The ABC's Spencer Howson has reclaimed his title as king of Brisbane breakfast radio, while 97.3 FM has held onto its crown as the most popular station.
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Howson's program on 612 ABC Brisbane recorded a 15 per cent share of the overall audience in the latest radio ratings survey, up 1.8 per cent.
He leapfrogged 97.3FM's breakfast team of Robin, Terry and Bob, who dropped from 14.3 to 13.2 per cent.
However the pop music station retained the overall top spot with 13.8 per cent of the total audience share, although that was down from last survey result of 15.3 per cent.
There were few bright spots for commercial radio stations in 2014's fifth GFK ratings survey.
Ash, Kip and Luttsy from Nova 106.9 FM strengthened their third placing in the breakfast slot, rising from 11.3 to 12.5 per cent to be in third place.
But Nova's overall gain was just 0.1 per cent, from 11.6 to 11.7 per cent.
Southern Cross Austereo's two stations, B105 and Triple M, both lost ground overall and in the breakfast time slot.
Talkback station Fairfax Radio 4BC suffered another slump, dropping from 4.9 per cent overall share to 4.4 per cent.
The station's daily programs all shed listeners, with Ian Skippen and Loretta Ryan in breakfast down from 5.1 to 4.6 per cent.
In the easy listening stakes, 4KQ picked up across the day at the expense of 4BC's sister station Magic 882 (formerly 4BH).
Fairfax Radio Brisbane general manager Anthony Frangi said the station was not planning any on-air changes.
"We're absolutely committed to our current line-up on 4BC and Magic 882," he said.
"Today's figures have seen an increase in 'cume' on 4BC and Magic 882 and our focus now is on further building the profile of our new presenters and the great content we produce on our news talk and music stations."
"Cume", short for cumulative, means the number of different people reached by a radio station at least once over a specified time period.
4BC recorded an overall increase in cume from 117,000 to 123,000 listeners per day.
Nova 106.9 has recorded its highest ever number of daily listeners with 547,000, while 612 ABC scored the biggest jump in listeners, from 277,000 to 311,000.
Radio ratings are conducted across the year and are used by commercial radio stations to attract advertising.
Disclaimer: Brisbane Times is owned by Fairfax, which also owns 4BC and Magic 882.
