Who’s listening to the radio
A look at the latest listening figures. Also: is it too late for the return of trams? And a cost-saving suggestion for Brisbane 2032.
The results for survey three of the 2025 radio survey have been released and Triple M led overall, but not in the important Breakfast shift.
Overall, the percentage shares were Triple M 12.8, Nova 11.5, B105 11.3, KIIS 10.3, 4BH 9.3, ABC 6.5, 4BC 5.3, Triple J 4.9, ABC Classic 2.3, Radio National 1.9 and SENQ 0.9.
In Breakfast, Nova lost 0.5 points to a 13.1pc share but remained a tiny 0.1 points ahead of B105 (13.0), with Triple M on 11.7, KIIS 973 on 10.6, 4BH on 9.3, ABC Brisbane on 7.9 and 4BC on 5.2.
While 4BC remained steady in Breakfast and had a 0.4 percentage point gain overall, it lost 0.8 points in the Mornings, but gained in Afternoons and Drive, with an extraordinary 2.2-point rise from a share of 3.1 to 5.3. I will be interested to see further breakdowns here, because the Drive shift also incudes an hour of the Wide World of Sports show, which has dragged down the 3-6pm program in recent surveys.
4BH was the biggest overall gainer.
For those following events down south, despite a gain in the previous survey and predictions of another this time around, the Kyle and Jackie O Show lost audience share in Melbourne.
The survey period was from Sunday March 9 to Saturday April 12, and Sunday April 27 to Saturday May 31.
I’ll post further analysis in coming days.
P.S. On a related subject, a lot of media people are scratching their heads about reports of a new career move for one of their former colleagues given the circumstances under which this person left more than one previous job.
Olympic-level leap in logic
David Crisafulli was adamant on 9News last night that the 2032 Olympic rowing events would be held on Rockhampton’s Fitzroy River despite reservations from the sporting community about its suitability.
The Premier noted that local kids row on the river every weekend and if it was good enough for them, then it was good enough for the Olympians.
If that’s the case, why is the State Government building a stadium at Victoria Park when the Olympics could be held on the oval of my alma mater, Mitchie High?
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A very light solution
In another part of the multiverse, the Brisbane Metro is a light rail (tram) service. Apparently the numbers didn’t stack up in this version of Earth, so we’ve ended up with a misnamed bendy bus service that, if recent reports are correct, is not entirely fit for purpose. (Apparently the vehicles were not designed for Brisbane’s hot weather, not that we’ve seen much of that lately.)
What a shame our council wasn’t across the new very light rail technology now being trialled in Coventry, England.
British rail enthusiast and YouTuber Geoff Marshall has made a video about these vehicles, which are lighter than normal trams, operate on battery power and can run on tracks that are easy and cheap to install.
I’m sure a lot of people, including many of my generation, would love to see trams on Brisbane’s streets again.
Disclosure: Brett Debritz was a producer at 4BC a few years ago. This year, he’s been occasionally heard on ABC Brisbane. Oh, and this recently popped up on social media …
The very light tram is brilliant! I think we should put you in charge of everything Brett. You're full of good ideas and common sense - something lacking at all levels of government! 🙄