Nova takes back #1 position in Perth Radio Survey 2 just 0.1% ahead of 96FM

Nova are back to their #1 position for All People 10+ with an increase of 0.7% in GFK Radio Survey 2 of the year. 96FM took charge in Survey 1 with the #1 overall position, however they are now #2 but only by 0.1%.

#1 Overall – Nova
#1 Breakfast – Nova’s Nathan, Nat & Shaun
#1 Drive – Shared by Nova’s Kate, Tim & Joel & Mix 94.5’s Carrie & Tommy and Hughesy & Ed

Nova have dominated in the 10 to 17, 18 to 24 and 25 to 39 year old demographics. Breakfast with Nathan, Nat and Shaun had the biggest increase (2.2%) in Breakfast taking them to #1 with a big lead. The Nova Drive Show continued to be #1 but is now shared with Mix 94.5’s Drive Show with Carrie & Tommy from 3pm to 6pm and Hughesy & Ed from 6pm to 7pm. All round the national shows on the music stations are dominating in Drive. Nova had a 1.5% increase on weekends taking them to #1. Nova are also #1 Females 10+ with 17.2% Share.

96FM increased their 25 to 39 year old audience and had a big increase (2.9%) in 55 to 64 year olds taking them to #1 in this demo as clear leader. Breakfast with Clairsy & Lisa is up 0.6% and have retained #2 position. Mark ‘Smiley’ Pascoe is dominating mornings at #1 with a 1.5% increase and Russell Clarke held #1 in Afternoons. 96FM are also #1 Males 10+ with 14.3% Share.

Mix 94.5 are still sitting in #3 position overall with a 0.2% increase. They had their biggest jump with 40 to 54 year olds with a 3.6% increase taking them to #1. Pete, Matt & Kymba have retained #3 in Breakfast after a slight increase and sitting really close to 96FM. There’s a close battle between the top 3 stations leading way ahead of the next 3 stations.

6PR had a decrease (0.9%) in Share for All People 10+ continuing at #4. 6PR’s biggest overall increase (1.7%) was with 55 to 64 year olds taking them to #2. There were no increases across the week.

92.9 Triple M had an overall increase (0.5%) and moved to #5 from #6. 10 to 17 and 25 to 39 year olds had good increases 2.8% and 1.2% respectively staying at #4. Mornings and Afternoons also had solid increases.

6IX have moved to #6 with a 1% decrease for All People 10+. They had their best increase in 55 to 64 year olds taking them to #2. Evenings was their only increase across the week.

People 10+

Nova – 13.9% ((0.7% Increase)
96FM – 13.8% (0.2% Increase)
Mix 94.5 – 12.4% (0.2% Increase)
6PR – 6.9% (0.9% Decrease)
92.9 Triple M – 6.4% (0.5% Increase)
6IX – 5.0% (1% Decrease)

Breakfast

Nova’s Nathan, Nat & Shaun – 16.6% (2.2% Increase)
96FM’s The Bunch with Clairsy & Lisa – 12% (0.6% Increase)
Mix 94.5’s Pete, Matt & Kymba – 11.5% (0.3% Increase)
6PR’s Gareth Parker – 8.5% (1.5% Decrease)
92.9 Triple M with Basil & Xav – 5.9% (0.1% Decrease)
6IX’s Ian Blackley – 4.4% (0.9% Decrease)

Cume Audience

Nova had the biggest increase of 25,000 weekly listeners dominating with 620,000 weekly listeners. Mix 94.5 also had a great increase of 21,000 listeners taking them to 512,000 weekly listeners. Always good to see weekly radio listenership increasing. Worth pointing out Nova had a 49,000 increase with their Breakfast audience and Mix 94.5 had a 47,000 increase on weekends.

Nova – 620,000 (25,000 Increase)
Mix 94.5 – 512,000 (21,000 Increase)
96FM – 443,000 (13,000 Decrease)
92.9 Triple M – 294,000 (2,000 Increase)
6PR – 201,000 (6,000 Decrease)
6IX – 139,000 (14,000 Decrease)

Perth DAB+ Stations
96FM 80’s have retained the #1 digital station position with the biggest increase of 7,000 listeners. Double J have retained their #2 position.
96FM 80’s (ARN) 58,000 (7,000 Increase)
Double J 42,000 (3,000 Decrease)
Smooth (Nova) 39,000 (5,000 Decrease)
Oldskool 90’s Hits (SCA) 37,000 (3,000 Increase)
RnB Fridays (SCA) 35,000 (6,000 Increase)
MMM Classic Rock (SCA) 33,000 (3,000 Decrease)
Coles Radio (Nova) 26,000 (1,000 Decrease)
Easy 80’s Hits (SCA) 26,000 (3,000 Increase)
Tik Tok Trending 24,000 (No Movement)
Triple J Unearthed 22,000 (1,000 Decrease)

Survey 2, 2022 was conducted by GFK for Commercial Radio Australia from Sunday February 6th to Saturday February 26th & Sunday February 27th to Saturday April 2nd 2022. The WA Border opened on Thursday 3rd March after two years.

Following a 25 year career at SCA, Fairfax, Macquarie Media, ARN and Nine, Marianne Stelmach (pictured below) has launched media representation company Stela Media.