Commercial radio audience on the up in 2009

Tim Burrowes

December 16, 2009 12:27

The listening audience for commercial radio saw an increase this year compared to 2008, with 8.94 million tuning in each week in metropolitan markets.

The latest figures, released by industry body Commercial Radio Australia and compiled by Nielsen, found that 146,000 more people listened to commercial radio this year compared to 2008 when 8.79 million people listened on average each week.

Breakfast remained the most listened to timeslot with 7.11 million people tuning in each week compared to 6.69 million last year.

It follows the release of the final radio ratings survey which saw Macquarie Radio Network’s 2GB maintain its lead among talk station and overall in Sydney, with Jones’ breakfast show rising 2 percentage points to 18.6 per cent, despite the presenter battling ill health during the year.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.