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Mike Williamson, head of radio at Carat, on the latest RAJAR Q1 2011 results…

James Cridland says in a world of on-demand, video-with-everything, iThat and iThis, it’s easy to forget that while broadcast radio is not shiny or ‘new’, it is an established and successful part of the media landscape: indeed, one that according to today’s figures is getting more popular, not less…

RAJAR figures for Q1 2011 saw stand-out performances from a number of commercial radio stations, including talkSPORT, Capital and Absolute .

Total Global Radio (UK) again heads up the nationals and networks with its reach – up 5.9% YoY.

Digital radio put in a strong performance once again, posting increases in weekly reach, hours, share and DAB set ownership.

The newly renamed Capital London has raced to the top of the London charts after an impressive 11.1% QoQ and 14.4% YoY increase pushed its reach up to almost 2.2 million listeners.

Radio listeners across the UK still like to wake up to Chris Evans, apparently. The BBC Radio 2 Chris Evans Breakfast Show has a weekly reach of almost 9.2 million listeners (up 5.3% QoQ but down 5.7% YoY) ahead of BBC Radio 1 and Radio 4.

The latest RAJAR figures show a positive period for the radio industry with commercial radio’s share up 1.3% YoY and reach up 5.9% YoY.

talkSPORT took home the UK Station of the Year award at last night’s Sony Radio Academy Awards event in Mayfair’s Grosvenor Hotel.

Consumer charity Which? has called on the digital radio switchover target to be increased to 70%.