BBC Radio 4's Today Programme edged back up above 7m listeners in the last quarter of 2015, according to RAJAR.
The weekly reach of 7,025,000 compared with 6,768,000 in the last quarter of 2014. This compares with a high for Today of 7.18m in the second quarter of 2011. This was its highest figure under the RAJAR system, which dates back to 1999.
Overall, Radio 4's audience grew 1.5 per cent year on year to 10.9m a week, according to RAJAR. Radio 5 Live fell 0.4 per cent to 5.6m.
The most popular UK radio station was Radio 2, with 15.5m listeners a week (up 1.2 per cent).
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Listeners of BBC local/regional radio fell 4.7 per cent to 8.6m a week.
In the commercial sector, Talksport grew its listener number by 1.9 per cent to 3.1m and London news station LBC, which is now available nationally on digital radio, grew 8.4 per cent to 1.4m.
Full breakddown of UK radio station listening for the last quarter of 2015 (RAJAR)
| Station | Reach Dec '15 in thousands | Year on year % change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 102 Touch FM – Warks Worcs Cotswolds | 45 | -10.0 | |
| 102.4 Wish FM | 93 | 45.3 | |
| 102.5 Radio Pembrokeshire | 36 | -20.0 | |
| 106 JACKfm (Oxford) | 82 | 28.1 | |
| 106.1 Real XS Manchester (was 106.1 Rock Radio) | 111 | -8.3 | |
| 106.3 Bridge FM | 36 | -16.3 | |
| 107 JACK fm Berkshire | 21 | 16.7 | |
| 107.2 Wire FM | 38 | -33.3 | |
| 107.4 Tower FM | 47 | 9.3 | |
| 107.5 Sovereign Radio | 21 | 0.0 | |
| 107.6 Banbury Sound | 16 | 6.7 | |
| 107.8 Arrow FM for Hastings | 18 | 20.0 | |
| 1Xtra from the BBC | 982 | -11.5 | |
| 2BR | 62 | 6.9 | |
| 3FM | 28 | 3.7 | |
| 96.2 The Revolution | 20 | -35.5 | |
| 96.2 Touch FM – Coventry | 20 | -13.0 | |
| 96.4 FM The Wave | 149 | 8.0 | |
| 97.2 Stray FM | 43 | -8.5 | |
| Absolute 80s | 1585 | 11.7 | |
| Absolute Radio (London) | 812 | 17.0 | |
| Absolute Radio (National) | 1707 | 26.5 | |
| Absolute Radio (West Midlands) (was Planet Rock (West Midlands)) | 206 | 6.2 | |
| Absolute Radio 70s | 303 | 60.3 | |
| Absolute Radio 90s | 650 | -2.8 | |
| Absolute Radio Classic Rock | 592 | 22.3 | |
| BBC 6 Music | 2202 | 5.7 | |
| BBC Coventry and Warwickshire | 94 | 9.3 | |
| BBC Essex | 213 | 0.0 | |
| BBC Hereford & Worcester | 99 | -18.9 | |
| BBC Radio 1 | 10330 | -1.0 | |
| BBC Radio 2 | 15465 | 1.2 | |
| BBC Radio 3 | 2051 | 1.0 | |
| BBC Radio 4 | 10926 | 1.5 | |
| BBC Radio 4 Extra | 2112 | 22.7 | |
| BBC Radio 5 live | 5586 | -0.4 | |
| BBC Radio 5 live sports extra | 1235 | 88.0 | |
| BBC Radio Berkshire | 120 | 30.4 | |
| BBC Radio Bristol | 136 | -9.9 | |
| BBC Radio Cambridgeshire | 96 | -10.3 | |
| BBC Radio Cornwall | 141 | -7.8 | |
| BBC Radio Cumbria | 121 | 14.2 | |
| BBC Radio Cymru | 108 | 1.9 | |
| BBC Radio Derby | 143 | 14.4 | |
| BBC Radio Devon | 169 | -20.3 | |
| BBC Radio Gloucestershire | 70 | -25.5 | |
| BBC Radio Guernsey | 20 | -16.7 | |
| BBC Radio Humberside | 170 | 5.6 | |
