The tables showing the best and worst performers, in terms of weekly reach and share of listening, of the local commercial stations broadcasting outside London are now available to subscribers in the Radio reports section on the left.
The following stations are reporting nationally for the first time: Mean Country.
New national TSA reports this quarter are Total XFM (UK).
The following stations are reporting with revised TSA’s: Real Radio Wales (1,489), KM-fm for Canterbury, Whitstable and Herne Bay (119), KM-fm for West Kent (275), Minster FM (408), Delta FM (83), 102.4 Wish FM (488).
New survey periods this quarter include: Kix 96, KM-fm West and KM-fm for West Kent, all of which will now report yearly.
New group/combination reports are: Dream 100(Colchester)/Dream107.7FM (Chelmsford), which will report yearly and EMAP Total (incl. National), which will report half yearly.
The following name changes have occurred: KM Radio Group is now KM-fm Group KM Radio East has become KM-fm East KM-fm106 has changed to KM-fm for Canterbury Whitstable and Herne Bay TLR 107.2 is now known as KM-fm for Thanet Neptune Radio has become KM-fm for Folkstone Dover Sandwich and Deal KM Radio West is now KM-fm West West Kent’s KM-fm has changed to KM-fm for West Kent Medway’s KM-fm will now be known asKM-fm for Medway FM 102 The Bear has become The Bear 102 Oak FM is now Oak 107 Fusion South London Group has changed to Milestone Radio South London Fusion Group of Stations is now Milestone Radio Group Millennium 106.8 FM has become Time FM Fusion Radio 107.3 is now Fusion 107.3 Fusion Radio 107.9 will now be known as Passion 107.9 EMAP Radio has changed to EMAP ILR Total BBC Radio York is now BBC North Yorkshire (BBC Radio York)
Channel Islands
From June’s data release the Channel Islands will be incorporated into the UK TSA.
TSA Population Updates
RAJAR updates the population figures for all stations once every year. The updates are based on projections from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as to how the UK population has changed since the last census.
Hitherto the updates have been based on projections from the 1991 census, which have shown continued population growth in the UK. However, the ONS has now released UK population data for 2003, projected from the 2001 census. The 2001 census revealed that the UK population was lower than previously estimated by the ONS. The number of adults aged 15+ in the UK (excluding Channel Islands) has declined from 49,029,000 to 48,260,000 (a fall of 1.6%), and there has been an overall downwards trend in station populations.
Stations and other data users are asked to bear this in mind when interpreting the Quarter 2 results. What may look like a fall in the absolute number of people listening to a station might simply be a product of the ONS adjustment of the number of people living within a station’s Total Survey Area.
Subscribers can access a more detailed version of this article in the Radio reports section on the left.
