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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:04 pm    Post subject: Rajar Listening Figures Reply with quote

The Rajars will are out this week. On Wednesdays show Chris Evans mentioned them . He knows what the figures are as the stations get them well in advance. He was trying to play a game with the listeners? I think they are fine for Drivetime, as well as for Radio 2? Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

it's a fix.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:26 pm    Post subject: Re: Rajar Listening Figures Reply with quote

mark occomore wrote:
He knows what the figures are as the stations get them well in advance.

They get them this afternoon. They are published tomorrow
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Who cares, all this we are better than you so there is rather childish I think.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I will miss them. So I leave it too someone else to publish the latest ups and downs. I will post my comments later in the day Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Seriously though does it matter? radio 2 will still be there whatever happens.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tarahrah bomdiay wrote:
Seriously though does it matter? radio 2 will still be there whatever happens.



No not really. All they are doing is sticking two fingers up at each other. When they are at big bashes they are drinking together. It's a choice of what you enjoy. It's like a supermarket you shop at one than the other one..
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Exactly Laughing so why is such a hoo-ha made of it all? *shrug*
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mark occomore wrote:
It's like a supermarket you shop at one than the other one..


name 10 items or less...
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SantaFefan wrote:
mark occomore wrote:
It's like a supermarket you shop at one than the other one..


name 10 items or less...



Is this a Supermarket sweep game? Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

More like an "off his trolley" Evans Basket case game.. Razz
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not too good I'm afraid-radio 2 audience is down on the quarter.Wogans figures also down.Moyles is catching up with him! http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/31/rajars.radio
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:59 pm    Post subject: Dear Lesley Douglas...... Reply with quote

To re-phrase a famous orator:

'Ask not what your listeners want to hear, but tell them that you know what's best for them.'

Thanks but no thanks, say a quarter of a million former Radio 2 listeners.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Still the London Stations like Capital and Heart are blasting Moyles off the dial. Laughing


http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/31/commercialradio.bbc
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I see that Evans is still going up. His audience of 5.11 million is 280,000 up on the same period last year.

A little ray of sunshine on a bleak day for Radio 2. Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So the Evening changes may not be working. People tryed out Russell Brand and decided to switch off. I would with some of the antics been going on.

Maybe Mark Radcliffe covering for Steve Wright isn't working. Aled Jones for Sarah Kennedy and we have had Richard Hammond for Wogan too?

So basically Lesley Douglas needs to go back to the good old days and have the same people back covering?

Keep changing around things is going to upset the listeners.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mark occomore wrote:
So the Evening changes may not be working. People tryed out Russell Brand and decided to switch off. I would with some of the antics been going on.

Maybe Mark Radcliffe covering for Steve Wright isn't working. Aled Jones for Sarah Kennedy and we have had Richard Hammond for Wogan too?

So basically Lesley Douglas needs to go back to the good old days and have the same people back covering?

Keep changing around things is going to upset the listeners.


I think Brand and the evening shows would have little or no overall impact.

The real problem is that daytime is getting a bit stale & samey. They probably need to think about changes. Maybe move Ken Bruce to earlies, cut back on Steve Wright and get somebody fresh on during daytime.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought Wrighty's show was excellent today.
So what were the figures for the Big Show? up or down?
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SantaFefan wrote:
I thought Wrighty's show was excellent today.


Wasn't todays show a repeat of the show 1st broadcast on February 5th, 1989? Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm not listening...

so what were the figures? anyone know? Razz
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SantaFefan wrote:
I'm not listening...

so what were the figures? anyone know? Razz


Do you include those forced to listen against their will? Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I did a Google of "Steve Wright" to find his Rajar results but I seem to be getting a lot of stories about Ipswich. Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

gfloyd wrote:
I see that Evans is still going up. His audience of 5.11 million is 280,000 up on the same period last year.

