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Sydney radio ratings: Nova sees biggest change, dropping by 1.3 per cent

Nova 96.9 was the Sydney station with the biggest change to its seven day share with a 1.3% drop.  

The DMG station also lost share in every time slot except evenings where it was up by just 0.1%. Nova announced last week Katie ‘Monty’ Dimond was leaving the Merrick, Dools & Monty show, moving to a weekend slot after she announced she was pregnant. It is the fifth change to the breakfast show in just over three years.

DMG group program director Paul Jackson told Mumbrella the breakfast’s show score of 5.3% is “not acceptable.”

He said Merrick and Dools return to the time slot next week and a new show producer starts in a few weeks time.

When asked whether it was the lowest Sydney share since the launch of Nova he said: “It’s not the lowest share it’s had since the debut but it’s still not acceptable.”

The Nielsen survey covering March 27 to April 30 and May 8 to June 11 saw 2GB maintaining its lead in seven day share with 15.8%, a drop of 0.4% since the last survey.

Meanwhile, DMG’s Classic Rock continued to improve with an increase of 0.7% in seven day share and a 1.3% jump during drivetime.

Jackson said: “I’m delighted its going well both in Sydney and Melbourne. We’ve got great people working very hard to provide great listening during the day time. I can totally see why its resonating with the audience.”

2Day FM’s Kyle and Jackie O breakfast show continues to dominate on FM despite being down by 1.3%.  2UE gained some ground at breakfast on AM with a 0.9% increase.

Fifi and Jules’ drivetime show on 2Day lead the charge with 12.8% share while Mix 106.5’s Ant and Becks received their strongest Sydney share this year with 6.7%.

 

 

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