Key

Share %: the percentage of total listening time accounted for by a station in the UK/region in an average week.

Reach: the number in thousands and as a percentage of the UK/region adult population listening to a station for at least 5 minutes during an average week.

BBC v Commercial v Other Share % Last Qtr Last Yr Reach 000s Reach % Last Qtr Last Yr
All BBC 53 53.5 52.6 31,961 66 68 66
All Commercial 44.9 44.5 45.5 31,425 65 65 64
All Other 2.1 2.0 1.9 2,809 6 6 5
Local/Regional v National Share % Last Qtr Last Yr Reach 000s Reach % Last Qtr Last Yr
All BBC Network Radio 40.8 41.3 41.3 27,761 57 59 58
BBC Local/Regional 11.3 11.5 11.3 10,146 21 23 21
All National Commercial 8.4 7.9 8.1 11,626 21 23 22
All Local Commercial 36.5 36.6 37.5 26,685 55 56 55
National Stations Share % Last Qtr Last Yr Reach 000s Reach % Last Qtr Last Yr
BBC Radio 1 7.6 7.9 8.3 9,870 20 21 21
BBC Radio 2 16.3 15.7 15.6 13,260 27 27 27
BBC Radio 3 1.1 1.1 1.1 2,000 4 4 4
BBC Radio 4 11.4 11.8 11.3 9,695 20 20 20
BBC Radio 5 Live 4.4 4.7 4.9 5,803 12 13 14
Classic FM 4.5 4.6 4.9 6,568 14 14 14
Virgin Radio AM 1.6 1.1 1.2 2,796 6 4 5
BBC National Regional Share % Last Qtr Last Yr Reach 000s Reach % Last Qtr Last Yr
BBC Radio Scotland 9.2 9.1 9.2 1,007 24 24 22
BBC Radio Ulster 20.9 23.6 22.1 474 35 39 38
BBC Radio Wales 9.9 9.2 9.2 476 20 22 17
BBC Radio Cymru 4.6 3.0 4.1 159 7 6 9
Top 10 BBC Local Share % Last Qtr Last Yr Reach 000s Reach % Last Qtr Last Yr
BBC London 94.9 1.4 1.2 0.8 454 4 4 2
BBC Radio Merseyside 16.8 16.8 18.3 409 26 27 26
BBC Radio Solent 13 14.2 12.6 363 25 27 24
BBC West Mids* 9.3 9.3 7.8 353 16 17 16
BBC Radio Kent 12.2 11.1 10.8 317 25 25 22
BBC GMR 7.1 5.4 8.5 306 15 14 15
BBC Radio Sheffield 10.4 11.3 8.9 303 25 24 21
BBC Radio Leeds 9.3 8.4 9.2 300 20 21 23
BBC Southern Counties Radio 6.2 7.6 6.8 294 13 15 13
BBC Radio Bristol 12.6 11.8 12.4 280 23 23 22

* Birmingham and Black Country

Top 5 Commercial Groups Share % Last Qtr Last Yr Reach 000s Reach % Last Qtr Last Yr
Capital Radio Group 11.8 11.9 12.3 7,600 27 27 28
EMAP Radio 12.9 13.4 14.0 6,229 30 31 32
Chrysalis Radio 9.9 9.9 8.0 5,442 24 25 21
GWR 17.1 17.6 17.5 5,085 35 36 35
The Wireless Group* 2.9 2.9 3.1 3,397 7 7 7

* including talkSPORT

Top 10 Local Commercial Stations Share % Last Qtr Last Yr Reach 000s Reach % Last Qtr Last Yr
95.8 Capital FM 8.9 8.1 10.3 2,624 25 23 27
Heart 106.2 FM 6.7 6.2 5.8 1,852 18 18 16
Kiss 100 FM 4.6 4.1 4.2 1,602 15 16 14
Magic 105.4 4.4 4.0 3.5 1,352 13 14 11
Capital Gold London 2.7 2.9 3.5 1,077 10 10 13
Galaxy 105 7.8 7.3 8.8 1,034 25 24 22
Virgin FM London 2.1 2.4 2.4 917 9 9 10
100.7 Heart FM 11.7 12.9 12.8 897 26 17 27
105.4 Century FM 5.6 5.8 4.9 744 15 16 14
Jazz FM (London) 2.0 1.9 1.7 744 7 7 7