Simon Mayo took Greatest Hits Radio from strength to strength as the successful move to FM in London continued to drive huge increases. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. Its Newscast, and the Football titles, including Football Daily and Match of the Day: Top 10 were the most popular - especially for younger audiences. If you spot any other major spikes up or down, email news@tmssvr.co.uk. He has written nine previous novels, including top-ten bestselling Secret Service, and its two sequels, Double Agent and Triple Cross. Having been without full figures to demonstrate the impact of our national portfolio for a while, we can now stand loud and proud in saying that listeners are clearly enjoying our mix of British-only music and comedy, and we have exciting plans in place to keep delivering great radio for them to continue to enjoy.. Sign up to our daily newsletter plus other alert services. Dick Stone, Group Content Manager for JACK Media, commented: While were still feeling the impact of the pandemic and having seen an interesting shift in radio consumption patterns, were delighted to be able to now provide tangible figures that demonstrate strong growth across our national radio brands, which are reaching almost a quarter of a million listeners each week. Chris Moyles has a new record of 1.2m at breakfast, Smooth Radio London drops back below the million mark with 944,000 weekly reach just behind its sister station Smooth North West with 986,000, The Heart Brand is up from 10.02m to 10.27m this quarter even though Heart Dance sees a drop from 646,000 to 348,000 weekly reach its lowest ever, Virgin Radio UK remains static with 1.6m weekly reach as Chris Evans gains more listeners, now with just over 1m, Nation Radio services record big gains in reach Scotland up from 33,000 to 46,000 and UK from 13,000 to 25,000 and all services increasing hours dramatically, At Communicorp, XS Manchester lost 22,000 listeners down to 84,000 but almost doubled total hours, All the JACK local services were down in terms of weekly reach with the exception of JACK 3 Chill, up from 3,000 listeners to 10,000 following its move to FM, Nationally, Union JACK increased listeners from 143,000 to 160,000 whilst Union JACK Dance fell from 82,000 to 51,000 and Union JACK Rock went from 52,000 to 51,000, Radio Essex dropped from 63,000 listeners to 36,000 whilst Radio Essex DAB stayed roughly the same with 50,000, The station with the highest percentage reach and market share in the survey remains Channel 103 in Jersey, with 61% weekly reach, up 2,000 this quarter and 33.4% market share, Lyca Gold registered its first full RAJAR since rebranding from Dilse Radio it now has 68,000 weekly reach compared with 38,000 in the previous quarter, BBC Radio 1 has 8.97m listeners aged 10+ (down from 9.0m) and the Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Greg James (Mon-Fri) had 4.85m 10+ listeners (up from 4.72m), Radio 1Xtra is down from 880,000 listeners to 744,000 listeners, BBC Radio 2 has 14.87m listeners (up from 14.6m) with 7.5m tuning in for The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show (up from 7.2m), BBC Radio 3 is down from 2.17m to 1.99m listeners, BBC Radio 4 is also down from 10.76m to 10.48m listeners with 6.62m tuning in for The Today programme (Mon-Sat) (down from 6.71m), BBC Radio 5 Live posted a reach of 5.89m listeners down slightly from 5.91m, BBC Asian Network is down from 533,000 to 489,000 listeners each week, Local BBC Radio is down ever so slightly from 6.71m to 6.67m noticeably BBC CWR is down from 66,000 to 45,000 (its lowest ever) and BBC Radio Nottingham is down 25% in weekly reach from 193,000 listeners to 143,000 and down in share 39%. For him, this word encapsulates everything that went wrong in. talkSPORT covered every game from the 2022 FIFA World Cup, including 330 hours of radio coverage live on location from Doha. Listen to The Simon Mayo Drivetime Show every weekday from 4pm greatesthitsradio.co.uk. Ashley Tabor-King, founder & executive president of Global, said: With RAJAR now fully back with enhanced measurement, Im delighted this has translated into record audiences for our brands and shows. Pinch smoked paprika. Toggle navigation. talkSPORT saw reach up 9.9% quarter-on-quarter in what was a vintage period for the network, including the Autumn Nations Rugby and 330 hours of live coverage from the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Simon