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BBC Radio 2 continues to have the highest weekly reach of all the national stations at 13.5 million listeners, according to the RAJAR figures for Q4 2008, following a year on year rise of 5%.BBC Radio 1 was not far behind, with 10.5 million listeners, although it was down both year on year and period… Continue reading BBC Radio 2 remains top national station

The latest RAJAR figures, for the fourth quarter of 2008, show that All Commercial radio enjoyed a year on year increase in weekly reach, although its average hours per listener figure was down over the same period.All BBC also saw its average hours per listener figure drop year on year, while its weekly reach showed… Continue reading Weekly reach increase for commercial radio

Magic 105.4 remains above all the other London stations for the third consecutive quarter, in terms of weekly reach and share of listening, according to RAJAR figures for Q4 2008.Its average weekly reach in London is back up to almost 2 million listeners, after a period on period increase of around 6%.Magic was also the… Continue reading Magic 105.4 stays on top in London

This analysis is comparing the weekly reach of the breakfast shows of the London stations and not the time slots. Heart 106.2 FM’s and Magic 105.4’s breakfast shows currently run from 6am-9am, while 95.8 Capital Radio’s runs from 6am-10am.Johnny Vaughan’s 95.8 Capital Radio breakfast show remained on top in Q4 2008, with a weekly reach… Continue reading 95.8 Capital Radio has London’s most popular breakfast show

Q4 RAJAR figures reveal that listening via DAB was up from 114 million hours to 116 million period on period.DAB radio also increased its share of listening on digital platforms, from an 11.3% share in Q3 to an 11.4% share in Q4 2008.In what was a good quarter for digital radio, DAB’s weekly reach rose… Continue reading DAB enjoys rise in listening hours

Internet users have grown by over 2 million people in the past year, according to data released by research company BMRB. According to figures for the third quarter of 2008, the YOY change for this period is 7.2%. While more of us continue to go online for the first time, it appears that takeup is… Continue reading Online Usage Round-Up Q3 2008

Sun Online has beaten the traditional December drop in users, according to new figures released by ABCe. Out of all the national newspaper sites audited by ABCe the Sun‘s online presence is the only one that actually saw an increase in unique users in December.Guardian.co.uk remained on top but was down 3.2 million users on… Continue reading ABCe: Sun Online beats December slump

Four out of the five main terrestrial channels saw declines in viewing share in December – Five was the only channel to buck the downward trend, recording a 0.1 percentage points increase year on year.All ViewingBBC One and ITV1 both experienced a year on year decline of 0.5%, taking their shares down to 21.9% and… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – December 2008

Big online stories of 2008 included the uncertain future of Project Kangaroo, the end of JICIMS, and the three-way wrestling match between Microsoft, Google and Yahoo!.Microsoft launched a $44.6 billion takeover bid to buy Yahoo! at the start of the year, saying that it was confident of delivering up to $1 billion in cost savings… Continue reading 2008 round-up: Online

November was a difficult month all round for most of the terrestrial stations, with only Five recording a year on year increase in commercial revenue. The newest of the terrestrial commercial channels pulled in £29.91 million, an increase of 0.4% compared to November 2007.Among the other terrestrial channels there were double digit falls in year… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – November 2008