• Nine’s talk stations record highest ever cume for Survey 4
• 2GB and 3AW outright No.1 stations and No.1 in Breakfast and Mornings
• 9Podcasts posts highest listenership on record in June

Nine’s talk radio stations have recorded the highest ever cumulative audience for Survey 4 2023, up 3.1% year-on-year.

Sydney’s 2GB and Melbourne’s 3AW are the outright No.1 stations, recording a share of 14.3 (up 2.1) and 14.6 respectively.

At 2GB, Ben Fordham Live is No.1 in Breakfast, with a 18.1 share (up 3.1) and Ray Hadley notched up an incredible 150 consecutive survey wins, to be No.1 in Mornings with a 17.0 share (up 1.5).

3AW Breakfast duo Ross and Russ are Melbourne’s No.1 yet again, with 19.8 and Mornings with Neil Mitchell, the clear leader with 17.0.

Nine Radio’s Head of Content, Greg Byrnes, said:

“This is a stunning result for Nine Radio. Ray Hadley posts 150 consecutive survey wins; clear number one in Sydney and Melbourne, and even more Australians turning to our live and local content. The Breakfast, Morning and Football teams in Sydney and Melbourne in particular have recorded extraordinary results.”

“And across Total Audio, we have a record number of listeners for Survey 4 – but we don’t take the success for granted and thank our listeners who engage with us each day.”

STREAMING

Nine Radio’s Head of Content, Greg Byrnes, said:

“The Total Audio result for Nine Radio is remarkable. The streaming data shows that in the key markets we have double the share of our nearest competitors.”

In Sydney, 2GB recorded a 20.5 share of Streaming audience in Survey 4, while in Breakfast, Ben Fordham posted an impressive 24.1

Melbourne’s 3AW was even more dominant, with 22.7 share of Streaming audience, while Ross and Russ posted an incredible 33.4 in Breakfast.

“As more and more Australians turn to talk they’re embracing our content in the digital environment. It’s clear streaming is the future of our live and local strategy”, said Byrnes.

NOVA Entertainment CEO Peter Charlton said:

“Survey 4 has been another great result for NOVA Entertainment where we remain the country’s most listened-to metro network, connecting with 6.4 million Australians every week. On FM alone, we added another 64,000 listeners becoming the only metro network reaching over 6 million people. Using GFK’s new Radio 360 methodology, we can also confirm that Nova is the country’s most streamed network with 760,000 connected listeners. This has been a fantastic set of results and a reflection of the huge amount of effort that everyone across NOVA Entertainment puts in every day.”

National highlights

• Nova is the most listened to network with over 4.2 million listeners nationally (4,220,500)
• Nova’s Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel (4-6pm) is the #1 Drive show nationally with 12.2% and the most listened to with 1,629,600 cume
• The Chrissie Swan Show (2pm-4pm) is the most listened to show nationally (1,564,600)
• Smallzy’s Surgery is the #1 FM night show in share (9.50%) and cume (652,600)

Nova 100 Melbourne

• Nova 100 increased share to 8.5% ( increase of 1.2%) and now has 1.216 million listeners.  Nova 100’s best share result since 2013.
• Ben, Liam & Belle Breakfast show increased to a 7.1% share (up 0.4 share points)
• Ben, Liam & Belle (equal) second most listened to Breakfast show in Melbourne (557,000 cume)
• Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel is the #1 Drive show with a 11.6% share, an increase of 1.7 share points
• The Chrissie Swan Show (2-4pm) increased share to 8.1% (increase of 1.6)
• Nova 100 secured strong increases across all day parts – Breakfast with a 7.1% share (increase 0.4 share points), Morning with 8% (increase 1.2), Afternoons with 8.9% (increase 1.5), Drive with 11.5% (increase 2.1), Evenings with 5.7% (increase 0.3) and Weekends with 8.7% (increase 1.1)

Smooth FM 91.5 Melbourne

• Smooth FM 91.5 is the #2 FM station in Melbourne with a 9.6% share
• Smooth FM 91.5 More Music Breakfast Show with Mike Perso & Nikole Gunn is #3 FM with a 8.9% share, an increase of 0.4 share points and had greatest increase in breakfast (24,000) with 545,000 cume
• Smooth FM 91.5 is #2 FM in Mornings with a 10.2% share
• Smooth FM 91.5 is #1 FM in Evenings with 10.6% share and is the most listened to station in Evenings with 244,000 cume
• Smooth Relax is the most listened to DAB+ Digital station in Melbourne with 134,000 listeners.

Nova 96.9 Sydney 

• Nova 96.9’s Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie is the second most listened to breakfast show with 573,000 cume
• Nova’s Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel (4pm-6pm) saw a cume audience increase of 19,200 (total audience of 434,600)

Smooth FM 95.3 Sydney

• Smooth FM 95.3 is #2 FM station in Sydney and #3 overall with 11.3% share (equal highest share in station’s history), an increase of 0.5 share, and had the greatest increase in listeners (80,000) to 1,358,000 cume (highest cume in the frequency’s history)
• Smooth FM 95.3 More Music Breakfast Show with Bogart Torelli & Ron Wilson is #3 FM with 7.6% share, an increase of 0.2 share points and second highest increase in listeners (30,000) to 570,000 cume
• Smooth FM 95.3 is #1 station in Afternoons with 12.6% and most listened to with 561,000
• Smooth FM 95.3 Drive with Byron Webb is #1 overall with 12.0% share
• Smooth FM 95.3 is #1 FM in Evenings with 12.8% share and most listened to with 300,000
• Smooth FM 95.3 is #1 FM on Weekends with 11.5% share and most listened to with 890,000, the equal biggest cume increase on weekends (up 76,000 listeners).
• Smooth FM 95.3 is #2 FM in Mornings with 13.2% share
• Smooth Relax is the equal second most listened to DAB+ Digital station in Sydney with 147,000 listeners.

