9 in 10 people listen to radio every week

Plus a new number 1 in the London breakfast show battle

Here are the radio listening headlines from the RAJAR release for Q2 2015. All statistics are for weekly listening unless otherwise stated.

	A winning set of results for the likes of Absolute Radio Network, Capital Xtra, Lyca Radio, Kiss Network and LBC.
	The networked stations continue to deliver high reach with listening figures in the millions; Heart 8.8m, Capital 7.1m, Kiss 5.2m, Smooth 4.6m, Absolute 4m and Magic 3.6m
	48.2 million (9 out of 10) adults listen to radio every week, with 72% listening to commercial radio.
	39.9% of all listening is via digital platforms with 55% of the population tuning in digitally every week.
	Capital is London's most popular station, beating Radio 1 (in London) and climbing above Kiss, Magic and Heart since last quarter, with 2.2 million listeners. Clyde 1 remains the most listened to commercial station in Scotland with 583,000 weekly listeners.
	Absolute 80s tops the digital-only station race, up 28.8% year on year and Kisstory, just behind, is also up 32.9% year on year. The stations have 1.6 and 1.46 million weekly listeners respectively.
	Capital FM (Dave and Lisa) is now London’s biggest breakfast show up from 2nd position last quarter with 1.1 million weekly listeners. Magic (Nick Snaith) jumps to 2nd place followed by Heart (Jamie and Emma) in 3rd place with Kiss (Ricky, Melvin and Charlie) dropping down from 1st to 4th place.
	Commercial radio has increased its share of listening versus the BBC with figures now at 44.4% and on a local level, commercial radio dominates with more than three times the amount of listeners.

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