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National commercial · RAJAR code 4747 · Half-yearly — 6-month rolling sample · National

Headline figures · MAR 2026

Weekly reach
4.02m
▲ 113k vs prev. quarter
% reach
7.0%
▬ 0.0% vs prev. quarter
Total hours
30.0m
▼ 996k vs prev. quarter
Average hours
7.5
▼ 0.4 vs prev. quarter
Market share
3.0%
▼ 0.1% vs prev. quarter

TSA population 58.25m · unweighted sample 66,591

Weekly reach over time

All adults 15+, ’000s

Source: RAJAR — TALK NETWORK 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 — TALK NETWORK 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 — TALK NETWORK 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+4.02m7.0%7.5100.0%
ADULTS 15-24469k6.0%3.811.7%
ADULTS 25-34669k7.0%5.216.6%
ADULTS 35-44759k8.0%7.718.9%
ADULTS 45-54665k8.0%7.516.5%
ADULTS 55-64690k8.0%11.017.2%
ADULTS 65-74596k7.0%8.714.8%
ADULTS 75+172k3.0%6.74.3%
ADULTS 15-341.14m6.0%4.628.3%
ADULTS 15-441.90m7.0%5.847.2%
MenReach% reachAvg hrs% of audience
ALL MEN 15+2.98m11.0%8.074.0%
MEN 15-24334k8.0%4.58.3%
MEN 25-34506k11.0%5.912.6%
MEN 35-44533k12.0%8.313.2%
MEN 45-54503k12.0%7.912.5%
MEN 55-64529k12.0%11.613.2%
MEN 65-74442k12.0%8.311.0%
MEN 75+129k5.0%7.83.2%
WomenReach% reachAvg hrs% of audience
ALL WOMEN 15+1.04m3.0%6.026.0%
WOMEN 15-24136k3.0%2.03.4%
WOMEN 25-34164k3.0%3.14.1%
WOMEN 35-44227k5.0%6.05.6%
WOMEN 45-54161k4.0%6.24.0%
WOMEN 55-64161k3.0%9.04.0%
WOMEN 65-74154k4.0%9.83.8%
WOMEN 75+43k1.0%3.41.1%
By social gradeReach% reachAvg hrs% of audience
ABC1 ADULTS2.23m7.0%6.355.5%
C2DE ADULTS1.79m7.0%9.044.5%
ABC1 MEN1.64m11.0%6.740.9%
ABC1 WOMEN587k3.0%4.914.6%
C2DE MEN1.33m11.0%9.533.1%
C2DE WOMEN458k4.0%7.411.4%

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

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

Listening by daypart · MAR 2026

Monday–FridayShareReach
06.00-06.00
▸
3.0%3.23m
06.00-09.00
▸
3.1%1.39m
06.00-12.00
▸
3.0%2.06m
06.00-18.00
▸
2.9%2.79m
06.00-24.00
▸
3.0%3.19m
09.00-12.00
▸
3.0%1.54m
12.00-15.00
▸
2.8%1.53m
15.00-18.00
▸
2.9%1.47m
18.00-21.00
▸
3.2%1.12m
21.00-24.00
▸
4.3%677k
24.00-06.00
▸
2.6%357k
SaturdayShareReach
06.00-09.00
▸
2.4%375k
06.00-12.00
▸
2.4%784k
06.00-18.00
▸
3.2%1.55m
06.00-24.00
▸
3.2%1.76m
06.00-06.00
▸
3.1%1.77m
09.00-12.00
▸
2.4%627k
12.00-15.00
▸
3.7%812k
15.00-18.00
▸
4.3%716k
18.00-21.00
▸
3.0%366k
21.00-24.00
▸
3.5%231k
24.00-06.00
▸
1.8%64k
SundayShareReach
06.00-09.00
▸
2.5%285k
06.00-12.00
▸
2.3%630k
06.00-18.00
▸
2.5%1.14m
06.00-24.00
▸
2.6%1.24m
06.00-06.00
▸
2.6%1.32m
09.00-12.00
▸
2.2%517k
12.00-15.00
▸
2.7%619k
15.00-18.00
▸
2.9%460k
18.00-21.00
▸
2.7%284k
21.00-24.00
▸
2.4%116k
24.00-06.00
▸
3.1%159k

