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Commercial stations increased the average amount of hours that listeners tune in each week across all demographic groups, and whilst some BBC stations have increased their hours in certain groups, other groups are listening to BBC stations less than they did in Q2, according to figures released by RAJAR alongside the Q3 data release.In the… Continue reading Commercial Radio Boosts Hours Per Listener Across All Demographic Groups

September saw substantial drops in revenue for all terrestrial broadcasters, with GMTV faring worst, having lost over a quarter of its revenue year on year.ITV1 also had a poor month, even though it was the start of the new season and new dramas and ratings bankers such as X-Factor returned to the screen. The channel’s… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – September 2006

The BBC overall recorded a slight year on year and period on period decline in weekly reach across the UK in Q3, with local and regional BBC stations also seeing declines, according to Q3 2006 RAJAR figures.The BBC’s overall share of listening also dropped both year on year and period on period, although taken as… Continue reading Commercial Radio Increases Share Of Listening

Heart 106.2 FM grabbed the top spot in London back from Magic FM, enjoying a period on period increase of 3% in Q3, giving it a weekly reach of 1.7 million listeners, the highest figure of the London stations. Heart’s share of listening stayed static quarter to quarter, making it the station with the highest… Continue reading Heart 106.2 FM Retakes London Top Spot From Magic FM

BBC Radio 2 remained the UK’s favourite breakfast time station, with the latest RAJAR figures for Q3 2006 showing it had a national audience of over 7.6 million listeners per week.However, Radio 2 saw its weekly reach fall by 5.2% period on period from a total of eight million, and also a small decline year… Continue reading BBC Radio 2 Is Nation’s Number One Breakfast Station

The latest RAJAR data for Q3 2006 reveals that digital only stations are continuing to perform strongly, delivering record performances in weekly reach and total hours.Weekly reach for digital only stations increased by 4% period on period and 17% year on year, whilst total hours grew by 3.5% compared with Q2 and 15% year on… Continue reading Digital-Only Stations Deliver Record Performances

September saw viewing shares fall year on year across most terrestrial channels, with ITV1 and Channel Four both seeing dips of over 1.5 percentage points.In digital homes, BBC channels fared well while ITV1 and Channel Four both saw dips in share, whilst Five and Multichannel viewing remained static.All ViewingITV1 saw its viewing share fall year… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – September 2006

Daily Newspaper MarketThe nation’s daily newspapers saw their readership figures fall by almost 6% year on year for the six months from March to August this year.Only two daily titles saw their readership boosted in the period, with the Guardian adding marginally to its readership and the Independent‘s total being boosted by more than 8%.The… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: August 2006

The London Lite is winning the battle of the free newspapers, recording its first ABC of 359,389, compared to thelondonpaper, which stands at a distribution of 327,120.The new free titles, which were launched in London at the beginning of this month, have also clearly impacted on the Capital’s paid-for evening newspaper, the Evening Standard.The Standard… Continue reading London Lite Wins Battle Of Free Papers For September

Daily Newspaper MarketDaily newspapers in Britain continued to drop in circulation last month, with an overall dip of 2.4% year on year for September, with declines for almost all titles across the sectors.Titles in the Popular sector suffered the largest actual fall in circulation, with the Daily Mirror shedding more than 100,000 copies and the… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: September 2006