BBC Radio Scotland has seen its latest listening figures fall by two per cent on the corresponding period 12 months previously.
Says the radio listening auditing body, RAJAR, the station’s ‘reach’ between the third quarter (July-September) of last year and the same period this year fell from an average 888,000 listeners to 870,000.
‘Reach’ is defined as an adult, aged at least 15, having tuned into a station for at least five minutes during an average week.
Meanwhile, the station’s Q2 – Q3 reach fell from an average 955,000 listeners to 870,000 – a drop of 8.9 per cent.
The figures are repeated in a Guardian article that says: “Despite the huge interest and debate around the Scottish independence referendum, BBC Radio Scotland saw its figures fall for the third quarter of this year.”
Read more here, in The Guardian. And view the year-on-year figures for Scots stations, here.
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A MEDIA awards competition celebrating the best of broadcasting, digital media, etc from the ‘Celtic nations and regions’ has issued a call for entries.
The annual Celtic Media Festival is taking place in Inverness next year, between April 22 and 24.
For more information, click here.
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ASKS John Bernstein, in pressgazette.co.uk: “Why build a mobile app [for news, etc] when a responsive website, well designed in HTML5, renders perfectly regardless of operating system, device type or size?”
Read more, here.
PS www.allmediascotland.com is now fully responsive.
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AN obituary by the sports writer, Graham Spiers, to his late colleague, Glenn Gibbons, is published here in The Herald.
Gibbons’ passing has been noted here and here, in the last two allmediascotland Noon Briefings.
Meanwhile, Scots journalist, James Naughtie, pens an appreciation of the late Washington Post editor, Ben Bradlee, here, in The Scotsman. There’s an accompanying article by Martyn McLaughlin, here.
The death of Bradlee – arguably most famous for his editorship of The Washington Post when it reported the Watergate scandal – was noted here, in yesterday’s allmediascotland Noon Briefing.
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BEGINS The Drum media and marketing magazine: “The Drum has promoted its editor-at-large Dave Birss to the newly created position of head of TV.
“Birss has been the PPA Media Brand of the Year’s editor-at-large for the last two years, and will continue in that role while also heading up its new TV content arm.”
Read more, here.
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BEGINS the website, a516digital.com: “The BBC has released its latest update to its list of national DAB transmitters, as the Corporation works towards covering 97 per cent of the UK with its DAB multiplex by the end of next year.
“During the past two months, 14 new transmitters have gone live at locations across southern and south-west England, Wales and Scotland.”
Read more, here.
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BEGINS an announcement issued by STV: “The STV Player is now available on Amazon Fire TV.
“The STV Player, one of the launch partners for Amazon Fire TV, provides catch up for both STV and STV Glasgow to consumers in Scotland. STV Player is now available across the range of Amazon devices, including Fire tablets and Amazon Fire phones.
“Amazon Fire TV is a tiny box that plugs into your HDTV to offer a world of entertainment services, enabling consumers to access a wide selection of digital content on demand.”
Read more, here.
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