{"id":625493,"date":"2026-04-23T10:19:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/625493\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:19:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:19:20","slug":"melbourne-radio-ratings-2026-survey-2-3aw-holds-melbourne-crown-as-gold-climbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/625493\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne Radio Ratings 2026 Survey 2: 3AW holds Melbourne crown as Gold climbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediaweek.com.au%2Fmelbourne-radio-ratings-2026-survey-2-3aw-holds-melbourne-crown-as-gold-climbs%2F&amp;title=Melbourne+Radio+Ratings+2026+Survey+2%3A+3AW+holds+Melbourne+crown+as+Gold+climbs', 'linkedInShare', 'width=626,height=436'); return false;\" title=\"Share on LinkedIn\"><\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p><\/a> <a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Melbourne Radio Ratings 2026 Survey 2: 3AW holds Melbourne crown as Gold climbs -&amp;url=https:\/\/www.mediaweek.com.au\/melbourne-radio-ratings-2026-survey-2-3aw-holds-melbourne-crown-as-gold-climbs\/', 'twitterShare', 'width=626,height=436'); return false;\" title=\"Tweet This Post\"><\/p>\n<p>Tweet<\/p>\n<p><\/a> <a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.mediaweek.com.au\/melbourne-radio-ratings-2026-survey-2-3aw-holds-melbourne-crown-as-gold-climbs\/&amp;t=Melbourne Radio Ratings 2026 Survey 2: 3AW holds Melbourne crown as Gold climbs', 'facebookShare', 'width=626,height=436'); return false;\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"><\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaweek.com.au\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#87b8f4f2e5ede2e4f3bacae2ebe5e8f2f5e9e2a7d5e6e3eee8a7d5e6f3eee9e0f4a7b5b7b5b1a7d4f2f5f1e2fea7b5bda7b4c6d0a7efe8ebe3f4a7cae2ebe5e8f2f5e9e2a7e4f5e8f0e9a7e6f4a7c0e8ebe3a7e4ebeeeae5f4a1e6eaf7bcc5c8c3debacea7e1e8f2e9e3a7f3efeef4a7e6f5f3eee4ebe2a7eee9f3e2f5e2f4f3eee9e0a7e6e9e3a7f3efe8f2e0eff3a7e8e1a7f4efe6f5eee9e0a7eef3a7f0eef3efa7fee8f2a9a7c4efe2e4eca7eef3a7e8f2f3bda7eff3f3f7f4bda8a8f0f0f0a9eae2e3eee6f0e2e2eca9e4e8eaa9e6f2a8eae2ebe5e8f2f5e9e2aaf5e6e3eee8aaf5e6f3eee9e0f4aab5b7b5b1aaf4f2f5f1e2feaab5aab4e6f0aaefe8ebe3f4aaeae2ebe5e8f2f5e9e2aae4f5e8f0e9aae6f4aae0e8ebe3aae4ebeeeae5f4a8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Email<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Melbourne Radio Ratings<br \/>GfK Survey 2 2026<br \/>Survey Period: Sun 8 February to Sat 4 April 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Biggest Movers:<br \/>UP: 105.1 Triple M +0.6<br \/>DOWN: ABC Mel -1.5<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images-r2.thebrag.com\/mw\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GfK_RADIO-360_Radio-Ratings-Report-Melbourne_Survey-2-2026_page2-scaled.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268505\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GfK_RADIO-360_Radio-Ratings-Report-Melbourne_Survey-2-2026_page2-1024x791.png\" alt=\"Melbourne Radio Ratings Survey 2, 2026. [click to expand.]\" width=\"1000\" height=\"772\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-268505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melbourne Radio Ratings Survey 2, 2026. [click to expand.]