HEART, HEART HITS, GOLD and KIIS debut on DAB+ with a bang and a whimper

19 March 2026 There were several DAB+ debutants in the metro cities for GfK Radio 360 Survey 1, 2026 as GOLD launched into Adelaide and Brisbane and KIIS...

Christmas impact on digital radio listening, ARN Gold stations build – GfK Survey 8

20 January 2026 Ahead of ARN launching new stations in Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth, and the wrap up of the festive season which saw most capital cities listen...

New heights for CADA in Sydney, smooth and the classics also a hit – DAB+ GfK Survey 7

25 November 2025 Youth DAB+ station CADA has reached an impressive 150K cumulative audience in Sydney in GfK Survey 7 with Coles Radio top in Melbourne, Mix 80s...

ARN DAB+ stations flourish in Sydney, Nova Fresh Country struggles in Brisbane – GfK Radio 360 Survey 6

14 October 2025 DAB+ listening in GfK Radio 360 Survey 6 showed that ARN stations are well listened to in Sydney and Melbourne while some of Nova's new...

CADA tops Sydney, smooth rules in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane – DAB+ GfK Survey 5

9 September 2025 DAB+ listening in GfK Radio 360 Survey 5 saw, mostly, business as normal with CADA most listened to in Sydney, smooth fm No 1 in...

CADA top, Nova Jamz and Brisbane goes country – GfK Radio 360 Survey 4 DAB+

22 July 2025 GfK Radio 360 Survey 4 of DAB+ listening featured some new stations and tweaks to existing across the five metros surveyed. CADA was clear No...

CADA, smooth, Gold and Coles Radio the DAB+ winners in GfK Survey 3

17 June 2025 It was hard to find trends in digital radio listening across the five metro markets in GfK Radio 360 Survey 3. Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide and...

CADA tops DAB+ listening in Sydney, a smooth win in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth – GfK Survey 2, 2025

1 May 2025 The news that Thy, CADA's mornings announcer, was an AI voice clone, broke after the GfK Radio 360 Survey 2 measurement period had concluded. None...

Growth in digital radio listening, iHeart Australia No 1 in Sydney – GfK Survey 1 2025

27 March 2025 Digital radio listening at the start of the year is quite different to other times of the year as it incorporates part of school holiday...

CADA, Coles and smooth the top for DAB+: Survey 8, 2024

12 December 2024 CADA showed strong DAB+ listening in Sydney in the final GfK survey of 2024. In the other metros, smooth DAB+ continued to be the most...

Gold, smooth and CADA top of the DAB+ stations – GfK Survey 7, 2024

14 November 2024 In GfK Radio 360 Survey 7 results of DAB+ listening it was a win for the easy listening, classic hits stations with smooth top in...

CADA climbs, Disrupt Radio departs: GfK Survey 6 DAB+

1 October 2024 GfK Radio 360 Survey 6 of DAB+ listening saw CADA climb to near the heights of the days of its early inception (and full complement...

Is DAB+ the place for conversations?

12 September 2024 Today, Thursday September 12, the UK’s Global will launch 12 new radio stations, sister stations to what they have, which is very similar to what...

CADA and Coles Radio the winners in DAB+ – GfK Survey 5, 2024

27 August 2024 CADA is the DAB+ leader again in Sydney in GfK Radio 360 Survey 5. Coles Radio leads in Melbourne and Brisbane, and smooth in Adelaide...

Ups, downs and disruptions for DAB: GfK Survey 4, 2024

9 July 2024 June 26 2024 was one year since Disrupt Radio launched on DAB+ and streaming in Australia. They are one of the few digital stations that...

Survey 2: Digital radio drop off in Sydney

18 April 2024 I am still trying to work out how Sydney shed 166,000 digital radio listeners in just one survey when every metro audience grew. GfK Radio...

MMM and Double J gain, DAB+ audiences up overall: GFK Survey 1

14 March 2024 The DAB+ audience size in Australia has increased in the first GFK Radio 360 survey of 2024, driven by substantial growth in Sydney and Melbourne....

80s, 90s, Aussie and Smooth: DAB serves up a mix of favourites to the metros in Survey 8

19 December 2023 Analysing the DAB+ trends in GfK Radio 360 Surveys sometimes feels like having to choose a Christmas present for five friends with totally different...

CADA and smooth serving their DAB audiences: GfK Survey 7

16 November 2023 Cumulative listenership to radio was down across the capital cities, but DAB+ was up with youth station CADA the leader in Sydney and the other...

Coles Radio puts another survey in the bag: GfK Digital

31 May 2021 Coles Radio remains at the top of the Digital ratings in the latest GfK survey with 231,000 listeners nationally. ABC Jazz (178,000) and Double J(171,000) both...

Coles Radio remains on the top shelf

14 April 2021 Coles Radio is at the top of the DAB+ chart nationally with 235,000 listeners, leading MMM CLASSIC ROCK (204,000) and Double J (198,000). See also Results, Cumes, Analysis City...

Double J and Coles Radio at the top, 2CH drops: DAB+

10 March 2021 Double J has just edged out Coles Radio nationally in the latest results for DAB+ stations. MMM Classic Rock and the ABC Jazz stations have also...

Coles Radio takes a COVID hit, and the 80’s reign: DAB+ Survey 3

28 September 2020 It’s the mix of 80’s stations that hold the greatest national numbers for the DAB+ ratings in Survey 3, with Double J just behind. WSFM 80’s,...

DAB+ proves to be a winner in Canberra

14 May 2020 Canberra’s additional DAB+ digital radio stations, which include Coles Radio, My Canberra Digital, KIX Country, The Edge, Club Lime and Hit Buddha, attract an audience...

Coles Radio is on the top shelf for another DAB+ survey

15 April 2020 As listeners spend more time wandering round looking for toilet paper in their local supermarket, Coles Radio continues to dominate DAB+ nationally with 273,000 listeners...

AirCheck’s survey of chocolate advertisers for Easter

8 April 2020 With Easter this long weekend, AirCheck Australia have compared the Chocolate advertisers on TV and radio over the past six weeks. With over 8,300 ads...

Coles still leads DAB+ Advertisers: AirCheck Report

25 March 2020 AirCheck Australia has compared the advertisements played on 80 DAB+ stations, finding Coles topped the list with over 17,000 spots placed on 69 digital stations. Coles...

Coles Radio has another one in the basket

9 March 2020 Coles Radio continues to lead in the digital sphere, hardly missing a beat from where they left off in 2019 with 271,000 listeners nationally. Double...

Coles still leads DAB+ Advertisers: AirCheck

7 February 2020 AirCheck Australia have compared the top advertisers on digital radio in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. During January, over 400,000 advertisements went to air for 448...

DAB+ Ratings: Elf Radio a Christmas Gift for ARN

16 December 2019 Coles Radio (249,000) is still at the top nationally in the latest survey of DAB+ stations, and while Elf Radio (23,000) has added some tinsel...