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As Rajar releases its third quarter results for radio listening, Newsline has captured some industry reaction, with opinion from MEC Global, Gekko and ZenithOptimedia.

Agatha Christie’s Poirot (ITV, 8pm) finally returned to TV screens last night, four months after the series opening aired, indicating ITV is happy to drip feed agitated fans the last lot of episodes.

New research from Kantar Media reveals that the average radio listener would be willing to pay over £42 a year to access content.

Civolution and Optimal have announced a partnership that will allow brands and agencies to buy Facebook ads in synchronisation with TV adverts.

Examining the Rajar Q3 results, Andy Haylett, director, Ipsos MediaCT, says what we’re seeing is probably a seasonal dip in radio consumption and is likely to be short-term.

AA/Warc’s full year adspend forecasts have been upgraded with expenditure set to reach an all-time high of £18.7 billion in 2014.

Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP has seen organic growth for the third quarter of 2013 recorded at 5% this week – ahead of forecasts – representing a 2.7% acceleration on Q2.

Thinkbox’s current chair, Tess Alps, will become the non-executive chair as Sky Media’s Jeremy Tester joins the organisation’s board.

Nick Grimshaw’s BBC Radio 1 breakfast show drops to 5.6 million listeners – the lowest figure recorded in almost two decades – plus the rest of the radio market news in our Rajar round-up.

BBC’s Five Live Sports Extra and sees huge growth, as Kiss UK takes its weekly reach to more than 5 million.