Commercial radio enjoyed strong digital growth, attracting a higher digital share than the BBC for the first time, according to the latest Rajar findings, issued today.
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As Rajar publishes its second quarter results for the radio market, Newsline presents a full round-up for the national stations and networks and the digital and breakfast markets.
Total Global Radio continues to dominate with a little under 21.2m listeners, followed by Bauer Radio with 16.5m.
June saw the UK’s digital (desktop only) population rise slightly to 45.4 million unique visitors, the highest figure reported so far this year.
Four of the top five best-performing news sites reported a decline in traffic in June, with the Telegraph online hardest hit.
For the second consecutive month, ITV’s revenues were down on 2014, dropping -10.7% to almost £97m in June, whilst Channel 4 was up almost 30%.
The final ever Top Gear to feature the unholy trinity of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May was eventually broadcast by BBC Two this month, bowing out with 6.9 million viewers.
According to UKOM data recently released by comScore MMX, the UK’s desktop-only online population continued to steady at 45.1 million unique visitors in the month of May.
The start of the summer has seen most newspaper sales decline, with only a few titles bucking the trend according to the latest ABC circulation results.
While April was a strong month for UK commercial TV broadcasters, just one recorded an increase in network revenue in May, with total terrestrial channels down -3.6% on the previous year.