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RAJAR Q1 2012: Absolute Radio, Kiss and Smooth among the winners
17.05.2012 - United Kingdom
A number of the digital-only stations performed strongly. Jazz FM had an average weekly reach of 564000 in the first three months of 2012, up 13.9% year on year and 10.2% when compared to the final three months of 2011.
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Absolute Radio grooves total of almost 3 million listeners
17.05.2012 - United Kingdom
Absolute Radio's total audience came within a whisker of 3 million listeners on the back of its new 60s and 70s digital stations – but there was a big drop for its noughties-themed offering. The Absolute Radio group of stations had a total average ...
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6 Music audience up 12%
17.05.2012 - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom
Over half of all listeners are tuning into radio via digital platforms as over four in ten households have access to a DAB radio.
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Ofcom Reports on DAB Coverage Planning
17.05.2012 - United Kingdom
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom recently published a report on an approach to DAB coverage planning. The report is a technical feasibility study produced as part of the Coverage and Spectrum Planning work set out in the Digital Radio Action Plan (DRAP), ...
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DAB radio now standard across Volkswagen range
17.05.2012 - United Kingdom
All new Volkswagens excepting the Up will come with DAB radio as standard. DAB will be fitted to all of the cars in the range from the Polo right up to the luxury flagship Phaeton model.
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RAJAR: Absolute network hits 3m listeners
17.05.2012 - United Kingdom
Absolute Radio's network of digital stations are attracting almost the same amount of listeners as the main Absolute Radio station, according to the latest audience figures. The national station, although down this quarter, is growing year on year and ...
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RAJAR: Listening remains static for Q1
17.05.2012 - United Kingdom
The latest listening figures for radio show that 46.7 million Adults or 90% of the adult (15 ) UK population are continuing to tune in each week. 45% of the population has tuned in via any Digital platform, including DAB and Digital TV.
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Radio 2's Ken Bruce gets best ever audience
17.05.2012 - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom
And digital station 6 Music posted record listening figures, just two days after it was named UK Station of the Year at the Sony Radio Academy Awards. Rajar figures showed it reached 1.45 million people every week, up from 1.3m last year and 1.44m last ...
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RAJAR Q1 2012: DAB and internet at listening-hours high
17.05.2012 - United Kingdom
DAB and internet radio each hit a new high in terms of listening hours in Q1 2012, although DAB's share of radio consumption dropped from Q4 2011, despite the usual Christmas gifting of sets. As expected, the latest stats from Rajar point to the ...
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Jean-Marc Ayrault: a defender of terrestrial digital radio DAB
16.05.2012 - France
Jean-Marc Ayrault is our new Prime Minister. To all supporters of terrestrial digital radio, it seems like good news. Jean-Marc Ayrault is the deputy mayor of Nantes, one of the cities tested this new method of radio broadcasting.
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