Australian commercial radio listening moves above 9m per week

Tim Burrowes

December 16, 2010 3:01

Commercial radio’s weekly audience has moved above 9m per week, analysis published today by Commercial Radio Australia suggests.

According to the CRA analysis of Nielsen audience data, the metropolitan radio audience reached an average of 9.19m people per week.

This was up on 2009’s 8.94m, 2008’s 8.79m and 2007’s 8.74m.

Breakfast was the most listened to timeslot in commercial radio during the year with 7 million people listening each week.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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Kenny Craig 17 Dec 10

Warner added:

“Look into my eyes, not around the eyes look into my eyes. and you’re under my control. Radio is brilliant, and regardless of any change in consumers habits the revenue and listenership of radio keeps going up”.

“And you’re back in the room.”

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