Mayo has announced the launch of a new classical radio station, becoming the latest presenter to defect from the BBC. At a time when guitar bands are regularly appearing in the charts again, Radio X is well up on its 2020 RAJAR figures under the previous system. Three quarters of our audience now listen via a digital device this market leading performance sets us up perfectly for the future., Ben Cooper, Chief Content and Music Officer, Bauer Media Audio UK said Rock fans have done us proud giving us record figures for Planet Rock, Absolute Classic Rock and amazing hours on Kerrang! Heart (8.54m listeners - narrowly ahead of Radio 1) and Smooth (5.43m) were each down less than 1% quarter-on-quarter. He's pre-diabetic and hopes to prevent medication. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. How did Simon Mayo get into radio? A former member of the Charities Regulator, she also specialises in Charity Law, advising on the full range of corporate restructuring and compliance . Bauer had a rebrand as Bauer Media Audio shortly before the Q4 RAJAR period. Simon Mayo's Confessions. Overview for Scala Radio Survey period July 2021 to December 2021 The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The bureaux's client must also be a RAJAR . Simon Mayo presents the Film Review show with Mark Kermode Whiley's new 7-9pm weekday show will see Radio 2's evening specialist shows move slots. A valedictory solo All-Request Friday ended his 17-year tenure at Radio 2 on December 21. Simon also spoke to Fairground Attractions Eddi Reader after Simon selected their song Perfect as his first Record of the Week showcasing a song from the 70s, 80s or 90s released on that week in history. was flat at 470,000. It is really pleasing to see strong performances across the leading digital stations BBC 6 Music, Kisstory and BBC Radio 4 Extra, and the growth of a diverse range of digital stations covering all genres and formats, from Capital Dance to Smooth Radio Chill and Magic Chilled; TalkRadio and Times Radio to Absolute Radio 70s and Boom Radio., Subscribers can click here to read our interview with Bauer Media Audios Ben Cooper. To not only hold our position as the leading commercial radio group, but to continue to grow is incredible and down to our brilliant teams and globallers., James Rea, director of broadcasting & content at Global, said: Im immensely proud of the Global team for achieving our best ever figures. A licenced and registered bureaux that wishes to supply bureaux services using RAJAR data is permitted to do so. Simon Mayo's drivetime show on Greatest HIts Radio now attracts 1.5 million listeners (Photo: Marco Vittur) Bruce's announcement last month that he'd be leaving his Radio 2 show after 31 years. This has helped it grow its audience across the UK to 3.08m (from 2.89m). Mayo told the Radio Times: "When Sony come . Whether you're one of the 29% that have made the switch in the last year, or you've been with us for a while, thank you. Radio 1 is targeting a youth audience online and it remains the No.1 station for 15-29s. Outside RAJAR, our own listener polls tell us almost three quarters of our listeners are former R2 stalwarts who are listening less to the BBC.. Cookies are also used for Google Ads personalisation. See, Lpez Ramrez had been hired by the powerful cartel figure David Lpez Jimnez, aliases "El Lobo" and "Cabo 20", who led a Sinaloa Cartel - Chapitos aligned group in the border city of Tijuana, an important crossing point for the drug smuggling routes of many. "I feel as though I have unfinished. Kiss Network was down 4.4% on the previous quarter to 4.53m. Simon announced his departure on October 22. So first thing to say, thank you to all the previous presenters who sat here doing this show in previous months and years, building the show up to where it is now. Around the same time, Evans was given a "verbal warning" by the BBC for plugging his Channel 4 TV show on his Radio 2 weekday Breakfast Special. Speaking just after 4pm, Simon said Where else to start? The Hits Radio Brand Network (Hits Radio and Greatest Hits Radio Networks) grew its reach to 10.1m - a 20.2% year on year increase. Chris Moyles has a new record of 1.2m at breakfast, Smooth Radio London drops back below the million mark with 944,000 weekly reach just behind its sister station Smooth North West with 986,000, The Heart Brand is up from 10.02m to 10.27m this quarter with the