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LHF restrictions: How the audio industry is preparing

12 Sep 2025 | Ellie Hammonds

With the new LHF advertising restrictions less than a month away, The Media Leader is exploring how different channels are preparing for the change and how they will be affected. First, the audio sector.

Modern love – young people over-index on 70s, 80s and 90s radio stations

01 Aug 2025 | Ellie Hammonds

15-24-year-olds are overindexing on decades stations relative to their overall radio listening.

Rajar Q2 2025: Commercial audience share hits all-time high despite contractions in reach

31 Jul 2025 | Jack Benjamin

Commercial listening now accounts for 55.7% of total listening, compared to the BBC’s 42.1%. But total radio listening declined, including modest quarterly contractions for Global and Bauer.

Rajar Q2 2025: Magic and Kiss see sharp decline among commercial breakfast pack

31 Jul 2025 | Ellie Hammonds

Bauer’s Magic breakfast show saw a 27.1% decline year on year, as well as the Kiss breakfast show which saw a 42% decline year on year.

Rajar Q2 2025: Online listening recorded a record platform share

31 Jul 2025 | Ellie Hammonds

Online listening now has a 29.1% share, compared to just 26.6% for AM/FM.

Rajar Q1 2025: Heart grows lead among commercial breakfast pack

15 May 2025 | The Media Leader Staff

Heart Breakfast grew its weekly reach by 3.3% year on year, as host Jamie Theakston returned to the show in mid-January following a leave of absence to receive cancer treatment.

Rajar Q1 2025: Commercial audience share expands, led by Global

15 May 2025 | The Media Leader Staff

Commercial radio’s audience share expanded marginally in Q1, according to the latest Rajars, with Global maintaining mid-single-digit year-on-year growth.

Rajar Q1 2025: Digital listening rebounds, driven by smart speaker growth

15 May 2025 | The Media Leader Staff

Total share of digital listening rebounded from last quarter, growing 1.1 percentage points to 73.3%, according to the latest Rajar figures.

Rajar Q4 2024: Top takeaways

06 Feb 2025 | Jack Benjamin

Commercial radio listening fell modestly from Q3 to Q4 to 39.9m, but listeners still grew by 2% year on year.

Rajar Q4 2024: Commercial radio takes back listening share from BBC

06 Feb 2025 | Jack Benjamin

Commercial audiences helped drive 1.6% growth in total radio listening in Q4 as Global capped off a strong year of growth despite a milder quarter for listening.

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