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It should also be noted that survey timeslots do not always correlate precisely with program/host slots.

Talk rival 3AW (owned by Nine,the publisher of this masthead),meanwhile,gained slightly in both slots,up to 171,000 listeners in breakfast (from 169,000) and 139,000 in mornings (for an 18.1 per cent share,up by 1.2 points on the last survey).

Only Craig Huggins on Gold FM came close to that audience,racking up an average 102,000 listeners (up from 95,000 last survey) as he lifted his share in mornings from 12.6 per cent to 13.3.

In terms of cumulative audience – which captures anyone who listens to at least eight minutes of audio in any given 15-minute period at least once a week – the ABC’s audience actually lifted slightly,which suggests its problem might not lie with getting people to tune in so much as keeping them there.

Across the board,the biggest movers in this survey were 3AW,which increased its share across the week from 15.1 per cent to 16.6,and Fox FM,which was up from 8.9 per cent to 9.8.

The biggest single slot gain was mornings on Fox,where Fifi Box,Brendan Fevola and Nick Cody scored a 2.6-point lift to a 10.3 per cent share.

Gold FM’s Christian O’Connell’s reign as the king of FM breakfast continues with his share up handsomely,from 9.9 to 11.5 per cent of all listeners between 5.30 and 9am.

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