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Last year was an eventful one for the UK radio industry, with mixed RAJAR results, declining ad revenues and the second national digital multiplex playing on the minds of relevant industry players.At the beginning of the year, GCap’s 95.8 Capital FM was rebranded as Capital Radio, shifting its music policy towards less repetition and focusing… Continue reading End Of Year Round Up: Radio

Worldwide, the market for digital radio receivers will grow from 5 million units in 2005, to almost 25 million unit shipments in 2010, according to a new forecast from In-Stat. In-Stat added that in 2006, 73% of respondents to an In-Stat US consumer survey were aware of HD Radio on some level, whilst in Europe,… Continue reading Market For Digital Radio Receivers To Grow

Sky has announced a major year-long sponsorship deal for Virgin Radio’s Christian O’Connell Breakfast show starting on January 22 2007.Sky’s sponsorship of Virgin Radio’s coveted flag-ship breakfast show will include in-show sponsor credits and promotional trails and regular TV-related features.In addition the package will include sponsorship of the Sky TV Guide spots featured in Russ… Continue reading Sky To Sponsor Virgin Breakfast Show

GCap Media’s Xfm will launch a unique interactive online radio player next week, which will enable listeners to custom make their own version of the radio station.Mi-Xfm, which will allow users to build and personalise their own station with their own type of music, has been created by the New Media team at GCap Media… Continue reading Xfm Gets Innovative With Interactive Online Radio Player

Ad spending in the US will increase by 2.6% in 2007, according to Merrill Lynch’s annual bottom-up analysis. The forecast covers the major advertising categories, representing over 60% of US ad spending. Merrill Lynch maintains its top-down US advertising growth forecasts (excluding direct mail) at 4.5% in 2006, but is slightly raising its 2007 outlook… Continue reading Online Continues To Blossom As ML Raises 2007 Ad Forecast

Today’s MediaTel Group seminar on the future of radio saw the top players in the commercial sector mount an impassioned defence of the medium, offering their thoughts on a variety of subjects and all unanimous in the belief that radio has a bright future despite some of the naysayers in the press. All of those… Continue reading Radio Industry Looks Forward To The Future

Many music-focused radio stations recorded a year on year increase in their weekly reach, with Xfm boosting its reach by almost 50% and BBC 6 Music adding just over 40% year on year, according to the Q3 RAJAR results.Xfm is now listened to by 1.1 million people, an increase of almost 5.5% compared to last… Continue reading Music-Focused Stations Boost Weekly Reach

Commercial stations increased the average amount of hours that listeners tune in each week across all demographic groups, and whilst some BBC stations have increased their hours in certain groups, other groups are listening to BBC stations less than they did in Q2, according to figures released by RAJAR alongside the Q3 data release.In the… Continue reading Commercial Radio Boosts Hours Per Listener Across All Demographic Groups

The BBC overall recorded a slight year on year and period on period decline in weekly reach across the UK in Q3, with local and regional BBC stations also seeing declines, according to Q3 2006 RAJAR figures.The BBC’s overall share of listening also dropped both year on year and period on period, although taken as… Continue reading Commercial Radio Increases Share Of Listening

Heart 106.2 FM grabbed the top spot in London back from Magic FM, enjoying a period on period increase of 3% in Q3, giving it a weekly reach of 1.7 million listeners, the highest figure of the London stations. Heart’s share of listening stayed static quarter to quarter, making it the station with the highest… Continue reading Heart 106.2 FM Retakes London Top Spot From Magic FM