The commercial radio sector has clinched a slightly higher total share of listening than BBC Radio, according to the latest audience figures released by RAJAR this afternoon. All Commercial’s share of listening came in at 49.2% and the BBC took a share of 49.0%. The remaining 1.8% of listening is accounted for by radio stations… Continue reading Commercial Radio Inches Ahead Of BBC In Latest Listening Figures
BBC Radio 1 remains the most listened to station in the country according to new radio audience figures, released by RAJAR this afternoon. Radio 1 had an average weekly reach of 10.8 million listeners during the first quarter of 1999. This is followed by Radio 2, with 9.7 million and Radio 4 with 9.5 million.… Continue reading Radio 1 Still The UK’s Favourite Station
The BBC has stolen the largest slice of the pie away from commercial radio in the latest radio audience listening figures, released by RAJAR this afternoon. For Q1 1999 All BBC Radio took a 50.3% share of listening, leaving All Commercial stations with 47.5% and Other Listening taking the remaining 2.2%.In terms of reach, however,… Continue reading BBC Takes Majority Share Of Listening In Latest RAJAR Figures
Capital 95.8 FM leads the London radio market with an average three million listeners each week, according to Q1 1999 radio listener figures, released by RAJAR this afternoon. The station takes a majority share of listening of 12.2% in London. Capital’s ‘indie/alternative’ station, Xfm, now reaches 354,000 people in London each week, a share of… Continue reading Capital Radio Leads London Market
During last week’s IBC UK Digital TV conference (see Newsline), Dermot Nolan, a director from the media consultancy TBS, was determined to highlight the pitfalls of digital television (DTV), and to eliminate any industry illusions surrounding the new television medium.According to projections produced by TBS, digital television has so far underperformed and the UK is… Continue reading ‘Don’t Believe The Hype Of Digital TV’ Says Media Consultancy
Now the digital revolution has begun, the task facing its proponents is in persuading the consumer of the merits of multi-channel, digital television (DTV). This was the theme of the morning session on the first day of the IBC UK Digital TV Conference in London. Chaired by Mathew Horsman, the charismatic American media analyst, speakers… Continue reading IBC UK Digital TV Conference – Persuading The Customer
Banish images of garden gnomes, swampy ponds and steel iron furniture from your mind before you delve into the fruits of Neweden, as this new title from IPC does for gardening what the Spice Girls and All Saints did for pregnancy – makes it ‘cool’. Think minimalist, think Zen, think ‘Daahhhhling!’. This glossy cacophony of… Continue reading First Issue Review – NewEden
Whilst many will continue to ask whether men are indeed ‘from Mars’ and women ‘from Venus’ there are a worrying number of 16-30 year old boys who firmly believe that they are from the world of F1 racing, Bond-esque gadgetry, stunning (and one day “available”) women and Premiership football.There is nothing new in adolescent aspiration… Continue reading First Issue Review – Boys’ Toys
The weekly reach of All BBC stations rose by 0.6% to 26.73 million in Q4 1998, according to this afternoon’s RAJAR data release. This compares to All Commercial’s weekly reach increase of 0.2% to 28.45 million. Whilst BBC Network Radio saw a 0.9% rise in its weekly reach (23.15m), All National Commercial radio fell by… Continue reading Q4 1998 RAJAR – National Stations
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)