| BBC Radio Jersey | 29 | -6.5 | |
| BBC Radio Kent | 232 | 19.0 | |
| BBC Radio Lancashire | 200 | 3.6 | |
| BBC Radio Leeds | 210 | -2.8 | |
| BBC Radio Leicester | 118 | -31.0 | |
| BBC Radio Lincolnshire | 82 | -28.7 | |
| BBC Radio London (was BBC London 94.9) | 525 | 8.7 | |
| BBC Radio Manchester | 207 | -9.2 | |
| BBC Radio Merseyside | 280 | -11.7 | |
| BBC Radio Newcastle | 272 | -11.4 | |
| BBC Radio Norfolk | 202 | 4.1 | |
| BBC Radio Northampton | 80 | 6.7 | |
| BBC Radio Nottingham | 176 | 17.3 | |
| BBC Radio Oxford | 83 | -12.6 | |
| BBC Radio Scotland | 943 | 6.2 | |
| BBC Radio Sheffield | 220 | -9.1 | |
| BBC Radio Shropshire | 101 | -3.8 | |
| BBC Radio Stoke | 130 | 3.2 | |
| BBC Radio Suffolk | 110 | -18.5 | |
| BBC Radio Tees | 109 | -22.7 | |
| BBC Radio Ulster | 538 | -5.4 | |
| BBC Radio Wales | 409 | -4.2 | |
| BBC Radio Wiltshire/Swindon | 72 | 10.8 | |
| BBC Radio York | 84 | 5.0 | |
| BBC Somerset | 49 | -31.0 | |
| BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey | 258 | -5.8 | |
| BBC Three Counties Radio | 148 | -6.3 | |
| BBC WM (Birmingham & Black Country) | 231 | 9.5 | |
| BBC World Service | 1506 | 10.5 | |
| C.F.M (Bauer Carlisle) | 119 | 10.2 | |
| Capital Birmingham | 467 | 0.4 | |
| Capital East Midlands | 484 | -5.8 | |
| Capital Liverpool (surveyed as 107.6 Juice FM) | 213 | -9.0 | |
| Capital London | 2077 | 11.1 | |
| Capital Manchester | 527 | -1.1 | |
| Capital North East | 520 | 8.8 | |
| Capital North West and Wales | 147 | -15.5 | |
| Capital Scotland | 570 | 14.5 | |
| Capital South Coast | 219 | 21.7 | |
| Capital South Wales | 161 | -22.6 | |
| Capital XTRA (London) | 569 | 38.4 | |
| Capital XTRA (UK) | 1168 | 44.4 | |
| Capital Yorkshire | 987 | -9.8 | |
| Central FM | 52 | 13.0 | |
| Channel 103 FM | 46 | -4.2 | |
| Cheshire's Silk 106.9 | 23 | -14.8 | |
| Chester's Dee 106.3 | 36 | 0.0 | |
| City Talk 105.9 | 59 | -27.2 | |
| Classic FM | 5520 | -0.9 | |
| Clyde 1 | 584 | 21.9 | |
| Clyde 2 | 158 | 22.5 | |
| Clyde 3 | 18 | ||
| Connect DAB | 2 | -75.0 | |
| Connect FM (was Connect FM and Lite 106.8FM) | 40 | 11.1 | |
| Cool FM | 391 | 8.3 | |
| Dearne FM | 50 | 16.3 | |
| Dilse 1035am | 88 | 25.7 | |
| Downtown Country | 89 | ||
| Downtown Radio (DTR) | 217 | -29.3 | |
| Dream 100 | 39 | 5.4 | |
| Eagle Radio | 136 | 0.7 | |
| Fire Radio | 56 | 24.4 | |
| Forth 1 | 358 | 6.2 | |
| Forth 2 | 67 | 13.6 | |
| Free Radio 80s (Birmingham & Black Country) | 84 | 55.6 | |
| Free Radio 80s (Coventry & Warwickshire) | 39 | 50.0 | |
| Free Radio 80s (Shropshire) | 18 | -14.3 | |
| Free Radio FM (Birmingham & Black Country) (was BRMB and Beacon) | 401 | 27.7 | |
| Free Radio FM (Coventry & Warwickshire) (was Mercia) | 138 | 39.4 | |
| Free Radio FM (Herefordshire & Worcestershire) (was Wyvern) | 102 | 14.6 | |
| Free Radio FM (Shropshire) (was Beacon) | 94 | 14.6 | |
| Gem 106 (East Midlands) | 496 | 6.7 | |
| Gold East Midlands | 81 | -9.0 | |
| Gold London | 337 | 20.8 | |
