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Press Releases Radio Gloucestershire sets new record after gaining 10,000 listeners in year

Category: Radio Gloucestershire
Date: 11.05.2007
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´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Gloucestershire has gained 10,000 extra listeners over the last year and now has an average weekly audience of 96,000 – a record for the station – according to latest official figures.

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The figures are from Rajar (Radio Joint Audience Research Ltd), an independent survey system which tracks radio listening for both ´óÏó´«Ã½ and commercial stations. The period measured was the first quarter of 2007.

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Rajar's figures also reveal that, within the Radio Gloucestershire transmission area, more than 20% of the population listen to the station each week. Year on year this is up from 18.3% to 20.1%.

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Mark Hurrell, Managing Editor, Radio Gloucestershire, says: "We are absolutely thrilled that our audience figures are up once again and that we now have a record 96,000 people tuning in each week.

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"It's amazing to think that we are reaching over a fifth of the county's population!"

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JR

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