The following tables show the best and worst performers, in terms of weekly reach and share of listening, of the local commercial stations broadcasting outside London.Among those gaining the largest increases period on period in terms of weekly reach was the Wireless Group’s Big AM, which managed a 77.8% increase taking it to 32,000. GWR’s… Continue reading September 2001 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations

The period held good news for many of Commercial Radio’s London stations. Among those stations seeing period on period increases in reach was Magic, which rose 10% to over 1.4m, News Direct, which increased its reach by 28%, Virgin which added 11.6% quarter on quarter to hit 1.2m, Choice, which added 28.5% and Jazz which… Continue reading London’s Commercial Stations See Positive Quarter

National Commercial radio continued to increase its reach this quarter, as year on year analysis revealed gains for Classic FM and talkSPORT. Classic FM, which recently reported its first full year’s profit, saw a 6.3% year on year increase in reach, while talkSPORT, which experienced significant gains last quarter, saw an 8.3% increase during this… Continue reading RAJAR: Continued Success For National Commercial Radio

The following tables show the performance of each of the main UK radio groups in the latest RAJAR figures for the one year to September 2001. BBC Radio Stations Weekly Reach (000s) Year On Year Comparisons Station Survey Period Ending September 2000 Ending September 2001 % Ch BBC 3 Counties H 126 179 42.1 BBC… Continue reading RAJAR September 2001 – Performance By Ownership

Having seen a slight increase in share of listening in June’s period on period analysis, Commercial radio dropped back again over the three months to September. Today’s RAJAR results show that Commercial radio’s share of listening was 46.5%, a fall of 0.1 percentage points period on period. Meanwhile, all BBC grew 0.3 percentage points to… Continue reading BBC Retains Lead In RAJAR Results

Capital 95.8 FM continued its lead among the London Stations according to RAJAR’s audience figures for the second quarter of this year, despite seeing a slight decline in reach period on period. Meanwhile Heart 106.2 FM and Kiss 100 FM battle for second place as losses for Magic 105.4, in terms of reach and share,… Continue reading Capital’s Hold On London Tightens Despite Fall In Reach

The following tables show the performance of each of the main UK radio groups in the latest RAJAR figures for the one year to June 2001. BBC Radio Stations Weekly Reach (000s) Year On Year Comparisons Station Survey Period Ending June 2000 Ending June 2001 % Ch BBC 3 Counties H 152 168 10.5 BBC… Continue reading June 2001 RAJAR – Performance By Ownership

There was better news in terms of reach for National Commercial radio this quarter, as year on year analysis revealed gains for Classic FM, which rose 2% and talkSPORT, which, having seen losses last quarter gained a healthy 10.7% during this one.The BBC saw a large boost to Radio 2’s reach this quarter, with year… Continue reading RAJAR: Classic And talkSPORT Increase Reach

The latest set of RAJAR figures shows that the second quarter of this year was a good one for Local Commercial Radio, with reach increasing quarter on quarter by 4.6% to 27.4m. Share of listening also improved, climbing 0.8 percentage points compared to Q1.The following tables show the best and worst performers, in terms of… Continue reading June 2001 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations

Commercial radio has fought back in share of listening, according to RAJAR figures released this morning. All Commercial saw a quarter on quarter increase in percentage share of 0.6 percentage points, bringing it to 46.6%, while All BBC saw a drop of 0.8 percentage points, although it still leads the field.Local Commercial also had a… Continue reading RAJAR: Quarterly Gains For Commercial Radio