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Rajar’s Q3 2019 report has painted a healthy picture of an evolving radio sector – here are the key take-outs, with views from industry experts.

KISSTORY, Absolute 80s and Heart 80s – the three most-popular commercial national digital-only stations – all hit record audiences.

Capital Network UK, Greatest Hits Radio, Heart Network and Planet Rock have all joined the national market – so expect some future shake-ups in listening as the competition evolves.

Total Global Radio continues to top Rajar’s league table, but its growth streak has slowed. Meanwhile, BBC stations take a hit and Bauer reports overall growth.

September was a good month for ITV, with revenues bucking the downward trend seen by its rivals (up 4.9% year on year).

In the dailies market, the Guardian grew its print circulation 1.7% PoP to 130,500, beaten only by the Financial Times, which grew 3.8% to just over 169,000.

August was tough month for TV revenues, with only ITV breakfast bucking the year on year decline, according to agency estimates (up by 3.5% to £4.1m).

Of the twelve newspapers in the UK’s daily market, only two were able to report any growth in sales figures between July and August 2019, with the Sunday market faring only a little better.

According to the latest cross-platform audience figures for UK magazines (July – June 2019), the period’s top performing magazines are successfully offsetting declines in print with considerable growth in mobile readership.

PAMCo – which shows total brand reach by combining print and digital across different devices – reveals that eight out of the thirteen national titles reported growth in readership period-on-period, with five reporting a decline.