34-page presentation of historical numerical data for the United Kingdom commercial radio industry in Q2 2008 including revenues, advertisers, listening, radio receiver sales and household penetration, written by Grant Goddard for Enders Analysis in September 2008.
10. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 10
UK commercial radio advertising expenditure
Commercial radio top advertisers 12-month moving averages - £ per annum
12-month moving
average Jul 2008
radio
share
12-month moving
average Jul 2007
change year-
on-year
£ % £ %
1 COI Communications 48,201,351 28.3 44,285,601 26.5
2 DFS Furniture 5,895,481 6.8 7,845,928 -24.9
3 Sainsburys 5,852,530 10.5 8,046,564 -22.8
4 Ford 5,580,315 10.8 5,457,455 2.3
5 Volkswagen UK 5,525,688 12.8 1,352,982 308.4
6 Hutchison 3G UK Ltd 5,252,134 17.5 5,214,604 0.7
7 Autoglass 4,983,117 81.4 6,205,806 -19.7
8 Sky 4,756,681 4.4 5,973,058 -20.4
9 Procter & Gamble 4,703,616 2.5 4,062,198 15.8
10 Yell 4,667,786 33.0 4,572,625 2.1
11 Blockbuster Entertainment 4,303,925 54.8 1,173,052 266.9
12 Specsavers Optical Group 4,259,578 10.6 2,448,723 74.0
13 Renault 4,251,519 9.4 3,919,523 8.5
14 Vodafone UK 3,714,865 6.7 7,958,298 -53.3
15 BT 3,707,969 6.3 4,951,609 -25.1
16 T Mobile Network 3,542,494 7.2 758,063 367.3
17 Vauxhall 3,480,581 6.8 3,80,321 -8.4
18 Unilever UK 3,339,163 2.3 3,863,563 -13.6
19 Tiscali 3,186,685 15.4 1,993,963 59.8
20 Dreams Bed Superstores 2,925,027 15.9 2,033,595 43.8
Rank Advertiser
[Source: Nielsen Media Research]
11. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 11
UK commercial radio advertising expenditure
Product categories - % change in 12-month moving average radio advertising expenditure
Sector May-08 Jun-08 Jul-08
Motors 7.3 8.1 8.5
Government Institutions 7.8 7.4 5.8
Entertainment & Media -1.0 1.1 1.3
Retail 3.2 -7.4 -7.7
Business Services 12.9 0.6 -0.8
Household Furnishing & Equipment -8.0 -8.9 -9.3
Finance -27.7 -30.9 -31.0
Telecommunications -12.4 -6.7 -9.3
Travel & Transport -11.4 -7.2 -3.1
Food -27.1 -14.7 -15.6
Drink 16.0 2.3 -2.3
Property 4.7 -4.6 -7.8
Cosmetics & Toiletries 17.9 -0.5 -4.5
Pharmaceutical -0.6 -5.0 -7.2
Computers 20.1 4.0 4.9
Online Retail 64.4 69.4 51.3
Household Stores 30.1 56.1 32.0
Miscellaneous -17.8 -15.8 -13.9
Leisure Equipment 34.1 27.3 20.2
Clothing & Accessories 11.0 0.8 12.9
[Source: Nielsen Media Research, ranked by radio expenditure July 2008 12-month moving average]
12. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 12
UK commercial radio listening
13. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 13
UK commercial radio listening
Percentage of total commercial radio listening by station owner – Q2 2008
27.4
25.3
12.0 11.4
7.2
3.7
1.8 1.5 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
GCapMedia
BauerRadio
GlobalRadio
GuardianMediaGroup
UTVRadio
TIMLGoldenSquare
TheLocalRadioCompany
LincsFMGroup
SunriseRadio
PlanetRock
UKRD
CumberlandNewsGroup
TindleRadio
Town&CountryBroadcasting
KentMessengerRadio
NorthernMediaGroup
ForwardMedia
LaserBroadcasting
AbsoluteRadioInternational
CanWestMediaWorksUK
AdventureRadio
MidlandNewsAssociation
[Source: RAJAR, grey columns are publicly quoted companies]
14. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 14
UK commercial radio listening
Total adult (15+) hours listened per week to commercial radio (000)
492,822
486,848
494,622
482,457
466,008
464,351
463,420
469,980
466,172
453,692
449,529
449,241
463,531
457,102
439,709
459,322
441,457
431,319
424,396
431,081
400,000
420,000
440,000
460,000
480,000
500,000
520,000
Q32003
Q42003
Q12004
Q22004
Q32004
Q42004
Q12005
Q22005
Q32005
Q42005
Q12006
Q22006
Q32006
Q42006
Q12007
Q22007
Q32007
Q42007
Q12008
Q22008
[Source: RAJAR]
15. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 15
