Radio station groups ranked by reach in the United Kingdom (UK) as of Q1 2020

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Marie Charlotte Götting,

Mar 9, 2022

This statistic displays the top radio station groups ranked by weekly reach in the United Kingdom (UK) as of quarter one 2020. That quarter, roughly 48.9 million individuals listened to the radio in the United Kingdom. BBC Radio stations reached over 33.5 million listeners.

Leading radio station groups ranked by weekly reach in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 1st quarter 2020 (in 1,000 listeners)

Characteristic	Reach in thousands*
All Radio	48,894
All Commercial Radio	36,267
All BBC Radio	33,535
All BBC Network Radio	30,835
All Local Commercial (National TSA)	25,194
All Local Commercial Radio (ILR)	25,185
Total Global Radio (UK)	23,397
All National Commercial	22,823
Bauer Radio - Total	17,986
BBC Radio 4 (including 4 Extra)	11,105
Heart Brand (UK)	9,365
BBC Local Radio	7,798
Heart Network (UK)	7,737
Capital Brand (UK)	7,502
Capital Network (UK)	6,386

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Release date

May 2020

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q1 2020

Age group

15 years and older

Supplementary notes

* The number of people aged 15+ who tune to a radio station within at least 1 quarter hour period over the course of a week. Respondents are instructed to fill in a quarter hour only if they have listened to the station for at least 5 minutes within that quarter hour. Between 00.00-06.00, listening is recorded in half hour periods.

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