All Radio articles – Page 120
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Digital listeners push up XFm's share
Indie rock station Xfm lost listeners in the core London market but grew its national audience through digital listening. The Capital Radio-owned station lost 6.5% of its listeners over the last quarter to report an audience of 535,000. However, it recorded its second highest ever national audience of 693,000, which ...
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Virgin duo make strong Rajar debut
Digital stations Virgin Radio Classic Rock and Virgin Radio Groove reported positive results in their debut Rajar appearance. The SMG-owned stations together attracted 239,000 listeners, a strong result considering they are only available in London on DAB radio.
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Local radio co nears million mark
The Local Radio Company, the group launched early last year by former Jazz FM chief executive Richard Wheatley, has recorded a combined audience of nearly 900,000 around the country. The latest figure includes results from LRC's recent acquisitions of Spirit FM in South West Sussex and KCR FM in Liverpool.
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Heart pins hope on fresh blood
Chrysalis Radio chief executive Phil Riley has defended the poor ratings of flagship London station Heart 106.2 and claimed it will claw back listeners with its new look.
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Comment: can Magic keep up the act?
The battle for dominance in the competitive London market has long been considered a two-horse race.
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Wogan helps R2 to record audience
Terry Wogan's decision this week to retire from radio in March 2007 will be a major blow to his growing army of fans - now up to a record 8.05 million listeners, according to the latest Rajars.
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Kerrang! draws 17% more listeners
Kerrang!, the Emap-owned rock station that launched in the West Midlands last June, has shown positive growth in its second Rajar report. The station achieved a 17% rise in listeners in the final quarter of last year to report an audience of 299,000. The Kerrang! digital radio ...
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106 Century FM ups share ahead of sale
106 Century FM, the station Capital Radio is to sell in order to secure its merger with GWR, has lost nearly 20,000 of its audience but has upped its share of listening. The Nottingham-based station reported an audience of 302,000, but grew its listening share to 6.1% due to an ...
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Jazz FM loses 200,000 listeners
Jazz FM has had one of its worst radio listenership results, losing almost a quarter of its audience in three months. The audience share for the London station, owned by the Guardian Media Group, dropped from 2.2% to 1.7% as 204,000 listeners abandoned it. The decline could lead to a ...
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GMG out of Manchester FM running
Guardian Media Group Radio has pulled out of the running for a lucrative new Manchester FM licence.
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NewsColeman loses Heart slot
London station Heart 106.2 is to replace its breakfast DJ Jono Coleman with former children's TV presenter Jamie Theakston following a drop in ratings.
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NewsWogan sets retirement date
Veteran DJ Terry Wogan has announced he will quit his BBC Radio 2 breakfast show in two years time.
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NewsClassic FM grows clout
Classic FM has reversed a decline in audience figures and bolstered its position as the nation's biggest commercial radio station.
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NewsMagic overtakes Heart in London Rajars
London easy-listening station Magic has overtaken rival Heart 106.2 for the first time - taking a step closer to the number one slot.
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May date for GWR and Capital merger
GWR and Capital Radio have said they expect to complete their merger by early May, although they have lost one of the key architects of the union. Nathalie Schwartz, Capital's strategy and development director, will leave at the end of this month with no job to go to. In its ...
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NewsGWR/Capital to merge in May
GWR and Capital Radio are set to complete their anticipated merger in early May, the two companies have said.
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NewsBullish results for SRH & Emap
The radio divisions of Emap and Scottish Radio Holdings have both reported a positive financial start to the year.
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NewsRadio industry backs electronic testing
Rajar, the radio audience measurement body, is to press ahead with electronic methods of recording listeners following an industry-wide consultation.
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NewsKent Messenger awarded Ashford licence
Ofcom has awarded a new FM licence covering Ashford to a consortium led by local media company the Kent Messenger Group.
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NewsEvans rules out return to radio
His stint on this week's Radio Aid tsunami appeal may have won him critical praise but Chris Evans has ruled out a full-time return to radio.