Local radio listeners down (From Banbury Cake)
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Local radio listeners down
11:10am Thursday 2nd August 2012 in Headlines
RADIO Joint Audience Research (RAJAR) figures show the number of people listening to local radio in Oxfordshire has fallen over the past quarter.
In the quarter ending Sunday, June 24, a weekly average of 68,000 people tuned into BBC Radio Oxford, down from 77,000.
Heart Thames Valley and Glide FM also saw numbers shrink from 385,000 to 361,000 and from 19,000 to 16,000 respectively.
Only Jack FM saw its listening figures rise, from 57,000 to 65,000.
Comments(6)
snert
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11:53am Thu 2 Aug 12
I move to BBC Oxford for a little while but that became annoying with one of the morning presenters doing a debate show.
I moved to Heart FM and that was great and it's peak was with Matt & Giselle. Sadly they moved Heart to Reading and it became Matt & Michelle. Nowhere near as good. Now, I listen to Jack FM in the morning and Simon Mayo on the way home.
mdh1664
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2:54pm Thu 2 Aug 12
Phian
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4:06pm Thu 2 Aug 12
The morning presenter comes across as too shrill and excitable for my taste so I no longer start my day with him although I do like Lou Hannon.
How seriously does the management take their web sites ? see http://news.bbc.co.u
k/local/oxford/hi/tv
_and_radio/newsid_81
36000/8136760.stm which is out of date.
There seems to be a lack of the imagination which was there only a few years ago.
Andrew:Oxford
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7:00pm Thu 2 Aug 12
In the car though, it's got to be Jack FM for the Breakfast show in the morning and "Avon" (Paul Darrow) when it's running on automatics.
I did listen to First Oxford Radio (Fox FM) but it gradually faded away into Heart. BBC Oxford has the odd good moment but still hasn't recovered from fully from Anne Diamond presenting the breakfast show a few years back.
A Scroat
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7:25am Fri 3 Aug 12
online_reader says...
11:18am Thu 2 Aug 12