Survey 7 radio ratings results

In the seventh and penultimate Nielsen radio ratings survey for 2009, the news in Sydney is that Kyle Sandilands' job seems safe, with a 1.2 percentage point increase putting 2Day at 11 points in breakfast, one point behind Adam Spencer at 702ABC and 5.6 behind 2GB, which is marginally up with the return of Alan Jones. Mix 106.5, which recently dumped Todd McKenney and Sonia Kruger and replaced them with Mike E and Carmella, has also registered a small increase, as have Nova 96.9's Merrick, Rosso and Kate. Overall, the top three were also 2GB, 702ABC and 2Day. 3AW continues to blitz allcomers in Melbourne, especially in breakfast, but Fox FM is also rating very well. The much-trumpetetd return to the raido airwaves of Eddie McGuire only had a marginal (and statistically insignificant) impact on Triple M, which is still languishing near the bottom. In Brisbane, 612ABC's Spencer Howson has retained his lead in breakfast, just 0.3 points ahead of Nova 106.9, whose Ash Bradnam has been in the headlines lately after being charged for drink-driving and entering rehab. Third is Triple M, whose The Cage had a big jump, followed closely by B105. In a good sign of healthy competition, the top four breakfast shows are within 1.6 percentage points of each other. There's good news for Jamie Dunn at 4BC, who has added 0.4 points and pulled away from his commercial AM competitors at 4BH and 4KQ. Overall, on the by-session tally, the leaders are Nova, B105, Triple M and 97.3FM. By demographic for people 10-plus, the positions of B105 and Triple M are reversed.
Disclosure: Brett Debritz is heard each Wednesday morning on 612ABC's Breakfast with Spencer Howson program.