RNS Number:9084L
Capital Radio PLC
05 May 2005
The following announcement replaces the GCap Media Rajar Results released at 7am
this morning and the amended release, which includes both Capital Radio and GWR
Group results, appears below. A number of grammatical changes have been made.
Capital Radio and GWR
17.1 million listeners and 35.2% of all UK commercial listening
* GCap Media will have reach twice the size of nearest commercial rival
with 17.1 million listeners
* Classic FM - the UK's leading commercial radio station with 6 million
listeners
* Simon Bates UK's number one commercial breakfast show with 3 million
listeners
* London's leading commercial radio group
* 95.8 Capital FM, London's leading commercial station with reach up 3%
to 2.11 million listeners
* Johnny Vaughan number one at breakfast in London, adding 108,000 more
listeners
The combined RAJAR figures for Capital Radio and GWR today demonstrated the
unrivalled scale and brand portfolio strength that the proposed merger will
offer advertisers, with over twice the reach of its nearest commercial rival.
Reaching 35% of the UK population with listeners in the UK's most demanded
areas, GCap Media will create the first real commercial competitor to the BBC.
In the London market, the group will reach more listeners than any other
commercial radio group with 120,000 more listeners. In the important breakfast
slot, 95.8 Capital FM has the leading commercial radio breakfast show and with
an additional 108,000 listeners has now overtaken Radio 2.
Digital listening continues to be an important part of our growth strategy and
national DAB digital radio station Planet Rock has achieved its best ever RAJAR
figures reaching 286,000 listeners each week.
Ralph Bernard, who will be GCap Media Executive Chairman, commented:
"With over 17m listeners, GCap Media will be twice the size of its nearest
commercial competitor, reflecting our strong brands and leadership position
across the UK. Our strategy will aim to leverage this position to take on the
BBC and to champion the digital future."
"The increase in digital listening shows that the mounting market penetration of
DAB sets is having a positive effect on audience levels, and with four national
digital stations GCap Media will be in an excellent position to benefit from
this growth."
Enquiries:
Jane Wilson 020 7766 6863
Communications Director,
Capital Radio plc
Simon Cooper 020 7344 4835
Public Affairs Director,
GWR Group plc
Julius Duncan 020 7251 3801
Finsbury Group
Notes:
1. All figures refer to adults 15+.
2. The Capital FM Network comprises of 95.8 Capital FM (London), BRMB
(Birmingham), Red Dragon FM (South East Wales), Southern FM (Sussex), Power
FM (Hampshire), Beat 106 (Central Scotland), FOX FM (Oxford), Invicta FM
(Kent).
3. The Century FM Network comprises 105.4 Century FM (North West England)
106 Century FM (East Midlands), 100-102 Century FM (North East England), and
Ocean FM (Hampshire).
4. Capital Gold Network comprises stations in London, Kent, Manchester,
Sussex, Hampshire, South Wales and Birmingham.
5. RAJAR (Radio Joint Audience Research Ltd) manages the UK's agreed system
of radio audience measurement. It is jointly owned by the CRCA (Commercial
Radio Companies Association) and by the BBC.
6. Reach refers to the total number of listeners in thousands that a
station attracts across an average week during the published survey period.
It can also be expressed as a percentage of the adult population within the
station's transmission area.
7. Share refers to the percentage of total weekly radio listening hours
accounted for by a station within its transmission area and across an
average week during the survey period.
8. Total Capital UK refers to all listening to Capital Radio stations
across the UK (analogue and digital).
9. The Mix Network comprises of 2CR, 2-Ten FM, 96.9 Chiltern FM, 97.6
Chiltern FM, Coast FM 96.3, Beacon FM, Broadland 102, Buzz 97.1 FM, Champion
103, Essex FM, FM 103 (Horizon), Gemini FM, GWR FM, GWR Wiltshire 97.2,
102.2 FM Hereward FM, Lantern FM, Leicester Sound, Marcher Group MFM,
Mercia FM, Mercury FM Surrey and Sussex, Mercury FM Herts,Northants 96,
Orchard FM, Plymouth Sound, Q103, Ram FM, Severn Sound, SGR Colchester, SGR
Ipswich/Bury, South Hams, Trent FM and Wyvern FM.
