Radio ratings: New top stations in three states, Fordham wins Sydney back
The first radio ratings survey for the year finds three new number one stations, NOVA breaking records in breakfast, and smoothfm commanding Sydney FM.
SYDNEY
Sydney households have been tuned to 2GB and smoothfm over the summer, with the AM talkback station gaining 0.6% market share to break out to a 12.7% listener share, well ahead of smoothfm, which drops 0.6% to command 10.8%, and KIIS1065, which also lost listeners, dropping 1%.
Ben Fordham is beating Kyle and Jackie O on Breakfast again, jumping 0.6% and taking 16.6% against Kyle and Jackie’s 15.4%, a drop from 16.7% and a slip from the top spot in Sydney.
Will be interesting to see if Tom Elliott can hold audience after taking over from Mitchell.
Fighting the culture wars on a daily basis can be tiring, but I think he’s in for the long fight. So far I have heard him cover:
– Unhealthy school lunches (woke)
– Why is the paper in in the printer from Indonesia? (Dan Andrews cops the blame here)
– It’s no longer safe to go to the city (Dan Andrews)
– and of course the classic, the supermarkets have gone woke (woke)
Keep fighting the good fight Tom, you brave soldier
He’s holding now. Maybe you’re the one that’s out of touch with the majority? Get out of your virtuous media bubble and realise this is how most Australians think.
Interesting in Melbourne Breakfast 9.1 to 5.9 for KIIS so low base for K and J to start from. Where is the audience coming from?
It shows abc are losing because they are a bias against lnp
2DAY FM Breakfast team surely starting to question the longevity of their show
ABC Perth must be banging their head against a wall with the new Breakfast host… Online feedback on Mark Gibson has been brutal, to the point they’ve had to limit comments… Yeah, that should fix it.
Can it really be that hard to find someone who doesn’t constantly talk about himself and talk over his guests with his own experiences? Thank God for podcasts…