BRITISH RADIO VIPS ON THE MIC

Aled Haydn Jones: According to the latest RAJAR results, BBC Radio 1 is in rude health. Its audience of 8.1m listeners aged 15 and above is up 5.6% year-on-year, while Radio 1 Breakfast With Greg James remains the biggest for young audiences in the country. It’s the third-most-listened-to BBC station in the U.K., behind Radio 2 and Radio 4, respectively. The brand’s social-media stats are also impressive—the Radio 1 YouTube channel has more than 8.3m subscribers, and there are 9.5m followers across its Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and X accounts. Read more.

Gary Stein: Bauer Media Audio is the third-biggest radio network in the U.K., boasting 23.5m weekly listeners across its owned and partner stations, which is up 6.8% year-on-year, according to Q3’s RAJAR stats. Its flagship Hits Radio Network tallies 7.2m weekly listeners (up 10.7% YoY), while its catalog station, Greatest Hits, tallies 7.4m (up 12.9% YoY). Read more.

James Rea: Global is the most popular commercial radio group in the U.K., tallying 29.2m listeners each week, according to Q3’s RAJAR figures, which were its highest ever. Heart is its biggest brand, with nearly 13m weekly listeners (up 14% year-on-year), while hit-music brand Capital pulled in 9.7 weekly listeners (up 21.2% YoY) during the same period. Read more.