Monthly Archives: May 2010

Artists and Search Engine Optimisation by Anthony Abbott

Content discovery via search is extremely valuable to any business, but particularly a new brand such as Absolute Radio, where a web user can be exposed to a brand for the first time via a quick search for something on Google. On Thursday we rolled out a significant update to the absoluteradio.co.uk website following an [...]

Absolute 80s Becomes a National Station and Absolute Radio 90’s Launches

Today we have two key announcements – Absolute 80s is set to become a national station and we are also launching a brand new radio station  – please welcome: Absolute Radio 90’s! Due to the huge early success and popularity of Absolute 80s with this week’s RAJAR figures, showing that the station already has 264,000 [...]

The Absolute Radio Brand Increases Its Reach By 149,000 And Its Total Hours by 1.5m In Todays RAJAR

Absolute Radio Network has posted its highest ever total hours since launch up 12.1% quarter on quarter and 5.6% year on year and an increase in reach of 149,000 listeners quarter on quarter Absolute 80s has posted a significant 264,000 adult reach and 1.4m hours in its first ever RAJAR  Digital listening across all radio [...]

Absolute Radio Releases On-Demand Hours by Clive Dickens

Absolute Radio is now publicly releasing its on-demand hours as part of its engagement metrics – we are the first commercial station to release this data, providing greater accountability for our commercial partners. In April, the Absolute Radio Network (Absolute Radio, Absolute 80s, Absolute Classic Rock and dabbl) serviced a total of 744,000 on-demand hours via [...]

Playlist: 12th May

The playlist is out now. Green Day – When It’s Time (14th June) New song featured in Green Day’s stage version of ‘American Idiot’, which recently launched on Broadway. Green Day return to the UK in June for some huge shows at Lancashire County Cricket Ground (16th), Wembley Stadium (19th) and Glasgow SECC (21st). Paul [...]