biggest jump coming from Heart Dance which sees a drop from 646,000 to 348,000 weekly reach its lowest ever, Virgin Radio UK remains static with 1.6m weekly reach as Chris Evans gains more listeners, now with just over 1m, Nation Radio services record big gains in reach Scotland up from 33,000 to 46,000 and UK from 13,000 to 25,000 and all services increasing hours dramatically, At Communicorp, XS Manchester lost 22,000 listeners down to 84,000 but almost doubled total hours, All the JACK local services were down in terms of weekly reach with the exception of JACK 3 Chill, up from 3,000 listeners to 10,000 following its move to FM, Nationally, Union JACK increased listeners from 143,000 to 160,000 whilst Union JACK Dance fell from 82,000 to 51,000 and Union JACK Rock went from 52,000 to 51,000, Radio Essex dropped from 63,000 listeners to 36,000 whilst Radio Essex DAB stayed roughly the same with 50,000, The station with the highest percentage reach and market share in the survey remains Channel 103 in Jersey, with 61% weekly reach, up 2,000 this quarter and 33.4% market share, BBC Radio 1 has 8.97m listeners aged 10+ (down from 9.0m) and the Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Greg James (Mon-Fri) had 4.85m 10+ listeners (up from 4.72m), Radio 1Xtra is down from 880,000 listeners to 744,000 listeners, BBC Radio 2 has 14.87m listeners (up from 14.6m) with 7.5m tuning in for The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show (up from 7.2m), BBC Radio 3 is down from 2.17m to 1.99m listeners, BBC Radio 4 is also down from 10.76m to 10.48m listeners with 6.62m tuning in for The Today programme (Mon-Sat) (up from 6.71m), BBC Radio 5 Live posted a reach of 5.89m listeners down slightly from 5.91m, BBC Asian Network is down from 533,000 to 489,000 listeners each week. Bruce Springsteen and Born to Run. From Capital Dance doubling its audience, to Radio X leaping over two million listeners and LBC achieving its highest ever figures, through to Smooth with a record-breaking six million listeners. Having been without full figures to demonstrate the impact of our national portfolio for a while, we can now stand loud and proud in saying that listeners are clearly enjoying our mix of British-only music and comedy, and we have exciting plans in place to keep delivering great radio for them to continue to enjoy.. Three quarters of our audience now listen via a digital device this market leading performance sets us up perfectly for the future., Ben Cooper, Chief Content and Music Officer, Bauer Media Audio UK said Rock fans have done us proud giving us record figures for Planet Rock, Absolute Classic Rock and amazing hours on Kerrang! Chopped fresh coriander to serve. It opened its account in Q3 with 287,000 listeners and more than doubled that in the last three months of 2021 with 592,000. It's worth noting that the latest radio listening figures (RAJARs) are due to be published . Music Week Awards winners BBC Radio 2 had 14.87m listeners (up 1.8% on the prior quarter) with 7.49m tuning in for The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show (up from 7.22m in Q3). Looking back over our first 18 months on air, Im incredibly proud of what weve built so far. For assistance please contact Our Customer Service on: Tel: +44(0)20 8955 7020. Scala Radio is billing itself as "a brand-new classical entertainment radio station, offering classical music for modern life," and has picked up Mayo after he left his Radio 2 drivetime show just before Christmas. More info: to find out more, including station addresses, people who work there, audience figures and how to listen, see Scala Radio's directory listing. Simon Says is the perfect game for both young and older students who need to work on their listening skills, control, and concentration. Despite RAJAR urging caution, the commercial sector is happy to compare its performance year-on-year with the old RAJAR rating system.Global now claims 25.8m weekly listeners and a 24% share. Plus! Its a great privilege to know that millions are turning to us for news and analysis, feel good entertainment, hit music, relaxation, whatever it may be, and its a responsibility we dont take lightly. Greed, debauchery, pranks, deception, honest mistakes - Join Simon Mayo and his Greatest Hits Radio team as listeners confess their deepest, darkest, most hilarious secrets, and ask for forgiveness from the Confessions Collective. Balls show remains the most popular in the country although its now below the 2019 lowpoint for ratings under the old RAJAR system. 