The Global Radio station, which had fallen behind Bauer's Magic 105.4 and fellow Global station Heart 106.2 in recent years, grew its reach and share quarter-on-quarter to report an audience share of 6.2%, second to only Magic, and an audience of 1.95m, again behind Magic's 2.05m.

Heart 106.2 reported a share of 5.1%, down 0.8 percentage points quarter-on-quarter and a reach of 1.90m, down 3.7% quarter-on-quarter.

Nationally, Radio 1 grew its audience, adding around 270,000 listeners over the quarter, while ...