DMG’s Classic Rock gamble sees small win in breakfast, while it’s good news for Nova’s new breakfast team

Tim Burrowes

March 30, 2010 10:45

DMG Radio’s move to axe its weak-rating Vega stations and relaunch them as Classic Rock has delivered small wins in the competitive breakfast slots, despite seeing dips in overall ratings.

Meanwhile, Nova Sydney’s new breakfast team Merrick Watts, Ricki-Lee Coulter and Scott Dooley, have made inroads in the second ratings survey, following a fall earlier this year.

Sydney

DMG’s Classic Rock station in Sydney saw a rise from 2.1 per cent in the last survey to 2.8 per cent in the breakfast slot hosted by Anthony Maroon.

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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.