8M ago. Simon Mayo is an English radio presenter and author who has worked in the radio industry since 1982. LBC has a market share of 8% and 16m, making it the biggest in London in terms of share and hours once again. All figures quoted include listening across all platforms, including online. This RAJAR offers further proof that this is an ambitious new era for commercial radio, said outgoing Group Managing Director, Bauer Media Audio UK, Dee Ford CBE, Bauer Media Audios record success is built on the unique spirit of radio creative content, amazing talent and authentic connection with audiences - supercharged by digital innovation. The Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien has published figures showing Mayo County Council brought 41 vacant social homes back into . Both our live and on-demand listening grew during this period dominated by a fast-paced news agenda, as people came to us for our trusted, high-quality coverage and in-depth analysis, and Radio 5 Live boosted its audiences with its world class sports coverage, explained Charlotte Moore, BBC Chief Content Officer. Media agencies/owners, PR companies and members of the public interested in receiving more detailed data than that currently shown under Listening Figures on the RAJAR site. Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. Entradas. Graham says, "The rocket that first took man to the moon didn't . Digital listening surged past 60% in the prior quarter. Continuing the classic catalogue theme, Greatest Hits Radio was up 6.7% quarter-on-quarter to 3.09m. These increases though do hide a more mixed bag from many of the stations that were acquired and re-branded. BBC Radio 3 had 1.99m listeners (2.16m in Q3), while BBC Radio 6 Music dipped to 2.60m (down 3.1% quarter-on-quarter). Outside RAJAR, our own listener polls tell us almost three quarters of our listeners are former R2 stalwarts who are listening less to the BBC.. During a period dominated by news and sport, MediaCitys Radio 5 Live increased its audience to 5.57m. Simon Mayo took Greatest Hits Radio from strength to strength as the successful move to FM in London continued to drive huge increases. Simon Mayo is making his return to national drivetime with a new show on Greatest Hits Radio. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. drivetime Radio simonmayo Show more Pause 1 Drivetime Drama - Four 2 Drivetime Drama - Three 2,159 3 Drivetime Drama - Two 1,277 4 RAJAR does not use the 10+ measure as standard, so it has Radio 1 on 8.17m listeners for Q4 (down 1% on the previous month) and Greg James on 4.46m (up from 4.28m in the previous quarter). Black was all smiles as he guested at a Radio Academy event in London this week, enthusing about the opportunities that came with a job he moved to four months ago from a senior position at Sony. Instead of the one-off token plays available elsewhere, weve remained focused and committed to giving dance music DJs, producers and artists a playground to showcase their personality behind the beats, all while championing and breaking the biggest dance hits of tomorrow via playlisting and rotation. Heart alone has recorded 10.9m weekly listeners, 3m more than BBC Radio One. The station has been busily recruiting names familiar from late 1980s Radio 1 such as Mark Goodier, Janice Long and Paul Gambaccini, and has pulled off a coup by landing the popular Simon Mayo. Speech isnt dead, not by any means, and the tidal wave of news that was the year of three prime ministers and the death of the Queen helped the Today programme reverse its decline. . It will pass. Figures were also up at 5 Live. Radio 2 is clearly at a moment in its history when it is looking to rejuvenate its audience, and for all that Bruces departure is the end of an era, it gives the station an opportunity to install a figure perhaps more reflective of younger listening tastes. Justice Minister Simon Harris is set to bring the new proposals before the government shortly. Here are the main headlines weve found in the latest data for Q4, 2021: Heres how the top 5 commercial stations in London looks, in terms of weekly reach: Interestingly, LBC has taken over Magic in terms of number of listeners. And congratulations to Rick and Rachel whose new Radio 5 Live breakfast show seems to be a hit with audiences! These figures show the important role that BBC Radio plays in peoples lives, with 34.5m tuning in to listen live each week to our much loved stations. Jul 29, 2021. Simon Mayo, 62, revealed that his BBC Radio 2 listeners were "annoyed" after the broadcaster merged his show with Jo Whiley's in order to attract more female listeners. