ARN’S NETWORK GROWTH CONTINUES
#1FM BREAKFAST SHOWS
IN SYDNEY, BRISBANE & ADELAIDE
#1FM STATIONS IN MELBOURNE & ADELAIDE
Tuesday September 27th – As radio ratings results are announced for survey 6 today, Australian
Radio Network (ARN) again delivered strong growth across its network.
Sydney
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#1FM Breakfast KIIS 1065’s Kyle & Jackie O
#2FM Breakfast WSFM’s Jonesy & Amanda
Melbourne
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#1FM station – GOLD 104.3 (equal with Fox)
Growth for KIIS 101.1, up 0.3%
Brisbane
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#1 overall Breakfast 97.3FM’s Robin, Terry & Bob
#2 overall station – 97.3FM
#1AM – 4KQ
Adelaide
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#1 overall station - Mix 102.3
#1FM Breakfast – Mix 102.3’s Jodie & Soda
Perth
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Growth for 96fm, up 0.3%
Growth for 96fm’s Drive with Hughesy & Kate, up 1.4%
ARN’s National Content Director Duncan Campbell says: “It’s fantastic to see our Sydney
Breakfast teams holding the #1 and #2 FM positions, and the strength of our network’s
Breakfast content is reiterated by our #1 teams in Brisbane and Adelaide.
“We’re pleased to see wins for our stations across the board with GOLD 104.3 taking out the top
FM spot in Melbourne for the fourth time this year, Mix 102.3 being #1 overall in Adelaide and
with deserved growth in WSFM in Sydney and 96fm in Perth.”
ARN’s CEO Tony Kendall says: “Our focus is on delivering the very best entertaining content
for audiences and we’ve seen this translate into strong results across the network.
“ARN continues to deliver the most compelling proposition for our advertising partners with
continued growth in network share and the #1 position with grocery buyers. This has been not
only driven by #1 stations in major markets, but also #1 Breakfast shows around the country,
complemented by a digital audience of over 3 million.”
ABOUT ARN
ARN is one of the leading broadcasters in the country with ownership or investments in 12 radio stations
nationwide. Its network brands KIIS and Pure Gold, along with iHeartRadio and The Edge, entertain and
influence over four million listeners across Australia.
Its KIIS network consists of Sydney’s #1FM KIIS 1065 with Kyle & Jackie O , KIIS 101.1 in Melbourne with
Matt & Meshel , Adelaide’s Mix102.3 with Jodie & Soda , Brisbane’s 97.3FM with Robin, Terry & Bob and
Perth’s 96FM with Carmen & Fitzi. All shows nationally have Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes & Kate Langbroek in
Drive.
Its Pure Gold network consists of Sydney’s WS FM101.7 with Jonesy & Amanda, Melbourne’s GOLD104.3
with Jo & Lehmo, Brisbane’s 4KQ with Laurel, Gary & Mark and Adelaide’s Cruise 1323 with John Dean.
The Edge is available on FM as The Edge 96.ONE in Sydney and nationally via iHeartRadio and DAB+. The
Edge Breakfast hosts are Mike E & Emma.
ARN also launched iHeartRadio, the world’s fastest growing digital service, to the Australian market in
2013 and the platform has had over 835,000 downloads. iHeartRadio is a free, all-in-one radio, music
streaming, entertainment and live events platform. In addition to being able to access their favourite
music from around the globe, audiences can access their favourite stations in Australia from ARN, the
ABC, SBS and Fairfax, as well as stations from New Zealand and the USA.
ARN is an APN News & Media company.
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Note to editors:
Source: GfK, Survey #5, 2016. Results released Tuesday September 27, 2016. Survey Period: Sun July 10
to Sat Sep 17, 2016.
* All figures derived from Mon-Sun 5.30am-12am Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane unless
otherwise stated. Breakfast 6am-9am, Mon-Fri. Drive 4pm-7pm, Mon-Fri.