CAPITAL LONDON

London's No.1 Hit Music Station

Local / regional · RAJAR code 3061 · Quarterly — 3-month rolling sample · London

Part of: CAPITAL BRAND (UK), TOTAL GLOBAL RADIO (UK), CAPITAL NETWORK (UK)

Headline figures · MAR 2026

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Weekly reach

1.48m

▼ 7,000 vs prev. quarter

% reach

11.0%

▼ 1.0% vs prev. quarter

Total hours

8.0m

▲ 853k vs prev. quarter

Average hours

5.4

▲ 0.6 vs prev. quarter

Market share

4.0%

▲ 0.2% vs prev. quarter

TSA population 12.91m · unweighted sample 6,055

Weekly reach over time

All adults 15+, ’000s

Source: RAJAR — CAPITAL LONDON TSA, MAR 2026 (Q) · WEEKS 01 2026 - 13 2026 (5th JANUARY '26 - 5th APRIL '26)

Total hours over time

All adults 15+, ’000s of hours

Source: RAJAR — CAPITAL LONDON TSA, MAR 2026 (Q) · WEEKS 01 2026 - 13 2026 (5th JANUARY '26 - 5th APRIL '26)

Market share over time

Share of all-radio hours within the station’s TSA

Source: RAJAR — CAPITAL LONDON TSA, MAR 2026 (Q) · WEEKS 01 2026 - 13 2026 (5th JANUARY '26 - 5th APRIL '26)

Audience profile · MAR 2026

By age	Reach	% reach	Avg hrs	% of audience
ALL ADULTS 15+	1.48m	11.0%	5.4	100.0%
ADULTS 15-24	244k	13.0%	3.1	16.4%
ADULTS 25-34	391k	16.0%	4.8	26.4%
ADULTS 35-44	431k	18.0%	6.6	29.1%
ADULTS 45-54	224k	11.0%	7.8	15.1%
ADULTS 55-64	146k	8.0%	4.4	9.8%
ADULTS 65-74	38k	3.0%	2.9	2.5%
ADULTS 75+	9,000	1.0%	1.1	0.6%
ADULTS 15-34	635k	14.0%	4.1	42.8%
ADULTS 15-44	1.07m	16.0%	5.1	71.9%

Men	Reach	% reach	Avg hrs	% of audience
ALL MEN 15+	595k	10.0%	5.2	40.2%
MEN 15-24	89k	9.0%	2.9	6.0%
MEN 25-34	166k	14.0%	5.4	11.2%
MEN 35-44	176k	16.0%	7.4	11.9%
MEN 45-54	85k	8.0%	4.8	5.7%
MEN 55-64	64k	7.0%	3.2	4.3%
MEN 65-74	6,000	1.0%	3.1	0.4%
MEN 75+	9,000	2.0%	1.1	0.6%

Women	Reach	% reach	Avg hrs	% of audience
ALL WOMEN 15+	887k	13.0%	5.5	59.8%
WOMEN 15-24	155k	17.0%	3.3	10.4%
WOMEN 25-34	225k	18.0%	4.3	15.2%
WOMEN 35-44	255k	21.0%	6.0	17.2%
WOMEN 45-54	139k	13.0%	9.6	9.4%
WOMEN 55-64	81k	9.0%	5.3	5.5%
WOMEN 65-74	32k	4.0%	2.8	2.1%
WOMEN 75+	—	—	—	—

By social grade	Reach	% reach	Avg hrs	% of audience
ABC1 ADULTS	926k	12.0%	4.6	62.5%
C2DE ADULTS	557k	11.0%	6.7	37.5%
ABC1 MEN	320k	8.0%	2.6	21.6%
ABC1 WOMEN	606k	14.0%	5.7	40.9%
C2DE MEN	275k	11.0%	8.2	18.6%
C2DE WOMEN	282k	11.0%	5.1	19.0%

Reach, % reach and average hours per demographic. “% of audience” is the demographic’s share of the station’s total weekly reach.

Source: RAJAR — CAPITAL LONDON TSA, MAR 2026 (Q) · WEEKS 01 2026 - 13 2026 (5th JANUARY '26 - 5th APRIL '26)

Listening by daypart · MAR 2026

Monday–Friday	Share	Reach
06.00-10.00 Capital Breakfast with Jordan North, Chris Stark and Sian Welby ▸	4.4%	602k
10.00-13.00 Kemi Rodgers ▸	4.4%	550k
13.00-16.00 Aimee Vivian ▸	4.9%	613k
16.00-19.00 Will Manning ▸	4.1%	537k
19.00-22.00 The Capital Evening Show with Jimmy Hill ▸	3.2%	297k
22.00-01.00 The Capital Late Show with Sonny Jay ▸	2.2%	78k
01.00-04.00 Joe Hollywood ▸	2.9%	30k
04.00-06.00 Ant Payne ▸	2.3%	32k

