Ignore the moans of radio’s doom-sayers! In the UK, radio listenership remains strong. Mark Pearson, Ofcom UK’s senior analyst of research and intelligence, made this clear during his talk at WorldDAB Automotive 2025. The one-day event was hosted by WorldDAB, the international association promoting the DAB/DAB+ digital radio transmission standard. WorldDAB Automotive 2025 took place June 19 at Madrid’s Palacio Neptuno hotel. “Although people in the UK have a wider choice than ever of audio content, radio reach and consumption continues to be resilient with 87 percent of adults listening to live radio at least weekly and with over a billion minutes of weekly listening in Q1 2025,” Pearson told the WorldDAB audience. Mark Pearson speaking onstage at the 2025 WorldDAB Automotive event. Amid these encouraging findings, Pearson also said there has been a shift over recent years as the BBC’s share of overall listening has declined from around a… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
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