UK commercial radio listening
Total commercial radio adult (15+) reach per week (%)65.3
65.2
65.4
64.2
63.5
63.8
63.4
63.2
62.2
62.6
61.6
61.7
62.0
62.9
62.6
63.6
62.0
61.0
61.6
61.1
60
62
64
66
Q32003
Q42003
Q12004
Q22004
Q32004
Q42004
Q12005
Q22005
Q32005
Q42005
Q12006
Q22006
Q32006
Q42006
Q12007
Q22007
Q32007
Q42007
Q12008
Q22008
[Source: RAJAR]
16. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 16
UK commercial radio listening
Total commercial radio average hours per adult (15+) listened per week15.6
15.4
15.6
15.4
15.0
14.9
15.0
15.1
15.2
14.7
14.8
14.6
15.0
14.6
14.1
14.4
14.1
14.0
13.7
13.9
13
14
15
16
Q32003
Q42003
Q12004
Q22004
Q32004
Q42004
Q12005
Q22005
Q32005
Q42005
Q12006
Q22006
Q32006
Q42006
Q12007
Q22007
Q32007
Q42007
Q12008
Q22008
[Source: RAJAR]
17. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 17
UK commercial radio listening
Total adult (15+) hours listened per week to all radio (000)
492,822
486,848
494,622
482,457
466,008
464,351
463,420
469,980
466,172
453,692
449,529
449,241
463,531
457,102
439,709
459,322
441,457
431,319
424,396
431,081
551,924
568,985
571,893
569,438
580,393
567,674
574,061
576,627
584,914
583,979
583,654
572,682
576,848
575,587
584,837
573,516
555,204
564,034
587,057
564,476
0
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
Q32003
Q42003
Q12004
Q22004
Q32004
Q42004
Q12005
Q22005
Q32005
Q42005
Q12006
Q22006
Q32006
Q42006
Q12007
Q22007
Q32007
Q42007
Q12008
Q22008
commercial radio BBC radio other radio
[Source: RAJAR]
18. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 18
UK commercial radio listening
Commercial radio share of total radio listening (%)46.2
45.3
45.5
45.0
43.7
44.2
43.8
44.0
43.5
42.8
42.6
42.9
43.6
43.2
42.1
43.5
43.3
42.4
41.1
42.4
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
Q32003
Q42003
Q12004
Q22004
Q32004
Q42004
Q12005
Q22005
Q32005
Q42005
Q12006
Q22006
Q32006
Q42006
Q12007
Q22007
Q32007
Q42007
Q12008
Q22008
[Source: RAJAR]
19. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 19
UK commercial radio listening
Total hours listened per week to commercial radio by age group (000)
82,778
108,070
113,954
82,180
48,641
50,389
77,598
69,313
92,623
82,058
54,387
55,104
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
90,000
100,000
110,000
120,000
130,000
15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
Q2 2000 Q2 2002 Q2 2004 Q2 2006 Q2 2008
[Source: RAJAR]
20. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 20
UK commercial radio listening
Commercial radio adult reach per week by age group (%)81.7
76.3
75.1
67.5
55.3
39.3
73.0
66.8
67.6
65.7
55.0
41.3
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
Q2 2000 Q2 2002 Q2 2004 Q2 2006 Q2 2008
[Source: RAJAR]
21. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 21
UK commercial radio listening
Commercial radio average hours per adult listened per week by age group14.9
16.0
16.7
15.7
13.9
13.8
13.0
13.2
14.9
15.2
13.5
13.4
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
Q2 2000 Q2 2002 Q2 2004 Q2 2006 Q2 2008
[Source: RAJAR]
22. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 22
UK commercial radio listening
Commercial radio adult (15+) hours listened by platform (%)65.0%
13.8%
21.2%
6.3%
3.3%
1.4%
2.8%
69.6%
16.8%
13.6%
8.0%
4.3%
1.5%
3.1%
72.1%
18.1%
9.8%
9.0%
4.3%
1.7%
3.1%
72.0%
18.4%
9.6%
9.3%
4.3%
1.9%
3.1%
69.2%
18.4%
12.5%
9.0%
4.5%
1.8%
3.1%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
all analogue all digital unspecified digital: DAB digital: DTV digital:
internet
digital:
unspecified
2007Q2 2007Q3 2007Q4 2008Q1 2008Q2
[Source: RAJAR]
23. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 23
UK commercial radio listening
Commercial radio adult (15+) share of listening by platform (%)
42.8
42.4
41.3
40.7
42.2
