Commercial radio is claiming to have hit its highest ever hours per listener for the summer period, up to 15.1 in these RAJAR figures. Radio listening as a whole, was also up for this quarter by 4%.In the local commercial market London’s Capital 95.8 has turned in strong results with its market-leading share of listening… Continue reading Q3 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations
James Gordon Looks Back On The 25 Years That Have Made Commercial Radio A Successfrom The Times 2 October 1998Commercial radio celebrates the 25th anniversary of LBC’s first broadcast on Thursday. The station launched at 6am on October 8, 1973.London was not the easiest place in which to start radio with local appeal since the… Continue reading Radio Has Reason To Party
The much-heralded and long-awaited television revolution begins tomorrow with the launch of Sky Digital’s 80-channel satellite TV service. Following hot on the heels of Sky’s digital satellite service comes digital terrestrial TV (DTT) in the form of ONdigital – a company owned by ITV franchise holders, Carlton and Granada. Cable & Wireless Communications joins the… Continue reading Television’s Digital Future
The Commercial Radio Industry is to celebrate 25 years of broadcasting on 8 October 1998.Since the launch of LBC, the first local commercial station, in 1973, the industry has grown to over 200 stations. It spawned what the industry refers to as the ‘Commercial Radio Generation’, which is those listeners who, over the past 25… Continue reading Commercial Radio Hits A Quarter Of Century
The weekly reach of All BBC stations dropped by 0.3% to 26.6 million, whilst All Commercial’s reach increased by 0.5% to 28.6 million. BBC’s Network Radio’s reach fell by 0.4% to 23.0 million.Q2 1998 Weekly Reach (000s) YoY Comparisons Station Q2 1997 Q2 1998 % Change All BBC 26,691 26,609 -0.3 All BBC Network Radio… Continue reading Q2 RAJAR 1998 – National Stations
RAJAR results for Q2 show that overall, radio listening has dropped by 0.2%, and there have been some notable movements in the weekly reach of local commercial stations.Q2 RAJAR Local Commercial Stations Showing Greatest % Change YoY In Weekly Reach (000s) Station Q2 1997 Q2 1998 % Change Wyvern FM 76 123 61.8 96.3 Q.FM… Continue reading Q2 RAJAR Summary – Local Commercial Stations
The Q2 RAJAR results for London stations, announced today, show a mixed bunch of results. In terms of weekly reach, 963/972 AM Liberty showed the biggest increase (up 105% year on year), with Spectrum Radio and Virgin 105.8 next in line (up 32.5% and 31.5% respectively). Despite its huge increase in weekly reach however, AM… Continue reading Q2 RAJAR 1998 – London Stations
Untold is on the streets and sees itself a cross between the ‘nipple count’ school of men’s magazine publishing and those journals ‘still feasting on the carcass of a beast called yuppie’ (Time Out). Untold‘s articles ooze style and confidence and treats its audience with respect. It is also not too preachy and not too… Continue reading First Issue Review – Untold
This new magazine from the Nat Mags stable is aimed at women with children aged 1-10 and aims to give support ‘through the first decade of parenthood, starting where our little sister magazine Having a Baby leaves off’. Unsurprisingly perhaps, this title has a very similar feel to She magazine, and on a number of… Continue reading First Issue Review – M
The local commercial radio stations have returned very mixed results for the first quarter of 1998 with some stations improving dramatically, others declining dramatically and a few remaining fairly stable. All Local Commercial radio showed a 0.2% drop in weekly reach and a 0.5% points increase in share of listening.The biggest success story in this… Continue reading Q1 RAJAR – Local Stations
