In this quarter’s RAJAR data it is the local commercial radio stations which have staved off what could have been a poor showing by the commercial sector as whole. Where national commercial stations lost 4.9% of their weekly reach and their share of listening fell from 10.0% to 9.3%, the local stations pushed their reach… Continue reading Q4 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations (Subscribers)

The Q4 RAJAR figures released today have thrown up a rather mixed batch of results in the London Stations sector, showing some sharp increases in weekly reach, but also some substantial falls. Choice FM showed the largest proportional rise in weekly reach, rising 27.9%, taking its total weekly reach up to 261,000.London Stations RAJAR Q4… Continue reading Q4 RAJAR 1998 – London Stations

The UK commercial radio industry saw its total revenue increase to over £420 million in 1998 according to figures just released by the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB). This represents an annual growth of 18.6%, or £66 million, as well as being the largest revenue figure yet achieved by the industry. This growth is set against… Continue reading Commercial Radio Revenue Tops £420m In 1998

The weekly reach of all BBC stations increased by 1.4% this quarter to 26.6 million, a slightly larger increase than all commercial stations, which saw a rise of 1.2% year on year. During the summer period, both Talk Radio and Virgin saw healthy increases in weekly reach, of 11.2 and 18.6 percent respectively.Radio 4 saw… Continue reading Q3 RAJAR 1998 – National Stations

Commercial radio is claiming to have hit its highest ever hours per listener for the summer period, up to 15.1 in these RAJAR figures. Radio listening as a whole, was also up for this quarter by 4%.In the local commercial market London’s Capital 95.8 has turned in strong results with its market-leading share of listening… Continue reading Q3 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations

James Gordon Looks Back On The 25 Years That Have Made Commercial Radio A Successfrom The Times 2 October 1998Commercial radio celebrates the 25th anniversary of LBC’s first broadcast on Thursday. The station launched at 6am on October 8, 1973.London was not the easiest place in which to start radio with local appeal since the… Continue reading Radio Has Reason To Party

The Commercial Radio Industry is to celebrate 25 years of broadcasting on 8 October 1998.Since the launch of LBC, the first local commercial station, in 1973, the industry has grown to over 200 stations. It spawned what the industry refers to as the ‘Commercial Radio Generation’, which is those listeners who, over the past 25… Continue reading Commercial Radio Hits A Quarter Of Century

The weekly reach of All BBC stations dropped by 0.3% to 26.6 million, whilst All Commercial’s reach increased by 0.5% to 28.6 million. BBC’s Network Radio’s reach fell by 0.4% to 23.0 million.Q2 1998 Weekly Reach (000s) YoY Comparisons Station Q2 1997 Q2 1998 % Change All BBC 26,691 26,609 -0.3 All BBC Network Radio… Continue reading Q2 RAJAR 1998 – National Stations

RAJAR results for Q2 show that overall, radio listening has dropped by 0.2%, and there have been some notable movements in the weekly reach of local commercial stations.Q2 RAJAR Local Commercial Stations Showing Greatest % Change YoY In Weekly Reach (000s) Station Q2 1997 Q2 1998 % Change Wyvern FM 76 123 61.8 96.3 Q.FM… Continue reading Q2 RAJAR Summary – Local Commercial Stations

The Q2 RAJAR results for London stations, announced today, show a mixed bunch of results. In terms of weekly reach, 963/972 AM Liberty showed the biggest increase (up 105% year on year), with Spectrum Radio and Virgin 105.8 next in line (up 32.5% and 31.5% respectively). Despite its huge increase in weekly reach however, AM… Continue reading Q2 RAJAR 1998 – London Stations