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HEART SCOTLAND

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Local / regional · RAJAR code 3470 · Half-yearly — 6-month rolling sample · Local

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

Headline figures · MAR 2026

Weekly reach
399k
13k vs prev. quarter
% reach
13.0%
1.0% vs prev. quarter
Total hours
1.9m
166k vs prev. quarter
Average hours
4.7
0.2 vs prev. quarter
Market share
3.9%
0.0% vs prev. quarter

TSA population 2.98m · unweighted sample 3,251

Weekly reach over time

All adults 15+, ’000s

Source: RAJAR — HEART SCOTLAND TSA, MAR 2026 (H) · WEEKS 38 2025 - 13 2026 (15th SEPTEMBER '25 - 5th APRIL '26)

Total hours over time

All adults 15+, ’000s of hours

Source: RAJAR — HEART SCOTLAND TSA, MAR 2026 (H) · WEEKS 38 2025 - 13 2026 (15th SEPTEMBER '25 - 5th APRIL '26)

Market share over time

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

Source: RAJAR — HEART SCOTLAND TSA, MAR 2026 (H) · WEEKS 38 2025 - 13 2026 (15th SEPTEMBER '25 - 5th APRIL '26)

Audience profile · MAR 2026

By ageReach% reachAvg hrs% of audience
ALL ADULTS 15+399k13.0%4.7100.0%
ADULTS 15-2456k13.0%6.914.0%
ADULTS 25-3456k11.0%2.514.1%
ADULTS 35-4488k18.0%4.921.9%
ADULTS 45-5474k17.0%5.818.4%
ADULTS 55-6462k13.0%3.015.5%
ADULTS 65-7443k10.0%4.210.9%
ADULTS 75+21k9.0%5.65.2%
ADULTS 15-34112k12.0%4.728.1%
ADULTS 15-44200k14.0%4.850.0%
MenReach% reachAvg hrs% of audience
ALL MEN 15+167k12.0%5.441.9%
MEN 15-2420k9.0%14.95.1%
MEN 25-3418k7.0%1.54.4%
MEN 35-4436k16.0%6.09.1%
MEN 45-5436k17.0%3.88.9%
MEN 55-6426k11.0%1.76.5%
MEN 65-7419k10.0%3.94.8%
MEN 75+12k12.0%7.73.1%
WomenReach% reachAvg hrs% of audience
ALL WOMEN 15+232k15.0%4.158.1%
WOMEN 15-2435k16.0%2.38.9%
WOMEN 25-3439k15.0%3.09.7%
WOMEN 35-4451k21.0%4.112.9%
WOMEN 45-5438k17.0%7.69.5%
WOMEN 55-6436k14.0%3.99.0%
WOMEN 65-7424k10.0%4.36.1%
WOMEN 75+8,0007.0%2.52.0%
By social gradeReach% reachAvg hrs% of audience
ABC1 ADULTS211k13.0%4.752.8%
C2DE ADULTS189k14.0%4.747.2%
ABC1 MEN84k11.0%6.121.0%
ABC1 WOMEN127k15.0%3.731.7%
C2DE MEN83k13.0%4.720.9%
C2DE WOMEN105k16.0%4.726.4%

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

Source: RAJAR — HEART SCOTLAND TSA, MAR 2026 (H) · WEEKS 38 2025 - 13 2026 (15th SEPTEMBER '25 - 5th APRIL '26)

Listening by daypart · MAR 2026

Monday–FridayShareReach
06.30-10.00
4.2%174k
10.00-13.00
3.4%148k
13.00-16.00
4.5%157k
16.00-19.00
4.5%124k
19.00-22.00
4.2%82k
22.00-01.00
2.2%18k
01.00-04.00
0.5%4,000
04.00-06.30
0.5%7,000
SaturdayShareReach
06.00-09.00
2.3%23k
09.00-12.00
2.4%42k
12.00-16.00
4.4%67k
16.00-19.00
4.0%36k
19.00-23.00
5.1%35k
23.00-01.00
5.0%11k
01.00-06.00
1.2%4,000
SundayShareReach
06.00-09.00
2.5%17k
09.00-12.00
4.4%50k
12.00-16.00
4.4%56k
16.00-19.00
4.1%38k
19.00-22.00
2.8%11k
22.00-01.00
4.5%8,000
01.00-06.00
1.1%3,000

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 — HEART SCOTLAND TSA, MAR 2026 (H) · WEEKS 38 2025 - 13 2026 (15th SEPTEMBER '25 - 5th APRIL '26)

