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RAJAR September 2001 – Performance By Ownership
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 Bristol* | H | 262 | 275 | 5.0 |
| BBC Berks | H | n/a | 120 | n/a |
| BBC Cambridgeshire | H | 105 | 120 | 14.3 |
| BBC Cleveland | H | 98 | 119 | 21.4 |
| BBC Cornwall | H | 140 | 144 | 2.9 |
| BBC WM (Coventry & Warks)** | H | 92 | 100 | 8.7 |
| BBC Cumbria | H | 118 | 135 | 14.4 |
| BBC Cymru | Q | 162 | 157 | -3.1 |
| BBC Derby | H | 174 | 201 | 15.5 |
| BBC Devon | H | 213 | 243 | 14.1 |
| BBC Essex | H | 221 | 292 | 32.1 |
| BBC Glos | H | 70 | 84 | 20.0 |
| BBC GMR | Q | 301 | 295 | -2.0 |
| BBC Hereford & Worcester | H | 122 | 158 | 29.5 |
| BBC Humberside | H | 179 | 206 | 15.1 |
| BBC Kent | H | 258 | 291 | 12.8 |
| BBC Lancashire | H | 254 | 273 | 7.5 |
| BBC Leeds | H | 250 | 320 | 28.0 |
| BBC Leicester | H | 222 | 212 | -4.5 |
| BBC Lincolnshire | H | 137 | 147 | 7.3 |
| BBC London Live | Q | 234 | 355 | 51.7 |
| BBC Merseyside | H | 406 | 480 | 18.2 |
| BBC Newcastle | H | 228 | 254 | 11.4 |
| BBC Norfolk | H | 199 | 207 | 4.0 |
| BBC Nottingham | H | 186 | 220 | 18.3 |
| BBC Radio 1 | Q | 11,449 | 11,200 | -2.2 |
| BBC Radio 2 | Q | 10,233 | 12,222 | 19.4 |
| BBC Radio 3 | Q | 2,012 | 2,068 | 2.8 |
| BBC Radio 4 | Q | 9,179 | 9,342 | 1.8 |
| BBC Radio 5 Live | Q | 5,373 | 5,717 | 6.4 |
| BBC Radio Oxford | H | n/a | 90 | n/a |
| BBC Radio Guernsey | Y | 19 | 22 | 15.8 |
| BBC Radio Jersey | Y | 34 | 37 | 8.8 |
| BBC Radio Northampton | H | 94 | 120 | 27.7 |
| BBC Radio Scotland | Q | 861 | 979 | 13.7 |
| BBC Radio Shropshire | H | 98 | 112 | 14.3 |
| BBC Radio Ulster* | Q | 462 | 541 | 17.1 |
| BBC Radio Wales | Q | 414 | 429 | 3.6 |
| BBC Sheffield | H | 280 | 278 | -0.7 |
| BBC Solent | H | 369 | 360 | -2.4 |
| BBC Solent (Dorset) | Y | 24 | 23 | -4.2 |
| BBC Southern Counties | Q | 287 | 331 | 15.3 |
| BBC Stoke | H | 207 | 229 | 10.6 |
| BBC Suffolk | H | 97 | 110 | 13.4 |
| BBC Wales/Cymru | Q | 538 | 533 | -0.9 |
| BBC Wilts Sound | H | 71 | 97 | 36.6 |
| BBC WM (Birmingham & Black Country) | Q | 371 | 313 | -15.6 |
| BBC York | H | 105 | 119 | 13.3 |
| Total BBC Asian Network | Q | 113 | 145 | 28.3 |
| *Audience to ‘Opt-out’ services included | ||||
| **Joint service with BBC Radio WM | ||||
| Capital Radio Stations Weekly Reach (000s) Year On Year Comparisons | ||||
| Station | Survey Period | Ending September 2000 | Ending September 2001 | % Change |
| 103.2 Power FM | H | 296 | 328 | 10.8 |
| Beat 106 (East) | H | 168 | 229 | 36.3 |
| Beat 106 (West) | H | 249 | 316 | 26.9 |
| BRMB 96.4 FM (Birmingham) | H | 684 | 687 | 0.4 |
