ABC local radio has recorded a strong survey 4 result in Australia\u2019s two biggest radio markets, with 702 ABC Sydney and 774 ABC Melbourne posting the largest share gains in their respective cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 774 ABC Melbourne, the station is up to a 5.5% share (+1.4) this survey and was the only network to record double digit growth. The survey captures the departure of Ali Moore and the first month of Charlie Pickering in Drive<\/em>, with the program registering a 5.2% share, an increase of +2.5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Afternoons<\/em> with Brigitte Duclos doubled its share this survey to 5% (+2.5), while Mornings<\/em> with Raf Epstein also saw a significant bump to 6.2% (+1.4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n 702 ABC Sydney recorded a 5.3% overall share (+0.7), the largest increase in a market undergoing significant change. All dayparts recorded a lift, including double digit increases for Mornings<\/em> with Hamish Macdonald 5.2% (+1.1), Drive<\/em> with Tom Oriti 4.9% (+1.3) and Evenings<\/em>, which captures Evenings<\/em> with Renee Krosch and Nightlife<\/em> with Philip Clarke, 7.2% (+1.3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe recovery we began to see in Sydney and Melbourne last survey has translated into strong results in survey 4, with both 702 ABC Sydney and 774 ABC Melbourne recording significant lifts across the day,\u201d ABC Director Audio Ben Latimer said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese results are a credit to our teams and show audiences are responding to the distinctive, local radio we are delivering in two highly competitive markets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In GfK survey 4, ABC\u2019s overall network share is up from 16.3% last survey to 16.4% (+0.1), while overall reach remains stable survey on survey at 4.86 million, a +6% increase year on year. The ABC remains the number one digital live streaming network with 28.8% Share. It is also the #1 Network (Total Radio) for audiences 40+ 18.2% (Metro)^.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: GfK Radio360 Ratings, SMBAP Survey 4 2026, Mon-Sun 5.30am-12MN, ^Mon-Sun 12MN-12MN, Share, Reach (000s), ABC Total Network, AP10+ unless otherwise specified<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ABC local radio has recorded a strong survey 4 result in Australia\u2019s two biggest radio markets, with 702 ABC Sydney and 774 ABC Melbourne posting the largest share gains in their respective cities. On 774 ABC Melbourne, the station is up to a 5.5% share (+1.4) this survey and was the only network to record … Continue reading “ABC records strongest market gains in Sydney and Melbourne”<\/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-2716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2716","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=2716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2717,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2716\/revisions\/2717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}