Melbourne Radio Ratings: Talk stations dip as Gold dominates FM
March 11, 2021 9:57
The Melbourne radio market appears to be returning to a state closer to that of pre-COVID listening, as AM talk stations lost share following a year where they took full advantage of Melbourne’s greater appetite for news content.
Nine Radio’s 3AW remains easily the #1 offering in Melbourne overall, but lost 3.3 percentage points in survey one of 2021 to finish with a 16.3% share of listening. ABC Melbourne also dipped to 6.7% (negative two points) in the overall ratings.
The move from talk to music was also reflected on 3AW’s #1 breakfast show with Ross Stevenson and Russell Howcroft, who lost share for the second successive survey. They still hold an impressive 22.2% share (-2.8 points).
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February podcast rankings see 43m downloads, Casefile True Crime #1
March 10, 2021 4:13
Audioboom’s Casefile True Crime podcast has reclaimed the #1 spot as the most downloaded podcast in the country in February according to new data released by Triton Digital.
The previous month it was pipped by Stuff You Should Know, from ARN/iHeartMedia, which dropped down to second in February.
Nine’s podcast Please Explain from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age was the highest new entry on the Top 100 Podcasts in Australia for the month of February coming in at #25.
Meanwhile, The Marty Sheargold Show on Triple M Melbourne from Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) was the most improved for the period, up 48 places to #45. However, it was not all good news for SCA, which saw its podcast The National Briefing drop 51 sports to #74.
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Mumbrellacast: The biggest job in Australian media
March 4, 2021 3:54
It was a week of CEO appointments. Leading the pack was Mike Sneesby, Hugh Marks’ successor for the chief executive job at Nine. Few in the industry were shocked about the news, but what does this mean for the internal execs who unsuccessfully applied? Can Sneesby succeed if the board is as fractured as Nine’s own newspapers suggest? And, where does this leave Stan?
Over in adland, UM, Ogilvy, Leo Burnett and Havas PR all also named new CEOs. The team chats through how each appointment indicates something different about the state of each business.