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. Simon promised listeners a few new ideas a few old ideas as well. Sophie Harries tweeted So happy listening to the familiar sound of @simonmayo and his jingles back in his rightful Drivetime slot where he belongs. Mark Butler tweeted YESSSSSS. . To not only hold our position as the leading commercial radio group, but to continue to grow is incredible and down to our brilliant teams and globallers. Thank you while Lynda Povey tweeted that Simons opening gave me goosebumps. And although weve now got some comparable data this quarter, most stations report yearly or half-yearly rather than quarterly so please be aware of this as we present the figures against those of three months earlier. Its a truly unique offering within the genre. Thank you, I definitely owe you one. These figures show the important role that BBC Radio plays in peoples lives, with 34.5m tuning in to listen live each week to our much loved stations. Lots of non-starchy veg, some fruit, and protein. The total average of weekly hours listened to for the fourth quarter of 2022 is 1.01bn hours. News Broadcasting (previously Wireless) is the other major UK radio group, with 6m tuning into its talkSPORT, Virgin Radio and Times radio brands. It tells the story of a different kind of pandemic through the eyes of three people at the heart of the storm. Midwest Radio Broadcasting from Co Mayo in Ireland. Three quarters of our audience now listen via a digital device this market leading performance sets us up perfectly for the future., Ben Cooper, chief content and music officer, Bauer Media Audio UK, said: Rock fans have done us proud, giving us record figures for Planet Rock, Absolute Classic Rock and amazing hours on Kerrang! does simon mean reed. Greatest Hitss fortunes have been enormously boosted by the arrival two-and-a-half years ago of former Radio 2 giant Simon Mayo, whose drivetime show now attracts 1.5 million listeners. After a lengthy absence during the pandemic, the RAJAR listening figures are up and running again with a new methodology. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. Castlebar native Katie Cadden has joined the law firm, P.O'Connor & Son Solicitors. The schoolboy antics filmed by the BBC that caused chaos to central London's traffic because Whitehall had been closed down, all paid for by the BBC Licence payer (you and me), has now been ditched. BBC Radio 2 The 62-year-old said in a statement: Returning to Drivetime is so very exciting for me. Bureaux. And KISS anticipated its listeners changing lifestyle as Jordan and Perri's new start time on . Bruces announcement last month that hed be leaving his Radio 2 show after 31 years was merely the latest in a series of seismic departures from the station. Im very proud that Radio 1 remains the No.1 station across the UK for young people with nine million weekly listeners, and an increased audience of over 19 million across YouTube, iPlayer and social media, said head of station Aled Haydn Jones. Salford-bound BBC Radio 3 had 1.87m, with BBC Radio 6 Music achieving 2.5m. . Home. Absolute Classic Rock was up 9.5% to 980,000, while Planet Rock increased by 4.8% to 1.4m and was the biggest digital-only station for listening hours. Wedges of lime to serve. News Broadcasting is driving growth across its portfolio and continues to reap the benefits of its digitally-focused approach, said News UK EVP, President of Broadcasting, Scott Taunton. Times Radio is undoubtedly the unrivalled home of high quality news and current affairs. Ken Bruce might just have lost his chance of appearing on it, though. Age is a huge factor. Referring to the Queen song Simon had played, Diane Haywood tweeted I like to think that WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS getting our much-loved #Drivetime show back! It brings me so much joy to welcome 300,000 new listeners to the Capital Dance family doubling our audience - in just three months. BBC Radio 1 had 8.97m listeners aged 10+ (the stations preferred measurement) and the Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Greg James (now on Monday to Friday) had 4.85m 10+ listeners. Katie is a Senior Associate in the firm's Commercial Department. Browse Simon Mayo's best-selling audiobooks and newest titles. A BBC insider. