RAJAR

RAJAR is on hold whilst the research body looks at new options for reporting on radio listening in the future.

XS Manchester has doubled its listening hours year-on-year after the station was saved from closure.

BBC Radio 2 has lost almost a million listeners in the last year, according to the Q1/2020 audience research from RAJAR.

Digital listening share has increased to a new record of 58.6% up from 56.4% year on year in the latest RAJAR figures.

RAJAR is putting contingencies in place to help it continue to provide audience estimates during the period of disruption caused by the coronavirus

The big stories from around the regions this quarter include Capital Scotland shedding 104,000 listeners, whilst Hits Radio and Greatest Hits Radio increased listeners in the North of England.

Coverage of the general election helped 5 Live, Radio 4 and LBC each add half a million listeners across 2019.

The quarterly RAJAR Infographic is here with all the data you need for Q4, 2019, including All Radio Listening, Average Hours Per Listener and Digital Platforms.

Digital listening share has increased by 11% to a new record of 58.5%, up from 52.6% in Q4 2018 in the latest figures for Q4 2019.

Listening figures have arrived at RAJAR subscribing stations and will go public at midnight, tonight.

The big stories from the regions are that Heart has increased its audience despite rolling out a national breakfast show, and Greatest Hits Radio stations are taking a beating under their new names.

Zoe Ball has lost another 364,000 listeners to her BBC Radio 2 breakfast show in the latest radio listening figures from RAJAR.

Radio continues to attract 48.5 million adults or 88% of the adult (15+) UK population in the latest RAJAR results for Q3, 2019.

The quarterly RAJAR Infographic is here with all the data you need for Q2, 2019, including All Radio Listening, Average Hours Per Listener and Digital Platforms.

In our quarterly look at local and regional radio brands, we'll start with some of the national brands with local service.

Zoe Ball has lost more than three quarters of a million listeners to her BBC Radio 2 breakfast show, according to the latest audience research from RAJAR.

Share of listening to the radio via a digital device has gone down this quarter, whilst AM/FM listening has increased.

The quarterly RAJAR Infographic is here with all the data you need for Q2, 2019, including All Radio Listening, Average Hours Per Listener and Digital Platforms.

The latest listening figures for quarter 2, 2019 have been delivered to radio stations ahead of a public release at midnight tonight.

Chris Evans and Virgin Radio both reached over a million listeners in the first quarter of 2019 - see our full roundup of listening figures for national and London stations.

The local RAJAR headlines this time round concentrates on the first quarter for Greatest Hits Radio, which has resulted in a mainly downward trend following its rebrand.

The quarterly RAJAR Infographic is here with all the data you need for Q1, 2019, including All Radio Listening, Average Hours Per Listener and Digital Platforms.

Digital listening has reached a new record share of 56.4%, up from 50.9% in Q1 2018, according to RAJAR Q1 2019 data released today.

Official listening figures for RAJAR Q1 2019 have been delivered to participating radio stations across the UK.

Hits Radio in Manchester continues its downward trend in the latest listening figures, and now has 271,000 weekly reach compared with 325,000 last quarter.

Radio's total reach has dropped more significantly in London over the past 12 months, with the BBC seeing audience drops across almost all its networks.

The last three months of digital radio listening in 2018 remained almost the same quarter on quarter, with a slight increase from 52.4% to 52.6%.

The quarterly RAJAR Infographic is here with all the data you need for Q4, 2018, including All Radio Listening, Average Hours Per Listener and Digital Platforms.

The latest Quarter 4 2018 listening figures for UK radio stations show a number of changes this time round.