In the weeks following last month’s radio ratings, the Australian broadcasting landscape changed drastically in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
In the latest ratings, which, as reported by Radio Today, will be the last for a while due to the global pandemic, KIIS FM's Kyle & Jackie O hold onto their spot as Sydney's #1 FM breakfast team, while triple j lands mixed results across the country.
Sydney
Smoothfm 95.3 was the highest rating FM station in Sydney with a 9% market share, up 0.9% on last period, while triple j took a big hit in the region, dropping 1.4% to sit at 5.5%. Triple J breakfast team Sally & Erica have recorded their second drop in Sydney (down 0.6%), while the station's Drive and Evening shows have experienced big decreases, dropping 2.5% and 2.4% respectively.
As expected, KIIS FM's Kyle & Jackie O are still Sydney's #1 FM breakfast team, with a market share of 10.2% (up 0.3%), putting them further ahead of their nearest competitor, WSFM's breakfast team, Jonesy & Amanda, who hold steady at 9.1%.
After a significant jump last ratings, Nova's breakfast show has dropped 0.3% to sit at 7.7% market share, while Triple M's breakfast show continues its rise, moving up 0.5% to sit at 6% market share.
Melbourne
Much like last month's ratings, triple j fared better in Melbourne. Sally & Erica are up 1% (7% market share), while the youth broadcaster's Drive is up 1.2% (7.4% market share) and Evenings experienced a significant bump of 1.4% (6.3% market share). Despite a huge jump last ratings of 3.4%, triple j's weekend share has dropped 0.5% (7.1% market share).
Gold FM's Christian O’Connell breakfast show holds onto its #1 FM title and enjoys a bump of 0.2% (9.4% market share), while Nova's Chrissy, Sam & Browny falls 0.5% (7.8% market share) and Triple M's breakfast show sees a decrease of 0.6% to land at 5.2% market share.
Brisbane
Triple J continues to drop in Brisbane with Breakfast dipping 0.4% to make up 7% market share, Mornings down 1.4% (7.5% market share), Afternoons at 9.1% market share (0.2% drop), Drive at 8.8% market share (0.8% drop), Evenings at 6.5% market share (1.6% drop) and its weekend share dropping 2% to sit at a 9% market share.
97.3 FM’s breakfast line-up, Robin, Terry & Bob, are finding their groove again rising 0.3% after a drop last month to take a market share of 10.4%, while Triple M experiences a significant drop of 1.9% to its breakfast show (9.5% market share) as Hit105 receives a bump of 0.4% to bring it to 11.8% market share (holding onto the title of #1 FM breakfast show) and Nova's show with Ash, Kip, Luttsy & Susie drops 0.8% (10.2% market share).
Perth
Triple J experienced an overall bump of 0.2% in Perth, bringing its market share to 10%, with all areas except its Morning and weekend programming going up in the ratings, which reported a dip of 0.5% and 1.7% respectively. Sally & Erica increased their market share to 10% (up 1.4%), while Afternoons is at 10.5% (up 0.7%), Drive is at 11.4% (up 1%) and Evenings experiences a huge bump of 3% for a market share of 10.1%.
Despite dipping 2%, Nova's breakfast show with Nathan, Nat & Shaun remains Perth's most popular breakfast program at 13.5% market share. After a huge loss of 3.9% last ratings, Mix FM's breakfast show has increased by 1.9% (10.6% market share), while 96FM dropped 2.4% (10.9% market share) and HIT92.9 increased 0.5% (10.1% market share).
Adelaide
Mix FM's Jodie & Soda remain #1 in the Adelaide FM breakfast market, despite a drop of 1% (10.6% market share), while Nova's new breakfast program with former triple j hosts Ben & Liam hold onto #2 with a 9.7% market share, dropping 0.2% for the second ratings in a row. After a big hit last ratings, Triple M bounces back, increasing 2.3% for 8.9% market share.
Triple J holds steady for the most part in Adelaide but reports a huge increase of 2.6% with Drive (10.8% market share), with a 0.3% increase for Breakfast (total 7.4%) and 0.4% increase for Evenings (total 4.9%), while Mornings and Weekends are down 0.3% and 1.1% respectively.
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