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Ofcom has changed the rules governing television phone-in competitions following the scandals that rocked the industry in 2008.

Absolute Radio is set to launch a new 80s DAB station in early December.

RAJAR figures for Q3 2009 show that All Commercial radio’s weekly reach remains relatively static year on year, with 31.2 million listeners.

Johnny Vaughan’s 95.8 Capital Radio breakfast show remains on top in London once again with a weekly reach of more than one million listeners, despite a 10.6% period on period decline, according to RAJAR’s Q3 2009 report.

RAJAR figures for Q3 2009 reveal that DAB set ownership is up 14% year on year, with 16.6 million adults aged 15+ (32.3%) now claiming to live in a household which has a DAB receiver. However, this is down from the Q2 2009 figure of 33%.

BBC Radio 2 remained the national station with the highest reach in Q3 2009, up by 4.3% year on year to more than 13.6 million listeners.

For the eleventh consecutive quarter, Magic 105.4 has the largest weekly reach of all the London stations, according to the latest RAJAR figures for the three months to the end of September.

All BBC enjoyed a year on year rise in weekly reach for the three months to the end of September, while All Commercial remained relatively static over the same period.

The BBC and the RadioCentre are planning to launch a new website that could see all radio stations in Britain become available online by the end of the year.

Absolute Radio is the first commercial broadcaster to publish regular figures on online listening hours.