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Radio 1 loses half a million listeners but Nick Grimshaw holds audience
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The popularity of digital listening continued to grow, with the various digital radio platforms now accounting for 33% of all radio listening, up from 29.1% in the final quarter of 2011.

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6 Music hits almost 1.9m digital listeners
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Digital radio listening is now one third of all listening, with over 25 million people now tuning in to a digital signal, up 2.1 million year on year. 42% of the population now has a DAB digital radio set, up from 40.3% in Q4 2011.

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Q4 RAJARs: Absolute Radio Network records highest audience in 11 years
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The industry average for digital listening in the UK is 33% but, this quarter's RAJAR figures have shown that the Absolute Radio Network is leading the way in the digital innovation with 75.9% of it's listeners tuning in on a digital platform.

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Q4 RAJARs: BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 6 Music set listening records
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Acting Director of BBC Audio Music, Graham Ellis, said: “These figures underline the remarkable performance of BBC Radio 2, which has had a great quarter and a great year..."

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Nick Grimshaw BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show listening figures revealed
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
RAJAR figures show an average audience of 6.69 million in the three months to December and an increase of almost a quarter of a million 15-24-year-olds.

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RAJAR Q4 2012: Digital
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Listening to radio via a digital platform has increased by 9% year-on-year, with 25.2 million people now tuning in via a digitally enabled receiver (DAB, DTV, Online) each week - up from 23.1 million in Q4, 2011.

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Online radio listening tops 50m hours
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Online digital radio listening hit 51m hours for the first time in the last quarter of 2012, a year-on-year increase of 43%.

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BBC 6 Music leads digital stations
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
BBC 6 Music has overtaken Radio 4 Extra to become the leading digital-only station, Rajar audience figures show. The music station now has 1.9 million listeners a week - up 31% on last year.

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Mobile phone radio listening continues to rise according to latest Rajars
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The share of digital radio listening has grown to 33 per cent according to the latest RAJAR figures for the fourth quarter of 2012, with mobile radio listening up by 28 per cent.

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Absolute Radio and Planet Rock on song despite sell-off plans
31.01.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Among the commercial digital-only stations, big year-on-year risers included Bauer Media's Heat, up 18.4% to 767,000, and Jazz FM, up 18.8% (but down 2.6% on the previous quarter) to 608,000.

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