Sydney radio ratings: Changing of the guard as Kyle & Jackie O overtake Ben Fordham

Zanda Wilson

July 6, 2021 9:51

Kyle and Jackie O have become the #1 breakfast show in Sydney for the first time, with the Australian Radio Network (ARN) show breaking their own record share, set last survey, to hit a monumental 15.5% share (+2.6 percentage points).

The KIIS 106.5 breakfast show went ahead of Ben Fordham on Nine’s 2GB, ending the latter’s 17-year run at #1, and despite the Fordham arresting his falling momentum with just a 0.2 point drop to keep a respectively 13.3% share of listening.

ARN CEO Ciaran Davis said: “Kyle & Jackie O are the best in the world at what they do and seeing them secure the overall #1 breakfast title in Sydney is testament to that and fully deserved.

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Zanda Wilson

Zanda Wilson was a reporter and podcast producer at Mumbrella, specialising in radio reporting. He left Mumbrella in September 2021.