Stations in this survey area · MAR 2026

StationReach% reachHoursAvg hrsShare
BBC RADIO 2 498k17.0%4.4m8.89.1%
HEART SCOTLAND Combothis station399k13.0%1.9m4.73.9%
BBC RADIO 4 319k11.0%2.9m9.16.0%
BBC RADIO 1 281k9.0%1.3m4.52.6%
GREATEST HITS RADIO 259k9.0%2.1m8.14.3%
BBC RADIO 5 LIVE 220k7.0%1.1m4.92.2%
CLASSIC FM 196k7.0%1.8m9.13.7%
BBC 6 MUSIC 150k5.0%1.7m11.13.4%
TALKSPORT 144k5.0%1.0m7.12.1%
HITS RADIO 125k4.0%137k1.10.3%
ABSOLUTE 80S 115k4.0%516k4.51.1%
ABSOLUTE RADIO 108k4.0%657k6.11.4%
HEART 80S 100k3.0%419k4.20.9%
GOLD RADIO UK 84k3.0%341k4.00.7%
ABSOLUTE RADIO COUNTRY 74k2.0%537k7.21.1%
PLANET ROCK 71k2.0%689k9.81.4%
BBC RADIO 3 70k2.0%613k8.81.3%
MAGIC 69k2.0%197k2.90.4%
HEART DANCE 63k2.0%196k3.10.4%
BBC WORLD SERVICE 55k2.0%252k4.60.5%
ABSOLUTE RADIO 00S 52k2.0%191k3.70.4%
ABSOLUTE RADIO 90S 52k2.0%123k2.40.3%
CAPITAL XTRA (UK) 52k2.0%105k2.00.2%
VIRGIN RADIO 52k2.0%186k3.60.4%
HEART 90S 48k2.0%125k2.60.3%
CAPITAL DANCE 47k2.0%216k4.50.4%
KISSTORY 47k2.0%93k2.00.2%
BBC RADIO 5 SPORTS EXTRA 46k2.0%139k3.00.3%
ABSOLUTE CLASSIC ROCK 45k2.0%380k8.40.8%
BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA 42k1.0%211k5.00.4%
HEART 70S 42k1.0%101k2.40.2%
KERRANG! 40k1.0%300k7.50.6%
VIRGIN RADIO 80S 39k1.0%102k2.60.2%
VIRGIN RADIO LEGENDS (WAS VIRGIN RADIO ANTHEMS) 38k1.0%69k1.80.1%
KISS 33k1.0%86k2.60.2%
GB NEWS RADIO 27k1.0%82k3.00.2%
HITS RADIO PRIDE 27k1.0%62k2.30.1%
SMOOTH RELAX 27k1.0%64k2.40.1%
TALK (WAS TALKRADIO) 26k1.0%437k16.60.9%
BOOM RADIO 25k1.0%159k6.30.3%
VIRGIN RADIO CHILLED 24k1.0%46k1.90.1%
TALKSPORT2 22k1.0%41k1.80.1%
TIMES RADIO 21k1.0%306k14.30.6%
ABSOLUTE RADIO 10S 20k1.0%31k1.50.1%
RADIO X CLASSIC ROCK 20k1.0%105k5.20.2%
SMOOTH CHILL 20k1.0%191k9.70.4%
BBC ASIAN NETWORK UK 18k1.0%99k5.50.2%
JAZZ FM 15k0.0%94k6.40.2%
KISSTORY R&B 15k0.0%44k3.00.1%
ABSOLUTE RADIO 70S 14k0.0%20k1.40.0%
BBC RADIO 1XTRA 14k0.0%118k8.20.2%
HEAT 14k0.0%11k0.80.0%
NATION 80S 14k0.0%31k2.30.1%
MAGIC CLASSICAL 13k0.0%165k12.80.3%
MELLOW MAGIC 13k0.0%51k3.80.1%
CAPITAL CHILL 12k0.0%45k3.70.1%
HITS RADIO CHILLED 11k0.0%10k0.90.0%
MAGIC SOUL 11k0.0%19k1.80.0%
SMOOTH COUNTRY 11k0.0%8,0000.80.0%
CAPITAL XTRA RELOADED 8,0000.0%10k1.20.0%
KISS XTRA 4,0000.0%4,0001.00.0%
BLOOMBERG RADIO

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

Source: RAJAR — HEART SCOTLAND TSA, MAR 2026 (H) · WEEKS 38 2025 - 13 2026 (15th SEPTEMBER '25 - 5th APRIL '26)