Radio 1's Cooper sets sights on streaming giants

James Hanley

BBC Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper has played down the station’s near 10% drop in listeners, as UK weekly radio figures soared to a record 48.7 million.

Radio 1 listening figures fell 9.4% year-on-year to 9.45m, according to the RAJAR figures for the second quarter of 2016, down 4.6% on the first quarter. Cooper reiterated that RAJAR is “only part of the story” where Radio 1 is concerned and said it was unfair to compare it to commercial radio stations. ...

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