46.3
48.4
46.2
42.4
43.4
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
2007Q2 2007Q3 2007Q4 2008Q1 2008Q2
commercial radio % share of listening via analogue platform
commercial radio % share of listening via digital platform
[Source: RAJAR]
24. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 24
UK commercial radio listening
Adult (15+) listening to commercial digital-only radio stations
0.6
0.7
2.1
2.1
1.9
2.1
2.3
2.7
3.0
3.0
3.4
3.2
3.5
4.0
3.9
3.3
3.6
5.0
5.5
5.1
5.5
4.7
36%
33%
28%
30%
26%
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
2003Q1
2003Q2
2003Q3
2003Q4
2004Q1
2004Q2
2004Q3
2004Q4
2005Q1
2005Q2
2005Q3
2005Q4
2006Q1
2006Q2
2006Q3
2006Q4
2007Q1
2007Q2
2007Q3
2007Q4
2008Q1
2008Q2e
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
listening to commercial digital-only radio stations as % of all commercial radio listening [left axis]
listening to commercial digital-only radio stations as % of digital listening to commercial radio [right axis]
[Source: RAJAR, Q2 2008 is estimated]
25. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 25
UK radio listening by platform
How often do you access the radio (% of respondents by platform)
Dial-up
Satellite
63
14
4
3
2
24
6
13
7
4
5
2
11
7
1
2
3
8
5
5
6
53
54
65
76
1
22
11
14
12
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
analogue radio digital radio via DAB digital radio via TV digital radio via
internet
radio via mobile
phone
every day once a week once a month tried it once never no access to device
[Source: Ofcom research, Q1 2008]
26. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 26
UK radio listening by location
Location of all radio listening (% of listening)
Dial-up
Satellite
[Source: RAJAR, Q1 2008]
in-home 63%
at work or
outdoors 16%
in-car 20%
other 1%
27. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 27
Radio listening – UK
Share of all radio listening (%) – UK market (50.7m adults 15+)
[Source: RAJAR]
station owner Q2 1999 Q2 2000 Q2 2001 Q2 2002 Q2 2003 Q2 2004 Q2 2005 Q2 2006 Q2 2007 Q2 2008
ALL COMMERCIAL 49.2 47.2 46.6 45.5 44.9 45.0 44.0 42.9 43.5 42.4
All National Commercial 9.1 8.3 8.0 8.1 8.4 10.1 10.2 10.7 11.2 11.2
All Local Commercial 40.1 38.8 38.6 37.5 36.5 34.9 33.8 32.2 32.3 31.2
ALL BBC 49.0 51.1 51.3 526.0 53.0 53.1 54.0 54.7 54.3 55.5
All BBC Network Radio 38.9 39.8 39.9 41.3 40.8 42.2 43.1 44.0 44.5 46.0
BBC Local/Regional 10.1 11.2 11.4 11.3 11.3 10.9 10.9 10.3 9.8 9.6
BBC Radio 2 BBC 12.5 12.9 14.3 15.6 16.3 16.2 16.0 15.7 15.6 16.0
BBC Radio 4 BBC 10.7 10.9 10.7 11.3 11.4 11.0 11.2 10.7 11.2 12.0
BBC Radio 1 BBC 10.3 10.7 9.6 8.3 7.6 8.3 9.2 10.3 10.3 10.0
BBC Radio FIVE LIVE BBC 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.9 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.6
Classic FM GCap 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.9
Total Magic Bauer 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.5
Total Smooth Radio GMG 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.2 2.0 2.5
Total Heart (UK) Global 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.3
talkSPORT UTV 1.8 1.4 1.5 1.8 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.9
Galaxy Network (UK) Global 1.9 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8
Total Kiss Network Bauer 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.7
Total Real Radio GMG 1.6 1.7 1.5
Total Virgin Radio TIML 2.9 2.3 2.3 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4
BBC Radio 3 BBC 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2
Total LBC (UK) Global 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9
GCap Gold Network UK GCap 0.8
28. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 28
Radio listening – London
Share of all radio listening (%) – London market (10.8m adults 15+)
