The release of the fifth metropolitan radio ratings survey of the year will be delayed by one week to August 31 as a result of stricter lockdown restrictions announced by the NSW Government this week.
 
Commercial Radio Australia said ratings provider GfK had requested additional time to process the data. This comes as a result of a large percentage of GfK’s administration and data processing staff being based in the expanded group of eight Local Government Areas listed as of concern and now subject to harsher lockdown conditions.

In response to Covid lockdowns, changes are expected for the next few radio surveys, with more surveys to be compleeted online.

Commercial Radio Australia says the current lockdowns will have no material impact on metropolitan radio survey five, which is currently underway and will be released as scheduled on Tuesday, August 24.

Newstalk ZB continues to lead the Total New Zealand GfK Survey, up 0.3 for 12.6 overall.

The New Zealand Commercial Radio Industry released the S2 2021 GfK Radio Audience Data into the market today, showing New Zealand radio audiences at an all-time high.
 
More than 3.7 million New Zealanders were listening to radio every week and over 3.5 million of those listen to commercial radio stations.

Mix 106.3 retains its lead in Canberra, gaining 0.7 in the latest GfK Survey in the nations capital.

2CH DAB+ has rebounded in the latest survey, adding 14,000 listeners for a total of 59,000 in what is a much better result for the station.
 
Edge Digital still leads in Sydney despite a drop of 35,000 to 92,000, while ABC Jazz isn’t far behind with 84,000.

The Spin from the stations is beginning to arrive, so keep refreshing for the latest from the stations in what promises to be an interesting day.

Halfway through the year and the Kyle & Jackie O Show still has the biggest numbers in a single market with 675,000 listeners.
 
Ross & Russel are back in second spot with 561,000, while Chrissie Sam & Browny (513,000) are just in front of Sammy J (510,000)

Another strong performance from Kyle & Jackie O as their program heads all breakfast programs in a single market with 639,000 listeners, with Ross & Russel (559,000) also continuing to perform well, despite losing 39,000.
 
But it was the gains of Fox FM, both in breakfast with Fifi Fev & Nick up to 550,000, and the station overall heading the rest with 1.134M listeners that is noticeable in this survey.
 

Hot Tomato has retained its spot at the top of the GfK ratings for the Gold Coast, despite a drop of 2.1 down to 18.5.
 
The station is still a long way in front of second placed 92.5 Triple M (10.2) and Hit 90.9 (9.2), while triple j has dropped 2.8 and are down to 7.7.