A little ray of sunshine on a bleak day for Radio 2. Laughing


Congratulations to him, I say through gritted teeth. Not quite near JW's record audience, but pretty damn close if I'm not mistaken. Surely we're building up to an inevitable Moyles vs Evans on mornings? That will be interesting!

The slight dip for radio2 is no major worry, bearing in mind many of the evening changes haven't even been around for a year yet - assuming the evening schedule is the problem.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

gfloyd wrote:
mark occomore wrote:
So the Evening changes may not be working. People tryed out Russell Brand and decided to switch off. I would with some of the antics been going on.

Maybe Mark Radcliffe covering for Steve Wright isn't working. Aled Jones for Sarah Kennedy and we have had Richard Hammond for Wogan too?

So basically Lesley Douglas needs to go back to the good old days and have the same people back covering?

Keep changing around things is going to upset the listeners.


I think Brand and the evening shows would have little or no overall impact.

The real problem is that daytime is getting a bit stale & samey. They probably need to think about changes. Maybe move Ken Bruce to earlies, cut back on Steve Wright and get somebody fresh on during daytime.

I agree it seems like daytime is failing, but I would say it's not entirely the fault of the presenters - they need to freshen up the playlist and stop playing the same 5 new songs over and over all day for months.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sarah Kennedy lost 150,000 listeners in Q4
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have to agree with Ian, the main problem is the music.
You can change presenters as much as you want but if they keep playing the same 5 records over and over again it won't attract any lost listeners back.
I've said this before on another thread but why don't the powers that be take a listen to tracks of my years or the non stop oldies and realise people like different types of music.
The playlist at the moment is so narrow and repetitive during daytime that they are alienating a massive amount of people.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The music is getting worse, and it's not just that I'm getting older. Wink

It would seem that the 'yoof' they have been trying to attract with the playlist have, if they ever came over to R2, gone back to R1.

It's a bit like what Marks and Spencer did a few years ago - try to appeal to someone who wouldn't normally be seen dead in the place anyway. Those who would are left with very little that is suitable.

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great analogy Helen, that sums everything up perfectly
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can't imagine many yoofs I know listening to most of R2.

The music is very limited, either stuff off the playlist and even the oldies are very limited , heard come and make me smile again this morning and it must be time soon for Sweet home alabama.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

nod wrote:
I can't imagine many yoofs I know listening to most of R2.


Young Mr Grace maybe Wink
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

gazmando wrote:
Great analogy Helen, that sums everything up perfectly


Agreed.

On the matter of music played, the only people that dare (and are able to) play anything different are Bob Harris and Radcliffe & Maconie on their respective evening programmes. Still, at least Bob managed to squeeze in some good tracks when he was sitting in for Evans after Christmas.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 7:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

well they may have lost listeners but it didnt stop kennedy Wogan Bruce and Evans dissappearing off on holiday so soon aftsr christmas so theyre obviously relaxed abut it!
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Apparently Rajar got their figures wrong for Q4 and are going to re-issue. The effect on the nationals should be minimal but some local stations figures could change quite a bit.

Red faces all round at Rajar. With any luck it will hasten the demise of the diaries to be replaced by something a bit more 20th century
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's really funny, I've been away from the board for sooo long, I'd forgotten what a talking point the Rajar figure are Very Happy

I've also hardly listened to R2 at all over the 8 months or so, so I guess I've had a direct impact on the figures lol.

I admit, I always listen in to Paul Jones, I love the blues 'they tell my story' lol. Sure there's a song in that somewhere.

I did tune in to SW quite a bit when i was on my motorway journeys, but that was more to catch the travel news. These days I'm catching up on some of my old CDs and trying to tune in at the right time for travel news before going back to my CDs.

For my own personal opinion, I simply got board or R2. The music on offer is certaintly not what it was either. Lets have a good old shake up Cool
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The_migster wrote:
It's really funny, I've been away from the board for sooo long, I'd forgotten what a talking point the Rajar figure are Very Happy



More so on the old Radio 2 boards where there was a lot of "My DJ's bigger than yours!" Laughing
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