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Capital Radio Leads London Market

Capital Radio Leads London Market

Capital 95.8 FM leads the London radio market with an average three million listeners each week, according to Q1 1999 radio listener figures, released by RAJAR this afternoon. The station takes a majority share of listening of 12.2% in London. Capital’s ‘indie/alternative’ station, Xfm, now reaches 354,000 people in London each week, a share of 1.0%.

Local Stations Q1 1999
Station Share of Listening % Weekly Reach % Weekly Reach (‘000s)
963/972 AM Liberty 0.4 1 61
BBC Cymru 4.6 7 176
BBC GLR 1.2 3 294
BBC GMR 4.5 14 286
BBC Radio Scotland 9.8 27 1,143
BBC Radio Ulster 22.0 32 409
BBC Radio Wales 7.1 17 410
BBC Southern Counties 5.6 12 282
BBC Wales/Cymru 11.7 23 549
BBC WM 10.5 17 359
Capital 95.8 FM 12.2 30 2,971
Capital Gold London 5.3 13 1,328
Century 105FM 5.5 10 526
Century 106 3.8 9 178
Galaxy 105 5.3 15 623
Heart 106.2 FM 4.5 13 1,273
Jazz FM 100.4 1.0 4 225
Jazz FM 102.2 1.5 6 610
Kiss 100 FM 2.9 11 1,094
LBC 1152 AM 2.9 5 487
Magic FM 5.6 12 1,155
News Direct 97.3FM 0.9 5 534
Other Listening 2.2 6 2,949
Premier Christian Radio 0.5 2 198
RTL Country 1035 AM 0.9 1 146
Spectrum Radio on 558 AM 0.4 1 64
Sunrise Radio (London) 1.8 3 286
Total BBC Asian Network 0.8 2 94
Total Jazz FM 1.3 5 836
Total London News Radio 3.8 9 920
Virgin London (AM/FM) 4.7 15 1,489
XFM 1.0 4 354

EMAP Radio’s Magic FM, recently rebranded from Melody FM (see Melody FM Makes Final Transition To Magic), took a 5.6% share of listening in the capital, reaching an average of 1.2 million listeners a week. EMAP’s dance station, Kiss FM has a weekly reach of 1.1 million and a share of 2.9%. The difference in share is because people are listening to Magic FM for an average of ten hours per week and around five and a half hours for Kiss FM.

As RAJAR introduced a new methodology for audience research this quarter, year on year comparisons cannot be made.

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