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The article reports on the radio ratings for stations in Sydney and Melbourne, highlighting that while Melbourne’s 3AW continues to dominate with an 18.3% market share, its sister station 2GB in Sydney is lagging behind Smooth FM with a 10.8% share compared to Smooth FM's 13.2%. Arthur Laundy recently purchased the stations for $56 million, creating Tapt Media, but both stations are experiencing declines in their ratings.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-08,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
In Sydney, talkback station 2GB continues to lose listeners to Smooth FM, falling to a 10.8% market share, down from its last survey result of 11.2%. This marks the seventh straight survey where Smooth FM has outperformed 2GB in the Sydney market overall. In Melbourne, however, its sister station 3AW remains ahead with strong ratings. The Pokies and pubs mogul Arthur Laundy, along with his family, purchased both stations for $56 million this year from Nine Entertainment Company, creating the new radio business Tapt Media. While 2GB's star Ben Fordham still leads in the breakfast slot with a 13.9% share, Smooth FM is catching up significantly in the morning segment, surpassing Mark Levy's show on 2GB with Ty Frost achieving a 14.2% market share.
Written for “Australian Radio Station Performance” on 2026-10-08,
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Sydney talkback station 2GB continues to lag market leader Smooth FM, but its sister station 3AW remains well ahead in Melbourne in the sixth radio ratings survey of the year.
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station → continue → year
The result marks the seventh straight survey since 2GB led the Sydney market overall.
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GB → mark → market
Pokies and pubs mogul Arthur Laundy and his family bought 2GB with a suite of talkback stations, including 3AW, this year from Nine (the owner of this masthead) for $56 million, creating the new radio business Tapt Media.
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Laundy → buy → business
In the latest result, 2GB slumped to a 10.8 per cent market share, down 0.4 percentage points from the last survey in September.
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GB → slump → September
Lachlan Murdoch’s Smooth FM, which also fell 0.3 percentage points, has a 13.2 per cent share, slightly increasing its lead over the AM station.
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which → fall → station
In the hard-fought Sydney breakfast slot, 2GB star Ben Fordham is still king, ahead of Smooth FM with a 13.9 per cent share, down 0.9 per cent, compared with Smooth FM’s 11.8 per cent share, a drop of 0.4 per cent.
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Fordham → fight → cent
In the morning slot, Smooth’s Ty Frost has taken over 2GB’s Mark Levy’s claim on the morning slot with 14.2 per cent, compared with Smooth’s 14.2 per cent share, in further losses to the Laundry station.
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Frost → take → station
In Melbourne, 3AW’s Russel Howcroft and Ross Stevenson continue to dominate with 18.3 per cent market share.
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Howcroft → continue → share
The duo is down a staggering 1.2 percentage points, but remain well ahead of Gold’s 10.5 per cent share, a drop of 0.5 per cent.
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duo → remain → cent
While still clearly Melbourne’s No.1 station, 3AW also fell 0.7 percentage points to a 13.4 per cent total market share, with Gold FM second with a 10.5 per cent share.
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FM → fall → share
KIIS FM’s overall share rose slightly by 0.1 per cent to 4.9 per cent in Melbourne, and another 0.4 per cent in Sydney to 7 per cent.
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share → rise → cent
The beleaguered station last month announced new Sydney breakfast show hosts Dr Chris Brown, Amy Gerard and Jack Charles following the dramatic exits of Kyle Sandilands and Jackie “O” Henderson.
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station → announce → Sandilands
In Melbourne, just over a week ago, KIIS announced Ash London, Isaac Smith and Elliot Garnaut as its new breakfast hosts as the station shifts back to local talent after the failure and then departure of Kyle and Jackie O in that market.
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station → announce → market
ABC’s local stations in both Sydney and Melbourne had minor losses.
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stations → have → losses
In Sydney, the station fell from 5.5 to 5.3 per cent overall, and in Melbourne, it dropped 0.3 percentage points to 5.7 per cent share.
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it → fall → share
Craig Reucassel’s breakfast slot fell slightly by 0.1 percentage points to a 7.7 per cent share, while Melbourne’s show hosted by Bob Murphy and Richelle Hunt rose 1 percentage point to 6.7 per cent.
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show → fall → cent
Meanwhile, ABC News Radio improved in both states, with a 1.7 per cent share increase in Melbourne, up 0.1 per cent, and a 1.9 per cent market share bump in Sydney, an increase of 0.4 per cent.
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Radio → improve → cent
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