Now that the final radio ratings survey results for 2018 have been released, stations will finally wind down for the Christmas break.

After the holiday break, it won't be long before stations are back into survey mode.

The first metro survey for 2019 goes into the field on January 20th and runs until March 2nd. Results will be released on Tuesday March 12th.

The Gold Coast will be in survey from January 27th.

The NZ Radio industry has released survey dates for 2017.

New Zealand changed over to GfK surveys in mid 2015, conducting one survey that year and three in 2016. See those results here.

There will be four surveys this year.

GfK releases results in two areas, NZ Total Market and Major Markets. Cities surveyed are:

Our analysis of Survey 5 results by network and cities.

See the raw figures here and spin cycle here.

 

Networks

Nova Entertainment

In a largely volatile survey which treated FM stations badly, smoothfm was once again the shining success for Nova Entertainment with both their Sydney and Melbourne units gained ground while other FM stations lost it.

The charts below show historical figures for each station and each market. Mouse over the survey number at bottom to highlight the survey, or over the columns to reveal the exact number for each station.

As surveys continue, these charts will be automatically updated, building a database of information to give you a snapshot of the ratings success of each station across a number of surveys.

The charts show all people 10+ back to the beginning of this year.

The results are in and so is the Spin from station Marketing and PR departments.

See it all below, refresh this page to get the latest releases as they are received.

The results for Survey 6 have been released.

The survey was conducted by GfK for Commercial Radio Australia between Sun Jul 12 to Sat Sept 19, 2015, during footy finals season.

Click the charts below to expand. See our analysis here.

Discuss the results on twitter at #radioratings (see the feed at the bottom of this page).

The results for the second last survey of the year are below.

There were more significant falls than rises in Sydney and Melbourne. In Sydney 2GB retained top spot, while K&Y overtook stablemates J&A for the FM breakfast lead. In Mebourne top station 3AW lost share but remained top ahead of ABC774, which closed the gap. 

In Brisbane ABC891 had the biggest fall. In Adelaide Triple J rose well and the new name for SAFM, Hit 107 was used for the first time, with Hit falling fractionally. In Perth, 96fm and 6PR both recorded significant drops.

Last week Kyle and Jackie O teamed up with Channel 7’s Home and Away stars for their first listener event since joining KIIS.
 
Over 100 listeners were given the chance to party with the radio hosts at Sydney’s Ivy Penthouse ahead of survey results out tomorrow which will finally reveal listeners' response to the pair’s station hop announced last year.  
 
Check out all the pics from the exclusive party here.

Opinion from Peter Saxon

The euphoria of having won the business to measure radio audiences in Australia from a 66 year incumbent must be starting to subside for GfK if it hasn’t been well and truly dampened already.

By now reality is setting in. The hours are long, the work is hard. There’ll be a short break for Christmas and then stress levels are likely to rise as the release date for the first survey on 11 March 2014 draws nearer.