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SiriusXM launches 19 Christmas channels

07/11/2021

SiriusXM launches 19 Christmas channels including two new channels, Holiday Instrumentals and Noël Incontournable, as well as Holly and Holiday Traditions channels. The festive music channels are kicking off the holiday season and are available on the SXM App now, Your Home For The Holidays. The holiday music channels, offer listeners a variety of traditional holiday songs, classic Christmas carols, contemporary holiday tunes, seasonal soul music, holiday pop songs, country Christmas classics, Hanukkah music, and classical […]

SOURCE: RAJAR - Share of digital listening hours

89% of UK adults listened to radio each week

29/10/2021

89% of UK adults listened to radio each week with an average listening time of 20.4 hours according to the latest figures released by RAJAR, the UK’s official body for measuring radio audiences. The figures are the first to be published since March 2020 when the industry survey was suspended due to the Coronavirus restrictions forcing all face-to-face market research to be suspended. RAJAR has taken the opportunity to revise its research methodologies to include […]

Audio (excluding visual) by device share % for all adults

Smart Speakers may be forced to stream UK radio

23/10/2021

Smart Speakers may be forced to stream UK radio according to a recent report by the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS). The report entitled Digital Radio and Audio Review concluded that new rules are needed to protect British radio output on smart speakers. It found that smart speakers such as Amazon Echo and Google Home are owned or accessed by a third of all UK adults and now play a central […]

79% of Irish people listen to live radio everyday

07/09/2021

79% of Irish people listen to live radio everyday compared to 25% who stream music and 5% who listen to podcasts daily. This is according to the JNLR Radio and the Irish Audio Market report compiled by Ipsos/MRBI. The JNLR (Joint National Listenership Research) is a joint industry research project conducted on behalf of the Irish radio industry from a national sample of 3100 interviews of 15+ individuals between Q4 2020 and Q2 2021. Key […]

Streaming accounts for 12% of AM/FM radio listening in the US

28/08/2021

Streaming accounts for 12% of AM/FM radio listening in the US according to Edison Research in its Share of Ear study. The findings are based on measurements of what portion of listening to AM/FM content happens on a traditional radio receiver and how much is done on a digital device. The research methodology fully represents the US 13+ population, including not only those who are online but also those who are either not online or lightly […]

Kool 95

15/07/2021

Kool 95 Classic Hits Radio was a Canadian commercial free internet radio station broadcasting AAC+ and CD Quality Lossless FLAC streams. According to the station, “Kool 95 simply plays the very best classic pop radio hits from the 70’s & 80’s. We stream hits from Elton John, The Police, Madonna, Prince and so many more.” The station is supported entirely by donations and their website is available in a variety of languages. It would appear […]

Sonos Radio HD now in 5 more countries

23/06/2021

Sonos Radio HD now in 5 more countries (Austria, Canada, France, Germany and The Netherlands) having launched in the US and UK in November 2020. As part of the availability in these new territories they have launched a new station from Brian Eno with three hundred tracks on The Lighthouse. A lifelong creator and innovator, Eno collaborated with Sonos Radio to design a new station format that explores his extensive archive of unreleased work. The Lighthouse will […]