Eleven of the seventeen radio stations in our analysis of London recorded a decline in weekly reach year on year and ten saw declines compared to the previous quarter.

Listening to radio via a digital platform in terms of weekly reach has increased by 5% year on year, with 23.9 million people now tuning in to radio via a digitally enabled receiver (DAB, DTV, internet) each week (up from 22.8 million in Q3 2011).

Radio listeners in the UK continue to favour Chris Evans’ BBC Radio 2 breakfast show with a weekly reach of 8.5 million.

The latest RAJAR figures for Q3 2012 have dropped slightly compared with the same period last year and on the previous quarter.

All the headlines and highlights from RAJAR’s Q3 2012 release, including the national, breakfast and London markets.

Stacey Pratt, head of radio branded content at MediaCom, says commercial needs to work harder to grow it’s hours on digital-only stations to contend with the BBC’s offering…

Adam Bowie gives a brief whizz through the latest RAJAR results…

James Cridland, managing director of Media UK and a radio futurologist, says radio continues to change and the new listening figures make this ever more clear…

Absolute Radio posted an impressive performance in the latest RAJAR release for Q2 2012 – particularly in the London market where other stations struggled to hold on to listeners, and with the popularity of its Christian O’Connell breakfast show.

Listening to radio via a digital platform in terms of weekly reach has increased by 10% year on year, with 24.2 million people now tuning in to radio via a digitally enabled receiver (DAB, DTV, internet) each week (up from 22.1 million in Q2 2011).