#1FM STATIONS & BREAKFAST SHOWS IN

SYDNEY, BRISBANE & ADELAIDE

KIIS 1065 - SYDNEY’S#1FM STATION, BREAKFAST & DRIVE

WS FM101.7 – SYDNEY’S #2FM BREAKFAST

TuesdayDecember 13, 2016 – The final radio ratings results for the year were announced for survey 8 today and Australian Radio Network (ARN) again take the crown for the most popular FM Breakfast shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide, along with growth in almost all other markets.

Sydney

  • #1FM Station – KIIS 1065
  • #1FM Breakfast - KIIS 1065’s Kyle & Jackie O – 10.5% share
  • #1FM Drive – KIIS 1065’s Hughesy & Kate – 9.5% share
  • #2FM Breakfast WSFM101.7’s Jonesy & Amanda – up 1.7% to 8.7% share
  • #3FM station – WSFM101.7 – up 1.4% to 8.3% share

Melbourne

  • GOLD 104.3 – up 0.6% to 8.6% share
  • KIIS 101.1 – up 0.2% to 6.0% share
  • GOLD 104.3’s Breakfast Jo & Lehmo up 0.7% to 6.3%
  • KIIS 101.1’s Breakfast Matt & Meshel up 0.3% to 6.1%

Brisbane

  • #1 station overall – 97.3FM – 13.7% share
  • #1 Breakfast overall – 97.3FM’s Breakfast – 13.1% share
  • 97.3FM’s Drive – Hughesy & Kate up 0.9% to 13.4% share
  • #1 commercial AM – 4KQ – 8.8% share
  • #1 commercial AM Breakfast - 4KQ’sLaurel, Gary & Mark up 0.6% to 10% share

Adelaide

  • #1 station overall – Mix 102.3 – 12.9% share
  • #1FM Breakfast – Jodie & Soda– 11.2% share

Perth

  • 96FM on 6.9% share
  • 96FM’s Breakfast Carmen & Fitzi on 6.1% share
  • Increase in total breakfast audience by 3,000 listeners

ARN’s National Content Director Duncan Campbell says: “It’s a fantastic way to end the year, with Sydney’s KIIS 1065 taking out the #1FM spot across the trifecta of station, Breakfast and Drive. Coupled with WSFM’s Jonesy & Amanda in second spot for FM Breakfast, we’re obviously very happy to be dominating the Sydney market.

“Melbourne continues to be a very close and highly competitive market and to see nothing but growth across both our stations KIIS 101.1 and GOLD 104.3 and Breakfast shows Matt & Meshel and Jo & Lehmo is a great finish to 2016.

“Brisbane’s 97.3FM ends the year back where it began as #1 overall for station and Breakfast and Mix 102.3 continues to dominate in Adelaide, taking out #1 station and #1FM Breakfast with Jodie & Soda yet again.

“A huge thank you to all our hardworking teams across the country, we’re looking forward to continuing this momentum together in 2017.”

ARN’s CEO Tony Kendall says:“We’ve had a strong focus on our strategy for the network and it’s a great position to finish the year with some of the most popular radio brands in the country, across both on air and digital, providing the best industry platform to deliver solutions for advertisers.

“These results are particularly outstanding in Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide and, as we head into 2017, we’re in a great position to capitalise on this success and leverage our investment to drive growth in Melbourne and Perth, particularly with established Breakfast shows and a clear strategy for each station.”

ABOUT ARN

ARN is one of the leading broadcasters in the country with ownership or investments in 12 radio stations nationwide. Its network brands KIIS and Pure Gold, along with iHeartRadio and The Edge, entertain and influence over four million listeners across Australia.

Its KIIS network consists of Sydney’s #1FM KIIS 1065 with Kyle & Jackie O , KIIS 101.1 in Melbourne with Matt & Meshel , Adelaide’s Mix102.3 with Jodie & Soda , Brisbane’s 97.3FM with Bianca, Terry & Bob and Perth’s 96FM with Carmen & Fitzi. All shows nationally have Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes & Kate Langbroek in Drive.

Its Pure Gold network consists of Sydney’s WS FM101.7 with Jonesy & Amanda, Melbourne’s GOLD104.3 with Jo & Lehmo, Brisbane’s 4KQ with Laurel, Gary & Mark and Adelaide’s Cruise 1323 with John Dean.

The Edge is available on FM as The Edge 96.ONE in Sydney and nationally via iHeartRadio and DAB+. The Edge Breakfast hosts are Mike E & Emma.

ARN also launched iHeartRadio, the world’s fastest growing digital service, to the Australian market in 2013 and the platform has had over 835,000 downloads. iHeartRadio is a free, all-in-one radio, music streaming, entertainment and live events platform. In addition to being able to access their favourite music from around the globe, audiences can access their favourite stations in Australia from ARN, the ABC, SBS and Fairfax, as well as stations from New Zealand and the USA.

ARN is an APN News & Media company.

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Note to editors:

Source: GfK, Survey #7, 2016. Results released Tuesday December 13, 2016. Survey Period: Sun Sep 25 to Sat Dec 3.

* All figures derived from Mon-Sun 5.30am-12am Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane unless otherwise stated. Breakfast 6am-9am, Mon-Fri. Drive 4pm-7pm, Mon-Fri.