At Least Triple J's New Breakfast Team Has Hometown Support In First Ratings For 2017

The first radio ratings for 2017 are in and it's no doubt a big day for triple j as their new breakfast hosts, Ben & Liam are now in the mix since taking over from station favourites, Matt Okine and Alex Dyson.

See how the Adelaide duo fared below, as well as all the other results from today's surveys. 

See the metro ratings figures below. Click on image for larger version.

adelaide

If there's one thing we learnt from this survey, it's that Ben & Liam have a big fan base in their hometown, as the duo pulled out some stunning figures for triple j. 

The boys scored an exceptional share of 8.2; 2.3 points up from the last survey of 2016, helping the station's weekday share jump from 6.0 to 9.5. 

The network pulled in beautiful scores across the board, increasing 4.6 points in the drive slot, 4.5 points in the afternoon slot, 3.7 in evenings and 3.3 in mornings and weekends.

sydney

Ben & Liam pulled out a steady result in the Sydney market, raking in a share of 5.3, the exact figure Matt & Alex scored in their last outing, however the youth network have enjoyed an increase of 1.5 in the afternoon slot to claim a share 7.3.

Elsewhere, KIIS FM's Kyle & Jackie O retained the breakfast crown to kick off the year with a share of 10.5, while Triple M's The Grill Team surged to second in breakfast, thanks to a 2.2 spike and an overall share of 7.8.

melbourne

There wasn't too much for triple j to be disappointed with as far as breakfast is concerned either, as Ben & Liam pulled in a share of 3.9, just 0.1 point down from the last survey of 2016. 

Nova 100 have taken out the bragging rights for FM breakfast with an overall share of 8.1 (up an impressive 1.7 points), while Hamish & Andy have topped FM drive yet again for Fox FM, despite dropping a massive 3.1 points, to claim an overall share of 11.7.

brisbane

Ben & Liam suffered their toughest outing in the Brisbane market, dropping 0.9 points in breakfast to hold a share of 7.1. It wasn't all bad news for triple j though, thanks to some healthy boosts in the evening slot (up 4.4), weekend slot (up 2.3), drive slot (up 2.1) and afternoon slot (up 1.0).

The race to #1 on FM breakfast was extremely tight, but Hit 105 came out the victors with an 11.9 share, toppling Triple M (11.8) and 97.3 FM (11.1). 

Despite this, 97.3 FM pulled in the best figures of all the FM stations, taking in a weekday share of 12.8, well ahead of Triple M, who claimed a share of 11.5.

perth

Though Ben & Liam fell by 0.9 in the breakfast slot for an overall share of 7.8, triple j managed to increase their weekday share by 1.0, thanks to nice boosts in the afternoon and drive slots, a nice turnaround from 2016's final results. 

Kate, Tim & Marty dominated the FM drive slot for Nova 93.7 along with Mix 94.5, who beat out their rivals by just 0.1 points to come in at #1 with an overall share of 14.1.

Mix 94.5 were the winners for the overall weekday share though, claiming a 14.8 share, well ahead of Nova who pulled in a 12.4.

Triple J have claimed to The Music that these ratings have seen the network break its five-city reach record, by reaching 2.079 million listeners per week. These figures have broken triple j's previous record of 2.070 million listeners per week.