Brisbane music station Nova 106.9 has finished the radio ratings year on a high, scoring the number one spot in the final 2014 listener survey.
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It comes as longtime radio personality Jamie Dunn looks set to return to his old network Southern Cross Austereo in a regular comedy slot, and B105 prepares for an image makeover.
In the eighth and final ratings survey for the year, Nova recorded a rise in listeners from 12.9 to 13.5 per cent, pipping 97.3 FM, which dropped from 13 to 12.3 per cent.
B105 gained 0.7 per cent to grab third place with a 9.7 per cent share, while Triple J roared in to grab fourth place with 9 per cent.
Triple M remained relatively steady on 8.8 per cent, but 612 ABC Brisbane lost more listeners, dropping from third to sixth place on an 8.5 per cent share.
However 612 ABC Brisbane breakfast announcer Spencer Howson finished second in the key breakfast slot, with his listener share remaining at 12.2 per cent.
97.3's Robin, Terry and Bob lost listeners to drop to third place on 12 per cent, while Nova's Ash, Kip and Luttsy rose from 12.4 per cent to 13.2 per cent to win the timeslot.
Big changes are rumoured to be happening at Southern Cross Austereo, owners of B105 and Triple M.
Former B105 breakfast show host Jamie Dunn, known as the voice of Agro, has reportedly agreed to provide Triple M with new episodes of his radio "skitcom" The Bennetts.
Dunn first produced the segment with creative collaborator Ian Calder when the pair anchored 4BC breakfast from 2009 to 2010. The Bennetts is set to follow the antics of returning Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett and his players.
Dunn co-hosted B105 breakfast with Ian Skippen and a number of female co-hosts including Donna Lynch and Robin Bailey from 1990 to 2005. He now hosts breakfast on Brisbane radio station 98.9 FM.
B105 is set to undergo a brand makeover in 2015.
The Today network - which includes B105 in Brisbane, 2Day FM in Sydney and Fox FM in Melbourne - will become known as HIT, with B105 becoming HIT 105.
Today's Adelaide station SAFM has already switched over to HIT 107.
B105 breakfast co-host Jason "Labby" Hawkins finished up in the shift earlier this month after seven years with the station.
At 4BC, after a tough first year co-hosting the breakfast slot Skippen and Loretta Ryan have seen an end-of-year ratings boost.
Their audience share rose from a 5.2 to 5.8 per cent, with the station recording an overall 0.6 per cent bump from 4.5 to 5.1 per cent.
New 4BC content director Steve Kyte has yet to formally announce the station's 2015 on-air line up, but it's understood Skippen and Ryan, as well as other hosts Patrick Condren, Claire Blake and Ben Davis, will return.
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