| Capital 95.8 FM | Q | 2,804 | 2,903 | 3.5 |
| Capital Gold Birmingham | H | 136 | 113 | -16.9 |
| Capital Gold Hampshire | H | 58 | 50 | -13.8 |
| Capital Gold Kent | H | 63 | 59 | -6.3 |
| Capital Gold London | Q | 1,177 | 1,181 | 0.3 |
| Capital Gold Network | H | 1506 | 1535 | 1.9 |
| Capital Gold South Wales | H | 66 | 79 | 19.7 |
| Capital Gold Sussex | Q | 60 | 64 | 6.7 |
| Capital Radio London (excl.Xfm) | Q | 3,273 | 3,359 | 2.6 |
| Capital Radio London (inc. Xfm) | H | 3,561 | 3,584 | 0.6 |
| Capital Radio Midlands | H | n/a | 1,277 | n/a |
| Capital Radio North | H | 1131 | 1253 | n/a |
| Capital Radio Scotland (Beat 106) | Y | 390 | 509 | 30.5 |
| Capital Radio South | Y | 1291 | 1352 | 4.7 |
| Capital Radio West | H | 330 | 362 | 9.7 |
| Century 100-102 | H | 451 | 524 | 16.2 |
| Century 105.4 | Q | 710 | 673 | -5.2 |
| Century 106 | H | 286 | 324 | 13.3 |
| Century Radio Network | H | 1417 | 1577 | 11.3 |
| FOX FM | H | 213 | 219 | 2.8 |
| Invicta FM | H | 433 | 425 | -1.8 |
| Ocean FM | H | 249 | 266 | 6.8 |
| Ocean FM/Power FM | H | 437 | 476 | 8.9 |
| Red Dragon FM | H | 285 | 311 | 9.1 |
| Southern FM | Q | 334 | 368 | 10.2 |
| Total BRMB (Birmingham) | H | 747 | 734 | -1.7 |
| Total Capital Radio | H | n/a | 8324 | n/a |
| Total Invicta Radio | H | 464 | 457 | -1.5 |
| Total Ocean Area | H | 465 | 497 | 6.9 |
| Total Southern Radio | H | 366 | 399 | 9.0 |
| XFM | Q | 395 | 443 | 12.2 |
| Chrysalis Radio Stations Weekly Reach (000s) Year On Year Comparisons | ||||
| Station | Survey Period | Ending September 2000 | Ending September 2001 | % Change |
| 100.7 Heart FM | H | 885 | 822 | -7.1 |
| Chrysalis Radio Midlands | H | 999 | 987 | -1.2 |
| Galaxy 101 | H | 415 | 367 | -11.6 |
| Galaxy 102 | H | 437 | 433 | -0.9 |
| Galaxy 102.2 | H | 238 | 284 | 19.3 |
| Galaxy 105 | Q | 799 | 885 | 10.8 |
| Galaxy 105-106 | H | 462 | 569 | 23.2 |
| Heart 106.2 FM | Q | 1569 | 1853 | 18.1 |
| Total Galaxy | H | 2382 | 2553 | 7.2 |
| Total Heart FM | H | 2464 | 2521 | 2.3 |
| EMAP Radio Stations Weekly Reach (000s) Year On Year Comparisons | ||||
| Station | Survey Period | Ending September 2000 | Ending September 2001 | % Change |
| 96.3 Aire FM | H | 273 | 236 | -13.6 |
| 96.3 Aire FM/Magic 828 | H | 373 | 342 | -8.3 |
| 96.9 Viking FM | H | 345 | 302 | -12.5 |
| 96.9 Viking FM/Magic 1161 | H | 384 | 357 | -7.0 |
| 97.4 Rock FM | H | 392 | 409 | 4.3 |
| 97.4 Rock FM/Magic 999(was Red Rose 999) | H | 453 | 454 | 0.2 |
| Big City Network (excl.London) | H | 3742 | 3495 | -6.6 |
| Big City Network North East | H | 863 | 775 | -10.2 |
| Big City Network North West | H | 1,770 | 1,752 | -1.0 |
