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
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
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
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
Online advertising activity increased 6% during September as companies turned to the internet as a cheaper form of marketing.The latest figures from online advertising monitor, Lemonad, show that compared to August the number of individual advertisers using the internet during September grew by 6%.The number of online campaigns also increased by 4%, suggesting that a… Continue reading Online Advertising On The Up
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
