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GOLD RADIO LONDON

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Local / regional · RAJAR code 3062 · Quarterly — 3-month rolling sample · London

Part of: TOTAL GLOBAL RADIO (UK), GOLD RADIO UK

Headline figures · MAR 2026

Weekly reach
295k
12k vs prev. quarter
% reach
2.0%
0.0% vs prev. quarter
Total hours
2.3m
187k vs prev. quarter
Average hours
7.8
0.3 vs prev. quarter
Market share
1.2%
0.1% vs prev. quarter

TSA population 12.91m · unweighted sample 6,055

Weekly reach over time

All adults 15+, ’000s

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

Audience profile · MAR 2026

By ageReach% reachAvg hrs% of audience
ALL ADULTS 15+295k2.0%7.8100.0%
ADULTS 15-2436k2.0%0.812.1%
ADULTS 25-3414k1.0%0.84.7%
ADULTS 35-4464k3.0%6.021.6%
ADULTS 45-5426k1.0%10.58.7%
ADULTS 55-6464k4.0%10.821.7%
ADULTS 65-7464k4.0%6.821.7%
ADULTS 75+28k3.0%17.99.5%
ADULTS 15-3450k1.0%0.816.8%
ADULTS 15-44113k2.0%3.738.4%
MenReach% reachAvg hrs% of audience
ALL MEN 15+171k3.0%8.157.8%
MEN 15-2420k2.0%0.76.7%
MEN 25-348,0001.0%1.02.8%
MEN 35-4433k3.0%7.311.1%
MEN 45-547,0001.0%3.92.4%
MEN 55-6446k5.0%9.915.4%
MEN 65-7432k5.0%5.110.9%
MEN 75+25k6.0%19.58.5%
WomenReach% reachAvg hrs% of audience
ALL WOMEN 15+125k2.0%7.442.2%
WOMEN 15-2416k2.0%0.95.3%
WOMEN 25-346,0000.0%0.51.9%
WOMEN 35-4431k3.0%4.610.6%
WOMEN 45-5419k2.0%13.06.3%
WOMEN 55-6419k2.0%12.96.3%
WOMEN 65-7432k4.0%8.510.7%
WOMEN 75+3,0001.0%4.11.0%
By social gradeReach% reachAvg hrs% of audience
ABC1 ADULTS113k1.0%8.238.2%
C2DE ADULTS183k4.0%7.661.8%
ABC1 MEN55k1.0%8.918.6%
ABC1 WOMEN58k1.0%7.619.6%
C2DE MEN116k5.0%7.839.2%
C2DE WOMEN67k3.0%7.322.6%

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

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

Listening by daypart · MAR 2026

Monday–FridayShareReach
07.00-11.00
0.9%145k
11.00-16.00
1.8%168k
16.00-19.00
0.9%130k
19.00-22.00
0.8%72k
22.00-24.00
0.6%31k
24.00-04.00
1.0%17k
SaturdayShareReach
09.00-12.00
1.3%61k
12.00-13.00
1.3%38k
13.00-18.00
1.2%65k
18.00-19.00
0.7%12k
19.00-20.00
1.1%14k
20.00-21.00
0.7%8,000
21.00-24.00
1.2%16k
24.00-04.00
1.7%8,000
04.00-09.00
0.9%38k
SundayShareReach
08.00-12.00
1.2%57k
12.00-13.00
1.2%38k
13.00-16.00
1.1%44k
16.00-19.00
1.7%47k
19.00-22.00
1.2%18k
22.00-24.00
1.3%11k
24.00-04.00
2.0%6,000
04.00-08.00
0.9%11k

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.

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

Stations in this survey area · MAR 2026

StationReach% reachHoursAvg hrsShare
BBC RADIO 4 2.24m17.0%28.0m12.514.0%
BBC RADIO 2 2.02m16.0%20.1m10.010.1%
HEART LONDON 1.76m14.0%8.5m4.84.3%
CAPITAL LONDON 1.48m11.0%8.0m5.44.0%
BBC RADIO 1 1.32m10.0%8.0m6.14.0%
BBC RADIO 5 LIVE 1.21m9.0%6.6m5.43.3%
MAGIC (LONDON) 990k8.0%4.9m5.02.5%
SMOOTH RADIO LONDON 974k8.0%5.3m5.52.7%
HITS RADIO (LONDON) (WAS KISS (LONDON)) 717k6.0%1.6m2.20.8%
BBC RADIO 3 656k5.0%4.4m6.72.2%
GREATEST HITS RADIO (LONDON) 644k5.0%4.0m6.22.0%
BBC 6 MUSIC 634k5.0%5.4m8.42.7%
CAPITAL XTRA (LONDON) 579k4.0%2.3m4.01.1%
LBC NEWS (LONDON) 578k4.0%2.4m4.11.2%
KISSTORY 483k4.0%1.8m3.70.9%
RADIO X LONDON 408k3.0%3.2m7.81.6%
KISS 380k3.0%1.8m4.90.9%
ABSOLUTE RADIO 365k3.0%2.4m6.71.2%
BBC WORLD SERVICE 333k3.0%1.4m4.10.7%
BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA 325k3.0%1.9m5.81.0%
HEART 80S 306k2.0%1.1m3.70.6%
GOLD RADIO LONDON this station295k2.0%2.3m7.81.2%
BBC RADIO 5 SPORTS EXTRA 222k2.0%552k2.50.3%
HEART 90S 211k2.0%644k3.10.3%
ABSOLUTE 80S 209k2.0%953k4.60.5%
HEART DANCE 183k1.0%670k3.70.3%
CAPITAL DANCE 162k1.0%732k4.50.4%
CAPITAL XTRA RELOADED 158k1.0%593k3.80.3%
GB NEWS RADIO 124k1.0%591k4.70.3%
PLANET ROCK 115k1.0%1.1m9.50.6%
SMOOTH CHILL 102k1.0%339k3.30.2%
SMOOTH RELAX 96k1.0%524k5.40.3%
HEART 70S 94k1.0%368k3.90.2%
CAPITAL CHILL 66k1.0%196k3.00.1%
SMOOTH COUNTRY 66k1.0%182k2.80.1%
RADIO X CLASSIC ROCK 31k0.0%235k7.60.1%

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

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