station platform owner Q2 1999 Q2 2000 Q2 2001 Q2 2002 Q2 2003 Q2 2004 Q2 2005 Q2 2006 Q2 2007 Q2 2008
ALL COMMERCIAL 60.3 56.2 57.6 53.6 55.7 54.7 52.7 53.3 53.2 50.6
ALL BBC 38.3 42.0 39.7 44.5 42.1 42.9 44.7 43.2 44.8 47.2
Radio 4 FM/AM BBC 13.6 14.6 14.1 15.9 14.7 14.2 14.5 13.1 14.6 15.3
Radio 2 FM BBC 10.9 10.6 10.6 12.3 10.9 11.5 12.3 10.7 10.6 12.0
Magic FM FM Bauer 6.2 4.7 4.6 3.5 4.4 4.6 5.1 6.5 6.2 7.4
Heart FM FM Global 5.5 5.2 5.0 5.8 6.7 6.5 5.0 6.1 6.2 5.7
Radio 1 FM BBC 4.7 5.7 5.0 4.7 4.1 3.6 4.8 5.9 5.5 5.7
Radio Five Live AM BBC 4.0 4.5 4.0 5.2 4.1 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.6 5.5
Capital FM FM GCap 13.1 11.3 11.1 10.3 8.9 6.6 6.1 5.0 4.1 4.6
Kiss FM FM Bauer 3.3 4.3 4.6 4.2 4.6 4.7 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.5
Classic FM FM GCap 3.6 5.0 4.8 5.5 4.8 5.2 4.5 4.3 4.3 3.9
Virgin Radio FM/AM TIML 4.1 3.8 3.9 3.3 3.1 3.6 2.3 2.5 3.3 3.2
LBC 97.3 FM Global 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.9 2.7 3.0 3.7 2.9 3.1 2.7
TalkSport AM UTV 2.2 1.8 1.9 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.8 2.4 2.4
Radio 3 FM BBC 1.8 2.2 1.8 1.9 1.5 1.8 2.0 1.3 1.6 2.0
Choice FM FM GCap 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.3 2.6 1.9 1.6 1.9
Smooth FM FM GMG 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.7 2.0 1.8 1.9 2.1 1.4 1.7
BBC London FM BBC 0.6 1.2 0.8 0.8 1.4 2.1 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4
Sunrise Radio AM Sunrise 2.0 1.7 1.5 1.4 2.1 2.1 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.1
Xfm FM GCap 0.8 1.2 1.7 1.3 1.1 1.7 1.6 2.3 2.0 1.1
World Service AM/digital BBC n/a n/a n/a n/a 1.3 1.1 0.6 1.1 1.1 0.9
Gold London AM GCap 4.7 3.4 3.4 3.5 2.7 2.5 1.7 1.3 1.4 0.8
LBC News (AM) AM Global 2.8 2.7 3.5 2.2 1.1 0.7 1.2 0.5 0.7 0.8
Club Asia AM - n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.7 0.6
BBC7 digital BBC 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.5
The Hits digital Bauer 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4
Planet Rock digital - n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4
Premier Christian Radio AM - 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.1 0.7 0.4
6Music digital BBC n/a 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3
[Source: RAJAR]
29. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 29
UK radio receivers
30. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 30
UK radio receiver sales
UK radio receiver sales – four-quarter moving average (000 per annum)
DAB receivers as percentage of total receiver sales
[Source: GfK/DRDB]
8% 9% 10% 12% 13% 14% 14% 17% 18% 18% 19% 20% 20% 21%
10,678
10,611
10,657
10,550
10,169
9,892
9,495
8,062
7,978
7,854
7,906
8,140
8,209
8,227
951
1,051
1,208
1,407
1,493
1,566
1,575
1,680
1,734
1,761
1,824
2,006
2,114
2,174
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
Q12005
Q22005
Q32005
Q42005
Q12006
Q22006
Q32006
Q42006
Q12007
Q22007
Q32007
Q42007
Q12008
Q22008
Analogue radios DAB radios
33. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 33
UK DAB radio receiver ownership
Percentage of adults (15+) who own a DAB radio receiver at home3.9
4.4
4.5
5.3
8.1
9.1
10.5
11.1
13.6
15.3
15.3
16.0
19.5
20.3
21.7
22.3
27.3
27.3
0
10
20
30
2004Q1
2004Q2
2004Q3
2004Q4
2005Q1
2005Q2
2005Q3
2005Q4
2006Q1
2006Q2
2006Q3
2006Q4
2007Q1
2007Q2
2007Q3
2007Q4
2008Q1
2008Q2
[Source: RAJAR]
34. UK Commercial Radio Q2 2008 [2008-84] Grant Goddard +44 (0)207 851 0909 34
Access to digital radio platforms
Percentage of UK households with access to digital radio platforms
9
37
27
57
38
12
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
internet digital TV DAB radio
[Source: Ofcom, Q1 2008]
Broadband
Dial-up
Cable
Terrestrial
Satellite
67%
87%
27%