Young Melburnians just wanna have fun, it seems.

Classic hits station Gold – featuring Cyndi Lauper, Australian Crawl and Duran Duran on high rotation – has claimed a bigger slice of the under-24 audience than youth-oriented Triple J.

Gold tied with Fox on 8.6 per cent in the latest ratings survey, leaving them equal first on the FM ladder. While Fox dominates Melbourne's youth market (claiming 27.3 per cent of the under-17s and 21.7 per cent of the 18-24 segment), some results were surprising.

Triple J – down by 1.3 percentage points to 4.9 per cent – drew 4.5 per cent of teenage radio listeners, while Gold had 5.8 per cent. Perhaps a reflection of youngsters trapped in the car with their parents?