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Radio ratings: Sydney – Jonesy & Amanda keep chasing Kyle & Jackie O as ABC sees uplift

Sydney Monday to Sunday share | Source: Nielsen

Sydney Monday to Sunday share | Source: Nielsen

WSFM’s Jonesy & Amanda are continuing to breath down the necks of 2DayFM’s Kyle & Jackie O in the latest set of radio ratings for Sydney.

The duo of Brendan Jones and Amanda Keller saw their share of audience jump by the largest amount of any breakfast show – up from a 7.6 per cent share to 9.2 per cent.

ARN’s national content director Duncan Campbell said: “We’re particularly happy with Jonesy & Amanda’s excellent result in Sydney. They consistently work really hard and deserve this success.”

Meanwhile, Sandilands and Jackie O also grew their audience, with a slight rise from 9.6 to 10 per cent leaving them top of the commercial FM shows.

The biggest fall in the breakfast slot came on AM with Alan Jones on talk station 2GB seeing a drop from 17 per cent to 15.8 per cent, which still left him comfortably on top overall. Meanwhile, 2GB also saw its overall share of the Monday to Sunday audience fall from 14.7 per cent to 13 per cent.

In what was a good round of ratings for ABC702, the station grew its share from 9.5 per cent to 10.7 per cent.

In breakfast, Adam Spencer, who steps down from ABC702  later this year, grew his audience from 12.2 per cent to 13.6 per cent.

And drivetime saw Richard Glover back on top with a rise in share from 10.8 per cent to 11.9 per cent. This took him past 2GB’s Ben Fordham, who fell from 11.9 per cent to 11 per cent.

The other big winner in drivetime was smoothfm’s Byron Webb who grew audience from 4.6 per cent to 5.9 per cent.

Meanwhile, Triple M and 2DayFM owner Southern Cross Austereo’s chief content officer Guy Dobson told Mumbrella: “I’m particularly happy with the performance of Triple M. This is the third survey i the row with a really solid result.”

Paul Jackson, programming boss for smoothfm and Nova, said he was disappointed with the number for the Fitzy & Wippa breakfast show. He said: “There’s a lot of heritage on other stations and it just takes longer than you’d like. But we know we’ve got work to do on the breakfast show. They work very hard but I do feel there are still areas for improvement. They’re back on air next week and we’ll get to work.”

Monday to Friday Sydney radio ratings share | Source: Nielsen

Monday to Friday Sydney radio ratings share | Source: Nielsen

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