The ABC has backed its struggling Melbourne breakfast presenters as the latest radio ratings revealed another steep decline.

In the fifth survey of the radio ratings year, 3AW* won the breakfast slot, with Ross Stevenson and Russel Howcroft maintaining their position at No.1 with a 19 per cent audience share, up 2.4 percentage points on the previous ratings period, helping propel the talk station back to the No.1 spot overall.

Melbourne ABC Breakfast hosts Sharnelle Vella and Bob Murphy have suffered another drop in the ratings.

Meanwhile, Kyle and Jackie O have notched up another small improvement, climbing to 6.1 per cent of the audience share, up half a percentage point on the previous survey.

However, ABC breakfast duo Sharnelle Vella and Bob Murphy suffered a drop from 6.8 per

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