Suffolk-based dance station, Vibe FM, is claiming to be the most successful regional radio station to launch under the Radio Authority’s direction over the last four years.The station has achieved a 13% weekly reach in its first RAJAR, for Q2 1998; this represents an average weekly audience of 228,000.Vibe says that its early analysis shows… Continue reading Vibe FM Claims UK’s Most Successful Regional Radio Launch
Cable and telecommunications company Flextech has today applied to the High Court for a Judicial Review of the Independent Television Commission’s (ITC) recent decision to remove minimum carriage requirements for cable and satellite channels (see ITC Confirms End Of Minimum Carriage Requirements).A number of programme producers, including Flextech, Live TV and Universal Studios, have complained… Continue reading Flextech Takes ITC ‘Unbundling’ Move To High Court
RAJAR results for Q2 show that overall, radio listening has dropped by 0.2%, and there have been some notable movements in the weekly reach of local commercial stations.Wyvern FM tore ahead of all the other stations with its increase in its weekly reach of 61.8%. 96.3 Q.FM also displayed a rather spectacular increase in weekly… Continue reading Q2 RAJAR Summary – Local Commercial Stations
Channel 5 has cut a new deal with the US National Football League (NFL). C5 will broadcast live coverage of American Football each week on the late night sports show Live and Dangerous, and show higlights on Saturday afternoons.Robert Charles, 5’s controller of sport, commented: “We are delighted to add another top class sport to… Continue reading Channel 5 Scores With NFL
Babes In The Woods is ITV’s latest attempt at a comedy that it hopes will bring in the viewers. With more hype than the Spice Girls and about the same amount of talent, Babes fizzled its way onto Thursday night. The first episode pulled in an audience of 7.99 million viewers (compared to 8.61 million… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 26/07/98
Channel 5 has quadrupled the power to its transmitter in Croydon, which gives it the same broadcasting reach as its four terrestrial competitors. As a result, it has near doubled its average share of viewing in London.This power surge comes just before the kick-off of a £500,000 press and radio campaign due to start on… Continue reading C5 Gives Itself A Boost
Telewest’s interim results for the quarter ending 30 June this year, released this week, show that pre-tax losses fell £721,000 to £141.6 million, whilst sales rose by 25% to £266 million.Business and residential telephony turnover also displayed significant increases, 41% and 27% respectively. Telewest were unperturbed by a growth of “churn” – the proportion of… Continue reading Telewest Optimistic After Interim Results
The weekly reach of All BBC stations dropped by 0.3% to 26.6 million, whilst All Commercial’s reach increased by 0.5% to 28.6 million.Radio 1 experienced the greatest year on year fall in weekly reach, down 3.2%; its share of listening dropped by 0.2% points to 9.5%. All the other national BBC stations reported gains in… Continue reading Q2 RAJAR 1998 – National Stations
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is considering a change in its ruling on advertising slimming aids.The key elements of the draft proposals are that any effectiveness claims in such ads must be backed by evidence of efficacy and safety. Also, all slimming advertisements must be qualified by medical advice.Consultees on the proposed changes include the… Continue reading ITC To Consult On Slimming Ad Code
The weekly reach of All BBC stations dropped by 0.3% to 26.6 million, whilst All Commercial’s reach increased by 0.5% to 28.6 million. BBC’s Network Radio’s reach fell by 0.4% to 23.0 million.Q2 1998 Weekly Reach (000s) YoY Comparisons Station Q2 1997 Q2 1998 % Change All BBC 26,691 26,609 -0.3 All BBC Network Radio… Continue reading Q2 RAJAR 1998 – National Stations