RAJAR Wave 1 2005
SUMMARY OF STATIONS/BRANDS
Total GCap Media UK RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR
Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4 Wave 1
2004 2004 2004 2004 2005
Reach - - - - 17,075
Total Hours - - - - 163,586
Total Capital Radio Group UK RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR
Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4 Wave 1
2004 2004 2004 2004 2005
Reach 8,124 8,043 7,795 7,711 7,885
Total Hours 75,348 73,782 71,602 69,975 68,455
Data includes all national figures
Total Capital Radio Group RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR
(analogue)
Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4 Wave 1
2004 2004 2004 2004 2005
Weekly Reach 7,719 7,636 7,409 7,297 7,253
% Reach 27 27 26 26 26
Total Hours 72,920 71,051 69,063 67,655 64,466
Market Share 11.8 11.5 11.3 11.2 10.6
Commercial Share 23.5 22.8 22.9 22.9 21.7
Total GWR Group (Classic FM and RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR
Local Group)
Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4 Wave 1
2004 2004 2004 2004 2005
Weekly Reach 10,645 10,862 10,626 10,448 10,188
% Reach 22 22 22 21 21
Total Hours 100,298 100,491 96,924 93,819 91,746
Market Share 9.3 9.2 9.1 8.9 8.7
Commercial Share 20.3 20.8 20.8 20.2 19.7
Classic FM RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR
Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4 Wave 1
2004 2004 2004 2004 2005
Weekly Reach 6,544 6,487 6,145 6,204 5,977
% Reach 14 13 13 13 12
Total Hours 49,170 48,081 44,344 46,527 43,496
Market Share 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.4 4.1
Commercial Share 9.9 10.0 9.5 10.0 9.4
Capital FM Network RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR
Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4 Wave 1
2004 2004 2004 2004 2005
Weekly Reach 4,845 4,784 4,587 4,464 4,370
% Reach 26 25 24 23 23
Total Hours 41,939 39,369 37,677 37,086 34,416
Market Share 9.9 9.4 9.1 9.0 8.3
Commercial share 19.4 18.0 17.9 18.1 16.5
The Mix Network RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR
Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4 Wave 1
2004 2004 2004 2004 2005
Weekly Reach 4,425 4,481 4,402 4,304 4,226
% Reach 31 31 30 30 29
Total Hours 45,938 44,834 44,382 42,239 41,586
Market Share 14.0 13.4 13.4 12.9 12.7
Commercial share 35.5 34.0 33.8 33.0 32.5
Total Capital Gold UK RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR
Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4 Wave 1
2004 2004 2004 2004 2005
Weekly Reach 1,648 1,532 1,437 1,380 1,349
% Reach 3 3 3 3 3
Total Hours 9,923 10,292 10,777 9,883 9,112
Market Share 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9
Commercial share 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.1 2.0
Figures include all analogue and non analogue out of TSA listening across the UK
Century FM Network RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR
Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4 Wave 1
2004 2004 2004 2004 2005
Weekly Reach 1,894 1,859 1,772 1,811 1,872
% Reach 19 18 18 18 19
Total Hours 16,615 16,721 15,306 14,966 15,839
Market Share 7.6 7.7 7.0 6.9 7.4
Commercial share 16.2 16.6 15.4 15.2 16.3
Capital Radio London RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR
Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4 Wave 1
2004 2004 2004 2004 2005
Weekly Reach 3,225 3,048 3,070 2,934 3,054
% Reach 31 29 29 28 29
Total Hours 29,265 26,749 26,292 24,923 23,604
Market Share 13.0 12.0 12.1 11.7 10.6
Commercial share 23.3 22.0 23.4 22.5 19.8
Choice FM included from Wave 1, 2004
95.8 Capital FM RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR
Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4 Wave 1
2004 2004 2004 2004 2005
Weekly Reach 2,341 2,107 2,172 2,043 2,109
% Reach 23 20 21 20 20
Total Hours 17,827 14,581 15,542 13,144 13,621
Market Share 7.9 6.6 7.2 6.2 6.1
Commercial share 14.2 12.0 13.8 11.9 11.4
Capital Gold London RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR
Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4 Wave 1
2004 2004 2004 2004 2005
Weekly Reach 893 778 745 731 732
% Reach 9 7 7 7 7
Total Hours 4,928 5,521 3,630 4,833 3,533
Market Share 2.2 2.5 1.7 2.3 1.6
Commercial share 3.9 4.5 3.2 4.4 3.0
104.9 Xfm London RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR
Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4 Wave 1
2004 2004 2004 2004 2005
Weekly Reach 559 577 572 535 517
% Reach 5 6 5 5 5
Total Hours 4,133 3,823 3,370 3,832 3,586
Market Share 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.6
Commercial share 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.5 3.0
Choice FM RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR RAJAR
Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4 Wave 1
2004 2004 2004 2004 2005
Weekly Reach 254 376 383 475 525
% Reach 4 6 6 5 5
Total Hours 2,376 2,824 3,749 3,114 2,863
Market Share 2.0 2.3 3.2 1.5 1.3
Commercial share 3.2 3.9 5.9 2.8 2.4
Share and market share figures reflect change of TSA from W4:04 to encompass
greater London area.
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