CADA continues to grow, smooth and HEART catering to older audiences – Survey 2 DAB+

23 April 2026 CADA continues to be the most successful DAB+ station in Sydney but still doesn't seem to be able to get a foothold in the...

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...

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 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...

Jason Staveley becomes Gold Network music director

23 January 2025 Jason Staveley has added another string to his bow becoming the Music Director for ARN's newly established Gold Network. After 30 plus years in the...

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...

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...

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...

Deep dive into DAB+ sees audiences dropping: GfK Radio 360 Survey 3, 2024

4 June 2024 While DAB+ consumption is soaring globally, one of my jobs on survey days is to take a closer look at those results across the metro...

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...

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...

Gold 80s