{"id":305194,"date":"2025-07-30T23:57:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T23:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/305194\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T23:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T23:57:11","slug":"radio-brand-heart-number-one-radio-station-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/305194\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio brand Heart number one radio station in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                            Global is the number one commercial radio group in the UK breaking records for hours and share<br \/>\nGlobal has the top three commercial radio brands in the UK Heart, Capital &amp; Smooth<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-41426\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"671\" height=\"447\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Heart-Breakfast-with-Jamie-and-Amanda-300x200.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A strong set of <strong>RAJAR<\/strong> figures for Global in <strong>Q2 2025<\/strong> (<strong>31st March 2025 \u2013 22nd June 2025<\/strong>), with a record-breaking share (<strong>27.7%<\/strong>), record-breaking hours (<strong>283 million<\/strong>), and <strong>29 million<\/strong> people still tuning in every week to live radio across Global\u2019s brands. Here are some key headlines:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>GLOBAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>With <strong>29 million<\/strong> listeners every week, Global is the <strong>UK<\/strong>\u2019s number one commercial radio group.<\/li>\n<li>Global achieves record-breaking share and hours.<\/li>\n<li>Global holds the top spots with the <strong>three<\/strong> biggest commercial radio brands in the <strong>UK<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/global.com\/radio\/heart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heart<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/global.com\/radio\/capital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Capital<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/global.com\/radio\/smooth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smooth<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>London<\/strong>, Global has the top <strong>3<\/strong> commercial stations for reach, hours and share \u2013 Heart, Capital and <a href=\"https:\/\/global.com\/radio\/lbc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LBC<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Commercial radio celebrates its highest ever share of <strong>55.7%<\/strong>, further extending its lead over the BBC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>HEART <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><strong>Heart<\/strong>\u00a0brand extends its lead as the <strong>UK<\/strong>\u2019s biggest commercial radio brand with a huge <strong>13 million<\/strong> weekly listeners.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston &amp; Amanda Holden <\/strong>is the biggest commercial breakfast show in the <strong>UK<\/strong> with <strong>4.2 million<\/strong> weekly listeners.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Heart<\/strong> brand extends its lead against Radio 2 with <strong>415,000<\/strong> more listeners each week.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Heart\u2019s <\/strong>decade stations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalplayer.com\/live\/heart80s\/uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heart 80s<\/a> (<strong>1.9m<\/strong>), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalplayer.com\/live\/heart90s\/uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heart 90s<\/a> (<strong>1.3m<\/strong>) and sister station <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalplayer.com\/live\/heartlove\/uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heart Love<\/a> (<strong>272,000<\/strong>) all celebrate record-breaking figures. <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CAPITAL <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><strong>Capital<\/strong>\u00a0is the <strong>UK<\/strong>\u2019s biggest hit music station, with <strong>9.3 million<\/strong> weekly listeners across the <strong>Capital<\/strong> brand.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capital<\/strong> brand beats Radio 1 for reach, hours and share.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalplayer.com\/live\/capitalanthems\/uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Capital Anthems<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0sees record-breaking figures with <strong>479,000<\/strong> weekly listeners.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/global.com\/radio\/capital-xtra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Capital XTRA<\/strong><\/a>, home to the biggest hip-hop and RnB, has <strong>2 million<\/strong> listeners tuning in across the <strong>UK<\/strong> every week, <strong>1.3 million<\/strong> more than Radio 1Xtra.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capital XTRA Breakfast with Robert Bruce &amp; Shayna Marie <\/strong>has record-breaking reach of <strong>666,000<\/strong> weekly listeners.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/global.com\/radio\/capital-dance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Capital Dance<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0reaches<strong> 998,000<\/strong> dance fans every week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-41430\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"671\" height=\"447\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Capital-Anthems-Miranda-Burns-300x200.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>L<\/strong><strong>B<\/strong><strong>C<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>With <strong>3.4 million<\/strong> weekly listeners, news talk brand <strong>LBC<\/strong>\u00a0has continued to lead the news agenda, increasing in reach, hours and share both year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter.<\/li>\n<li><strong>LBC\u2019s Nick Ferrari at Breakfast<\/strong>\u00a0is celebrating <strong>1.4 million<\/strong> listeners, increasing in reach, hours and share in the past year.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalplayer.com\/live\/lbcnews\/uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LBC News<\/a>, <\/strong>the <strong>UK<\/strong>\u2019s only rolling news radio station, has<strong> 1.1 million<\/strong>\u00a0weekly listeners, up year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter for reach and hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>MORE FROM <\/strong><strong>GLOBAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><strong>Smooth <\/strong>reaches more than<strong> 7.7 million<\/strong> weekly listeners and is the third biggest commercial radio brand in the <strong>UK<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalplayer.com\/live\/smooth80s\/uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smooth 80s<\/a> (<strong>664,000<\/strong>) celebrates its highest ever audience.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/global.com\/radio\/classic-fm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Classic FM<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>has <strong>4.7 million<\/strong> weekly listeners, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalplayer.com\/live\/classicfmcalm\/uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Classic FM Calm<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(<strong>348,000<\/strong>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalplayer.com\/live\/classicfmmovies\/uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Classic FM Movies <\/strong><\/a>(<strong>210,000<\/strong>) both celebrating record-breaking figures.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/global.com\/radio\/radio-x\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Radio X<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>has <strong>2.4 million<\/strong> weekly listeners, plus Radio X\u2019s decade stations<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalplayer.com\/live\/radiox90s\/uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strong>Radio X 90s<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(<strong>243,000<\/strong>), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalplayer.com\/live\/radiox00s\/uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Radio X 00s<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(<strong>157,000<\/strong>) and sister station <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalplayer.com\/live\/radioxchilled\/uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Radio X Chilled<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(<strong>175,000<\/strong>)\u00a0all have record figures.<\/li>\n<li>Newly refreshed <a href=\"https:\/\/global.com\/radio\/gold-radio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Gold Radio<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0has added <strong>48,000<\/strong> listeners in the past <strong>three<\/strong> months, with a new weekly audience of more than <strong>1.6 million<\/strong> listeners.<\/li>\n<li>The<strong>\u00a0EE Official Big Top 40 from Global <\/strong>is the <strong>UK<\/strong>\u2019s biggest chart show with <strong>1.7 million<\/strong> listeners tuning in every week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-41431\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"671\" height=\"447\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LBC-Nick-Ferrari-300x200.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cIt was a huge moment last quarter to see Heart overtake Radio 2 as the UK\u2019s biggest radio brand, and this quarter I\u2019m delighted to see Heart extend its lead even further.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For Global to continue to grow and extend its lead is a considerable achievement, and I want to thank every single globaller for their hard work, and our incredible listeners, be they on FM, DAB or Global Player, for their incredible loyalty. This is all helping commercial radio celebrate its highest-ever share of listening.\u201d<br \/>Ashley Tabor-King CBE, Founder &amp; Executive President of Global<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cIt\u2019s incredible to see the audience growth across Global, another record share, and record hours. The market is hugely competitive, so to be leading the pack and delivering growth is not something we would ever take for granted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A heartfelt thank you to the world class teams at Global and the millions who tune in every day.\u201d<br \/>James Rea, Chief Broadcasting &amp; Content Officer at GlobaL<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Global is the number one commercial radio group in the UK breaking records for hours and share&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,29978,112236,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-305194","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-radio-advertising","14":"tag-rajar","15":"tag-scotland","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114944897382907729","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}