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 — TALK NETWORK 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 12.60m22.0%137.0m10.913.6%
BBC RADIO 4 9.07m16.0%105.8m11.710.5%
BBC RADIO 1 7.07m12.0%45.3m6.44.5%
GREATEST HITS RADIO 5.74m10.0%54.8m9.55.4%
BBC RADIO 5 LIVE 5.27m9.0%32.1m6.13.2%
CLASSIC FM 4.17m7.0%33.4m8.03.3%
TALK NETWORK Networkthis station4.02m7.0%30.0m7.53.0%
HITS RADIO 3.80m7.0%16.8m4.41.7%
TALKSPORT 3.29m6.0%22.2m6.82.2%
BBC 6 MUSIC 2.51m4.0%23.5m9.32.3%
MAGIC 2.32m4.0%12.4m5.41.2%
BBC RADIO 3 1.97m3.0%15.1m7.61.5%
ABSOLUTE RADIO 1.96m3.0%12.9m6.61.3%
KISSTORY 1.78m3.0%7.5m4.20.7%
GOLD RADIO UK 1.61m3.0%11.9m7.41.2%
BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA 1.60m3.0%12.0m7.51.2%
HEART 80S 1.60m3.0%7.0m4.40.7%
CAPITAL XTRA (UK) 1.50m3.0%6.3m4.20.6%
ABSOLUTE 80S 1.41m2.0%7.9m5.60.8%
KISS 1.39m2.0%6.0m4.30.6%
PLANET ROCK 1.07m2.0%9.6m9.01.0%
BBC WORLD SERVICE 1.07m2.0%4.9m4.60.5%
VIRGIN RADIO 1.04m2.0%6.4m6.10.6%
BBC RADIO 5 SPORTS EXTRA 995k2.0%2.1m2.20.2%
CAPITAL DANCE 993k2.0%4.8m4.80.5%
HEART DANCE 991k2.0%4.4m4.40.4%
HEART 90S 964k2.0%3.3m3.40.3%
ABSOLUTE RADIO 90S 828k1.0%3.1m3.70.3%
ABSOLUTE CLASSIC ROCK 769k1.0%4.2m5.40.4%
BBC RADIO 1XTRA 743k1.0%3.8m5.00.4%
GB NEWS RADIO 655k1.0%4.5m6.80.4%
BOOM RADIO 636k1.0%9.3m14.60.9%
KISSTORY R&B 623k1.0%2.1m3.40.2%
TIMES RADIO 604k1.0%5.0m8.20.5%
HEART 70S 575k1.0%2.0m3.60.2%
KERRANG! 569k1.0%3.0m5.30.3%
TALK (WAS TALKRADIO) 560k1.0%6.1m10.90.6%
TALKSPORT2 549k1.0%1.6m3.00.2%
ABSOLUTE RADIO COUNTRY 521k1.0%4.0m7.60.4%
ABSOLUTE RADIO 00S 515k1.0%2.0m4.00.2%
BBC ASIAN NETWORK UK 513k1.0%3.4m6.70.3%
CAPITAL XTRA RELOADED 494k1.0%1.8m3.60.2%
SMOOTH RELAX 484k1.0%2.4m5.00.2%
HEAT 476k1.0%1.5m3.10.1%
MAGIC SOUL 467k1.0%2.7m5.80.3%
MELLOW MAGIC 431k1.0%1.6m3.70.2%
JAZZ FM 416k1.0%1.8m4.40.2%
SMOOTH CHILL 396k1.0%1.9m4.90.2%
SMOOTH COUNTRY 384k1.0%2.1m5.40.2%
VIRGIN RADIO CHILLED 348k1.0%576k1.70.1%
HITS RADIO PRIDE 341k1.0%652k1.90.1%
VIRGIN RADIO LEGENDS (WAS VIRGIN RADIO ANTHEMS) 336k1.0%743k2.20.1%
VIRGIN RADIO 80S 277k0.0%445k1.60.0%
HITS RADIO CHILLED 275k0.0%747k2.70.1%
ABSOLUTE RADIO 10S 259k0.0%572k2.20.1%
ABSOLUTE RADIO 70S 259k0.0%732k2.80.1%
KISS XTRA 236k0.0%563k2.40.1%
RADIO X CLASSIC ROCK 235k0.0%1.8m7.70.2%
CAPITAL CHILL 214k0.0%824k3.90.1%
NATION 80S 191k0.0%566k3.00.1%
MAGIC CLASSICAL 136k0.0%1.0m7.50.1%
BLOOMBERG RADIO 110k0.0%254k2.30.0%

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

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