The lead enjoyed by Capital 95.8 FM among the London stations was retained for this quarter, despite slight declines for the station in both reach and share, period on period. Meanwhile the fight for second place continues, with the heavy marketing campaigns of Heart and Magic beginning to bear fruit.Capital remains a dominant force when… Continue reading Capital Continues London Domination Despite Falls In Share And Reach
The costs of investing in internet development are showing at Chrysalis Group, as interim financial results for the six months to 28 February, show a group-wide pre-tax loss of £5.6 million.Chrysalis spent £9.1 million on new media activities, giving an operating loss of £4.8 million (compared to a £1.1 million profit for the same period… Continue reading New Media Costs Push Chrysalis Into The Red
The Radio Authority has received two applications for a re-advertised local licence for North London and three for another in South East London. The licences both run for a period of eight years from 1 January 2003 and the deadline for applications was 8 May. In a reflection of the capital’s diverse ethnic community, most… Continue reading Applications For London Radio Licences Reflect Diverse Ethnic Community
RAJAR’s latest figures, released this morning, showed that while All BBC managed to inch up another 0.4 percentage points quarter on quarter , All Commercial radio remained static in its share.All BBC Network Radio went up 0.2 percentage points, as did BBC Local and BBC Local/Regional. Local commercial radio saw percentage point gain of 0.4,… Continue reading BBC Local Stations Make Gains In Q1 2001 RAJAR Figures
The following tables show the performances of each of the main UK radio groups in the latest RAJAR figures for the one year period to March 2001. BBC Radio Stations Weekly Reach (000s) Year On Year Comparisons Station Survey Period Ending Mar 2000 Ending Mar 2001 % Ch BBC 3 Counties H 175 142 -18.9… Continue reading March 2001 RAJAR – Performance By Ownership
ITN’s pan-European news channel, EuroNews, has extended its service distribution to cover the UK and Ireland by broadcasting via the Eurobird satellite. The arrangement is unusual in that the Sky Digital will be used to broadcast the free-to-air service at the same time as Sky is battling, as part of a consortium, to oust ITN… Continue reading ITN European News Channel Launches UK Version On Sky Digital
RAJAR’s latest figures, released this morning, showed that while All BBC managed to inch up another 0.4 percentage points quarter on quarter to reach a 52.1% share of listening, All Commercial radio remained static with a 46% share.All BBC Network Radio went up 0.2 percentage points, as did BBC Local and BBC Local/Regional. Local commercial… Continue reading BBC Local Stations Make Gains In Q1 2001 RAJAR Figures
BSkyB’s interim results, which revealed subscriber numbers lower than analyst expectations and consequently affected profit and revenue figures (see BSkyB To Cease Analogue Broadcast This Summer), brought the broadcaster’s share price down by the close of yesterday’s trading. Shares finished down 52p at £8.04.Worse hit was Highbury House, which held its AGM yesterday and warned… Continue reading Sharewatch
Tables showing the performances of each of the main UK radio groups in the latest RAJAR figures for the one year period to December 2000 are now available for subscribers.(Subscribers see full item in the Radio features list)
Once again this was a bad quarter for national commercial radio, which saw a decline in reach across all its stations. Like the previous quarter, worst hit were Atlantic 252, which dropped 21.2% and Virgin AM, which fell 34.3% in a year on year comparison.The BBC stations did not do very much better, with Radio… Continue reading Rajar Figures Show Another Tough Quarter For Commercial Stations
