The following tables show the performance of each of the main UK radio groups in the latest RAJAR figures for the one year to September 2001. BBC Radio Stations Weekly Reach (000s) Year On Year Comparisons Station Survey Period Ending September 2000 Ending September 2001 % Ch BBC 3 Counties H 126 179 42.1 BBC… Continue reading RAJAR September 2001 – Performance By Ownership
SMG has today announced that its review of staffing levels (see SMG Offers All Employees Voluntary Redundancy) will result in a maximum of 95 redundancies across its operations by the end of 2001. This represents around 5% of the media company’s total workforce. Of the 95 redundancies, 17 are management positions. Whilst a further 52… Continue reading SMG Makes 95 Cost-Cutting Redundancies
Having seen a slight increase in share of listening in June’s period on period analysis, Commercial Radio dropped back again over the three months to September. Today’s RAJAR results show that Commercial Radio’s share of listening saw a fall of 0.1 percentage points period on period. Meanwhile, All BBC grew 0.3 percentage points.Losses for both… Continue reading BBC Retains Lead In RAJAR Results
Acquisitions play a large part in the fortunes – or otherwise – of WPP this year. First half revenues were up over 56%, largely due to the contribution made by last year’s big name acquisition Young & Rubicam (see Shareholders Approve WPP/Y&R Deal), along with several other smaller companies acquired along the way (see WPP… Continue reading WPP Warns Results May Suffer In ‘Very Difficult’ Year
National Commercial radio continued to increase its reach this quarter, as year on year analysis revealed gains for Classic FM and talkSPORT. Classic FM, which recently reported its first full year’s profit, saw a 6.3% year on year increase in reach, while talkSPORT, which experienced significant gains last quarter, saw an 8.3% increase during this… Continue reading RAJAR: Continued Success For National Commercial Radio
The Takeover Panel has this morning ruled against WPP’s attempt to free itself from its 555p-a-share offer for Tempus Group (see Tempus Confirms WPP Offer). WPP had made a submission to the Takeover Panel in an attempt to invoke the Material Adverse Change clause in its initial offer citing the further deterioration of the ad… Continue reading Takeover Panel Rules Against WPP
Having seen a slight increase in share of listening in June’s period on period analysis, Commercial radio dropped back again over the three months to September. Today’s RAJAR results show that Commercial radio’s share of listening was 46.5%, a fall of 0.1 percentage points period on period. Meanwhile, all BBC grew 0.3 percentage points to… Continue reading RAJAR Overall
The ASA has upheld a complaint against NTL after rival telecommunications company, BT, objected to a magazine advert that stated: “Smile. Talk is cheaper with NTL.”BT claimed that the ad was “misleading” as it implied that all of NTL’s customers would save money on all of their calls, which it “argued” was not the case.NTL… Continue reading ASA Says Talk Is Cheap But Not With NTL
Radio has had an important role in youth culture since the days of Radio Caroline, and according to the Radio Advertising Bureau, this has yet to change. Encouragingly for advertisers, 72% of listening by 4-14 year olds and 64% of listening by 15-24 year olds was commercial, according to September’s RAJAR figures, and while an… Continue reading Feature: London’s Youth Radio
Telewest was the best performer in what was an encouraging day for the media market, with only five companies seeing shares fall. Telewest saw stock rise 12.24% to finish at 55p, an increase of 6p on the day before.Carlton and Granada saw shares climb yesterday, despite Merrill Lynch cutting its forecasts, citing lower advertising revenue… Continue reading Sharewatch
