We chart the best and worst performers across local radio in the UK, based on year on year change for reach and total hours.
Below you will find the Top 15 stations based on percentage increase of reach and total hours for Q1/2015 compared with Q1/2014. Following on are the Bottom 15 stations who’ve seen significant falls in their reach or total hours over the last 12 months.
| Top performers on reach | % rise Y on Y |
| 1. Smooth Radio North West & Wales | 393 |
| 2. Sunrise Radio | 123 |
| 3. Heart North Wales | 108 |
| 4. Signal 107 | 100 |
| 5. The Breeze (Basingstoke/Newbury/Andover) | 62 |
| 6. Smooth Radio Devon | 61 |
| 7. Smooth Radio Sussex | 59 |
| 8. JACK 2 | 57 |
| 9. Free Radio Coventry & Warwickshire | 51 |
| 10. BBC Radio Bristol | 48 |
| 11. Smooth Radio Scotland | 47 |
| 12. Nation Hits | 39 |
| 13. Heart North East | 33 |
| 14. Heart Yorkshire | 33 |
| 15. Fire Radio | 33 |
| Top performers on total hours | % rise Y on Y |
| 1. Smooth Radio North West & Wales | 177 |
| 2. JACK 2 | 171 |
| 3. Heart North Wales | 170 |
| 4. Smooth Radio Scotland | 138 |
| 5. The Breeze (Basingstoke/Newbury/Andover) | 124 |
| 6. kmfm East | 113 |
| 7. CityTalk 105.9 | 91 |
| 8. Sunrise Radio | 89 |
| 9. Wire FM | 87 |
| 10. Radio Essex DAB | 82 |
| 11. LBC London News | 81 |
| 12. Free Radio Coventry & Warwickshire | 79 |
| 13. Free Radio 80s Coventry & Warwickshire | 78 |
| 14. Smooth Radio Sussex | 77 |
| 15. XFM Manchester | 77 |
| Poorest performers on reach | % change Y on Y |
| 1. XFM Scotland | -49 |
| 2. Smooth Radio Solent | -42 |
| 3. Palm FM | -40 |
| 4. Key 2 | -39 |
| 5. Gold Manchester | -38 |
| 6. 106.1 Real XS | -37 |
| 7. Rother FM | -36 |
| 8. Smooth Radio Essex | -35 |
| 9. Key 103 | -33 |
| 10. Arrow FM | -32 |
| 11. Radio City 2 | -31 |
| 12. Viking 2 | -31 |
| 13. 96.2 Touch FM Coventry | -31 |
| 14. BBC Radio Berkshire | -31 |
| 15. TFM 2 | -28 |
| Poorest performers on total hours | % change Y on Y |
| 1. Key 2 | -70 |
| 2. Metro Radio 2 | -70 |
| 3. Capital XTRA London | -56 |
| 4. XFM London | -56 |
| 5. Smooth Radio Solent | -48 |
| 6. The Bee | -46 |
| 7. TFM 2 | -45 |
| 8. 96.2 The Revolution | -43 |
| 9. 96.5 Radio Wave | -41 |
| 10. Chester’s Dee 106.3 | -39 |
| 11. Radio City 2 | -38 |
| 12. Key 103 | -38 |
| 13. Palm FM | -37 |
| 14. XFM Scotland | -36 |
| 15. Oak FM | -36 |
