Monthly Archives: October 2009

RAJAR

29Oct

The most recent RAJAR listening figures are released today: Absolute Radio has posted a 7.1% increase in hours and held audience reach in the competitive London market quarter on quarter The station’s national listening via a digital platform continues to rise with 51.5% vs. the industry average of 21.1% Absolute Radio is the first radio [...]

Categories: Absolute Radio 1

Posted by adam on October 29, 2009

Absolute Radio Wins Three NDL P&Ms… and a Tom Tom

23Oct

Last night was a great night for everyone in production, promotions, sponsorship and digital media at Absolute Radio as we won three of Radio Academy NDL Promotions & Marketing Awards. In total we had seven nominations across six different categories. We won Best National On-Air Promotion for Benjamin Button, when we promoted the film that [...]

Categories: Absolute Radio Events 1

Posted by adam on October 23, 2009

Absolute Radio Stats by Adam Bowie

23Oct

Today, Absolute Radio is launching our new Stats page. As it says on the page on itself, in our ongoing attempt to be as open as we possibly can, we’re starting to release some of our internet listening figures. These are taken from our audio streams, and is based on information derived directly from our [...]

Categories: Media Technology 3

Posted by adam on October 23, 2009

Chris Evans Returns to One Golden Square

21Oct

An old friend popped by the Christian O’Connell breakfast show this morning. You may have heard of him. Chris Evans, formerly of this parish, dropped in to see the OC for a full hour to talk about his book (and check out how to do a breakfast show!). Many things have changed at One Golden [...]

Categories: Events People 1

Posted by adam on October 21, 2009

Playlist: 20th October

20Oct

The playlist is out now. Echo & The Bunnymen – Think I Need It Too (26th October) The Bunnymen – Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant – return on top form with this track from their new album ‘The Fountain’. The Bunnymen’s career has spanned 30 years and the band have a been a big influence [...]

Categories: Music playlist 0

Posted by carrie on October 20, 2009