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.The following stations were reporting with new survey periods: Real Radio Scotland, Saga 105.7 FM, Connect FM and Lite FM, which are now reporting half yearly.New groups in this quarter’s… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q2 2002: Local Commercial Stations
The RAJAR listening figures for the second quarter of 2002 show that in terms of share, there has been little movement, period on period. Both All BBC and All Commercial radio retained the exact same percentage share, 52.6% and 45.5% respectively, as they had in the first quarter of the year, which means the BBC… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q2 2002- Overall Summary
colspan=”5″>BBC Radio Stations Weekly Reach (000s) Year On Year Comparisons
NRS figures for the first six months of 2002 show that during the period there has been little change in the number of people reading national newspapers, with overall readership growing just 0.1% or 74,000. However, within that total there have been winners and losers.GMG group emerged as the main winner in a year on… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – June 2002
RAJAR figures for the second quarter of 2002 bring less than impressive news for the majority of London radio stations. Capital 95.8 FM and Capital Gold London were the only stations to see their weekly reach increase period on period. The former managed a 2.4% rise to 2,760,000, whilst the latter climbed 3.3% bringing its… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q2 2002- London Stations
This year’s World Cup was expected to benefit radio listening due to the time difference with host nations Japan and Korea. A year on year comparison of listening for the national sports stations seems to suggest this was the case. BBC Radio 5 Live, which carried live match commentary, saw a 17.4% increase in weekly… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q2 2002- National Stations
The latest figures on national newspaper circulation, released by ABC, show that overall the market did not see a great change in the number of copies sold, showing that the timing of World Cup matches in June did not work in newspapers’ favours. More titles lost ground than gained it during June compared to May.The… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – June 2002
Analysis of TV revenue figures for May show that year on year, revenue across all the terrestrial channels showed signs of recovery, rising 10.5%. The exception to the rule was GMTV, which saw a fall in its revenues of 16.5% compared to May 2001. The best increase in percentage terms was at Channel 5, where… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – May 2002
The latest figures from the NRS show that the readership of national newspapers for the period December-May 2002 was up 0.5% year on year.The main beneficiaries of the rise in readership were at GMG. The Guardian saw an impressive 33.8% year on year increase in readership, pushing its total up 343,000 to 1.36 million. A… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – May 2002
The ITC has released its cable TV statistics for the first quarter of 2002. The figures show that cable TV subscriptions have seen a year on year decrease to 3.54m. This is a 1.9% drop on the same period in 2001, when the total number of cable TV subscribers was 3.61m.The drop was experienced by… Continue reading ITC Cable Statistics Show Decrease In Subscribers
