UK Radio Listening Data - Q3 2018

I only listen to internet radio ...if I am listening ...and DAB is a total waste of time with the band width allocation as it is ...

I'm quite surprised by these figures, and in particular the lowly ratings for on-line (Internet) radio. 

Nowadays, virtually all of my own radio listening is via Internet Radio at home (almost always on my Muso Qb) and DAB in the car. I find that DAB works very well in the car, but I would never dream of using it any more at home as a main radio source, primarily as JAPTIMSCARLET has pointed out because of the ridiculously low bandwidth restrictions imposed in the UK. I do (very) occasionally listen to DTV on my Sky box, but these days both of my tuners are stashed away in a cupboard and not even connected to my hi-fi systems.   

However, if I was a classical music lover I would still be using my FM tuners in my hi-fi systems to listen to Radio 3.

Japtimscarlet posted:

I only listen to internet radio ...if I am listening ...and DAB is a total waste of time with the band width allocation as it is ...

A little tricky to make that choice in most cars..

Hmack posted:

I'm quite surprised by these figures, and in particular the lowly ratings for on-line (Internet) radio. 

Nowadays, virtually all of my own radio listening is via Internet Radio at home (almost always on my Muso Qb) and DAB in the car. I find that DAB works very well in the car, but I would never dream of using it any more at home................  

I think the problem is that our Naimite world of audio is we think all the rest of the population have the same listening habits as us.  But I understand that is way off not the case & yes I too am surprised at the low levels of on-line.  As I understand it these RAJAR numbers might appear to be different from what 'we' might expect because they are made up from a listener group who are not all hifi orientated.  I'm not sure if & how many of the 'casual' radio listeners, mobile, on the train, at work & the too many to count truck & car journey listeners participate.   The RAJAR contributors are simply a fixed constant that give us an indicator of a trend.      

blythe posted:

Japtimscarlet posted:

I only listen to internet radio ...if I am listening ...and DAB is a total waste of time with the band width allocation as it is ...

A little tricky to make that choice in most cars..

I have no problem with DAB quality in the car if I am honest.. it’s just the horrendous coverage and blackouts, especially in East Anglia.. other parts of the country seem to fair a lot better.. I have even set up short cut  buttons on my dashboard control to switch back to the FM equivalent if I am listening and it suddenly starts blank out or disappear .. now if they could let you programme the tuner director to automatically switch back to the equivalent FM station when the DAB signal was too low that would be neat... come on guys show a bit of product innovation.. My recent brand new car for the family run about only had FM inbuilt anyway so no issue there..

The one recent area or radio development in the UK that I really like are the new FM community low power local stations. Some of these are great for live music at night/late evening etc.. a real boon for the music lover. Thumbs up to Ofcom for letting FM grow and evolve here... however  I suspect the real motivation was to probably tame the demand for pirates.

I quite happily listen to DAB, iRadio, CD and hi res at home. If I can get into the atmosphere of the music I can forgive the shortcomings of the method of delivery. For preference I'd like FM but A, lack of choice and B, reduced frequency response have to be taken into account (in that order). Of course it's not all about frequency response and bits it's also how well engineered the recording or live event has been set up. I sometimes think that the sound engineers don't always listen to the music but rather concentrate to much on the electronics.