This week Rajar announced that 91% of the adult UK population tuned in to their selected radio stations in the second quarter of 2013, up by approximately 1.5 million adults on Q2 2012. Here Newsline presents industry reaction on the results, with opinion from Carat UK, ZenithOptimedia, Gekko and adconnection
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All the headlines and highlights from Rajar’s Q2 2013 release, including the national stations and networks and the digital, London and breakfast markets.
Total Global Radio UK takes the top spot for weekly reach, according to the latest Rajar results – with Radio 2 in second place and Radio 1 improving its performance after a poor start to the year.
Andy Haylett, director, Ipsos MediaCT, examines the key findings from the Rajar Q2 results – and after accidentally unearthing a batch of dusty old files, notes some fascinating trends from over the last twenty years…
The latest Rajar results for the second quarter of 2013 show that 52.5% of the UK population tune in to digital radio each week, up 15% year on year, with 27.9 million people now tuning in via a digitally enabled receiver each week.
Absolute Radio, formerly Virgin Radio, was bought by Bennett, Coleman and Co in 2008 for £53.2 million, and was recently valued at £10-15 million.
The ‘New Generations and the Future of Radio’ report shows that while more than four in ten use DAB radios, 64% still use AM/FM radios to tune in.
From 12 August the Sony Gold winning radio presenter will present between 10am and 1pm every weekday accompanied by guests from the world of sport and beyond.
Magna Global, Interpublic’s trading and forecasting wing, has predicted the global advertising market will grow by +3.0% this year as UK ad revenue is set to grow 2.2% in 2013 and 2.5% in 2014.
This week, Simon Andrews takes a look at the key highlights from Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference and asks if all the criticism is starting to rattle the tech giant. Perhaps, Andrews argues – but we shouldn’t bet against them not claiming their mojo back in the longer term…