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[french frank]

And how do they know they are 'new' listeners?

The probability is that they weren't. Many would be Radio 3 listeners who weren't recorded as listening the previous quarter, but are recorded this time. Far from being new they have been listening from 10-50 years. But that's a bit complicated for a news story.

AAMOI, do we know what CD Review's figures are i.e. Saturday a.m.?

The only figures I have are old. On the other hand, since Radio 3's overall figures have been stable/stagnant over that time, perhaps the programme figures remain similar?

Anyway, CD Review in that quarter had 300K listeners - and bear in mind that it was/is only on on a Saturday morning, whereas the 2-hour (7am-9am) peaktime Mo3 figure over 5 mornings was 731K.

Another set of (slightly later) figures gave the 3-hour (7am-10am) Mo3 768K and the 2-hour CD Masters 627K. Oooh, my head hurts

[french frank]

Bit better than last quarter, but poor for Proms quarter - 1.912m, down from 2.025m last year. For once I was really hoping for a clear improvement.

Breakfast fractionally up y-o-y, but still down in the doldrums at 548k (from 533k last year).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29722952

On checking, this is the lowest Proms quarter ever, since comparable figures began in 1999. The previous lowest was in 1999.

[amateur51]

Bit better than last quarter, but poor for Proms quarter - 1.912m, down from 2.025m last year. For once I was really hoping for a clear improvement.

Breakfast fractionally up y-o-y, but still down in the doldrums at 548k (from 533k last year).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29722952

On checking, this is the lowest Proms quarter ever, since comparable figures began in 1999. The previous lowest was in 1999.

I listened to very few Proms live broadcasts this year because they kept jiggling around with the start time and because there were so many R3-lite concerts. I listened very selectively on i-Player

[DracoM]

Yes, I agree, listened to fewer Proms this year than I can ever remember. Just didn't look all that appealing. I think the growth of more and more 'specials' bespeaks a brand under desperate pressure to renew itself no matter what the final outcome for the brand might be. cf Tesco?? In some ways, RW's last Proms [ are they? How much of his planning will be in NEXT year's?] tended to reveal why R3 is in the doldrums. All fancy tinselly packaging and dull or routine substance masquerading as 'new'?

[johnb]

I've updated the chart to include the latest figures. Please let me know if you see any mistakes.



The last two quarters, taken together, are pretty mediocre.

[french frank]

Thanks very much, John. V. useful!

[Honoured Guest]

Thanks very much, John. V. useful!

Can you do one for Radio 6 Music?

[mercia]

....... so is Mr Watson suggesting Radio 3 should be digital only ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29736681

[french frank]

....... so is Mr Watson suggesting Radio 3 should be digital only ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29736681

I understood so, yes. I liked the reader comment under the Guardian article: "Tom, go home, you're drunk."

[DracoM]

V.interesting: why was March a spike?

[french frank]

V.interesting: why was March a spike?

Seasonal element? Quite a few Marches seem to be sticking up head and shoulders above their neighbours.

[amateur51]

Can you do one for Radio 6 Music?

I daresay that may be possible HG but what's the little word we use in the nursery?

[Bryn]

I daresay that may be possible HG but what's the little word we use in the nursery?

"No", or perhaps, "why"?

[french frank]

"No", or perhaps, "why"?

There wouldn't be a lot of point in doing a plain graph of 6 Music without the annotations about the huge increase in public awareness (from 20% to near 100% with some demographics) as a result of huge (and continuing) publicity; and comparing with the increase in listenership of other UK digital-only radio stations, where it would probably fall somewhere between 4 Extra and Sports EXtra, as digital coverage and usage has increased. Neither increase is the result of 6 Music's content or presentation but of factors totally external to the station.

[Don Petter]

Times for a change?

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/medianews/article4252064.ece