Category: Three Counties Radio
Date: 04.08.2005
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There has been a significant jump in the number of listeners tuning into Â鶹Éç Three Counties Radio year-on-year since the station extended its editorial area, according to the latest figures released today by RAJAR.
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The figures show that 208,000 people listen each week - that's an extra 49,000 listeners in the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire regions, compared to last year.
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The number of hours that listeners are tuning into Three Counties Radio has also risen year-on-year from 9.67 hours to 12.04 hours - the station's best ever figures.
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In addition to this, the audience share has also increased from 6.9 per cent to 9.5%, year-on-year.
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This follows Â鶹Éç Three Counties' recent success at the Sony Radio Academy Awards in May, where the station won the Interactive Radio gold award for Robert Perrone's breakfast show and - having been nominated for the fifth year running - the Station of the Year award.
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Paul Jirgens, Senior Broadcast Journalist, Three Counties Radio, says: "This is a fantastic achievement for the station, particularly in such a competitive marketplace.
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"The performance of our breakfast shows with Roberto Perrone, Big George and Justin Dealey is very encouraging, while the Stephen Rhodes Consumer Programme is now enjoying some of its highest figures in its ten year history."
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Â鶹Éç Three Counties Radio broadcasts on 94.7, 95.5, 98, 103.8 and 104.5 FM