| Big City Network Yorkshire | H | 1,109 | 969 | -12.6 |
| EMAP Magic Network Yorkshire | H | 365 | 385 | 5.5 |
| EMAP Radio – North East | H | 985 | 944 | -4.2 |
| EMAP Radio – North West | H | 1958 | 1948 | -0.5 |
| Emap Radio – Yorkshire | H | 1,307 | 1,196 | -8.5 |
| EMAP Radio London (Magic 105.4/Kiss 100) | Q | 2,607 | 2,735 | 4.9 |
| Hallam FM | H | 507 | 443 | -12.6 |
| Hallam FM/Magic AM | H | 580 | 519 | -10.5 |
| Kiss 100 FM | Q | 1514 | 1543 | 1.9 |
| Magic 105.4 | Q | 1,341 | 1,424 | 6.2 |
| Magic 1152 (Manchester) | H | 183 | 194 | 6.0 |
| Magic 1152 (Newcastle) | H | 148 | 210 | 41.9 |
| Magic 1161 (Hull) | H | 67 | 82 | 22.4 |
| Magic 1170 (Teesside) | H | 86 | 93 | 8.1 |
| Magic 1548 (Liverpool) | H | 154 | 141 | -8.4 |
| Magic 828 (Leeds) | H | 162 | 183 | 13.0 |
| Magic 999 (Preston) | H | 91 | 61 | -33.0 |
| Magic AM (Sheffield) | H | 152 | 131 | -13.8 |
| Magic Network | H | 2,375 | 2,445 | 2.9 |
| Magic Network – North East | H | 234 | 303 | 29.5 |
| Magic Network – North West | H | 424 | 393 | -7.3 |
| Metro Radio | H | 582 | 547 | -6.0 |
| Metro Radio/Magic 1152 | H | 661 | 653 | -1.2 |
| Key 103/Magic 1152 | H | 911 | 889 | -2.4 |
| Key 103 | H | 836 | 791 | -5.4 |
| Radio City 96.7 | H | 622 | 631 | 1.4 |
| Radio City 96.7/Magic 1548 | H | 678 | 688 | 1.5 |
| TFM | H | 286 | 232 | -18.9 |
| TFM/Magic 1170 | H | 329 | 296 | -10.0 |
| Total Emap Radio | H | 6,847 | 6,798 | -0.7 |
| GWR Group Stations Weekly Reach (000s) Year On Year Comparisons | ||||
| Station | Survey Period | Ending September 2000 | Ending September 2001 | % Change |
| 102.8 RAM FM | H | 175 | 158 | -9.7 |
| 102.4 Severn Sound FM | H | 115 | 114 | -0.9 |
| 102.8 RAM FM / Classic Gold GEM Derby | H | 230 | 189 | -17.8 |
| 2CR FM | H | 192 | 187 | -2.6 |
| 2CR FM /Classic Gold 828 | H | 228 | 213 | -6.6 |
| 2-Ten FM | H | 271 | 265 | -2.2 |
| 2-TEN FM / Classic Gold 1431/1485 | H | 301 | 290 | -3.7 |
| 96 Trent FM | H | 369 | 381 | 3.3 |
| 96 Trent FM / Classic Gold GEM Notts | H | 450 | 421 | -6.4 |
| 96.9 Chiltern FM (Bedford) | H | 104 | 100 | -3.8 |
| 96.9 Chiltern FM /Classic Gold 792 (Bedford) | H | 128 | 123 | -3.9 |
| 97.2 Stray FM | H | 52 | 55 | 5.8 |
| 97.6 Chiltern FM (Dunstable/Luton) | H | 204 | 224 | 9.8 |
| 97.6 Chiltern FM/Classic Gold 828(Dunstable/Luton) | H | 234 | 260 | 11.1 |
| Beacon FM | H | 302 | 315 | 4.3 |
| Breeze 1359/1451 AM | Q | 66 | 69 | 4.5 |
| Broadland 102 | H | 195 | 216 | 10.8 |
| Champion 103 FM | Y | n/a | 35 | n/a |
| Classic Gold – Plymouth 1152 AM | H | 35 | 27 | -22.9 |
| Classic Gold 1431/1485 | H | 61 | 48 | -21.3 |
| Classic Gold 666/954 (was Gemini AM) | H | 47 | 44 | -6.4 |
