{"id":2406,"date":"2026-03-19T20:23:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T09:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=2406"},"modified":"2026-03-19T20:23:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T09:23:48","slug":"3aw-continues-reign-as-melbournes-no-1-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/3aw-continues-reign-as-melbournes-no-1-station\/","title":{"rendered":"3AW Continues Reign as Melbourne\u2019s No.1 Station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>3AW has decisively cemented its status as Melbourne\u2019s premier radio destination, yet again proving it is the undisputed leader in the market.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GfK Survey 1 results, released today, confirm the station\u2019s dominance as the city\u2019s essential source for live, local and engaging talk content,securing a substantial overall audience share of 13.8, alongside a commercial streaming share of 33.8%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every week, 705,000 Melburnians tune into&nbsp;<em>3AW<\/em>, with the station\u2019s stronghold on the market evident across the schedule, successfully retaining the coveted No. 1 position in breakfast, mornings and evenings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the highly competitive breakfast slot,&nbsp;<em>Ross and Russ<\/em>&nbsp;once again proved unbeatable, claiming a massive 19.4 share. Their must-listen show reaches 446,000 listeners weekly and leads the digital charge with a staggering 45.1% commercial streaming share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>3AW&nbsp;<\/em>Highlights from GfK Survey 1 include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Afternoons with Tony Moclair<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0posted a 10.3 share\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Drive with Jacqui Felgate<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>recorded a 9.8 share (up 0.9)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Nights with Denis Walter<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>recorded a 22.3 share (up 0.5)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Overnights with Tony McManus<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0recorded a 26.7 share\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>3AW&nbsp;<\/em>Station Manager Stephen Beers said: \u201cWe are delighted that 2026 is continuing with us as Melbourne\u2019s number one radio station, delivering trusted news and opinions across all our programs. The dominance of Breakfast with Ross and Russ along with Tom Elliott in Mornings sets up our day and our whole week. Thanks to our hard working staff on and off air and our ever loyal audience for their ongoing support and engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: GfK Radio360 Ratings, 3AW Melbourne Survey 1 2026, Mon-Fri 5.30am-9am, Mon-Fri 9am-12pm, Mon-Fri 12pm-3pm, Mon-Fri 3pm-6pm, Mon-Fri 6pm-7pm, Mon-Thur 7pm-8pm, Mon-Thur 8pm-12am, Fri 7pm-11pm, Sat-Sun 9am-1pm, Mon-Fri 12am-5.30am, Market Share % Total Radio, Streaming share % AP10+ .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3AW has decisively cemented its status as Melbourne\u2019s premier radio destination, yet again proving it is the undisputed leader in the market. The GfK Survey 1 results, released today, confirm the station\u2019s dominance as the city\u2019s essential source for live, local and engaging talk content,securing a substantial overall audience share of 13.8, alongside a commercial &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/3aw-continues-reign-as-melbournes-no-1-station\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;3AW Continues Reign as Melbourne\u2019s No.1 Station&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2407,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions\/2407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}