What's New July 11, 2023

The Spin: Survey 4 2023

Here is the latest from the PR and Marketing teams about Survey 4 of 2023.

Refresh throughout the day for updates and hear it straight from the horse’s mouth.

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).

Today’s ratings from Gfk Survey 4 saw The Ray Hadley Morning Show record a 17 share, up 1.5 points – solidifying Hadley’s dominance as Sydney’s No.1 live and local broadcaster for more than 19 years. His unbeaten streak started in Survey 4, 2004.

2GB staff gathered outside the studio this morning to congratulate Hadley.

Ben Fordham, No 1 in Breakfast, said: “The real story today is Ray Hadley notching up 150 ratings wins in a row. It’s unprecedented and extraordinary. That’s almost 20 years in a row at number one. When we’ve faced some pressure in breakfast, Ray has been a sensational support and encouraged us not to lose focus and just keep doing what we’re doing. We’re very lucky to have him steering the ship at 2GB.”

Ray Hadley said: “From 2004 we’ve been unbeaten and it’s about hard work basically. It’s about keeping people informed and entertained, and I’m surrounded by a fantastic young team who keep me young and enthusiastic about what I do.”

“We don’t take anything for granted, we won’t do anything different. We’ll be in early, we’ll stay here and we’ll keep doing our job, and that’s what success is based on. It’s about hard work and it doesn’t matter if you’re a brickie, a plumber or like my late father, a butcher, if you work hard you get rewarded.”

“Thank you to all my fellow colleagues here at Nine Radio and 2GB.”

Managing Director of Nine Radio, Tom Malone, said: “Ray Hadley is a once in a lifetime broadcaster who is unmatched in versatility and work ethic. Ray’s loyalty to his listeners and their welfare is the cornerstone of his success. He deserves every success.”

Hadley still calls rugby league for 2GB and his tally includes thousands of NRL games, 33 Grand Finals and tomorrow night he will call his 96th State of Origin.

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.”

Three’s a charm for Stav, Abby and Matt as B105 wins the workday!

B105 Content Director, Jack Ball, said: “What an incredible day for B105, winning all of the local timeslots including Breakfast, Mornings and Afternoons.

“For Stav, Abby and Matt, this is their third straight number one. They’re three genuine friends who want to start your morning with a heap of laughs, a heap of music, and a heap of Allen’s Brown Snake lollies. We’re forever grateful for all of our listeners who choose to start their mornings with B105.

“B105 Workday announcer Ellie Angel-Mobbs and Brad Wood have historically collected their eighth straight number one workday result today, seeing them on top of the ratings for a full 12 months now. They play the best music in Brisbane and notching up one year of consecutive #1 results will be celebrated today.”

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)

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 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.

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

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

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