Radio ratings survey 7 results have just been released.
- KIIS beats 2GB in the Sydney breakfast race
- Talk breakfast shows fall in Sydney
- Nova tops Perth and wins all shifts except Drive
- Melbourne market steady, with little movement
- Mix jumps to top position in Adelaide, Cruise and Nova slip a little
- ABC Brisbane gains share
The survey was conducted by GfK for Commercial Radio Australia between Sun Aug 14 to Sat Sept 17 & Sun Sept 25 to Sat Oct 29, 2022.
Previous survey results here. Cumes and DAB+ results coming soon.
The interactive data graphs are below the raw figures. Click the city charts to enlarge them.
Results
SYDNEY
- Top station 2GB fell by 1.2 share points overall to 11.6%, but still retains top position in he market… just
- KIIS powered into second spot, up 1.8 share points to 11.3% overall
- smooth slipped into third position, down 0.6 to10.3%
- Fourth placed ABC Sydney slipped 0.9 to 7.8%
- Fifth placed WSFM gained 0.7 to score 7.7% overall
- KIIS Breakfast is now the number one overall breakfast show in the market, gaining 2.1 share points in that timeslot, moving it ahead of 2GB for the first time in many years. ABC Sydney remains in third place in the breakfast timeslot.
MELBOURNE
- Top station 3AW gained 0.3 to score 13.7%
- Second placed Gold slipped 0.4 to 11.5%
- smooth was third on 9%, down 0.4
- Fourth placed Fox lost 1 share point, down to 8.3%
- Fifth placed ABC Melbourne gained 0.1 to 7.5%
- 3AW won breakfast ahead of Gold then ABC Melbourne
BRISBANE
- Top station B105 slipped 0.1 to 13.2%
- Second placed Nova fell 0.4 to 13.1%
- Triple M was third, down 0.2 to 11%
- KISS fell the most in this market, down 1.1 to 9.8% in fourth place
- Fifth placed 4BH slipped 0.2 to 8.4%
ADELAIDE
- MIX jumped into top position, gaining 0.9 to score 11.5% overall
- Nova lost its top position, down 0.9 to 10.9%, slipping into second place
- Third placed FIVEaa gained 0.3 to 10.3%
- SAFM was fourth, down 0.3 to 9.4%
- Fifth placed ABC Adelaide gained 0.3 to 9.3%
PERTH
- Nova consolidated its top position in Perth, up 1.1 share points to 17% overall
- Mix gained 0.2 to 12.3%, moving into second place
- 96fm slipped to third, down 1.1 to 11.4%
- 6PR was fourth, up 1.3 to 8.5%
- Fifth placed ABC Perth gained 0.7 to 6.7%
Data Charts
I have often observed that AM can rate despite AM receivers being poorly designed and being an afterthought of a radio manufacturer and now being absent from many radio receivers.
Have look at 4KQ and now 4BH.
In Sydney 2UE rates higher than MMM and rivals 2Day and sometimes rates higher than 2Day.
It is true that these stations have different markets.
At the same time you cannot say that AM is dead as a format and rely on the cliché that "AM is dead".
Thank you,
Anthony, don't rely on clichés as a rule, Belfield, in the land of the Wangal and Darug Peoples of the Eora Nation.