Latest RAJARs

[AuntDaisy]

I can't explain why CFM has suffered an indisputable loss of listeners...

Clearly due to de-Bott-ification.


"It’s water, honest - drinking the health of the world’s greatest music"

[french frank]

Clearly due to de-Bott-ification.

Has she been botted out? Perhaps she'll come back to R3?

[french frank]

Has she been botted out? Perhaps she'll come back to R3?

Ah:

"It's quite a year for presenters leaving radio stations, and I've (kind of, discussing possible specials tomorrow) joined their number. Am heartened by supportive messages from colleagues, friends, listeners: my valedictory thanks @GlobalPlayer
until next Sunday. #Ifyouhavebeen.."

[Pulcinella]

BBC Music Magazine (Christmas 2023 Edition, just arrived) in its usual The Month in Numbers slot, says:

17.5% more people listening to Radio 3 than this last year, according to figures released by RAJAR.

[Old Grumpy]

CFM might lose a whole load more listeners soon when it converts to DAB+.

I wonder how many listeners have DAB only receivers (home or in-car).

[french frank]

BBC Music Magazine (Christmas 2023 Edition, just arrived) in its usual the month in Numbers slot, says:

17.5% more people listening to Radio 3 than this last year, according to figures released by RAJAR.

???? I wonder what figures they're using. The usual 'year' is the BBC financial year April - March, rather than the calendar year Jan - December. The latest released figures were for September which isn't the end of either year. I've just rechecked my figures and adding the latest four quarters (Dec 22-Sept 23) the total reach for the year ... Oh, I see what they've done! They've compared the appalling Sept 2022 figure (1.708m) with Sept 2023 (2.002m), a rise of 17.2%. (IOW, what goes down must (hopefully) go up.)

So did you miss out the word 'time or quarter'? "17.5% more people listening to Radio 3 than this TIME/QUARTER last year"?

In fact if you add up the last four published figures (Dec 22-Sept 23) you get 7.503m (av 1.876m). The four quarters prior to that (21-22) totalled 7.776m (av 1.944m), the equivalent of a drop of 3.5% this year.

[Pulcinella]

???? I wonder what figures they're using. The usual 'year' is the BBC financial year April - March, rather than the calendar year Jan - December. The latest released figures were for September which isn't the end of either year. I've just rechecked my figures and adding the latest four quarters (Dec 22-Sept 23) the total reach for the year ... Oh, I see what they've done! They've compared the appalling Sept 2022 figure (1.708m) with Sept 2023 (2.002m), a rise of 17.2%. (IOW, what goes down must (hopefully) go up.)

So did you miss out the word 'time or quarter'? "17.5% more people listening to Radio 3 than this TIME/QUARTER last year"?

In fact if you add up the last four published figures (Dec 22-Sept 23) you get 7.503m (av 1.876m). The four quarters prior to that (21-22) totalled 7.776m (av 1.944m), the equivalent of a drop of 3.5% this year.

Oops! I did indeed.

17.5% more people listening to Radio 3 than this time last year, ......

(I baulked over the construction and as a consequence missed out a word! More people were listening than sheep, perhaps?)

[french frank]

Oops! I did indeed.

17.5% more people listening to Radio 3 than this time last year, ......

(I baulked over the construction and as a consequence missed out a word! More people were listening than sheep, perhaps?)

It's still the fact that they're comparing a particularly bad quarter with a mediocre to okayish figure. Over the past year the trend has been down compared with the previous year (and that one wasn't very good).