Capital FM is the UK's first national commercial hit music radio station, reaching 7.1 million listeners weekly who are aged 14-34. It is owned by This Is Global Limited. Wave 105 is a regional commercial station in southeast England that plays adult contemporary music with local news and information. It is owned by Bauer and had its highest listenership in 2013. Sam FM South Coast is an adult hits station broadcasting on the south coast of England from studios in Southampton. It does not take listener requests and uses the slogan "We're In Charge."

1. OWNERSHIP OF THE UK RADIO
INDUSTRY
NATASHA HOUSE

2. RADIO STATIONS AND
THEIR OWNERSHIPS...

3. CAPITAL FM:
• CAPITAL: IT WAS THE UK’S FIRST
NATIONAL, COMMERCIAL, HIT MUSIC
RADIO STATION, AND TODAY REACHES
7.1 MILLION PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE WEEK.
THE STATION CURRENTLY HAS 7.1
LISTENERS WITH THE TARGET MARKET
AIMING TO 14-34 YEAR OLD'S. CAPITAL IS
RUN BY A COMPANY CALLED 'THIS IS
GLOBAL LIMITED‘.

4. WAVE 105
• WAVE 105 IS A BRITISH REGIONAL COMMERCIAL RADIO STATION BROADCASTING
ACROSS EAST DORSET, SOUTH HAMPSHIRE, ISLE OF WIGHT AND PARTS OF WEST
SUSSEX AND WILTSHIRE. PLAYING A MIX OF ADULT CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, IT
COMBINES PRESENTER-LED SHOWS WITH LOCAL NEWS AND INFORMATION,
ENTERTAINMENT GUIDES AND COMPETITIONS. THE STATION FORMS PART OF THE BAUER
CITY NETWORK. ALMOST ITS ENTIRE OUTPUT IS LOCALLY PRODUCED.
• WAVE 105 REVEALED ITS HIGHEST LISTENING FIGURES EVER IN DECEMBER 2013.
AUDIENCE RESEARCH FROM RAJAR SHOWED THE STATION HAD 438,000 PEOPLE TUNING
IN, FOR AN AVERAGE OF 10.3 HOURS A WEEK, DELIVERING 4,520,000 TOTAL LISTENING
HOURS EACH WEEK, MAKING IT THE COMMERCIAL LEADER IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND.

5. SAM FM…
• Sam FM South Coast is an adult hits format radio station broadcasting
to a stretch of the English South Coast on 106MHz & 106.6 MHz FM
and on DAB Digital (on NOW South Hampshire). It broadcasts from its
Roman Landing studios in Kingsway, Southampton alongside its sister
station The Breeze which is also housed in the same building.
• Sam FM runs with a strapline of "We're In Charge" which does mean
that they're in charge of the music and don't play requests