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. FolgerShakespeareLibrary Simon Mayo: "Mad Blood Stirring" Share 12.3K Privacy policy In London, Capital remains the No.1 music station with 1.7m weekly listeners, ahead of both Radio 1 and Kiss. Listening via online and apps accounts for 16.9% of all listening (and 26% of digital listening) and listening via Digital TV accounts for 5% of all listening (and 8% of digital listening). It marks a return to drivetime for Mayo, who presented the. What lies ahead this year is incredibly exciting as Classic FM celebrates 30 years on air, Andrew Marr joins the LBC family and we see the return of live events. The Simon Mayo affect has probably propelled GHR in London and also in Liverpool (where it had been on FM for a while). Two years on from its launch, the stations old skool playlist is proving a winning formula to challenge Kisstory. Best selling author, multi award winning broadcaster and lifelong Torchy fan SIMON MAYO is interviewed by ITN's Tom Bradby about his new thriller Tick Tock.It starts quietly enough. Overall, Capital Network was solid on 6.35m listeners in Q4 (down 2.7% on the prior quarter). Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Also if youve listened to Greatest Hits Radio at Drivetime for a while, thank you, stay with us. Capital Dance more than doubles its audience from 287,000 to 592,000 weekly reach, Capital XTRA drops from 1.53m to 1.35m nationally, Boom Radio grows by 9,000 listeners from 233,000 to 242,000 but has a boom in hours with average hours up from 7.8 to 10.1 and total hours up from 1.81m to 2.45m, Times Radio drops by 135,000 first reported last quarter from 637,000 to 502,000, talkRADIO gets its highest ever audience, up over 100k from 450,000 to 542,000 and hours up 34% to 4.6m each week, Greatest Hits Radio London increases reach by almost 50% up from 548,000 to 818,000, Greatest Hits Radio Network is up from 3.21m to 3.38m, Hits Radio Network has 5.67m, down from 6.15m the previous quarter, Pulse 1 recorded its worst figure ever falling from 131,000 weekly reach to 64,000 with total hours down 62.7% also, Hits Radio in Bristol (as Sam FM) had a dramatic drop from 82,000 listeners to 33,000 whilst Hits Radio Manchester (was Key 103) continued to fall from248,000 to 239,000, Hits Radio South Coast (operated under licence to Nation Broadcasting) also fell from 35,000 to 11,000, Absolute Radio Network has a record reach of 5.3M, up 2.8%, with extensions 60s, 70s, 90s and Classic Rock all growing audience, Planet Rock celebrates a record reach of 1.4 million listeners up 4.8% and is the biggest digital-only station for hours, LBC is up nationally with the brand reporting 3.2m listeners, up from 3.05m last quarter, Radio X reaches the 2m mark for the first time ever, adding 166,000 new listeners and growing in reach, hours and share. The American edition of Mad Blood Stirring was published by Pegasus Books in 2019. During the same quarter, on BBC Sounds there were a total of 162m plays of on-demand radio and podcast content, and 5.2m plays of music mixes. The fact that our brands have continued to grow in these challenging times is testament to the skill of those delivering world class content. . Subscribe to Kermode & Mayo's Extra Takes to get access to 'Take Two' straight after the main episode every Friday, Shrink The Box on Tuesdays and other fantastic subscriber-exclusive episodes as well as Friday's show, completely ad free. The DJ today announced he would depart to spend more time writing novels, after a troubled. Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp lost a quarter of a million listeners in three months as it ended up with an audience of 2.58m in Q4 (still the No.2 commercial breakfast show). Ratings for Graham Nortons weekend morning show were not disclosed. These are magnificent results for Global. It does not store any personal data. It all adds up to a rapidly changing radio landscape in which key players are repositioning themselves, not without risk. It is presented by broadcaster Simon Mayo, who originally moved . Husband will sometimes have a meal replacement shake as well to make up the calories. In Q4, the main Absolute station was down 13.7% on the prior quarter (2.23m). Why not. However