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Digital radio draws 12m listeners | |
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Twelve million people in the UK are listening to the radio digitally, new audience figures have revealed. | |
More than 25% per cent of all listeners regularly tune in to stations using digital radio, TV or the internet. | |
And listening to digital-only stations has risen from less than a million in 2003 to six million in 2007, according to radio industry analysts Rajar. | |
Overall radio listening figures have also risen, with 91% of the UK population now listening to the radio. | |
The number of people tuning in rose by 600,000 during the last three months, Rajar said. | |
Commercial radio has registered its highest listening figures in four years with a regular audience of 32 million, up more than one million compared to the same period in 2006. | |
Chris Moyles' show can be heard on digital and analogue platformsBBC Radio 1's Chris Moyles added 200,000 new listeners to his breakfast show over the past three months. | |
With 7.26 million listeners, Moyles has closed the gap on Sir Terry Wogan's BBC Radio 2 breakfast programme, which remains the UK's most popular early morning show. | |
Radio 1 added another 320,000 listeners during April to June, while Radio 2 saw a slight dip in its audience reach, but remains the country's most listened-to station. | Radio 1 added another 320,000 listeners during April to June, while Radio 2 saw a slight dip in its audience reach, but remains the country's most listened-to station. |
The BBC's digital-only radio networks, including 6 Music and 1Xtra, now have a combined listenership of 3m people. | The BBC's digital-only radio networks, including 6 Music and 1Xtra, now have a combined listenership of 3m people. |
Mobile listening | Mobile listening |
It is the first time listening habits have been broken down into digital and analogue audience figures. | It is the first time listening habits have been broken down into digital and analogue audience figures. |
The brand new data initially caused Rajar to release incorrect figures, which were later amended. | |
People tuning into the radio via digital sets, their digital televisions and online now amass 136 million listening hours per week. | |
Listeners over the age of 15 are increasingly tuning into the radio using their mobile phones, with this number rising by 27% compared to the same period in 2006. | |
The number of people who listen to podcasts downloaded to their MP3 players has also risen from 1.9 million to 2.7 million. |