| Classic Gold 792 (Bedford) | H | 38 | 38 | 0.0 |
| Classic Gold Amber | H | 112 | 99 | -11.6 |
| Classic Gold Breeze 1521 | H | 11 | 3 | -72.7 |
| Classic Gold Digital (Brunel) | H | 159 | 117 | -26.4 |
| Classic Gold Digital 1332 | H | 55 | 52 | -5.5 |
| Classic Gold Digital 1359 | H | 58 | 51 | -12.1 |
| Classic Gold Digital 1557 AM | H | 60 | 49 | -18.3 |
| Classic Gold Digital 774 | H | 32 | 28 | -12.5 |
| Classic Gold Digital 828 | H | 58 | 45 | -22.4 |
| Classic Gold Digital 828 AM (Dunstable) | H | 47 | 48 | 2.1 |
| Classic Gold Digital GEM ( Derby) | Y | 86 | 51 | -40.7 |
| Classic Gold Digital GEM (Notts) | H | 139 | 86 | -38.1 |
| Classic Gold Marcher 1260 | H | 43 | 43 | 0.0 |
| Classic Gold Network | H | 1070 | 981 | -8.3 |
| Classic Gold Radio (was Wyvern AM) | H | 42 | 40 | -4.8 |
| Classic Gold WABC | H | 79 | 62 | -21.5 |
| Coast FM 96.3 | Y | 71 | 64 | -9.9 |
| East Anglian Radio FM | H | 400 | 433 | 8.3 |
| Essex FM inc Mercury FM 101.7 (Ten 17)* | H | 363 | 391 | 7.7 |
| Essex FM/Breeze 1359/143* | H | n/a | 431 | n/a |
| FM 103 Horizon | H | 74 | 69 | -6.8 |
| Gemini FM | H | 166 | 184 | 10.8 |
| GWR Anglia Region | H | n/a | 1197 | n/a |
| GWR Central Region | H | n/a | 1856 | n/a |
| GWR FM | Y | 428 | 453 | 5.8 |
| GWR FM / Classic Gold 936/1161/1260 (Brunel) | Y | 520 | 526 | 1.2 |
| GWR Local Group Total | H | 4636 | 5551 | 19.7 |
| GWR London Region | H | n/a | 629 | n/a |
| GWR Meridian Region | H | n/a | 503 | n/a |
| GWR North West Region | H | n/a | 307 | n/a |
| GWR West Region | H | n/a | 526 | n/a |
| GWR Westcountry Region | H | n/a | 541 | n/a |
| Hereward FM 102.7 | H | 136 | 140 | 2.9 |
| Lantern FM 96.2 | H | 47 | 45 | -4.3 |
| Leicester Sound 105.4 FM | H | 227 | 189 | -16.7 |
| Mercia FM | H | 190 | 196 | 3.2 |
| Mercia FM / Classic Gold 1359 | H | 222 | 231 | 4.1 |
| Mercury FM (Surrey and Sussex) 102.7 & 97.5 | H | 94 | 103 | 9.6 |
| Mercury FM/Classic Gold Digital Breeze 1521 | H | n/a | 102 | n/a |
| Mercury FM (Kent and Sussex) | H | 35 | 36 | 2.9 |
| Mercury FM (Herts) | H | 33 | 24 | -27.3 |
| Mercury FM (Medway) | H | 31 | 26 | -16.1 |
| MFM 103.4 | H | 100 | 93 | -7.0 |
| MFM 103.4/Classic Gold Marcher 1260 | H | n/a | 123 | n/a |
| Northants 96 | Y | 172 | 195 | 13.4 |
| Orchard FM | H | 146 | 137 | -6.2 |
| 97 FM Plymouth Sound | H | 110 | 128 | 16.4 |
| Q103 | H | 127 | 106 | -16.5 |
| SGR Colchester | H | 60 | 57 | -5.0 |
| SGR FM | H | 148 | 160 | 8.1 |
| SGR FM Total | H | 206 | 217 | 5.3 |
| South Hams Radio | Y | n/a | 23 | n/a |
| The Buzz 97.1 | H | 66 | 84 | 27.3 |
| The Mix GWR Local FM Services Total | H | n/a | 4999 | n/a |
| Total Beacon Radio | H | 355 | 315 | -11.3 |
