Capital 95.8FM continued its reign as the top commercial station in the London area in the latest RAJAR figures, released yesterday. Despite a 2.8% drop in its weekly reach, the station’s share of London listening remains healthy. Capital Gold, however, saw its weekly reach drop by 9.8% period on period.Chrysalis Radio’s Heart 106.2FM also sustained… Continue reading September 1999 RAJAR: London Stations
An in-depth study into the internet habits of adults in Britain has revealed that 27% of the population are now regular users of the net. The study, conducted by CommerceNet and Nielsen Media Research, has been sponsored by some of Britain’s leading companies and aims to give a definitive account of web usage.It has found… Continue reading More Than A Quarter Of UK Adults Are Now Regular Net Users
Shares in Reuters began to climb back yesterday after its recent falls, which saw the stock almost half in value (see Sharewatch). The information group bought back 4.7 million shares on Wednesday and press comment has further boosted its status. Prices closed up 31˝p to 569˝p.Flextech saw a leap in its prices as the pay-TV… Continue reading Sharewatch
BBC Radio has taken a greater share of listening than commercial radio in the latest radio audience figures released by RAJAR this morning. The new survey shows commercial radio slumping back in both share of listening and weekly reach between the June and September RAJAR survey periods. Overall BBC Radio reports increases in share and… Continue reading BBC Steals Greatest Share In Latest RAJAR Figures
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has concluded that a Channel 4 documentary which the Guardian alleged was faked did not breach programme guidelines. After a lengthy investigation into Undercover Britain: Guns On The Street the Commission found that there was “insufficient evidence” that viewers were misled.The investigation began in March this year (see ITC Investigates… Continue reading ITC Rules Against Claims Of Fake C4 Documentary
With the exception of BBC Radio 1, the country’s national radio stations all saw their audiences fall over the summer period, according to the latest figures released by RAJAR this morning. Whilst Radio 1 increased its weekly audience by 2.5%, the rest of the BBC’s national stations all saw the figures drop back. Radio 1’s… Continue reading National Radio Stations Shed Listeners During Summer
RAJAR is continuing to experiment with measurement systems for digital radio but does not believe it will be included in its reports until after the year 2000. Announcing its latest results today the radio industry’s audience research company said it would wait until take-up of digital radio had reached significant numbers of the population before… Continue reading RAJAR Makes Plans For The Measurement Of Digital Radio
The Broadcasters Audience Research Board (BARB) has set a date for the release of its first digital-only data. The data, for the week ending November 7, will be available on 20 November.The digital data has been anticipated for some time; the first figures were due to be released last month but technical problems hindered their… Continue reading BARB Sets Date For Digital Data
Local commercial radio listening, including the London stations, dropped around 100,000 listeners (3.6%) period on period according to the September RAJAR survey. The sector’s share of listening fell by 0.9% points to 39.2%; average hours per listener per week increased by 0.1 to 14.9.Galaxy 105-106 reported its first RAJAR figure in this survey. The Chrysalis-owned… Continue reading September 1999 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations
