Global Radio's 95.8 Capital FM is the main winner in the latest Rajar survey of radio listening in London.
The CHR station Capital FM surges from a 4.7% share of listening in Q1 to 6.2% in Q2, putting it within striking distance of Bauer Radio's AC outlet Magic 105.4, which increases to 6.5% and returns to the position of the largest commercial station. Meanwhile, Global Radio's AC station Heart 106.2 FM falls from 5.9% to 5.1%.
The Rajar survey also sees a rise in the listening to Bauer Radio's rhytmic CHR Kiss 100 FM, which is up to 5%. Global's gold station, Gold London, increases its share by half – from 1.2% to 1.8%. There are also good news for Global's news/talk service LBC, which is slightly up quarter-on-quarter, but has grown from 2.7% to 4.6% year-on-year.
BBC's national talk, news and culture outlet BBC Radio 4 maintains the overall lead in London, although the share drops from 16.7% to 14.2%. The other four national BBC stations are also down in the survey.
