BBC Radio Scotland has seen its latest listening figures drop by 1.5 per cent on the corresponding period 12 months previously.
Says the radio listening auditing body, RAJAR, the station’s ‘reach’ between the second quarter (April – June) of last year and the same period this year fell from an average 955,000 listeners to 941,000.
‘Reach’ is defined as an adult, aged at least 15, having tuned into a station for at least five minutes during an average week.
And, this time, RAJAR provides figures for recently-launched third stations by Clyde, Forth and Tay, with each registering average reach figures for Q2 2015 of 21,000, 10,000 and 1,000, respectively.
Figures too have been issued for the relatively recently-launched RockSport station, formerly Eklipse Sports Radio, which had an average Q2 2015 figure of 7,000.
Read more, here, as part of the allmediascotland.com feature, The Media in Figures.
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STAYING with radio, the website, journalism.co.uk, carries an article headed, ‘How to: Get started in radio journalism What does it take to be a 21st century radio journalist?’
Read more, here.
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AN investigation by the Sunday Herald journalist, Paul Hutcheon – who has been challenging Police Scotland to confirm or deny a claim that it has spied on a journalist and their sources – is gaining traction.
Begins The Guardian: “The Scottish government is under growing pressure to clear the air over alleged spying on journalists and their sources by an elite unit within Police Scotland.
“Scottish Labour has tabled a parliamentary motion calling on Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s First Minister, to reveal what she knows about the allegations.”
Read more, here.
The story is also reported by the BBC, here; page seven of The Scotsman, etc.
And it was the top story in last night’s edition of the BBC programme, Scotland 2015, here.
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A MUST-read: the Scottish Review’s Kenneth Roy writes of the editorial challenges around the concept of free speech, during which he reflects on the recent departure of Brian Wilson, from the West Highland Free Press newspaper, which he had helped set up.
Read Kenneth, here.
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THE Scots sports writer, Graham Spiers, was the first interviewee to appear on yesterday’s edition of the BBC Radio Four programme, The Media Show – on the subject him being banned from football club, Rangers.
The show is the latest media outlet to be bemused by the banning of journalists by football clubs, including the trade website, pressgazette.co.uk, which notes – here – the BBC declining to send journalists to Rangers, following the banning of its reporter, Chris McLaughlin.
Tune in to The Media Show, here.
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