RAJAR Data Release - Quarter 1, 2005

RAJAR Data Release - Quarter 1, 2005

LONDON, May 5/PRNewswire/ -- UK radio audience quarterly data, compiled by RAJAR/Ipsos-RSL, is released at 7.00am today, Thursday May 5, 2005.

The number of people tuning in to their radios in Quarter 1, 2005 was 44,046,000 - up 0.5% quarter on quarter (Q1, 2005 vs.Q4, 2004) and up 0.3% year on year (Q1, 2005 vs. Q1 2004).

(This weekly reach figure is the number of people (adults 15+) in the UK who listened to a radio station for at least five minutes in the course of an average week during Quarter 1, 2005).

Detailed data and individual radio station data, for both BBC and Commercial Radio stations, is available via the RAJAR web site at www.rajar.co.uk.

Top-line data for National and London radio stations is available on the front page of the RAJAR web site. Alternatively, to view, print or download the Quarter 1, 2005 data for all radio stations, enter the site and click on the Quarterly Summary button then click on Period ending March 2005.

Source: RAJAR

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