourth place, up from 10th last year. WSHH-FM picked up steam in morning drive, moving to sixth place from eighth a year ago, as did WAMO, moving back into the top 10 at 10th place: it was tied for 14th a year ago.

Among 25- to 54-year-olds, the top 10 stations were: WDVE, WDSY, WZPT-FM, WPGB, WWSW-FM , WSHH, WLTJ-FM, WRKZ, KDKA and WKST. The top five morning shows were: WDVE, WRKZ, WPGB, WDSY and WZPT.