2GB dominates Sydney radio as Triple M tanks and ABC Mornings struggles
Talkback network 2GB* is continuing to dominate Sydney radio ratings despite the departure of long-serving host Ray Hadley in December, posting a 13.6 per cent audience share in the third ratings survey of the year.
The station's listener share was ahead of runner-up and FM leader Smooth FM by 1.2 percentage points. 2GB's overall share lifted by 0.8 percentage points, the largest increase of any station during this survey period (March 9 to May 31).
However, the morning slot, which is now hosted by Mark Levy following Hadley's exit, remained unchanged at a 15.5 per cent listener share. Notably, survey time slots do not always correlate precisely with program time slots. This marks a relative slowdown since the previous survey, which posted a 2 percentage point jump.
Levy, a former sports broadcaster, was appointed as the new Mornings host last year when Hadley stepped down after leading Sydney radio ratings for two decades.
Fellow 2GB host Ben Fordham's Breakfast show (5.30-9am) continued to lead the early slot, boosting its audience share by 1.1 percentage points to 16.7 per cent.
This figure beats runner-up station KIIS' Breakfast slot, hosted by Kyle Sandilands and Jackie 'Jackie O' Henderson, by 4.2 percentage points. However, The Kyle & Jackie O Show did enjoy a bump, posting a 12.5 per cent listener share, up from 12.3 per cent following a 1 percentage point decline during the previous survey. It is the No.1 FM show for the 51st ratings survey in a row.
But in Melbourne the show's listener share dropped by 0.7 percentage points, less than two months after Sandilands threatened to pull the show out of Melbourne if its listener share failed to improve.
Triple M suffered the greatest drop of all Sydney stations, losing 1.5 percentage points of its listener share since the previous survey. It's now at 4.9 per cent, putting it slightly ahead of 2UE (4.7 per cent). Its Drive show shed 1.9 percentage points following the departure of Marty Sheargold following a furious backlash to controversial comments he made about the Matildas in February.
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