| Gold Manchester | 69 | 6.2 | |
| Hallam 2 (was Magic AM (Sheffield)) | 99 | -18.2 | |
| Hallam FM | 284 | -25.5 | |
| Heart Cambridgeshire | 247 | 8.3 | |
| Heart East Anglia | 304 | 7.0 | |
| Heart Essex | 383 | -5.4 | |
| Heart Four Counties | 536 | 18.8 | |
| Heart Kent | 386 | 0.8 | |
| Heart London | 1804 | 1.2 | |
| Heart North East | 348 | 5.5 | |
| Heart North Wales | 146 | 36.4 | |
| Heart North West | 606 | 5.2 | |
| Heart Scotland | 427 | -13.9 | |
| Heart Solent | 312 | 12.2 | |
| Heart South Wales | 522 | 5.0 | |
| Heart South West | 407 | 2.8 | |
| Heart South West – Cornwall | 117 | 20.6 | |
| Heart Sussex | 350 | -5.4 | |
| Heart Thames Valley | 398 | 25.2 | |
| Heart West Country | 655 | -3.4 | |
| Heart West Midlands | 689 | -10.5 | |
| Heart Yorkshire | 389 | -15.4 | |
| Heat | 950 | 1.0 | |
| IOW Radio | 40 | -4.8 | |
| Island FM 104.7 | 32 | -3.0 | |
| JACKfm 2 Oxford | 59 | 43.9 | |
| Jazz FM (National) | 480 | -6.1 | |
| KCFM | 93 | 12.0 | |
| Kerrang! | 870 | -3.8 | |
| Key 103 | 382 | ||
| Key 2 (was Magic 1152 (Manchester)) | 64 | ||
| Key 3 | 38 | ||
| Kingdom FM | 65 | 18.2 | |
| Kiss (East) | 457 | 5.5 | |
| Kiss (London) | 2015 | 5.4 | |
| Kiss (West) | 449 | -6.3 | |
| Kiss Fresh | 553 | 21.0 | |
| Kisstory | 1403 | 33.5 | |
| KL.FM 96.7 | |||
| KL.FM 96.7 | 60 | ||
| kmfm East | 77 | -16.3 | |
| kmfm West | 94 | 10.6 | |
| Lakeland Radio | 18 | -5.3 | |
| LBC 97.3 | 1040 | -4.7 | |
| LBC London News (was LBC News 1152) | 489 | 92.5 | |
| Lincs FM 102.2 | 317 | -1.6 | |
| Lyca Radio 1458am | 159 | 27.2 | |
| Magic (London) | 1921 | 9.0 | |
| Manx Radio | 43 | 7.5 | |
| Metro 2 Radio (was Magic 1152 (Newcastle)) | 110 | 0.0 | |
| Metro 3 Radio | 14 | ||
| Metro Radio | 364 | -11.9 | |
| Mi-Soul | 29 | ||
| Minster FM | 79 | 27.4 | |
| Mix 96 | 46 | 0.0 | |
| Moray Firth Radio (Bauer Inverness) | 120 | 3.4 | |
| Nation Hits! | 31 | -26.2 | |
| Nation Radio | 150 | -14.8 | |
| North Norfolk Radio | 19 | -5.0 | |
| Northsound 1 | 141 | 9.3 | |
| Northsound 2 | 33 | -19.5 | |
| Norwich 99.9fm | 44 | -13.7 | |
| Oak FM | 24 | -33.3 | |
| Original 106 (Aberdeen) | 80 | -5.9 | |
| Panjab Radio | 77 | ||
| Peak 107 FM | 76 | -12.6 | |
| Pirate FM | 165 | 3.1 | |
| Planet Rock | 1147 | ||
| Premier Christian Radio | 143 | -24.3 | |
| Pulse 1 (was The Pulse) | 110 | -24.1 | |
| Pulse 2 | 41 | 0.0 | |
| Q Belfast's City Beat (was Citybeat 96.7/102.5FM) | 132 | 1.5 | |
| Q Radio Network | 126 | 4.1 | |
| Radio Aire | 108 | -7.7 | |
| Radio Aire 2 (was Magic 828 (Leeds)) | 80 | -17.5 | |
| Radio Aire 3 | 11 | ||
| Radio Borders (Bauer Borders) | 56 | -1.8 | |
| Radio Carmarthenshire and Scarlet FM | 32 | -17.9 | |
| Radio Ceredigion | 17 | -5.6 | |
| Radio City | 354 | -5.9 | |
| Radio City 2 (was Magic 1548 (Liverpool)) | 101 | 23.2 | |
| Radio City 3 | 21 | ||
| Radio Essex (Was Southend & Chelmsford) | 35 | -37.5 | |
| Radio Essex DAB | 48 | -11.1 | |
| Radio Exe | 23 | 4.5 | |
| Radio Mansfield 103.2 | 33 | -17.5 | |
