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The Ratings Are In - Who Leads Radio For 2019 So Far?

The third ratings for the year are here.

Just like that it's June and time for the third round of radio ratings for 2019. Check out the metro figures below and click on the images for a larger version. See the April 2019 ratings here.

Sydney

KIIS FM's Kyle & Jackie O hold the top spot in the Sydney FM breakfast show ratings with 11.8% (up 0.4%), followed by WSFM's Jonesy & Amanda at 8.8% (up 0.9%). Triple J's breakfast program with Ben & Liam is down 1% from the last ratings results, now coming in with 3.4% of the Sydney market share. 

2GB's successful run continues across the board, with the station #1 across Sydney with 15.3% of the market (up 0.8%), with KIIS at 10% (up 0.1%), Smooth FM at 9.4% (remaining steady), WSFM at 8% (up 0.3%) and Triple M at 5.6% (up 0.8%). 

Triple J falls from 4.6% to 3.8%, representing a loss of 0.8% of the market share. Loss is reflected across all triple j Sydney programs except in the evening program which sees a growth of 0.1%, taking it to 4.6%. 

Melbourne

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Fox FM and Smooth FM have tie at 8.9% for most popular Melbourne FM breakfast programs, with Fox up 0.2% and Smooth down 0.6%. Triple J's breakfast program continues its loss in Melbourne, down to 5.2% from 5.6%. 

Smooth FM continues its hold as the most popular overall station in Melbourne at 10% of the share (down 0.7%), with Gold FM second with 9.9% (down 0.1%). Triple J's drive and evening programs both see a growth of 0.2% each, with drive scoring 5.9% and evening 3.5%.

Brisbane

Triple J sees substantial growth across nearly all programs in the Brisbane sector, which sees its market share grow from 7.2% to 8.5%, up 1.3% on the last ratings. Breakfast is at 8% (1.1%), morning at 8.2% (up 1.5%), afternoon at 9.2% (up 1.5%) and drive at 9.2% (up 1.4%), with evening the only program to make a loss (down 0.2%). 

Nova FM (11.7%) takes over from Triple M (10.5%) as the most popular station in Brisbane, with Hit FM coming in second with 11.6% market share. This is reflected in both stations' breakfast figures with Nova at 11.3% and Hit at 11%.

Adelaide

Mix 102.3 remains the SA capital's #1 FM station despite a drop of 1.6%, seeing it take 12.4% of the market share. Second placed ABC comes in with 10.8% (up 0.6%), while FIVEaa picks up 1.3% to land at 10.6% and Nova FM grows 0.2% to 10.3%. 

Triple J grows its market share to 7.8% (up 0.4%), while Adelaide locals Ben & Liam and their breakfast program seeing a growth of 0.8%, taking them to 7.5%. 

Perth

Perth's Mix FM holds onto its top spot with 14.7% (down 1.1%), with Nova FM in second place at 12.9% (up 0.6%) and triple j in third with 10.6% (down 0.7%). The winning breakfast program belongs to Nova FM at 13.1% (down 0.5%) with Mix FM's coming in with 12.9% (down 1.9%). 

Triple J experiences losses across all programs, most significantly in the afternoon slot, which is down 0.9%. The station remains in third position in Perth with a 10.6% share.