Commercial Talk Radio Celebrates RAJAR

Another bumper set of RAJAR listening figures for speech radio in the UK.

The few commercial talk stations are celebrating.

National Talk Sport has an all time high share and almost 2.5 million listeners.

Scott Taunton, Chief Executive of Talk's owner UTV told Radio Today: “This is a fantastic result, ending what has been a great year for talkSPORT. More people are listening, they’re listening longer and we have grown market share to a record figure in the face of increased competition."

In London, LBC is second placed in the highly competitive market place on its share.

It stands at a record 5.7% for Global Radio.

BBC Radios 4 and 5 each delivered healthy books with figures comparable with year on year.

So, good news for anyone who, like me, loves speech radio!