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• GfK Radio Ratings, Survey 3 2018: Highlights + full results

Brisbane

Nova 106.9 13.0% (Survey 2, 2018 12.1%)

After starting 2017 in third place, Nova then won every survey for the remainder of the year. It started well this year but then the station dropped from second in breakfast to third, which is almost unheard of. In survey three Nova has been fighting back – sharing top spot with 97.3 while breakfast with Ash, Kip and Luttsy with Susie O’Neill (pictured above) is back in top spot, albeit with Hit 105 and 97.3 breathing down its neck. The station recovered in most dayparts with morning now just 0.2 behind 97.3, afternoons back at #1 and Kate, Tim and Marty back at #1 in drive, but leading by the smallest margin possible over 97.3. Nova is the new leader 25-39 and a more competitive second 18-24.

97.3 FM 13.0% (12.9%)

Although share lifted marginally, it wasn’t enough to hold onto top spot. Nothing shabby about any of the results here, even a drop of 1.5 in morning as the station still leads the timeslot. The results this week were overshadowed by the announcement that Terry Hansen is leaving the show after a long innings. He is a true Brisbane radio legend and has helped power this station for all those years.

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Adelaide

Mix 102.3 14.8% (Survey 2, 2018 15.7%)
Although share was down slightly, the first three 10+ shares so far this year are all better than anything in 2017 and well ahead of the rest of the market. Breakfast with Jodie and Soda lost top spot overall to ABC Adelaide, yet they are still far ahead of all other commercial breakfast competitors. All dayparts with the exception of evening were down this survey. Drive with Will and Woody was down 1.0, which was enough for Nova to overtake them. Mix also lost top spot to Triple M 40-54 and the sole demo it leads is 55-64.

Triple M 10.9% (10.9%)
Share was steady this survey as the station continues to rank #2 commercial (was also #2 overall last survey). Breakfast with Roo and Ditts was down 1.1 to 10.5%, but afternoon climbed 1.2 to 14.1%. Kennedy Molloy are #3 in the market. Triple M is now #1 40-54 after toppling Mix 102.3.

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Perth

Mix 94.5 14.2% (Survey 2, 2018 15.6%)
A drop of 1.4 this survey still sees Mix at #1 although Nova has narrowed the gap a little. Share was down just a little in all dayparts except drive, which was steady with Kennedy Molly again #1, and evening with share up 1.8 to 14.8%. Mix remains #1 40-54 and 55-64.

Nova 93.7 12.6% (12.0%)
Overall improvement despite falls in breakfast and evening. Afternoon and drive were both up and a lift on weekends also contributed. Share was up in all demos except 65+ and Nova is the new leader 25-39 on 17.8%.

Continued at mediaweek.com.au.

By James Manning

• GfK Radio Ratings, Survey 3 2018: Highlights + full results

Nova Brisbane has recovered nicely this survey, but it was Melbourne breakfast that didn’t do so well, with share down 1.6 to 6.4% to rank #5 FM breakfast.

“We had our three best books back-to-back for Chrissie, Sam and Browny [all above an 8% share], but today we took a bit of a bath unfortunately, which took some shine off the day from a Melbourne point of view,” Nova Entertainment’s group program director Paul Jackson told Mediaweek.

“The same for smoothfm where we scored a 9% share in the daytime. While that is a very good number, it is not so great by some of our previous results.

“For the rest of the country I was pretty pleased. We have had a pretty good year so far with very few bumps in the road.”

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By James Manning

• GfK Radio Ratings, Survey 3 2018: Highlights + full results

ARN continues to perform well in Brisbane and Adelaide, but it is winning in the biggest radio markets that are key to revenue. On that score the station could be doing no better in Sydney, while the serious rebuild is now in full force in Melbourne. KIIS and WSFM are the top stations overall and in breakfast.

“We have worked very hard on WSFM with a new content director [Scott Muller replacing Charlie Fox] and the station is strengthening. Often it has a slow start to the year, but they have had a more robust start this year and the second half of 2018 looks very encouraging.

“We are very happy with Sydney when you look at the cumes. KIIS now has a stronger 10+ cume than Nova, which it traditionally has not had. We can claim to be the most listened-to station in Sydney.”

In Melbourne, two imports have been given the breakfast shows, Jase and PJ from Auckland for KIIS and Christian O’Connell for Gold 104.3.

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Hawley will replace Lisa Millar, who leaves the bureau chief post in September after three years in the key role. Besser will take over in coming months from Steve Cannane following his stint as Europe correspondent.

Samantha Hawley

Hawley brings to the key bureau chief position extensive experience in daily news, current affairs, international reporting and bureau management. Her previous roles include South-East Asia correspondent, based in Bangkok, and Indonesia bureau chief, based in Jakarta.

In both posts she broke major news stories including reporting on the military coup in Thailand, the disappearance of MH370 and the downing of MH17, the Nepal earthquakes and the 2016 Jakarta terrorist attack.

Hawley found the mother of “Baby Gammy” and provided exclusive coverage of the Thai adoption scandal, broke the story of how some Jakarta mosques were providing platforms to ISIS recruiters and secured the interview with Jakarta governor Ahok, which became a flashpoint for Islamic fundamentalists in Indonesia.

Linton Besser

Besser is currently one of Four Corners’ key investigative reporters, producing news-breaking reports on issues such as irrigation rorts in the Murray-Darling Basin. Last year he became news himself when he and camera operator Louie Eroglu were arrested and briefly detained in Malaysia for asking questions about prime ministerial corruption.

Prior to joining the ABC, Besser’s reporting for Fairfax Media was critical in the exposure of endemic NSW political corruption at the start of the decade and prompted public enquiries and criminal trials.

By James Manning

Seven

With State of Origin pre-game coverage starting at 7pm, Home and Away was down to 565,000 after two nights close to 700,000.

House Rules had a rest in Sydney and Brisbane with 343,000 watching in other markets.

Modern Family then did 272,000 and 180,000 for a repeat ep.

Nine

A Current Affair had the night off with Origin pre-game from 7pm.

The pre-game coverage did 1.12m, which then climbed to 2.35m for the first game of the 2018 series at the MCG. That is bang on what game one did in 2017. Last year game two did 2.38m while the final match was on 2.49m.

Nine had a network primary share of 39.3% and a combined channel share of 46.0%.

The Sydney primary share was 52.4% while in Brisbane it was 56.9%. With the game being played in Melbourne, the share there was 26.1%. Nine also managed a winning primary share in Adelaide, but Seven ranked #1 in Perth.

TEN

New Foxtel signing Adam Gilchrist was talking cricket on The Project with 591,000.

The blue and red teams had to face a memory test last night with a respectable midweek audience of 733,000 for MasterChef up against the State of Origin.

The US drama Instinct then did 357,000.

ABC

Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery was on 591,000.

The audience grew to 643,000 for Gruen.

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering featured Tina Arena. There was no Hard Chat, with Tom Gleeson instead presenting an episode of his newish travel show Go Away, this week giving people reasons to avoid Launceston. The episode did 512,000.

SBS

A repeat of Untold Australia was the channel’s best on 168,000 at 8.30pm.

Earlier in the night Global Junk Food did 123,000.

An episode of Great British Railway Journeys was programmed at 9.30pm against the end of Origin with 120,000 watching.