GfK Radio Ratings Survey 5, 2018: Every station, every market

Mediaweek editor James Manning rounds up the GFK radio survey #5 for all markets.

By Talon AdminPublished Aug 29, 2018

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August 27: Survey 5 results by network, by station, by market + interviews with 2CH’s Indira and Trevor, ARN’s Sue Carter + every ACRA nominees revealed

September 3: Breakfast radio Sydney – every commercial station – analysis by the group PDs, the biggest advertisers + Mediaweek’s James Manning
September 10: Breakfast radio Melbourne
September 17: Breakfast radio Brisbane
September 24: Breakfast radio Adelaide
October 1: Breakfast radio Perth
October 8: Drive time – the superstars and the quiet achievers
October 15: ACRAs week: Interviews with the nominees and coverage of Radio Alive 2018

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GfK Survey 5: Highlights from Nova Entertainment

Surveys don’t get much better with big results for Nova breakfast shows in Perth and Sydney plus a brilliant book for smoothfm in Sydney and Melbourne.

• Nova is Australia’s #1 metro network in share 9% and cume 3,394,500
• Nova’s Smallzy’s Surgery (7pm-10pm) celebrates 40 consecutive wins as the #1 National Nights show in share 10% and cume 769,800
• Nova’s Kate, Tim & Marty (4pm to 6pm) is the #1 National Drive show in share 11.4% and cume 1,559,900

Sydney

• Nova 96.9 is Sydney’s most listened-to station with a cume of 991,700
• Nova 96.9’s Fitzy & Wippa achieve their best result to date (5:30am-9am) with an 8% share, and Sydney’s second most listened-to breakfast show (534,000 cume)
• smoothfm 95.3 is Sydney’s #2FM station with a 9.6% share

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Melbourne

• smoothfm 91.5 is Melbourne’s #1FM station with a share of 10.4%
• Nova 100’s Chrissie, Sam & Browny is Melbourne’s equal #2FM breakfast show with a share of 7.9%

Adelaide

• Fiveaa’s David & Will is the #1 breakfast show (5.30am-9am) in Adelaide with a 14.6% share
• Nova 919 is Adelaide’s #1 station under 40 in share 22.8% and cume 239,000
• Nova 919’s Lewis & Lowe with Hayley Pearson is Adelaide’s #1 breakfast show under 40 in share 24.6% and cume 134,000

Perth

• Nova 93.7 is Perth’s #1 station with a share of 13.9%, and has the most listeners with 568,000
• Nova 93.7’s Nathan, Nat & Shaun is Perth’s #1 breakfast show (5:30am-9am) with a record share of 15.0% and cume 367,000

Brisbane

• Nova 106.9 is Brisbane’s most listened-to with a cume of 592,900
• Nova 106.9’s Ash, Kip & Luttsy is Brisbane’s most listened-to breakfast show with a cume of 347,000

GfK Survey 5: Highlights from Australian Radio Network

ARN had results that also see it claiming #1 network position. Jonesy and Amanda were the superstar Sydney performers with a winning breakfast share in double figures and their station #1FM over 11%.

• In Sydney the dominance continues as ARN holds the #1FM station with WSFM and the #1FM and #2FM breakfast with WSFM’s Jonesy & Amanda and KIIS 1065’s Kyle & Jackie O.
• In Melbourne, ARN’s content strategy has produced a positive result for KIIS 101.1 with strong growth across station, breakfast’s Jase & PJ and drive’s Will & Woody. The strength of Gold 104.3 continues as it holds the second-largest audience with more than 1 million listeners each week.
• In Adelaide, ARN’s Mix 102.3 is the #1 station – their 18th consecutive FM win, #1FM breakfast with Mix 102.3’s Jodie & Soda – their 8th consecutive win, and #1FM drive with Mix 102.3’s Will & Woody.