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Ratings war: BBC Radio 3 is up 10%, Classic FM stems losses

Ratings war: BBC Radio 3 is up 10%, Classic FM stems losses

The BBC’s classical radio station has continued its recovery with a 10% increase year-on-year, today’s Rajar ratings show.

Radio 3 reached 1.95m in the last quarter of 2024. A further 150,000 listeners joined its new Radio 3 Unwind digital stream.

Classic FM stopped its longterm decline with a slight increase from 4.42 million to 4.5m.

The station has also added two offshoots – Classic FM Calm and Classic FM Movies – reaching 238,000 and 154,000 listeners respectively.

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