Category: Radio

As the long nights begin to draw in, it’s time for RAJAR again. There has been a not insignificant amount of uncertainty as to what this quarter would bring, as it covers the Olympics and Paralympics (the Euros mostly fell in the previous quarter). The big question was what impact – if any – they…

A break in Olympics coverage for a brief whizz through the latest RAJAR results. I think it’s fair this time around, to say that one of the main stories this RAJAR is actually the Absolute Radio’s network of stations’ performance. So let’s start there. Absolute Radio Network is up 6.7% in reach on the quarter…

If you happen to be passing by during RAJAR periods, you’ll know that I now tend to put together a nice chart of historical RAJAR that you can play with. This is for the national picture of course. And I’d meaning for a while to have a look at London specifically. A few weeks ago,…

It’s May, and that means it’s time for another round of radio numbers and RAJAR. I’m not sure that there’s a completely compelling over-arching story this time around. Nationally, Radio 1 has slipped a little in reach and hours, but Radio 2 has done well with a decent increase in reach to nearly 14.6m adults,…

The last quarter of 2011’s UK radio listening is out now, and the big news is that RAJAR has a new logo (see above) – Audio Measurement! OK, there’s some other news too. So let’s run through the highlights and lowlights from my perspective. First up is that radio listening overall is down a bit.…

Because I was somewhat involved, I can’t really present an unbiased view of yesterday’s Redefining Radio conference presented by Absolute Radio at the Houses of Parliament (But I did think it was very good). So instead, let me link to all the videos from the morning, as well as some external reports generated from the…

You have just under two days to listen to the most recent Archive Hour on Radio 4 dealing with John Arlott’s political nature. As well as being famous for having one of those wonderful Test Match Special voices that I’d listen to when I was growing up, he was also a regular on programmes like…

Go away and have a listen. Or find it on RadioPlayer. During the pre-launch period, the station made a little bit of press because it banned Cliff Richard from the station. I’ll stay out of the argument about the rights and wrongs of this, except to point out that Absolute Radio 60s is trying to…

This is a continuation of my report of this year’s Radio Festival. Part one summarising TechCon can be found here, and part two summarising day one of the main festival can be found here. The final day of the Radio Festival began with Jarvis Cocker who was in conversation with Arthur Smith. Cocker was there…

This is a continuation of my report of this year’s Radio Festival. Part one summarising TechCon can be found here while the third part summarising the second day of the main Festival can be read here. Before I head into the main proceedings, it’s worth also mentioning Monday evening’s “opening” event – the inaugural John…