Melbourne Radio Ratings Survey 6 2026: 3AW keeps crown as GOLD feels the heat
GOLD holds second by just 0.1 point to smoothfm, while Nova keeps Melbourne’s biggest weekly audience despite a decline.
Biggest gain: 105.1 Triple M, up 1.2 percentage points, from 6.1% to 7.3%.
Biggest fall: GOLD 104.3, down 0.9 percentage points, from 11.4% to 10.5%.
3AW remains at the top of Melbourne radio, although GfK Radio 360 Survey 6, 2026 took a little shine off its lead. The station slipped 0.7 percentage points to 13.4%, while Breakfast dropped 1.2 points to 18.3%, still comfortably ahead of the morning competition.
Behind it, the race for second is getting tight. GOLD 104.3 shed 0.9 points to finish at 10.5%, leaving smoothfm at 91.5, just 0.1 points behind after edging up to 10.4%.
105.1 Triple M had the biggest reason to celebrate, recording Melbourne’s strongest station share gain. It climbed 1.2 points to 7.3%, while breakfast added 1.1 points to reach 6.5%.
Nova 100 had a tougher book, losing 0.8 points to land on 7.9% and shedding 131,000 weekly listeners. It still holds Melbourne’s biggest weekly audience, though, with 1,178,000 listeners.
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3AW: 13.4% (14.1%)
Cume: 716,000 (+21,000)
Breakfast: 18.3% (19.5%)
GOLD 104.3: 10.5% (11.4%)
Cume: 1,148,000 (-32,000)
Breakfast: 10.5% (10.0%)
smoothfm 91.5: 10.4% (10.3%)
Cume: 1,126,000 (+2,000)
Breakfast: 8.1% (8.4%)
101.9 Fox FM: 8.5% (8.2%)
Cume: 1,145,000 (+19,000)
Breakfast: 9.2% (8.9%)
Nova 100: 7.9% (8.7%)
Cume: 1,178,000 (-131,000)
Breakfast: 9.3% (10.8%)
105.1 Triple M: 7.3% (6.1%)
Cume: 792,000 (+1,000)
Breakfast: 6.5% (5.4%)
ABC Melbourne: 5.7% (6.0%)
Cume: 539,000 (-5,000)
Breakfast: 6.7% (6.6%)
KIIS 101.1: 4.9% (4.8%)
Cume: 934,000 (-19,000)
Breakfast: 5.0% (5.1%)
SEN 1116 AM: 3.9% (4.1%)
Cume: 391,000 (-2,000)
Breakfast: 4.4% (5.1%)
3JJJ: 3.4% (2.7%)
Cume: 450,000 (-32,000)
Breakfast: 2.8% (2.9%)
ABC Classic: 1.8% (1.6%)
Cume: 238,000 (-2,000)
Breakfast: 2.0% (1.2%)
ABC NewsRadio: 1.7% (1.6%)
Cume: 312,000 (-26,000)
Breakfast: 2.0% (2.0%)
Magic 1278: 1.6% (2.1%)
Cume: 226,000 (+28,000)
Breakfast: 1.3% (1.5%)
3RN: 1.4% (1.3%)
Cume: 150,000 (-15,000)
Breakfast: 2.2% (2.1%)
3MP 1377: 1.2% (1.3%)
Cume: 118,000 (-19,000)
Breakfast: 0.8% (0.8%)
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