{"id":218973,"date":"2025-10-22T23:25:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T23:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/218973\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T23:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T23:25:14","slug":"global-is-the-number-one-commercial-radio-group-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/218973\/","title":{"rendered":"Global is the number one commercial radio group in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Radio\u00a0in the UK overall\u00a0still commands massive audiences \u2013 more than 50 million adults listen\u00a0for more than a billion hours a week
\nGlobal has the top three commercial radio brands in the UK \u2013\u00a0Heart, Capital & Smooth
\nGlobal has the top three commercial radio stations in London \u2013 Heart, Capital & LBC
\nGlobal\u2019s\u00a0average weekly listening time is the highest it\u2019s ever been
\nHeart remains the UK\u2019s biggest radio brand \u2013 still ahead of BBC\u00a0Radio\u00a02
\nRadio X celebrates a supersonic summer\u00a0with\u00a0record-breaking\u00a0national listenership
\nRecord-breaking listening figures\u00a0for national stations\u00a0including Heart 10s, Heart Dance,\u00a0Heart Love, Radio X, Radio X 90s,\u00a0Capital Anthems, Classic FM Calm and\u00a0Capital Chill
\nCommercial radio extends its lead over BBC Radio \u2013 now with a share of 56% vs 41.7%<\/p>\n

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Global reports another strong set of RAJAR figures and record-breaking results for Q3 2025 (23rd June 2025 \u2013 14th September 2025). The broadcaster has recorded its highest ever share (28.1%) and record hours (286 million), with 29 million people tuning in every week across its radio brands. Commercial radio also celebrates a new milestone, reaching its biggest ever share of 56%, while radio as a whole reaches more than 50 million people listening every week.<\/p>\n

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Here are some\u00a0more key headlines:<\/p>\n

GLOBAL<\/p>\n

With 29 million listeners every week, Global is the UK\u2019s number one commercial radio group.
\nGlobal achieves a record-breaking share and hours.
\nGlobal holds the top spots with the three biggest commercial radio brands in the UK \u2013 Heart, Capital\u00a0and Smooth.
\nIn London, Global has the top three commercial stations for reach \u2013 Heart, Capital\u00a0and LBC.<\/p>\n

HEART<\/p>\n

Heart brand remains\u00a0the UK\u2019s biggest radio brand with a huge 12.8 million weekly listeners.
\nHeart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston & Amanda Holden is the biggest commercial breakfast show in the UK with 4.1\u00a0million weekly listeners.
\nHeart\u2019s sister\u00a0stations, Heart Dance (1.1 million), Heart 10s\u00a0(361,000),\u00a0and Heart Love\u00a0(291,000) all celebrate record-breaking figures.<\/p>\n

CAPITAL<\/p>\n

Capital is the UK\u2019s no.1 hit music station with 9.4 million weekly listeners across the Capital brand. This quarter it celebrates its highest ever hours and share.
\nCapital brand beats Radio 1 for reach, hours and share.
\nCapital XTRA brand continues to reach more than 2 million weekly listeners \u2013 1.2 million more than BBC 1Xtra \u2013 and up in hours quarter-on-quarter.
\nCapital Dance\u00a0reaches 1.1 million dance fans every week.
\nCapital Anthems\u00a0sees record-breaking figures with 639,000 weekly listeners,\u00a0adding 160,000 weekly listeners in\u00a0the last quarter.
\nCapital XTRA Breakfast with Robert Bruce & Shayna Marie reaches\u00a0606,000 weekly listeners\u00a0every\u00a0morning.<\/p>\n

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LBC<\/p>\n

Global\u2019s news talk brand LBC\u00a0continues\u00a0to lead the news agenda\u00a0with\u00a03.3 million weekly listeners.
\nLBC\u2019s Nick Ferrari at Breakfast\u00a0is celebrating 1.4 million weekly listeners, increasing in reach, hours and share on the quarter.
\nLBC News, the UK\u2019s only rolling news radio station, has more than 1\u00a0million weekly listeners, and is up\u00a0in\u00a0reach,\u00a0hours\u00a0and share\u00a0year-on-year.<\/p>\n

RADIO X<\/p>\n

Radio X is celebrating a record 2.5 million weekly listeners as the station marks its 10th birthday this quarter. The station is up on all metrics year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter. This landmark year also coincides with the long-awaited Oasis reunion, giving Radio X listeners even more to celebrate.
\nSister station Radio X 90s reaches a new record-breaking 262,000 weekly listeners.
\nThe Chris Moyles Show on Radio X reaches over 1 million listeners each morning, 264,000 listeners more than Chris Evans on Virgin Radio.
\nRadio X Classic Rock\u00a0reaches 248,000 weekly listeners, up on both reach and hours year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter.<\/p>\n

MORE FROM GLOBAL<\/p>\n

Smooth\u00a0is the UK\u2019s third biggest commercial radio brand with a new weekly audience of 7.6 million listeners, up in hours and share both on the quarter and year.
\nSmooth Relax (483,000)\u00a0and Smooth 70s (308,000)\u00a0have added\u00a037,000 and 63,000\u00a0listeners respectively\u00a0on the quarter.
\nClassic FM, the UK\u2019s\u00a0most popular classical music brand, reaches\u00a04.5 million weekly listeners, with Classic FM Calm celebrating\u00a0its highest ever audience, with\u00a0367,000 listeners.
\nGold Radio\u00a0has increased in reach, hours and share in the past quarter, with a new audience of 1.7 million weekly listeners.
\nThe EE Official Big Top 40 from Global is the UK\u2019s biggest chart show with 1.8 million\u00a0listeners tuning in every week.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m so proud to see Global once again delivering record-breaking results, with more people listening for longer than ever before and commercial radio once again extending its lead. Heart remains the UK\u2019s biggest radio brand, in a very competitive landscape, which overall shows an incredibly healthy radio market. As Radio X marks its 10-year anniversary, it has enjoyed a bumper summer, benefitting from the epic Oasis-reunion.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also rewarding to see that Capital Anthems, Classic FM Calm, Smooth Relax and Capital Chill are, amongst others, continuing their growth. The strong listening figures we see are testament to the incredible work of every globaller, and we are so grateful to the millions of listeners who choose our brands every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ashley Tabor-King CBE, Founder & Executive President of Global<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0fantastic that so many people still love spending time with radio, and to see record hours and share for Global is wonderful recognition for our teams who work so hard to deliver for audiences. During a summer in which we saw the return of Oasis it\u2019s\u00a0great to see Radio X score its highest ever audiences as it marks ten years on air.\u201d<\/p>\n

James Rea, Chief Broadcasting & Content Officer at Global<\/p>\n

Source<\/p>\n

*RAJAR figures for Q3 2025, 23rd June 2025 \u2013 14th September 2025 (Wks\u00a026-37). All stations and groups results are reported on their specified reporting period and TSA (Total Survey Area).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Radio\u00a0in the UK overall\u00a0still commands massive audiences \u2013 more than 50 million adults listen\u00a0for more than a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,21046,21047,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-218973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-radio-advertising","13":"tag-rajar","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}