Overview
- RAJAR’s Q1 2026 results released Thursday show GB News Radio up 21% year on year to 676,000 weekly listeners, placing it ahead of Times Radio on reach.
- Times Radio rose 11% quarter on quarter to 604,000, which its programme director linked to fast-moving global stories that drew listeners to live coverage.
- LBC posted broad gains as LBC News London jumped 41% year on year to 578,000 and the LBC Brand across the UK hit a record 3.6 million weekly reach.
- Talk recorded the biggest year-on-year rise in listening hours at 41% to 6.1 million, with weekly reach up 15% to 560,000.
- The BBC kept the largest overall audience with Radio 2 on 12.6 million, and new DAB+ spin-offs for Radio 1 and Radio 3 added fresh channels that reshaped competition.