Aasmah Mir and Stig Abell of The Times Radio breakfast show, Julia Hartley-Brewer of Talkradio, and Nick Ferrari of LBC. Pictures: Times Radio, Talkradio screenshot, and LBCTalkradio saw a large audience boost in the first quarter of 2023 while the BBC saw success with its on-demand audio content, according to the latest RAJAR radio listening figures. Times Radio, which was launched in June 2020 as an alternative to Radio 4 and LBC, did however see record high listening hours with listeners tuning in for an average of 6.3 hours each. Plays of BBC Radio 4 content were up 15% compared to Q1 2022, it said. The size of the listenership to BBC Radio 2, the UK’s most popular radio station, stayed steady compared to 2022 remaining at 14.46m people.

Source: The Times May 18, 2023 05:07 UTC