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Leading Britain's Conversation

National commercial · RAJAR code 4822 · Half-yearly — 6-month rolling sample · National

Part of: LBC BRAND (UK), TOTAL GLOBAL RADIO (UK)

Headline figures · MAR 2026

Weekly reach
2.88m
▲ 100k vs prev. quarter
% reach
5.0%
▬ 0.0% vs prev. quarter
Total hours
27.8m
▲ 273k vs prev. quarter
Average hours
9.7
▼ 0.2 vs prev. quarter
Market share
2.8%
▲ 0.1% vs prev. quarter

TSA population 58.25m · unweighted sample 66,591

Weekly reach over time

All adults 15+, ’000s

Source: RAJAR — LBC (UK) 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 — LBC (UK) 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 — LBC (UK) 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+2.88m5.0%9.7100.0%
ADULTS 15-24177k2.0%3.96.2%
ADULTS 25-34355k4.0%6.812.3%
ADULTS 35-44505k5.0%6.617.6%
ADULTS 45-54601k7.0%10.220.9%
ADULTS 55-64536k6.0%11.818.6%
ADULTS 65-74503k6.0%12.517.5%
ADULTS 75+198k4.0%13.86.9%
ADULTS 15-34532k3.0%5.818.5%
ADULTS 15-441.04m4.0%6.236.1%
MenReach% reachAvg hrs% of audience
ALL MEN 15+1.76m6.0%9.861.1%
MEN 15-24102k2.0%5.03.5%
MEN 25-34229k5.0%8.78.0%
MEN 35-44327k7.0%7.611.4%
MEN 45-54406k10.0%9.114.1%
MEN 55-64317k7.0%12.011.0%
MEN 65-74267k7.0%13.19.3%
MEN 75+111k4.0%11.73.9%
WomenReach% reachAvg hrs% of audience
ALL WOMEN 15+1.12m4.0%9.438.9%
WOMEN 15-2475k2.0%2.42.6%
WOMEN 25-34125k3.0%3.24.4%
WOMEN 35-44178k4.0%4.66.2%
WOMEN 45-54196k4.0%12.36.8%
WOMEN 55-64219k5.0%11.47.6%
WOMEN 65-74236k5.0%11.88.2%
WOMEN 75+87k3.0%16.53.0%
By social gradeReach% reachAvg hrs% of audience
ABC1 ADULTS1.79m5.0%9.362.3%
C2DE ADULTS1.08m4.0%10.337.7%
ABC1 MEN1.08m7.0%9.137.5%
ABC1 WOMEN712k4.0%9.524.8%
C2DE MEN678k5.0%11.023.6%
C2DE WOMEN406k3.0%9.214.1%

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

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

Listening by daypart · MAR 2026

Monday–FridayShareReach
07.00-10.00
Nick Ferrari
▸
2.6%1.44m
10.00-13.00
James O'Brien
▸
3.3%1.50m
13.00-16.00
Shelagh Fogarty
▸
2.0%1.22m
16.00-18.00
Tom Swarbrick
▸
2.2%914k
18.00-19.00
Tonight with Andrew Marr
▸
2.5%659k
19.00-22.00
Iain Dale
▸
2.9%691k
22.00-01.00
Ben Kentish
▸
5.0%448k
01.00-04.00
Richard Spurr
▸
8.0%201k
04.00-07.00
Ian Payne
▸
4.4%581k
SaturdayShareReach
07.00-10.00
Matthew Wright
▸
2.5%484k
10.00-12.00
Matt Frei
▸
1.9%424k
12.00-15.00
Ali Miraj
▸
1.5%369k
15.00-18.00
Vanessa Feltz
▸
1.2%240k
18.00-21.00
Natasha Devon
▸
1.7%193k
21.00-22.00
Daniel Barnett
▸
3.2%106k
22.00-01.00
Nick Abbot
▸
6.1%229k
01.00-04.00
Clive Bull
▸
8.2%94k
04.00-07.00
James Hanson
▸
5.1%187k
SundayShareReach
07.00-10.00
Matthew Wright
▸
2.5%422k
10.00-12.00
Lewis Goodall
▸
2.1%397k
12.00-15.00
Ali Miraj
▸
1.6%366k
15.00-18.00
Henry Riley
▸
1.5%261k
18.00-21.00
Clare Foges
▸
1.9%197k
21.00-22.00
Dean Dunham
▸
2.9%87k
22.00-01.00
Nick Abbot
▸
6.3%200k
01.00-04.00
Clive Bull
▸
8.9%126k
04.00-07.00
James Hanson
▸
5.3%156k

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 — LBC (UK) 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%
HITS RADIO 3.80m7.0%16.8m4.41.7%
TALKSPORT 3.29m6.0%22.2m6.82.2%
LBC (UK) this station2.88m5.0%27.8m9.72.8%
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 LBC (UK)’s Total Survey Area (RAJAR Table 7), all adults 15+.

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