his listening figures remain strong so what do I know? Stars Simon Mayo and Chris Evans are leaving, listeners are switching off. We also continue to see on-demand listening grow for both our radio programmes and podcasts, as audiences come to BBC Sounds to discover content to listen to whenever they want to.. Simon is renowned for his presentation on BBC Radio and was an award holder of the 34th annual broadcasting press guild. Simon was born in Middlesex but spent his time growing up in the West Midlands. By clicking Accept All, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. Vernon Kay has opened up during a chat with Zoe Ball on Radio 2 after it was announced that he will be long-running host Ken Bruce's replacement for the BBC station.. Here are the main headlines weve found in the latest data for Q4, 2021: Heres how the top 5 commercial stations in London looks, in terms of weekly reach: Interestingly, LBC has taken over Magic in terms of number of listeners. Simon Mayo Drivetime has now finished broadcasting but you can catch Simon's new show with Jo Whiley Mon-Thurs 1700-2000 and Fri 1700-1900. To not only hold our position as the leading commercial radio group, but to continue to grow is incredible and down to our brilliant teams and globallers. LBC has a market share of 8% and 16m, making it the biggest in London in terms of share and hours once again. Radio listening remained fairly static for Q4, 2021 but some stations enjoyed bigger gains than others. Radio stations across the country have received their latest listening figures from RAJAR this morning. Ricky Wilson to host keynote session at the Student Radio Conference, Lincs FM to lose its FM frequencies for Greatest Hits Radio, Greatest Hits Radio to replace KISS in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, Radio Academy to hold next Training Day in Cardiff, New music station launched by Nation Broadcasting, Nation sells Channel Islands DAB multiplex to Tindle CI Broadcasting, Strike action coming to Local BBC Radio following official ballot, Ukranian refugee reads the news on Greatest Hits Radio, UK Community Radio Network announces next networking event, Radio General marks 70 years of rugby commentaries, Alton Andrews signs up for the new Red Rose Radio, BBC Radio 4s Carolyn Quinn leaves the BBC after 36 years, Ofcom awards 17 radio stations with free cash whilst rejecting 29, Morning presenter Steve Allen has hosted his last show on LBC, Vernon Kay to replace Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2s morning show, TuneIn celebrates World Radio Day with new interactive map feature, Matt Richardson to replace Iain Lee on JACKfm Breakfast, Pete Wicks and Hits Radios Sam Thompson are Staying Relevant, Lomond Radios youngest presenter turns 10 years old, No news on Ken Bruces replacement for Eurovision commentary, This is a live back-up site for RadioToday.co.uk, Around the radio stations fact and figures for RAJAR Q4 2021, Capital Dance more than doubles its audience from 287,000 to 592,000 weekly reach, Capital XTRA drops from 1.53m to 1.35m nationally, Boom Radio grows by 9,000 listeners from 233,000 to 242,000 but has a boom in hours with average hours up from 7.8 to 10.1 and total hours up from 1.81m to 2.45m, Times Radio drops by 135,000 first reported last quarter from 637,000 to 502,000, talkRADIO gets its highest ever audience, up over 100k from 450,000 to 542,000 and hours up 34% to 4.6m each week, Greatest Hits Radio London increases reach by almost 50% up from 548,000 to 818,000, Greatest Hits Radio Network is up from 3.21m to 3.38m, Hits Radio Network has 5.67m, down from 6.15m the previous quarter, Hits Radio in Bristol (as Sam FM) had a dramatic drop from 82,000 listeners to 33,000 whilst Hits Radio Manchester (was Key 103) continued to fall from248,000 to 239,000, Hits Radio South Coast (operated under licence to Nation Broadcasting) also fell from 35,000 to 11,000, Absolute Radio Network has a record reach of 5.3M, up 2.8%, with extensions 60s, 70s, 90s and Classic Rock all growing audience, Planet Rock celebrates a record reach of 1.4 million listeners up 4.8% and is the biggest digital-only station for hours, LBC is up nationally with the brand reporting 3.2m listeners, up from 3.05m last quarter, Radio X reaches the 2m mark for the first time ever, adding 166,000 new listeners and growing in reach, hours and share. 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