<\/p>\n<p>In Melbourne, Gold\u2019s breakfast performance told a more stable story, with Christian O\u2019Connell holding a 10.5% share, down just 0.1 points \u2013 a sharp contrast to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaweek.com.au\/sydney-radio-ratings-2026-survey-2-post-kyle-jackie-o-kiis-holds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his softer showing in Sydney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A long-established presence in the market after six years on air, O\u2019Connell continues to benefit from familiarity with local audiences, even as his Sydney expansion remains a work in progress.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Fox FM\u2019s Fifi, Fev and Nick gained ground, rising to 9.6% from 8.8% last survey, while KIIS FM posted a modest lift from 5.1% to 5.4%, suggesting some audience return following earlier disruption linked to the networked rollout of The Kyle and Jackie O Show into the city.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaweek.com.au\/sydney-radio-ratings-2026-survey-2-post-kyle-jackie-o-kiis-holds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read more: Radio ratings survey 2: Sydney<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaweek.com.au\/brisbane-radio-ratings-2026-survey-2-triple-m-extends-brisbane-lead\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read more: Radio ratings survey 2: Brisbane<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3AW 14.2% (13.8%)<br \/>Cume: 721,000 (+16,000)<br \/>Breakfast: 18.9% (18.9%)<\/p>\n<p>Gold 104.3 13% (12.5%)<br \/>Cume: 1,265,000 (+21,000)<br \/>Breakfast: 10.5% (10.6%)<\/p>\n<p>smoothfm 91.5 9.9% (9.4%)<br \/>Cume: 1,169,000 (+41,000)<br \/>Breakfast: 6.5% (6.8%)<\/p>\n<p>101.9 Fox FM 8.9% (8.6%)<br \/>Cume: 1,219,000 (+44,000)<br \/>Breakfast: 9.6% (8.8%)<\/p>\n<p>Nova 100 8.4% (8.7%)<br \/>Cume: 1,183,000 (-32,000)<br \/>Breakfast: 10.3% (11.1%)<\/p>\n<p>105.1 Triple M 7.1% (6.5%)<br \/>Cume: 796,000 (+14,000)<br \/>Breakfast: 7.5% (6.8%)<\/p>\n<p>KIIS 1011 5.2% (5.1%)<br \/>Cume: 966,000 (+86,000)<br \/>Breakfast: 5.4% (5.1%)<\/p>\n<p>ABC Mel 3.9% (5.4%)<br \/>Cume: 407,000 (-59,000)<br \/>Breakfast: 5% (6.6%)<\/p>\n<p>3Jjj 3.6% (3.6%)<br \/>Cume: 557,000 (-44,000)<br \/>Breakfast: 4.1% (3.1%)<\/p>\n<p>SEN 1116 3.1% (2.7%)<br \/>Cume: 351,000 (+19,000)<br \/>Breakfast: 4.2% (4%)<\/p>\n<p>Magic 1278 1.9% (1.6%)<br \/>Cume: 169,000 (-9,000)<br \/>Breakfast: 1.3% (1%)<\/p>\n<p>ABC Classic 1.6% (1.7%)<br \/>Cume: 207,000 (-2,000)<br \/>Breakfast: 1.6% (1.5%)<\/p>\n<p>ABC Radio National 1.6% (1.2%)<br \/>Cume: 132,000 (+2,000)<br \/>Breakfast: 2.4% (2.4%)<\/p>\n<p>ABC NewsRadio 1.3% (1.2%)<br \/>Cume: 270,000 (+5,000)<br \/>Breakfast: 1.7% (1.9%)<\/p>\n<p>3Mp 1377 1.2% (1.6%)<br \/>Cume: 173,000 (+7,000)<br \/>Breakfast: 0.9% (1%)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaweek.com.au\/subscribe-morning-report\/&#039;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keep on top of the most important media, marketing, and agency news each day with the\u00a0Mediaweek\u00a0Morning Report\u00a0\u2013 delivered for free every morning to your inbox.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Share Tweet Share Email Melbourne Radio RatingsGfK Survey 2 2026Survey Period: Sun 8 February to Sat 4 April&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,271971,136],"class_list":["post-625493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-melbourne-radio-ratings","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}