It’s the first radio survey for the year, and our OMD Radio Survey Dream Team have put together the following summary:

Sydney

• 2GB still number 1 despite -7% loss in audience for TTPL
• Smooth has improved their positions in both Breakfast and Drive in TTPL
• Nova also continues to struggle, losing their #1 position in Drive to Smooth
• Edge DAB+ has seen a massive improvement, with the highest point score

Melbourne

• 3AW number 1 across breakfast with 19.9% share
• Fox Hit 101.9 with ‘Carrie and Tommy’ followed by ‘Hughesy and Kate’ was dominant for the drive daypart
• Nova 100 continues to see fluctuations SOS against the younger demographics (P16-39 & P25-54)
• Triple M has been consistent SOS primarily due to the popularity of the ‘Hot Breakfast Team’ of ‘Eddie, Will and Luke’

Brisbane

• 3AW number 1 across breakfast with 19.9% share
• Fox Hit 101.9 with ‘Carrie and Tommy’ followed by ‘Hughesy and Kate’ was dominant for the drive daypart
• Nova 100 continues to see fluctuations SOS against the younger demographics (P16-39 & P25-54)
• Triple M has been consistent SOS primarily due to the popularity of the ‘Hot Breakfast Team’ of ‘Eddie, Will and Luke’

Adelaide

• Nova is closing the FM gap against Mix 102.3 with an increase of 11% across Total People
• Whilst Mix 102.3 stayed in 3rd place vs P16-39 the network did see a massive increase in audience SOS by 49%
• 5AA has seen declines across breakfast with Mix 102.3 taking the No.1 spot
• Hit 107’s new breakfast lineup of ‘Rebecca Morse and Andrew Costello’ has helped the network see growth in audience (+2%)

Perth

• Mix extends its’ lead with particularly strong Breakfast audiences as “Clairsy, Kymba & Matt“ jump back on top.
• NOVA still holds the top spot across BMAD amongst P16-39 despite a -24% decline SOS.
• HIT’s 92.9 loses significant share SOS, seeing declines of -23% across Drive.
• ABC Perth sees the return of Russell Woolf resulting in the station claiming #1 spot in AM across both Drive and Breakfast.