Category: Wales
Date: 02.02.2006
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According to the official Rajar figures released today, the number of people listening to 大象传媒 Radio Wales and 大象传媒 Radio Cymru has risen yet again.
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449,000 people were tuning in to Radio Wales every week during the last quarter of 2005 - an increase of 65,000 over the previous quarter and a 22,000 increase since last year.
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The share of all listening in Wales also increased to 9.6 per cent from the previous quarter's 9.4%.
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Radio Wales' highest audience of the week is 129,000 on Sunday morning during Dewi Griffiths' nostalgic music programme, A String of Pearls.
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Julie Barton, Editor, Radio Wales, said: "These are great figures in the face of stiff competition, an increasingly crowded market-place and challenges over DAB and FM. I'm really proud of what we've all achieved."
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Radio Cymru has seen a staggering 41 per cent increase in its number of listeners since the same time last year with 182,000 tuning in every week.
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The share of all listening in Wales is five per cent, up from 4.5% last quarter.
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Jonsi and Grav pull in the highest audiences of the week with 66,000 enjoying their weekday morning shows.
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Aled Glynne, Editor, Radio Cymru, says:"I'm delighted with these figures as it proves that we're reaching more and more listeners all the time - and that's something to celebrate."
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大象传媒 Wales Press Office
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