There hasn’t been so much interest in ABC Radio and its ratings for some time.
Interest was awoken in the direction of ABC audio at the broadcaster started when Chris Oliver-Taylor arrived as chief content officer.
Soon after, Oliver-Taylor appointed former Nova programming executive Ben Latimer as head of audio.
Another former commercial radio executive, Triple M head of content Mike Fitzpatrick, then arrived as head of ABC capital city radio network and sport.
ABC Radio started the year with three new breakfast shows in the major metro markets – Perth, Adelaide and Sydney.
See also: ABC head of audio content Ben Latimer ready for GfK report card on programming changes
Why does ABC Radio take part in radio ratings?
The ABC has a brief to make content that reaches a significant number of Australians. Getting an idea of just how many people engage with its content is possible via the GfK radio ratings surveys.
Commercial broadcasters like to know how much of their potential audience is tuning into other stations – commercial and public.
The ABC has five networks taking part in each metro market survey – Local Radio, RN, NewsRadio, Triple J and ABC Classic.
ABC Radio ratings GfK Radio Ratings Survey 1, 2024
ABC Sydney
ABC combined share in Sydney: 14.8%
ABC Sydney 5.4% (6.0%) Cume 572,000 (612,000)
ABC Sydney breakfast Craig Reucassel 7.9% (7.8%) Cume 318,000 (299,000)
Triple J 4.1% (3.6%)
Triple J breakfast Bruce & Concetta 3.8% (2.4%)
Others: 2RN 1.1% (1.0%), ABC NewsRadio 1.2% (2.2%), ABC Classic 3.0% (2.5%)
ABC Sydney’s Craig Reucassel
ABC Melbourne
ABC combined share in Melbourne: 15.2%
ABC Melbourne 6.5% (6.6%) Cume 538,000 (563,000)
ABC Sydney breakfast Sammy J 8.1% (8.2%) Cume 304,000 (332,000)
Triple J 4.3% (4.1%)
Triple J breakfast Bryce & Concetta 3.6% (3.9%)
Others: 3RN 2.2% (2.0%), ABC NewsRadio 1.1% (1.8%), ABC Classic 1.1% (2.1%)
Sammy J hosts local radio Melbourne breakfast
ABC Brisbane
ABC combined share in Brisbane: 14.1%
ABC Brisbane 4.3% (5.3%) Cume 228,000 (250,000)
ABC Brisbane breakfast Craig Zonca and Loretta Ryan 6.1% (7.8%) Cume 128,000 (146,000)
Triple J 5.6% (5.8%)
Triple J breakfast Bryce & Concetta 4.9% (5.4%)
Others: 4RN 1.2% (1.9%), ABC NewsRadio 1.2% (1.2%), ABC Classic 1.8% (1.2%)
Craig Zonca and Loretta Ryan host local radio Brisbane breakfast
ABC Adelaide
ABC combined share in Sydney: 17.4%
ABC Adelaide 6.6% (8.3%) Cume 150,000 (175,000)
ABC Adelaide breakfast Sonya Feldhoff and Jules Schiller 9.5% (11.8%) Cume 91,000 (111,000)
Triple J 5.2% (4.3%)
Triple J breakfast Bryce & Concetta 4.1% (4.7%)
Others: 5RN 1.4% (1.1%), ABC NewsRadio 1.5% (1.6%), ABC Classic 2.7% (2.4%)
ABC Radio Adelaide breakfast hosts Sonya and Jules
ABC Perth
ABC combined share in Perth: 18.0%
ABC Perth 5.6% (6.5%) Cume 201,000 (231,000)
ABC Perth breakfast Mark Gibson 6.6% (8.1%) Cume 106,000 (132,000)
Triple J 7.0% (5.3%)
Triple J breakfast Bryce & Concetta 6.2% (5.1%)
Others: 6RN 0.9% (1.0%), ABC NewsRadio 1.7% (1.2%), ABC Classic 2.8% (2.5%)
Mark Gibson hosts local radio breakfast at ABC Perth
ABC Audio in the Australian Podcast Ranker Top 50
Conversations 5 (-2)
ABC News Daily 9 (+32)
ABC Sport Daily 23 (new)
If You’re Listening 27 (+102)
Dr Karl Podcast 34 (+2)
Late Night Live 37 (-3)
All in the Mind 39 (-1)
What’s That Rash? 46 (-15)
The Party Room 47 (–)
See also: Podcast Ranker February 2024: Cheers to the Happy Hour debut
*Radio Ratings source: GfK Survey 1, 2024. Number in brackets Survey 8, 2023
*Podcast ranking source: Triton Digital Australian Podcast Ranker (Australian titles) February 2024 (Number in brackets – change from January 2024)