Despite rumours that staff are actively seeking new work and co-hosts aren't getting on, the 2DayFM breakfast team have increased ratings for the network for the third straight time in 2018, while triple j again sits at the bottom of the FM ladder.
See the metro ratings figures below. Click on image for larger version
sydney
Reports that co-hosts Em Rusciano and Ed Kavalee aren't speaking off air hasn't stopped the trio (also featuring Grant Denyer) from increasing their previous share by 0.5%, posting a 4.9% score.
The rating sees the station move further away from the bottom of the pack, now occupied by triple j which fell by 0.1% to post an overall share of 4.2%.
Meanwhile, WSFM is now Sydney's most listened-to FM station after posting an overall weekday share of 9.7%, pushing KIIS1065 down to #2 which pulled an overall weekday share of 8.8%.
melbourne
Triple J's poor results for 2018 have unfortunately continued in the Melbourne market following drops in the breakfast, morning, afternoon and evening slots, which has seen its overall weekday share drop by 0.3% to 4.0%.
Thanks to healthy spikes in the breakfast, morning, afternoon and drive slots, Gold 104.3 is now Melbourne's most-listened to FM station, posting an overall weekday share of 10.6%, nudging out 101.9 Fox FM's overall share of 10.5%.
brisbane
Triple J has also dropped down again in the Brisbane market by 0.4% to post an overall weekday share of 6.5%, with the most significant hit coming in the drive slot (down 1.8%).
Meanwhile, two networks have tied for Brisbane's most-listened to station, with 97.3FM and Nova 106.9 both pulling an overall weekday share of 13.0%, well ahead of Hit 105 in second with a score of 11.6%.
perth
It was a mixed bag for triple j in Perth which saw drops in breakfast (down 0.2%) and drive (down 0.9%), but some healthy increases in the morning (up 0.4%) and evening slots (1.3%).
Despite a large drop of 1.4%, Mix 94.5 still managed take out the FM title for Perth with an overall weekday share of 14.2, well ahead of Nova 93.7 which posted an overall score of 12.6%.
adelaide
Excluding a spike of 0.9% in the evening slot, triple j suffered hits in all other slots, resulting in its overall weekday share falling by 0.5% to 5.0%.
Mix 102.3 again dominated its competition as Adelaide's #1 FM station, posting an overall weekday share of 14.8%, comfortably ahead of second-placed 5MMM's 10.9%.
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