They have sat in bronze medal position all year, but Nova's Nathan, Nat and Shaun have good reason to celebrate – they've just overtaken mix94.5 to become Perth's favourite FM breakfast radio team.
720 ABC Perth's Eoin Cameron still reigns as the king of the breakfast shift, but retained his lead by only one-tenth of a percentage point.
Gains across the board for Nova have propelled it into equal first place overall, tied with mix94.5. It's the first time in the station's history that Nova has achieved such a result.
Nova afternoons host Joel Gelding was one of the survey's big winners. His show gained more than a two per cent share, but still sits in second place behind mix94.5's new recruit Simone Heng.
In the drive timeslot, Nova's back-to-back nationally syndicated programs - Kate, Tim and Marty followed by Fitzy and Wippa – kept comfortable leads, ahead of 94.5's Lisa Shaw and Tim Lordan.
Drive co-host and former Home and Away star Kate Ritchie announced the birth of her first child Mae last month.
6PR's Chris Ilsley suffered the biggest loss of the survey period – more than three percentage points – and slipped into fifth place in evenings. ABC's national Nightlife program, hosted by Tony Delroy, has proved a favourite with Perth's night owls in every survey this year.
In recent weeks, 96fm announced it had signed veteran announcer Fred Botica as its "fill-in guy", while 6PR farewelled news director Rod Tiley.
Perth's top radio stations (percentage of listeners aged 10 and over)
mix 94.5: 13.6 per cent
Nova 93.7: 13.6 per cent
96fm: 10.7 per cent
ABC 720: 10.1 per cent
Triple J: 9.7 per cent
882 6PR: 9.6 per cent
92.9: 7.4 per cent
1080 6IX: 5.2 per cent
Perth breakfast radio (percentage of listeners aged 10 and over)
ABC 720: 14.0 per cent
Nova 93.7: 13.9 per cent
mix 94.5: 12.7 per cent
882 6PR: 11.4 per cent
96fm: 9.9 per cent
Triple J: 9.4 per cent
92.9: 7.1 per cent
1080 6IX: 3.9 per cent
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