Seven wins first election round
What kind of figures did Seven, Nine and ABC1 get for the breaking news of the election announcement on Saturday morning?
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Last week Nine’s Laurie Oakes caught the PM off-guard with his question at the National Press Club.
But on Saturday morning it was Seven that came up trumps with the figures for the audience watching the calling of the election.
Seven, Nine and ABC1 all covered the PM visiting the GG, the official announcement, and Tony Abbott’s reply.
Morning/Afternoon telecasts (lead-up, announcement, post):
Seven: 211,000 (0900-1330 Syd/Melb/Bris, 0900-1300 Adel, 0900-1130 Perth)
Nine:195,000 (0900-1330 Syd/Melb/Bris, 0900-1300 Adel, 0900-1000 Perth)
ABC1: 109,000 (1015-1330 Syd/Melb/Bris, 0945-1300 Adel, 0815-1130 Perth)
Update: When the PM made the announcement, four networks weighed in.
Announcement (LIVE: 1204-1236 Syd/Melb/Bris, 1134-1206 Adel, 1004-1036 Perth):
Seven: 197,000
Nine: 184,000
ABC1: 151,000
TEN: 85,000 (12 – 12:30)
SBS ONE: 14,000 (Russian News)
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6 Responses
and inane morning shows!
@jezza – leave Ten out of it please some people would like an alternative to wall to wall election coverage
2 days in is anyone else tired of the election already, can’t it be fast tracked 🙂
abc will destory 7 wannabe leader in election coverage
It will be interesting to see how/if things change when ABC News24 starts.
I really enjoyed nine’s coverage. Professional but also covered the personal story. Also they didn’t have it as ‘breaking news’ like seven did.
Ten Ten Ten, what were you doing on saturday morning!! One of ten’s huge disadvantages was they dont have a morning show they can use as a model, though neither does ABC and they managed to have decent coverage.