2KY was rating 4.1%, outrating 2GB!! 
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Thanks for posting those figures TV_E, much appreciated as always! 
Certainly a good reminder of just how far the 954AM frequency has fallen in the past 20 years, although I’d imagine that 2DayFM and Triple M also wouldn’t mind having their 1998 ratings again.
Out of interest, here’s Survey 4, 2003 (15 years ago) overall figures for Sydney, about 2 years after Nova went on-air:
#1 2Day: 11.4
#2 2GB: 10.9
#3 Nova: 10.5
#4 2UE: 8.5
#5 ABC702: 7.6
#6 Mix 106.5: 7.3
#7 2MMM: 7.1
#8 WSFM: 6.7
#9 2CH: 6.3
#10 2JJJ: 4.5
#11 2RN: 2.9
#12 ABCFM: 2.1
#13 2KY: 1.7
#14 NewsRadio: 1.6
#15 2SM: 0.5
In the demographics, 2Day was #1 in the 40-54s, with WS at #3 behind 702. In the 55+, 2UE was a strong 2nd behind 2GB. Nova dominated the 18-24s, scoring a 34.4% share, way ahead of 2Day (15.2) & 2MMM (13.7).
In breakfast, 2GB’s Alan Jones was #1 with a 16% share, followed by 2Day’s Morning Crew with Wendy Harmer (now at ABC Radio Sydney breakfast with Robbie Buck) at 2nd place with 11%, 702’s Angela Catterns with 9.6% and Nova’s Merrick & Rosso with 9.4%. WS’s Jonesy & Kayley scored only a 5.7% share. In mornings, John Laws on 2UE outrated 2GB’s Ray Hadley (who was only heard in Sydney at the time).
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I’m guessing that the results above would’ve been from a couple of surveys before this?
IIRC, that cap (of some 2003 footage from National Nine News Sydney) was taken from the Australian Story piece on Ray Hadley back in 2013 which your post reminded me of.
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Just looking at my records & I can tell you that the above ratings figures are from Survey 1, 2003. That survey was significant in which it marked the first time that 2GB went to #1 since Survey 3, 1987.
Some of the other stations not mentioned in the above cap:
- Mix 106.5: 7.3 - Up 1.2
- WSFM: 7.2 - Down 0.7
- 2CH: 7.1 - Up 1.9
- JJJ: 4.3 - Down 0.2
- 2KY: 1.8 - Down 0.3
- 2SM: 0.6 - Down 0.3
- Other FM: 10.1 - Up 0.6 (most of which would be towards The Edge, as well as C91.3, Gosford & Wollongong stations)
In the demos, 2Day won the under-40s, whilst 702 ABC won the 40-54s (WS was #1 FM in that demo) & 2GB won the 55+.
In breakfast, Alan Jones was of course #1, followed by Angela Catterns on 702 and then 2Day with Wendy Harmer & The Morning Crew. In mornings, Ray Hadley beat John Laws for the first time since the former went to 2GB with an 11% share to the latter’s 8.5%, although 2Day won the slot overall.
In evenings, 2GB’s Brian Wilshire was #1, followed by the Hot 30 with Kyle & Jackie O on 2Day, then Nova with its local evening program, the Nova 19s, and then Mix 106.5 with Love Song Dedications with Richard “The Love God” Mercer.
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Here’s the rest of the Sydney radio ratings for that survey, in case anyone is interested.
Sydney - Survey 3, 2008
#1 2GB: 11.7
#2 2Day: 10.7
#3 ABC702: 8.9
#4 WSFM: 8.5
#5 Nova: 8.2
#6 2UE: 7.5
#7 2CH: 6.7
#8 2MMM: 6.0
#9 Mix 106.5: 5.9
#10 2JJJ: 4.6
#11 Vega: 3.5
#12 ABCFM: 2.5
=#13 2RN: 2.2
=#13 NewsRadio: 2.2
In breakfast, Alan Jones was of course #1, followed by Kyle & Jackie O on 2Day, and 702’s Adam Spencer, whilst Hamish & Andy won drive. In the demos, JJJ was #3 in the 18-24s behind 2Day & Nova, whilst WS was (and still is) king in the 40-54s. In the 55+, 2CH was #2 behind 2GB.
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As mentioned in the thread discussing the latest metro radio ratings survey, WSFM got 11.3% of Sydney radio listeners and was the market’s #1 FM station: A pinch over their (as previously mentioned in this thread) Survey #2 1997 results as 2WS-FM 101.7 with 11.2% when they were #3 in the market behind 2DayFM and 2UE but of course as it’s already been pointed out, we’re talking about the days before Nova 96.9 and Vega/Classic Rock/Sydney’s/Smooth 95.3 came onto the scene.
So for comparison purposes, how did 2WS-FM 101.7 and all the other Sydney radio stations do during Survey #1, 1997? 
Sydney - Survey 1, 1997
#1 2UE: 13.6
#2 2Day: 13.3
#3 2WS: 11.3 (exactly the same share as S5/2018!)
=#4 2MMM: 7.7
=#4 2BL: 7.7
#6 Mix 106.5: 7.6
#7 2CH: 7.3
#8 2JJJ: 6.1
#9 2GB: 5.6
#10 2KY: 2.5
#11 ABCFM: 2.4
#12 2SM: 1.8
#13 2RN: 1.3
ABC NewsRadio/PNN wasn’t measured in the ratings back then.
