Category Archives: rajar

Rajar – A Quick Overview – by Simon Kilby

RAJAR Q1 results are starting to sink in so we thought we’d give you a quick re-cap. Three million listeners for the Absolute Radio brand is a real milestone, especially as we are only three years old. Christian O’Connell has gained 50,000 new Breakfast listeners this quarter and 200,000 over the year and three Sony [...]

Absolute Radio Network Grows to 3 Million- Highest audience for the business in almost ten years

The Absolute Radio Network has posted a strong performance this RAJAR, significantly increasing its reach by over half a million listeners (25.2%) year on year – and up 164,000 listeners’ quarter on quarter to almost three million listeners (2.978 million). The multi Sony Radio Academy Award winning Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show has gained almost 50,000 [...]

Non-BBC stations closing gap on Sony nominations

This blog entry corrects some errors in a previous post. This year’s Sony Radio Academy Awards nominations are out, and the non-BBC sector is continuing to close the gap on the Corporation, who dropped from 94 nominations in 2010 to 88 in 2012, while over the same period the rest of the industry grew from 73 [...]

Absolute Radio Network Reach Increases By Over Half a Million Year on Year

The Absolute Radio Network has posted a solid performance this RAJAR, significantly increasing its reach by over half a million – taking the station to 2.8 million listeners, (+27%) year on year . On the quarter, the station has remained steady (-1.0%).  Absolute Radio Network’s hours have risen to 18.9 million, an increase of +18.6% [...]

Absolute Radio team take key speaking roles at Radiodays Europe conference

  The Absolute Radio team will be joining some of the most prominent leaders and personalities in radio for the Radiodays Europe Conference in Barcelona in March. The speaker line-up for the event includes Breakfast Show presenter Christian O’Connell, Chief Operating Officer Clive Dickens, Content Director Tony Moorey and Claire Neal, Producer of the Ronnie Wood [...]