Vic: Hamish and Andy still climbing high

AAP General News (Australia)
08-05-2008
Vic: Hamish and Andy still climbing high

MELBOURNE, Aug 5 AAP - Multimedia stars Hamish Blake and Andy Lee continue to climb
in the Melbourne radio ratings with their Fox FM drivetime show.

Widening their lead over all competitors, Blake and Lee are now pulling in more than
one fifth of all listeners in their time slot.

At 21 per cent, up from 20.7 per cent last quarter, Blake and Lee's nearest drivetime
competitor was AM station 3AW, from the Fairfax Radio Network, on 13.1 per cent.

The only other show to pull in more than 20 per cent of listeners was 3AW's breakfast
show with Ross Stevenson and John Burns on 21.3 per cent, up 1.2 percentage points.

Nearest competitors were Fox FM's Matt and Jo show, with 14.5 per cent and ABC's Red
Symons, with 12.9 per cent.

Nova FM's Dave Hughes and Kate Langbroek pulled in eight per cent of listeners, Gold
FM's Grubby and Dee Dee show managed 6.5 per cent and Triple M's Pete Helliar and Myf
Warhurst, 5.9 per cent.

With 16.6 per cent of listeners overall, 3AW was once again Melbourne's most listened-to station.

Next was Fox FM, with 14.2 per cent of listeners, followed by ABC Radio with 10.2 per cent.

3AW's Neil Mitchell comprehensively won his morning timeslot, attracting 17.7 per cent
of listeners, over nearest competitor Fox FM on 12.9 per cent and ABC on 9.6 per cent.

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