The “Other Stations” ratings were 11.8%.
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Thanks for posting that!
Here is the Sydney radio ratings from the above survey.
Sydney - Survey 5, 2012
#1 2GB: 15.2
#2 ABC702: 10.3
#3 2Day: 8.7
#4 WSFM: 8.4
#5 2CH: 5.9
#6 Nova: 5.8
#7 2JJJ: 5.5
#8 2UE: 5.3
#9 2MMM: 5.0
#10 Smooth: 4.8 (it was just starting up at the time the survey was conducted)
=#10 Mix 106.5: 4.8
#12 ABCFM: 4.1
#13 2RN: 2.2
#14 NewsRadio: 1.6
In breakfast, Alan Jones scored a 18.5% share at breakfast, whilst Ray Hadley scored an 18.1% share in mornings. Still in breakfast, 702’s Adam Spencer was 2nd with a 12.1% share, followed by Kyle & Jackie O on 2Day with 10.6% and WS’s Jonesy & Amanda at 9.2%.
In the demos, Nova was #1 in the 18-24s, whilst 2Day won the 10-17s & 25-39s. In the older demos, WS was #1 in the 40-54s, whilst 2GB won the 55+.
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Thanks for that flashback, it’s always quite interesting to look back at even relatively recent historical ratings figures!
2DayFM, 2CH and Macquarie Sports Radio probably wouldn’t mind having their 2012 ratings right now! 
Although on the flipside, I’m sure Smooth 95.3, KIIS 1065 and WSFM would vastly prefer their 2018 ratings.
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In the above aforementioned 2004 survey, Graeme Gilbert scored an asterisk in his timeslot.
Here’s how the stations ranked in Sydney during Survey 1 of 2004:
#1. Nova: 11.8
#2. 2Day: 10.4
#3. 2GB: 10.3
#4. 702 ABC: 9.1
#5. WSFM: 8.7
#6. Mix 106.5: 7.6
#7. 2UE: 7.0
#8. 2MMM: 5.8
#9. 2CH: 5.4
#10. 2JJJ: 5.1
#11. ABCFM: 3.0
#12. 2RN: 2.4
#13. ABC Newsradio: 1.8
#14. 2KY: 0.7
#15. 2SM: 0.1
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Does anyone have any data on when Red Symons on 774 ABC Melb beat Ross and John of 3AW at bfast?
Studio 10’s Craig Bennett in a gushing interview with Red Symons claimed Red went to number one.
At a cafe, and as the closed caption appeared on the screen, I couldn’t believe it. Did it really happen?
Nova 100 was #1 FM, as well as overall, for two consecutive surveys in 2/2002 & 3/2002, and was #1 FM in 7/2004 & 8/2004, as well as for a single survey on 2/2005. More recently, they were also #1 FM in 7/2013.
By comparsion, the last time Nova 96.9 was #1 FM was way back in 5/2005, which was the end of their 13 consecutive survey wins for that position, which included being #1 overall for the first 3 surveys of 2004 before 2GB took over the #1 overall position, which is still unbeaten to this day.
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Ta, knew someone would have the data!
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Given 4KQ’s result in this survey released this morning, as seen below…
I guess it’s worth looking back on how the Brisbane ratings looked on that very survey 15 years ago.
The overall results were as follows:
#1. B105: 17.9
#2. 4MMM: 13.8
#3. 97.3: 13.6
#4. 4KQ: 10.5
#5. 4BC: 9.1
#6. 4BH: 8.7
#7. ABC 612: 6.8
#8. 4JJJ: 6.3
#9. 4RN: 3.2
#10. ABCFM: 2.8
#11. ABC NewsRadio: 1.4
“Other Stations” only had a 5.9% share, as Nova 106.9 were yet to start its test broadcast before officially going to air in April 2005. Also, 4BC was mostly local during the day & night, although they relayed John Laws in mornings from 2UE.
And here’s the Sydney results from that same survey, which was the beginning of 2GB’s now 15-year long reign at #1.
#1. 2GB: 12.7
#2. Nova: 10.4
#3. ABC 702: 8.5
#4. WSFM: 8.0
=#4. 2MMM: 8.0
#6. Mix 106.5: 7.9
#7. 2Day: 7.7
#8. 2UE: 7.5
#9. 2CH: 6.3
#10. 2JJJ: 4.2
#11. ABCFM: 3.2
#12. 2RN: 2.3
#13. ABC NewsRadio: 1.5
2Day was stuggling for much of 2004 after Wendy Harmer & The Morning Crew stepped down from breakfast, which resulted in them moving Kyle & Jackie O to breakfast in 2005, where they remained until the end of 2013 when they moved to KIIS (formerly Mix 106.5).
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Looking at the results of some of these Sydney radio surveys from 2004/05 and comparing them to more recent figures, it’s probably safe to say that the average listener in this market is considerably older than it was 15 years ago?
…although I’d imagine that 2DayFM would love to have “only” 7.7% of the audience these days!
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So in 2004 - 2UE and 2GB has over a 20 share combined. Enough said.
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Why eliminate the competition when you own it!
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I know right. Bizarre isn’t it.
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