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Heart 106.2 FM reclaimed its crown in the London Breakfast battle, overtaking 95.8 Capital Radio to scoop the top spot, with a rise in weekly reach of 6.6% year on year and almost 6% period on period, according to the latest data from RAJAR.Cheeky Jamie Theakston and bubbly Harriet Scott brought Heart 106.2 FM’s weekly… Continue reading Heart 106.2 FM Reclaims Breakfast Crown In London

Radio listening via platform (analogue and digital), announced for the first time since the introduction of new methodology in January 2007 (see New RAJAR Diary Survey To Deliver Results In August), reveals almost 13% of listening is now via a digital platform (DAB, DTV, internet) with digital listening hours for Q2, 2007 totalling 136 million… Continue reading New RAJAR Figures Reveal Almost 13% Of Listening Now Via Digital

A new report from eMarketer says that legal squabbles over internet radio will not stop the growth of the medium. The Radio Trends report quotes a US forecast from Bridge Ratings which predicts that internet radio will generate ad revenues of $19.7 billion in 2020, equal to those of terrestrial radio in 2006. Another estimate,… Continue reading Legal Arguments Won’t Stop Growth Of Internet Radio

Emap is to relaunch Heat Radio with a celebrity news format and sponsorship, promotions and ad-funded programming in place of spot advertising.The national digital station, which is currently an automated jukebox, will be relaunched at the end of September with an “exclusive club” of five clients whose advertising will be worked into the station’s content.Traditional… Continue reading Heat Radio To Relaunch With Integrated Advertising

GCap Media’s Capital 95.8 has secured bmi as sponsor for the Johnny Vaughan breakfast show in a £1million partnership.The year-long campaign starts on July 2 and includes on-air and online activity.The campaign signals bmi’s first major partnership with GCap Media and forms part of their ‘That’s bmi Time’ activity.The sponsorship includes some breakfast show promotions… Continue reading bmi In Capital 95.8 Breakfast Show Sponsorship

The Digital Radio Development Bureau has announced that more than five million DAB digital radios have been sold in the UK, equating to almost 10 million listeners tuning in to DAB around Britain. The consumer electronics industry’s research body, Gfk, has revealed the landmark figures, following the positive news on the growth of digital radio… Continue reading DAB Radio Sales Reach Record Five Million

Emap’s Magic 105.4 has signed an exclusive sponsorship deal with VUE cinemas to launch the station’s new on-air quiz, Trivia Triumph.Trivia Triumph, which launches on 18 June, is the brand new weekday competition on Magic, running between 7am – 4pm.Listeners will go head to head to answer three questions every hour. The winner will win… Continue reading Magic Signs VUE Cinema Quiz Deal

GCap Media’s Classic FM has secured an important joint venture in a 20-week £1 million deal with Ford Galaxy.The campaign sees the launch of a brand new 20-week programme in partnership with Ford, Ford Galaxy of Stories, to run every Sunday afternoon from 4-5pm from 17 June 2007.For the series, Classic FM is re-writing classic… Continue reading Classic FM Secures Massive Multi-Media Campaign

A new report from Continental Research forecasts that 7.9 million UK adults will use VoIP at least once a year in 2010. It adds that over the next 12 months, 43% of those ever using VoIP in the UK, Germany, Japan and the US expect to increase their usage. In addition, 17% of those not… Continue reading Convergence To Increase

Yesterday’s Radio 3.0 conference delved into the future of radio and how the industry can harness the internet and DAB to push the medium forward.Phil Riley, chief executive of Chrysalis Radio, started by stressing how much money had already been invested in DAB by the industry and that this investment must continue for the next… Continue reading Radio 3.0: Re-Energising for 21st Century Commercial Radio