Saturday	Share	Reach
09.00-12.00 Jimmy Hill ▸	2.9%	164k
12.00-16.00 Jay London ▸	3.9%	268k
16.00-19.00 Sonny Jay ▸	3.7%	147k
19.00-22.00 The Capital Weekender with Kem Cetinay ▸	4.1%	98k
22.00-24.00 The Capital Weekender with Sam Lavery ▸	1.8%	19k
24.00-06.00 Nicola Lashley ▸	1.9%	16k
05.00-09.00 Lydia Rodford ▸	1.6%	86k

Sunday	Share	Reach
09.00-12.00 Ant Payne ▸	3.3%	158k
12.00-16.00 Jay London ▸	5.0%	273k
16.00-19.00 The EE Official Big Top 40 from Global ▸	5.1%	157k
19.00-22.00 Tom Watts ▸	4.5%	74k
22.00-24.00 The Capital Weekender with Sam Lavery ▸	0.6%	8,000
24.00-06.00 Joe Hollywood ▸	1.7%	25k
05.00-09.00 Lydia Rodford ▸	2.8%	66k

Share of listening and weekly reach in each time band, all adults 15+. RAJAR aligns daypart boundaries to each station’s own schedule, so the bands are not comparable between stations. Programmes are the most common show in each band across every Mon/Sat/Sun in Q1 2026 (39 dates).

Source: RAJAR — CAPITAL LONDON TSA, MAR 2026 (Q) · WEEKS 01 2026 - 13 2026 (5th JANUARY '26 - 5th APRIL '26)

Stations in this survey area · MAR 2026

Station	Reach	% reach	Hours	Avg hrs	Share
BBC RADIO 4	2.24m	17.0%	28.0m	12.5	14.0%
BBC RADIO 2	2.02m	16.0%	20.1m	10.0	10.1%
HEART LONDON	1.76m	14.0%	8.5m	4.8	4.3%
CAPITAL LONDON this station	1.48m	11.0%	8.0m	5.4	4.0%
BBC RADIO 1	1.32m	10.0%	8.0m	6.1	4.0%
BBC RADIO 5 LIVE	1.21m	9.0%	6.6m	5.4	3.3%
MAGIC (LONDON)	990k	8.0%	4.9m	5.0	2.5%
SMOOTH RADIO LONDON	974k	8.0%	5.3m	5.5	2.7%
HITS RADIO (LONDON) (WAS KISS (LONDON))	717k	6.0%	1.6m	2.2	0.8%
BBC RADIO 3	656k	5.0%	4.4m	6.7	2.2%
GREATEST HITS RADIO (LONDON)	644k	5.0%	4.0m	6.2	2.0%
BBC 6 MUSIC	634k	5.0%	5.4m	8.4	2.7%
CAPITAL XTRA (LONDON)	579k	4.0%	2.3m	4.0	1.1%
LBC NEWS (LONDON)	578k	4.0%	2.4m	4.1	1.2%
KISSTORY	483k	4.0%	1.8m	3.7	0.9%
RADIO X LONDON	408k	3.0%	3.2m	7.8	1.6%
KISS	380k	3.0%	1.8m	4.9	0.9%
ABSOLUTE RADIO	365k	3.0%	2.4m	6.7	1.2%
BBC WORLD SERVICE	333k	3.0%	1.4m	4.1	0.7%
BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA	325k	3.0%	1.9m	5.8	1.0%
HEART 80S	306k	2.0%	1.1m	3.7	0.6%
GOLD RADIO LONDON	295k	2.0%	2.3m	7.8	1.2%
BBC RADIO 5 SPORTS EXTRA	222k	2.0%	552k	2.5	0.3%
HEART 90S	211k	2.0%	644k	3.1	0.3%
ABSOLUTE 80S	209k	2.0%	953k	4.6	0.5%
HEART DANCE	183k	1.0%	670k	3.7	0.3%
CAPITAL DANCE	162k	1.0%	732k	4.5	0.4%
CAPITAL XTRA RELOADED	158k	1.0%	593k	3.8	0.3%
GB NEWS RADIO	124k	1.0%	591k	4.7	0.3%
PLANET ROCK	115k	1.0%	1.1m	9.5	0.6%
SMOOTH CHILL	102k	1.0%	339k	3.3	0.2%
SMOOTH RELAX	96k	1.0%	524k	5.4	0.3%
HEART 70S	94k	1.0%	368k	3.9	0.2%
CAPITAL CHILL	66k	1.0%	196k	3.0	0.1%
SMOOTH COUNTRY	66k	1.0%	182k	2.8	0.1%
RADIO X CLASSIC ROCK	31k	0.0%	235k	7.6	0.1%

Weekly reach, hours and share for every station RAJAR reports within CAPITAL LONDON’s Total Survey Area (RAJAR Table 7), all adults 15+.

Source: RAJAR — CAPITAL LONDON TSA, MAR 2026 (Q) · WEEKS 01 2026 - 13 2026 (5th JANUARY '26 - 5th APRIL '26)