| Total East Anglian Radio | H | 463 | 490 | 5.8 |
| Total Gemini Radio | H | 187 | 202 | 8.0 |
| Total Northants Radio | H | 204 | 216 | 5.9 |
| Total Plymouth Sound | H | 127 | 162 | n/a |
| Total Radio Wyvern | H | 151 | 153 | 1.3 |
| Total Severn Sound | H | 131 | 130 | -0.8 |
| Vibe FM | H | 302 | 325 | 7.6 |
| Wyvern FM | H | 129 | 135 | 4.7 |
| *Audience to ‘Opt-out’ services included | ||||
| Scottish Radio Holdings Stations Weekly Reach (000s) Year On Year Comparisons | ||||
| Station | Survey Period | Ending September 2000 | Ending September 2001 | % Change |
| Borders | Y | 55 | 53 | -3.6 |
| C.FM Radio | Y | 115 | 108 | -6.1 |
| Central FM | Y | 61 | 56 | -8.2 |
| Clyde 1 FM | H | 744 | 722 | -3.0 |
| Clyde 2 | H | 401 | 458 | 14.2 |
| Cool FM | H | 337 | 368 | 9.2 |
| Downtown Radio (DTR) | H | 324 | 390 | 20.4 |
| Downtown Radio (DTR)/Cool FM | H | 597 | 666 | 11.6 |
| Forth2 (was Forth AM) | H | 137 | 150 | 9.5 |
| ForthOne (was Forth FM) | H | 376 | 343 | -8.8 |
| Moray Firth Radio | Y | 119 | 129 | 8.4 |
| Northsound One | Y | 144 | 132 | -8.3 |
| Northsound Two | Y | 77 | 77 | 0 |
| Tay AM | H | 86 | 115 | 33.7 |
| Tay FM | H | 141 | 129 | -8.5 |
| Total Northsound Radio | Y | 179 | 168 | -6.1 |
| Total Radio Clyde | H | 928 | 939 | 1.2 |
| Total Radio Forth | H | 437 | 418 | -4.3 |
| Total Radio Tay | H | 187 | 195 | 4.3 |
| West Sound (inc. West FM)* | H | 192 | 197 | 2.6 |
| *Audience to ‘Opt-out’ services included | ||||
| Wireless Group Stations Weekly Reach (000s) Year On Year Comparisons | ||||
| Station | Survey Period | Ending September 2000 | Ending September 2001 | % Change |
| 102.4 Wish FM | H | 121 | 136 | 12.4 |
| 102.4 Wish FM/107.2 Wire FM | Y | 196 | 205 | 4.6 |
| 107.2 Wire FM | Y | 73 | 77 | 5.5 |
| 1170 – Swansea Sound | H | 110 | 101 | -8.2 |
| 96.3 Q.FM | H | 128 | 108 | -15.6 |
| 96.4 FM The Wave | H | 162 | 152 | -6.2 |
| Big 1458 AM | H | 46 | 22 | -52.2 |
| Big AM (was Classic Gold 1278/1530) | H | 54 | 32 | -40.7 |
| Big AM (was Signal Two) | H | 43 | 38 | -11.6 |
| Imagine FM (was Signal FM) | H | 80 | 81 | 1.3 |
| Pulse | H | 203 | 235 | 15.8 |
| Pulse/Big AM | H | 232 | 248 | 6.9 |
| Signal One | H | 271 | 278 | 2.6 |
| Signal One & The Big AM (was Signal Two) | H | 290 | 293 | 1.0 |
| talkSPORT | Y | 2,053 | 2,224 | 8.3 |
| The Wave 96.4 FM | H | 93 | 152 | 63.4 |
| Total Swansea Sound/96.4 FM The Wave | H | 233 | 222 | -4.7 |
| Valleys Radio | H | 104 | 106 | 1.9 |
| Wave 102 (was Discovery 102) | Y | 38 | 29 | -23.7 |
| Wave 105 FM | H | 242 | 298 | 23.1 |
| Wireless Group – South Wales | H | 338 | 328 | -3.0 |
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