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Audience for Ken Bruce’s show on Greatest Hits Radio ticked up in Q4 2023 to 3.8m, marginally narrowing the gap between the Bauer station and Bruce’s former employer, BBC Radio 2.
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Audio division recorded its “highest-ever revenue”, while the company as a whole grew 14% in the year to March 2023.
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Host Jack Benjamin is joined by reporter Ella Sagar and editor-in-chief Omar Oakes to discuss this quarter’s Rajar figures and earnings results for Spotify, Netflix, and media agency holdcos.
Ken Bruce’s Greatest Hits Radio mid-morning show attracted 3.7 million weekly listeners, up 124% year-on-year, according to the latest Rajar figures.