Hot Tomato (which is about to be acquired by ARN) remains at #1, albeit with another decline in the overall ratings, having gone down 2.3% to 13.8%. Coming in 2nd is the recently-rebranded Sea FM, who went up 4.1% to 11.9%, proving that rebranding back to its original name does bring in plenty of listeners. This leaves Triple M in 3rd place, having gone down 0.9% to 10.5%, followed by JJJ with 9% (-0.6).
In the demos, JJJ is #1 in the 18-39s, whilst Hot Tomato dominates in the 40-54s, and Triple M is #1 in the 55+.
In breakfast, Sea FM’s Bianca, Dan & Ben took out #1 with 12.9% (+4.0), pushing Hot Tomato’s Galey, Emily Jade & Christo to 2nd place with 12.1% (-2.1), followed by JJJ’s Bryce & Ebony with 10.1% (-1.7) & Triple M’s Bridge, Spida & Flan with 9.3% (-1.2). In drive, Hot Tomato’s Moyra & Baggs (who are now not mentioned on the station’s website) is #1 with 15.3% (-2.4), followed by Carrie & Tommy on Sea FM with 12.2% (+3.2), JJJ’s Hobba & Hing with 10.5% (-0.7) & Triple M’s Molloy with 9.8% (-2.3).
The “Other Stations” ratings is at 28%, down from 29.8% in the previous survey.