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BBC Radio 2 remained the national station with the highest reach in Q2 2009, up 3.3% year on year to just under 13.5 million listeners.With 11.3 million listeners, Radio 1 enjoyed a year on year increase of around 6% according to the latest RAJAR figures.In a successful quarter for the BBC’s national stations, Radio 4… Continue reading RAJAR Q2 09: National Stations
All Commercial and All BBC radio enjoyed a year on year rise in weekly reach in the three months to the end of June, according to the latest RAJAR figures for Q2 2009.All Commercial also witnessed an increase in its share of listening, however, All BBC’s share of listening was down both year on year… Continue reading RAJAR Q2 09: BBC & Commercial
