Smooth ride up the ratings for DMG Radio

The new easy-listening, female-skewed format in Sydney and Melbourne, smoothfm, debuted with rises in both cities in Nielsen’s fifth radio ratings survey of the year. The rebadged 95.3 frequency in Sydney rose to a 4.8 per cent share with a cumulative audience of 400,000 and Melbourne’s smooth91.5 recorded a 4.7 per cent share with 370,000, writes Michael Bodey in The Australian’s ratings story.