Day: July 17, 2024

ABC sets new podcast record in June

The ABC has a record number of podcasts in the latest Australian podcast ranker, featuring more titles in the top 200 than any other publisher.

ABC News Top Stories is the No.3 podcast in Australia based on results from the Triton Podcast ranker for June, while Conversations with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski climbed two spots into the No.6 spot. Conversations drew an additional +54k listeners in June, its highest result in four months. Audiences continue to turn to ABC News for trusted coverage, with ABC News Daily hosted by Samantha Hawley sitting at No.12.

The ABC has more podcasts in the ranker than ever before with 34 titles in the top 200.

June was a big month for some of the ABC’s premium titles, with the Dr Karl Podcast delivering its highest audience on record (144K) while Big Ideas (+14 ranks) and Ladies We Need to Talk (+11 ranks) achieved record high rankings.

Less than two weeks out from the 2024 Paris Olympics, the ABC also has the No.1 sports podcast in Australia with ABC Sport Daily. The podcast will play a key role in the ABC’s Olympic coverage, dissecting the biggest stories each day out of Paris on ABC Listen.

The ABC has Australian audiences covered throughout the Games, with Bruce McAvaney leading the ABC radio broadcast across various ABC capital city and regional stations from 26 July while Roy & HG will analyse the big, small and silly as only they can. Their Paris 2024 show, Roy & HG: People, Medals and Cheese airs across ABC Radio and as a podcast on ABC listen.

Late Night Live recorded its highest ever result as host Phillip Adams was farewelled after 33 years. LNL jumped up +19k listeners and +14 ranks. The results coincide with another big week on the program as Walkley award winning journalist David Marr starts his tenure as LNL host.

Not Stupid, the podcast from Julia Baird and Jeremy Fernandez which launched in May has already featured in the top 200 in June at No.109.

Head of Audio Content Ben Latimer said: “I’m delighted that the ABC was one of only three publishers to grow in the latest podcast ranking. We’ve seen again in these results that audiences continue to turn to the ABC for trusted news and expert sports coverage and analysis, while Conversations turned in another superb result, its best since early this year.”

LiSTNR IS AUSTRALIA’S NO.1 SALES REPRESENTATION NETWORK FOR A RECORD 22 TIMES

– Hamish & Andy remains Australia’s no.1 podcast –

– It’s A Lot with Abbie Chatfield celebrates largest audience ever –

LiSTNR is Australia’s no. 1 sales representation podcast network nationally^ for the 22nd time, reaching more monthly listeners^ than its competitors in June as per the Australian Podcast Ranker, with Hamish & Andy remaining in first place as Australia’s favourite podcast*.

One of Australia’s most prominent podcasters, Abbie Chatfield celebrated the largest monthly audience since launching It’s A Lot with Abbie Chatfield in 2019, with 315,587*monthly listeners.

Alongside Abbie Chatfield, LiSTNR’s sport focused podcasts led the charge with strong audience growth, including Triple M Footy AFL (up three places to 169,861 monthly listeners*), The Rush Hour with JB & Billy (up six places to 129,970 monthly listeners*) and Triple M Rocks Footy NRL, which was up seven places with 75,762 monthly listeners*, with Ben and Harry making their debut on the All Australian Podcast Ranker.

For the money-minded audience, Motley Fool Money jumped eight places to 54,166 monthly listeners* in June.

Popular podcasts in the top 20 included Hamish & Andy, which again claimed the number one comedy podcast, It’s A Lot with Abbie Chatfield, Crime Junkie, 7am with Schwartz Media and Happy Hour with Lucy & Nikki.

Overall, LiSTNR’s sales representation network had 63 podcasts in the Top 200 Australian Podcast Ranker* in June, and 38 titles in the All Australian Top 200.

LiSTNR’s owned and operated titles that grew their monthly listeners^^ year-on-year included Darling, Shine!, KICPOD, and CommSec Market Update.

“As LiSTNR continues to be the leading sales representation network, it’s great to see the LiSTNR sales team increasing its podcast revenue across June to finish +25% year-on-year,” Executive Head of LiSTNR Podcasts, Grant Tothill, said.

“For Hamish & Andy to continue as Australia’s favourite podcast, and for Abbie to achieve her best monthly audience, is a real credit not only to Hamish and Andy and Abbie, but also their respective teams.

“Podcasting continues to be a dynamic industry and it’s important to develop new podcast talent. So, to see Ben and Harry McKay making it into the Top 200 All Australian Ranker is just reward for the team and for them,” concluded Tothill.

Sources: *Australian Podcast Ranker Top 200 Podcasts – June 2024, ^Australian Podcast Ranker – Top Sales Representatives – June 2024, ^^ LiSTNR owned and operated published podcast titles, ** All Australian Podcast Ranker – June 2024

POSITION: Book Keeper, 3MDR 97.1fm, Upwey South VIC

3MDR 97.1fm is a not for profit community radio station licenced to serve the communities of the Mountain Districts RA1 licence area, covering the shires of Cardinia, Yarra Ranges and Knox.

Since 1985, community radio 3MDR 97.1FM has been at the heart of our community. Founded by locals in response to the 1983 Ash Wednesday bushfires, 3MDR brings people together – through radio, online platforms and events – so that our community can continue to connect and thrive together.

We are looking for a bookkeeper to join our team. Tasks include managing financial records, processing transactions, and maintaining accurate accounts.

We are looking for someone local to the Dandenong Ranges who is familiar with community organisations to support the station’s operations by ensuring fiscal responsibility and transparency. This is mostly a remote position.

