Jane Kennedy’s departure from Triple M’s Kennedy Molloy was the last piece in the programming puzzle to fall into place as Survey 1 began for 2021.
 
After a year of disruption to the GfK survey schedule, the metro and major regional centres of Newcastle, Gold Coast/Tweed Heads and Canberra will all be in survey by the middle of February.

The Australian commercial radio industry reported an improvement in metropolitan advertising revenue to $168.525 million in the December quarter, following the re-opening of Victoria and a slight improvement in business conditions.
 

The Australian metropolitan commercial radio audience grew by 2% to nearly 11.1 million listeners in 2020, in a year dominated by COVID-19 which saw the number of people listening at home jump by eight per cent to 6.4 million.
 
Commercial Radio Australia’s annual listening summary, based on an average of the five official GfK radio surveys conducted in 2020, shows radio’s cumulative audience reached a record high and has climbed by 10% over the past five years.
 

RSN 927 is re-joining the GfK Radio Survey Ratings in 2021, after a 17-year absence.

The commercial radio industry has commissioned GfK to undertake a fourth annual summer listening survey to examine how consumers engage with media and radio over the holiday season.
 
The survey will cover consumers in both metropolitan and regional Australia and will look into how and why audiences stay connected over the warmer months.
 

It's the final chance for the stations to put their spin on 2020.

Check out our Analysis, DAB+ results, Raw Results and Cumes

NATIONAL

Double J has jumped to the top of the DAB+ stations nationally for the final survey of 2020, just in front of Coles Radio.
 
The performance of 2CH DAB+ as Sydney’s top DAB+ station, while noteworthy, still means a loss of audience, down from 270,000 in the last survey to 101,000. 

Research conducted by GfK in early 2020 has provided an insight into where, how and why listeners turn to radio during summer.
 
The survey found that radio played an important role in keeping Australians informed during the bushfire emergency last summer with radio stations quick to react, providing time-critical news to those directly affected, as well as the millions of concerned Australians eager to stay updated on the rapidly changing situation.
 

3AW’s Ross & Russel consolidated their position at the top of the national breakfast shows with an increase of 79,000 listeners in Survey 7.
 
Kyle & Jackie O from KIIS Sydney are still 2^nd with 585,000 listeners followed by Sammy J from ABC Radio Melbourne.