Four stations share a 6.9 share

Peter Saxon gathers the thoughts of Duncan Campbell, Paul Jackson and Craig Bruce.

It’s a curious thing. Up until now, Sydney was the frontline of radio wars in Australia. Not that it’s without some skirmishes. But following the major upheaval of Kyle and Jackie O defecting to KIIS it all seems to have settled down. K & J have taken most of it’s listeners with them from 2Day-FM TO KIIS, leaving the former with the audience share that Mix 106.5 used to have – which is not much.

We all know the Australian Radio Network ARN but you may be less than familiar with the Arabian Radio Network ARN based in Dubai which has a large contingent of Australia expats working in key positions.
 
In any case, the two ARNs got together last week to help facilitate the Kyle and Jackie O tour of Dubai.
 

Having bought out Clear Channel’s half share in ARN earlier this year, APN revealed the bigger picture to the Macquarie Australia Conference last Friday.

The presentation from CEO, Michael Miller showed that in a nine month period since August 2013 the company went from just 30% of its major assets fully owned to 75% now.

While publishing still represents 44% of the company’s revenue, Radio is not far behind on 42% and gaining.

APN has released the results from its recent AGM, showing positive growth for the company, particularly in relation to its radio interests. 

Along with the release of its statistics today, ARN's iHeartRadio has also announced the launch of its new music news station. It showcases exclusive artist interviews, songs, PR facts, and exclusive live performances from artists making the news that week, powered by Noise11.com.
 

iHeartRadio celebrates nine months in Australia this month, and the worldwide music streaming platform is going from strength to strength, as the official statistics, just released today, show.

Is it about cume or share?

War of words between major networks escalates

So, let’s see if we can get this straight.

Duncan at ARN says that, based on shares, his network owns the number one FM station in each of the four metro markets where his organisation operates.

Over at Nova Entertainment, Paul reckons Nova is the clear number one network based on cumes from all five metro markets surveyed.

The latest from the station PR departments.

See the results here and our analysis here.

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Ed Sheeran is set to be the second in the the iHeartRadio Live shows Mix101.1 and KIIS 1065 are bringing to Australia.
 
Following on from Kylie Minogue, set to perform at Trak Lounge in Melbourne this weekend for the new Live series, Ed Sheeran will put on his multiply show, including songs from his new album plus some of his well-known hits.