Bring your attention to detail and passion for community service to contribute to our mission of broadcasting excellence.

Skills required: Proficiency with Quickbooks

Hours per week and hourly rate: $35/hr for average two hours per week.

Please send a cover letter and CV to secretary@3mdr.com by 31st July.

POSITION: General Manager, National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters’ Council, Melbourne VIC

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  • Exciting new role reporting directly to Board
  • Part-time: (30.4 hours per week, worked over 4-5 days per week on set hours per day to be agreed)
  • Pay rate: SCHADS SACS Level 7 – $58.23 per hour (+superannuation)
  • Melbourne based

ABOUT NEMBC

NEMBC promotes and develops ethnic community broadcasting in Australia and is the peak organisation representing ethnic community broadcasters across Australia. More information about NEMBC can be found at nembc.org.au.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This role is the Senior Leadership role for NEMBC and is responsible for the people, operational, compliance, fundraising and financial management of the organisation to ensure NEMBC’s growth and sustainability. Reporting directly to the Board the role works closely with the Board to implement the Strategic Plan.

ABOUT THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

You will have a proven track record in senior leadership within a peak body or a not-for-profit community-focused or member-based organisation with proven achievements in implementing strategic plans, engaging stakeholders and financial management. A passion for community broadcasting, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively in a diverse environment are essential.

MORE INFORMATION AND HOW TO APPLY

To apply to join NEMBC in this critical role and make a significant impact on multicultural representation in Australian media, please email sally.basser@nfpsuccess.com.au

For a confidential discussion or more information please feel welcome to email sally.basser@nfpsuccess.com.au or call anytime, including evenings or weekends, on 0488 667 075.

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AUSTRALIAN PODCAST RANKER – JUNE

The Australian Podcast Ranker has been released by Commercial Radio and Audio (CRA) and Triton Digital. Below are the top five charts for June. The complete charts can be viewed here.

Australian Podcast Ranker top five podcasts June 2024
Podcast Producer Monthly Listeners
1 Hamish & Andy LiSTNR (SCA) 848,612
2 Casefile True Crime Audioboom 842,060
3 ABC News Top Stories Australian Broadcasting Corporation 586,919
4 Mamamia Out loud Mamamia 498,046
5 Bronwyn News Corp Australia 496,544

 

Australian Podcast Ranker top five genres June 2024
     Genre Monthly Listeners
1 Society & Culture 4,491,611
2 True Crime 4,263,561
3 News 3,596,741
4 Sports 3,316,842
5 Comedy 3,278,610

 

Australian Podcast Ranker top five podcast publishers June 2024
     Publisher Monthly Listeners
1 ARN/iHeart 4,483,075
2 LiSTNR (SCA) 3,316,333
3 Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2,489,656
4 Audioboom 2,088,948
5 SiriusXM Podcast Network 1,894,460

 

Top five sales representatives by monthly listeners June 2024
    Sales representatives Publishers represented Listeners
1 LiSTNR (SCA) LiSTNR (SCA), Schwartz Media, SiriusXM Podcast Network, audiochuck, Wondery, DM Podcasts, NBCUniversal News Group 6,790,489
2 ARN/iHeart ARN, iHeartMedia, Audioboom, AdLarge Media, Sport Social Podcast Network, The Investors Podcast Network, All Ears English, Sony Music, Clubby Sports, NZME, TED, The Athletic, Johns Media 6,568,373
3 NOVA Entertainment NOVA Entertainment, News Corp Australia,  Podshape 2,627,290
4 News Corp Australia News Corp Australia 1,889,871
5 Nine Nine Radio / Nine Publishing 1,374,813

About the Australian Podcast Ranker
The Australian Podcast Ranker is a monthly snapshot of the top 200 podcasts listened to by Australians, the top 200 Australian podcasts, the 20 biggest publishers and the 20 most successful podcast sales representatives.
The Australian Podcast Ranker is an industry initiative commissioned by CRA and published by Triton Digital. Results comply with IAB Podcast Measurement Technical Guidelines.

RESILIENT RADIO BOUNCES BACK IN SECOND QUARTER

Australian commercial radio is proving its resilience, with the metro ad revenue increasing in the second quarter of 2024, according to new figures released by Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA) which for the first time include both Broadcast Radio and Digital Audio ad revenue.

Total metro ad revenue (broadcast plus digital) in Q2 2024 was up 2.6% to $200.7 million, compared to the same time last year. Q2 2024 Metro revenue broadcast only was $178.172 million, up 0.1% on Q2 2023, while digital audio revenue increased by 27.1%.

Jo Dick, CRA chief commercial officer, said the results were extremely positive after a challenging start to 2024.

“Market conditions are tough right now – but radio is once again showing that it is resilient, reliable, and the best bang-for-buck when advertising budgets are tight.

“We are seeing incredibly strong growth for digital audio ad revenue, up 27.1% in Q2 2024 – which really highlights that one of radio’s greatest strengths is adapting with changing listening habits and embracing new technologies.

“The data also shows us that for the first six months of 2024 total radio ad revenue, including both broadcast and digital, remains steady, up 0.2% on the first half of 2023,” said Ms Dick.

The quarterly broadcast radio ad revenue figures were compiled by media data analytics company Milton Data for CRA.

CRA has previously only released metro ad revenue figures for Broadcast Radio, not Digital Audio. CRA digital audio ad revenue figures are included in the Australian Online Advertising Expenditure Report (OAER), compiled by PwC and released by IAB Australia.