Nova 106.9 Brisbane 

• Nova 106.9 is the #1 Brisbane station with a share of 11.8% and a cume audience of 702,000.
• Ash, Luttsy & Susie O’Neill is the most listened to breakfast show once again with 384,000 cume
• Nova 106.9 is the most listened to station in every day part, with Breakfast (384,000), Mornings (248,000), Afternoon (363,000), Drive (338,000), Evening (101,00), and Weekend (424,000)
• Nova 90’s is the most listened to DAB station in Brisbane with a cume audience of 73,000
• The Chrissie Swan Show (2-4pm) is the most listened to afternoon show in Brisbane with a cume audience of 306,100
• The Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel Drive Show (4-6pm) is the #1 Drive Show with a share of 14.4% and a cume audience of 305,000.

Smooth FM Brisbane

• Smooth FM Brisbane is the equal third most listened to DAB+ radio station with 59,000 listeners
• Smooth FM Brisbane More Music Breakfast Show with Nick Michaels is second most listened to with 26,000 listeners.
• Smooth FM Brisbane is the most listened to DAB+ drive show with 21,000 listeners.

Nova 919 Adelaide

• Nova 919 is the most listened to radio station in Adelaide with 364,000 listeners
• Nova 919’s Jodie & Hayesy (7am to 9am) is Adelaide’s most listened to Breakfast show with 1,754,000 cume listeners
• Nova 919’s Ben, Liam & Belle/Jodie & Hayesy #2 FM breakfast show with 10.5% share
• Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel/Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie #1 overall (4pm-7pm) with 13.2% share
• Ricki Lee, Tim & Joel is Adelaide’s most listened to Drive Show (4-6pm) with 140,400 listeners

Smooth FM Adelaide

• Smooth FM Adelaide is the most listened to DAB+ radio station with 39,000 listeners
• Smooth FM Adelaide More Music Breakfast Show with Kelly Golding is most listened to DAB+ breakfast show with 13,000 listeners.
• Smooth FM Adelaide Drive is most listened to with 16,000 listeners

FIVEaa

• FIVEaa is Adelaide’s #1 AM Radio Station with a 9.0% share
• FIVEaa is Adelaide’s #1 Streaming Station with 12.3% share
• David & Will is the equal #2 Breakfast show in Adelaide with 11.9% share
• Leith Forrest is Adelaide’s #1 Evenings Programme (8pm-12pm) with 20.0% share

Nova 93.7 Perth

• Nova 93.7 is Perth’s #1 station with a 17% share (up 0.9 share points) and has the most listeners in market with 682,000 cume
• Nova 93.7’s Nathan, Nat & Shaun is Perth’s #1 Breakfast show (20.8% share, up 3.5 share points) and the most listened to with 409,000 cume — matching the show’s equal highest share result as Nathan Morris celebrates 20 years on Nova breakfast!
• Nova’s Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel (4pm-6pm) is the #1 Drive show with a 18.2% share , while The Chrissie Swan Show is the most listened to show (2pm-4pm) with over 289,000 listeners
• Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel/Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie #1 overall with 19.4% share (up 2.2 share points)

Smooth FM Perth

• Smooth FM Perth is the most listened to DAB+ radio station with 100,000 listeners
• Smooth FM Perth More Music Breakfast Show with Kate Mac is the most listened to DAB+ breakfast show with 42,000 cume.
• Smooth FM Perth has most listened to DAB+ Drive show with 42,000 cume

Ross & Russel

3AW has once again completely dominated the Melbourne radio landscape with GfK Radio 360 Survey 4 showing the station recorded a market leading share of 14.6.

It marks the 71st consecutive survey win for the station.

3AW is also an outright No. 1 in live audio streaming with a 22.7 share of the streaming audience – more than double the streaming share of its nearest competitor.

Ross Stevenson and Russel Howcroft are yet again Melbourne’s No.1 at Breakfast, posting a winning Total Radio share of 19.8. The ACRA award winning duo also attract one third of the streaming audience with a massive 33.4 streaming share.

Neil Mitchell soundly trounced all opposition in the Mornings timeslot with a Total Radio share of 17 and a streaming share of 26.1.

Tom Elliott remains Melbourne’s No.1 Drive program with a share of 12.5.

Stephen Beers, 3AW Station Manager, said:

“Survey 4 continues another strong year for 3AW. Number one Breakfast, Morning, Drive, Nights, Overnights, Weekends and Football. Led again by Ross Stevenson and Russel Howcroft as the only Breakfast program in double figures on a commanding 19.8%. Streaming continues to go from strength to strength with the station boasting a 22.7% share of live streaming and Breakfast an incredible 33.4%. Thanks to all of the team at 3AW and to our loyal listeners for keeping 3AW Melbourne’s favourite radio station.”

Further highlights of Survey 4 in Melbourne are:

• Afternoons posted a share of 11.3 (Mon-Fri 12.00pm–3.00pm).

• Denis Walter posted a share of 20.3 and remains Melbourne’s No.1 Evening program (Mon- Thurs 8.00pm–12.00am).

• 3AW Weekends is Melbourne’s No.1 with a share of 12.7.