Year on year analysis of listening for national radio services during the third quarter of 2003 reveals a poor performance for BBC Radio 1, which continued to see its audience decline. The flagship youth station saw its weekly reach drop by 9.4% year on year and its share of listening slip by 0.8% points during… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q3 2003: BBC Radio 1 Feels The Pressure
The Sunday Times is claiming that nearly 700,000 of its readers used the first edition of its interactive CD-Rom entertainment supplement, The Month.The widely marketed interactive feature, which launched at the end of April, has also been credited with boosting the paper’s circulation by 160,000 copies. However, this is thought to have dropped to 100,000… Continue reading Sunday Times Claims New Monthly CD-Rom Boosted Sales
The latest RAJAR listening figures for the third quarter of 2003 reveal another positive performance for All Commercial Radio, which saw its share of listening increase by a solid 1.3% points period on period. Meanwhile, the lead enjoyed by All BBC was eroded by a further 1.2% points.Earlier this week the BBC’s director of radio… Continue reading RAJAR Results: Q3 2003: National Commercial Still Rising
Year on year analysis of listening for national radio services during the third quarter of 2003 reveals a poor performance for BBC Radio 1, which continued to see its audience decline. The flagship youth station saw its weekly reach drop by 9.4% year on year to just over 9.8 million and its share of listening… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q3 2003: BBC Radio 1 Feels The Pressure
The tables showing the best and worst performers, in terms of weekly reach and share of listening, of the local commercial stations broadcasting outside London are now available to subscribers in the Radio reports section on the left.Stations reporting for the first time are: Saga 106.6 FM, which will report quarterly.New national reports include: Core,… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q3 2003: Local Commercial Stations
Ongoing weakness in the local advertising market and difficult year on year comparisons have persuaded Merrill Lynch to cut its Q4 US radio and TV station growth estimates. Radio revenues are expected to be flat in October and November with a 2% increase to come in December while the broadcast TV station industry will see… Continue reading MediaTelINSIGHT: US Broadcast Advertising Remains Off The Pace
The following tables show the best and worst performers, in terms of weekly reach and share of listening, of the local commercial stations broadcasting outside London. Top/Bottom 10 Weekly Reach (000s) % Change Station Survey Period Ending Sep 2002 Ending Sep 2003 % Change Signals Big AM (was Signal Two) H 27 72 166.7 Capital… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q3 2003: Local Commercial Stations
The total number of American internet users passed the 150 million mark for the first time ever in September, according to the latest figures from comScore Media Metrix. The online research group claims that the number of people online in the US increased by 0.8% last month while the resumption of university studies helped boost… Continue reading US Internet Users Top 150 Million, Says comScore
The US hi-tech business publishing sector saw advertising page volumes fall by 15.7% in September, according to the latest statistics from United Business Media (UBM). The group’s own CMP Media division recorded a 12.4% year on year decline. In the calendar year to September, the technology publishing market decreased by 15.5% compared to the same… Continue reading Technology Publishing Ad Volumes Down 16% Last Month
Ongoing weakness in the local advertising market and difficult year on year comparisons have persuaded Merrill Lynch to cut its Q4 US radio and TV station growth estimates. Earlier this month, the broker lowered its 2003 spot radio growth forecast from 2.8% to 2.5% on the basis of local advertising softness (see Top Broker Trims… Continue reading US Broadcast Advertising Remains Off The Pace