| Radio Plymouth | 34 | -27.7 | |
| Radio Wave 96.5 FM | 72 | -2.7 | |
| Radio X London (was XFM London) | 517 | 17.5 | |
| Radio X Manchester (was XFM Manchester) | 183 | -17.6 | |
| Radio Yorkshire | 52 | ||
| Ridings FM | 43 | -4.4 | |
| Rock FM | 220 | -22.5 | |
| Rock FM 2 (was Magic 999 (Preston)) | 39 | 56.0 | |
| Rock FM 3 | 20 | ||
| Rother FM | 30 | 0.0 | |
| Rugby FM | 25 | 25.0 | |
| Sam FM Bristol (was JACK fm (Bristol)) | 93 | -17.7 | |
| Sam FM South Coast (was JACK fm (South Coast)) | 196 | -14.8 | |
| Sam FM Swindon (Surveyed as JACK fm (Swindon)) | 22 | -47.6 | |
| Signal 107 | 69 | 3.0 | |
| Signal One | 266 | -5.0 | |
| Signal Two | 54 | -20.6 | |
| Smooth Extra | 904 | ||
| Smooth Radio Cambridgeshire | 47 | 34.3 | |
| Smooth Radio Devon | 43 | -2.3 | |
| Smooth Radio East Anglia | 76 | 46.2 | |
| Smooth Radio East Midlands | 396 | 2.3 | |
| Smooth Radio Essex | 63 | 80.0 | |
| Smooth Radio Four Counties | 85 | 21.4 | |
| Smooth Radio Kent | 74 | 48.0 | |
| Smooth Radio London | 800 | 5.3 | |
| Smooth Radio North East | 492 | 4.5 | |
| Smooth Radio North West | 992 | -12.0 | |
| Smooth Radio North West and Wales | 125 | 68.9 | |
| Smooth Radio Scotland | 405 | 16.7 | |
| Smooth Radio Solent | 54 | 17.4 | |
| Smooth Radio South Wales | 52 | -10.3 | |
| Smooth Radio Sussex | 79 | 16.2 | |
| Smooth Radio Thames Valley | 61 | 48.8 | |
| Smooth Radio West Country | 102 | -12.1 | |
| Smooth Radio West Midlands | 479 | -5.1 | |
| Spire FM | 39 | 2.6 | |
| Spirit FM | 53 | -5.4 | |
| Star North East | 44 | -18.5 | |
| Sun FM | 75 | 0.0 | |
| Sunrise Radio | 215 | -20.1 | |
| Swansea Sound – 1170 MW | 39 | -43.5 | |
| talkSPORT | 3061 | 1.9 | |
| Tay 2 | 46 | -32.4 | |
| Tay 3 | 2 | ||
| Tay FM | 140 | -7.3 | |
| TFM 2 (was Magic 1170 (Teesside)) | 33 | -57.7 | |
| TFM 3 | 11 | ||
| TFM Radio | 137 | -26.7 | |
| The Bay | 100 | 1.0 | |
| THE BEACH | 63 | 6.8 | |
| The Bee | 47 | 6.8 | |
| The Breeze (Basingstoke / Newbury and Andover) | 39 | -22.0 | |
| The Breeze (Cheltenham) | 22 | 22.2 | |
| The Breeze (Solent/ East Hants and West Surrey) | 65 | -12.2 | |
| The Breeze (Surveyed as Palm FM) | 40 | 14.3 | |
| The Breeze (Yeovil/ Shaftesbury and Bridgwater) | 54 | -6.9 | |
| The Breeze South West (Bristol/ Weston/ Bath and West Wilts) | 78 | -13.3 | |
| The Hits | |||
| The Hits | 812 | ||
| The Wireless from Age UK | 24 | ||
| Time FM 106.6 | |||
| Time FM 107.5 | 20 | ||
| Total BBC Radio Solent | 269 | -2.2 | |
| Touch FM Staffs | 34 | 3.0 | |
| Town 102 FM | 57 | -16.2 | |
| Trax FM | 83 | 3.8 | |
| U105 | 237 | 25.4 | |
| UCB 1 (surveyed as UCB UK) | 236 | ||
| Viking 2 (was Magic 1161 (Hull)) | 61 | -18.7 | |
| Viking 3 | 6 | ||
| Viking FM | 216 | 3.8 | |
| Wave 102 | 25 | ||
| Wave 105 FM (Bauer South Coast) | 382 | 4.4 | |
| Wessex FM | 56 | 5.7 | |
| West Sound (Bauer Southwest Scotland) | 177 | -4.3 | |
| XFM Scotland | |||
| Yorkshire Coast Radio | 51 | -1.9 | |
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