Global delivers huge audience of 26.3 million weekly listenersSees surge in listening to 256 million hoursGLOBAL IS THE UK’S #1 COMMERCIAL RADIO COMPANYOFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY Global Global has the top three commercial radio brands in the UK – Heart, Capital and Smooth Heart is by far the UK’s #1 commercial radio brand – a massive 11.1m weekly listeners, a record-high hours & share, and 3.4m more listeners than Radio 1 Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston & Amanda Holden is the biggest commercial radio breakfast show in the UK with 3.9m listeners Capital reaches a huge 7.8m weekly listeners growing in reach, hours and share year-on-year Smooth brand adds 428,000 listeners in the past year – now reaches 5.9m weekly listeners The UK is dancing! Record-breaking listening figures for Capital Dance and Heart Dance – both now have over 1m listeners Radio X Classic Rock launches with a massive 275,000 weekly listeners Global, the Media & Entertainment Group, has recorded year-on-year growth of 4.1% with a weekly audience of 26.3 million listeners in the latest set of RAJAR figures in Q2 2023 (for the period ending June 25th, 2023). Key headlines:GLOBAL• Global’s weekly reach is 26.3 million. HEART• Heart strengthens its position as the #1 commercial radio brand with a huge 11.1 million listeners, up 1.4 million over the past year. CAPITAL• The Capital brand has grown in reach, hours and share year-on-year. SMOOTH• Smooth – the UK’s third largest commercial radio brand – has grown in reach, hours and share year-on-year and now has an audience of 5.9 million weekly listeners – an increase of 428,000 in twelve months. CLASSIC FM• Classic FM is the UK’s most popular classical music station with 4.5 million weekly listeners. LBC• LBC – Britain’s biggest commercial news talk brand – now reaches 3.1 million weekly listeners. RADIO X• Radio X reaches 2.1 million listeners every week across the UK and its reach, hours and share have all increased quarter-on-quarter. GOLD• Gold now reaches more than 1.8 million weekly listeners – an increase of 229,000 in the past year. Official Big Top 40 from Global• Official Big Top 40 from Global reaches 1.5 million listeners every week across Capital and Heart. “I’m delighted that we have delivered another very strong set of results for Global – it’s fantastic to see huge increases for Heart and Capital across the year, which is testament to our talented teams. "The massive growth in listening hours shows that we have a highly-engaged, loyal audience who love our brands. "I’d like to thank every single listener and everyone involved for their hard work and dedication. - JAMES REA, GLOBAL’S DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING & CONTENT “We’re enormously grateful to the millions of people who chose our radio brands every day, for entertainment, information and companionship. Commercial radio is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and it’s therefore fitting that commercial radio has its highest ever listening figures today, underlining the strength and resilience of the sector, and the medium. It’s a phenomenal achievement and brilliant news for listeners, advertisers and the thousands of extraordinarily talented people working in the magnificent UK radio industry today.” - ASHLEY TABOR-KING OBE, GLOBAL’S FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT Source *RAJAR figures for Q2 2023, 3 April – 25 June 2023. All stations and groups results are reported on their specified reporting period and TSA (Total Survey Area).
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August 7, 2023 3:00am ET by Global |