Category Archives: rajar

Just How Good Was That Last RAJAR? by Clive Dickens

Everyone knows I am a man that likes his graphs! Well here are three good ones for you, now the dust has settled on our recent RAJAR results and with all the data now in the planning systems it is worth dwelling on the last 5-10 years of broadcast performance of the Absolute Radio Network [...]

The Absolute Radio Brand Exactly Two Years On by Clive Dickens

I often get asked; why do we decide to re-brand and when do you think you will eclipse the previous brands’ network performance? Hopefully I have answered both questions consistently over time, you may recall that in relation to the estimated size of broadcast audience we forecasted it would take two years to become a [...]

Absolute Radio Network Posts Highest Listening Hours In Four And A Half Years

  Absolute Radio’s network hours are now at 18.2m with a reach of 2.4 million listeners – highest in nearly five years  Christian O’Connell’s adult audience is up 16.1% to 1.1 million Absolute 80s – 564,000 listeners and 3.7 million hours The Absolute Radio network (Absolute Radio, Absolute 80s, Absolute Radio 90s, Absolute Classic Rock and [...]

Absolute Radio Network posts highest reach since Q4 2008 with over 2 million listeners

Absolute Radio’s network reach is back up to over 2 million listeners – the highest since Q4 2008.   The Absolute Radio network posted a 10.9% increase quarter on quarter, 7.5% year on year with 2.02 million listeners with a 13.9% year on year increase in listening hours (+4.5% quarter on quarter).   Listening to [...]

Absolute Radio June Engagement Metrics

Absolute Radio is the most advanced digital radio station in the commercial sector, and we’re committed to transparency and accountability. We’ve pioneered the release of monthly digital engagement metrics as part of our duty to clients in a digital age, and we remain the only UK commercial radio station to publicly release streaming, and on [...]