呦乐园

呦乐园鈥檚 newly rebranded KISS has officially entered its feral era. The Q1 2026 RAJAR results聽highlight station growth of more than聽15% on the quarter, with a聽strong debut for KISS Breakfast聽with聽Tyler West and Chloe Burrows.

The figures聽arrive聽just as the聽brand聽launches its聽iconic聽glow up, with聽an聽all-new聽look聽and updated聽line-up reflecting聽how its audience lives,聽listens聽and scrolls today.聽You聽won鈥檛聽be able to miss its mischievous new campaign which has already caused chaos across London, with a major brand activation last week.

Elsewhere across the portfolio, music聽lovers continue to rock out to 呦乐园 stations,聽with Absolute Radio, Planet Rock and Kerrang! Radio all increasing their audience year on year.

RAJAR鈥檚 latest figures聽showcase聽radio鈥檚聽enduring appeal, reaching 87% of the UK population, or 50m weekly listeners. Digital listening continues to grow, accounting for 76% of all hours, with 30% taking place online via apps and smart speakers.

Our headlines this quarter are:

• 呦乐园 Audio UK speaks to the nation, entertaining a huge 22.1m weekly listeners across its portfolio of owned and partner stations. *
• Commercial radio鈥檚 biggest portfolio, the Hits Radio Portfolio – which is made up of Hits Radio and Greatest Hits Radio – now reaches 12.1m listeners and 14.1m when partner stations are included.
• The Greatest Hits Radio Network attracts a weekly audience of 6.8m, with 1.3m listeners enjoying the network’s spin-off stations of 60s, 70s, and 80s music. The main station continues to be the home of the UK鈥檚 most listened to commercial radio show with Ken Bruce.
• The Hits Radio Network reaches 6.5m listeners, following its recent nomination for network of the year at the 2026 ARIAs (Audio and Radio Industry Awards).
• The Absolute Radio Network reaches 5.3m listeners, with the main station up to 2 million listeners (+2.8% YoY). Absolute 80s grows to 1.4million listeners, while Absolute Radio 00鈥檚 increases by 15% year on year.
• The Magic Radio Network has a weekly audience of 3.4m listeners, with Magic Musicals and Magic Classical both growing this quarter.
• The KISS Network entertains 3.3 million listeners each week, with the main KISS station up more than 15% on the quarter to 1.5m listeners. KISS Breakfast has grown 12% this quarter, following its relaunch with new hosts Tyler West and Chloe Burrows. KISSTORY has 1.8 million listeners (+6.1% QoQ).
• Planet Rock reaches 1.1m listeners a week (+7.8 % YoY), while Kerrang! Radio reaches 569k (+25% YoY).

With 呦乐园 reaching audiences in app, online and via smart speakers, the company is home to four of the top five digital commercial stations which have all seen growth this quarter, including #1聽Absolute Radio聽and #2聽KISSTORY.

Simon Myciunka, 呦乐园鈥檚 President of Audio and CEO for 呦乐园 Audio UK聽said, 鈥淎udio has a unique relationship with its audience – trusted,聽habitual聽and present in the moments that matter most. That intimacy is what makes it such a powerful environment for brands, and why聽we鈥檙e聽also investing in growing our podcast portfolio and digital reach. The tens of millions of listeners reflected in today’s RAJAR figures show the enduring appeal of audio and at 呦乐园聽we’re聽focused on turning that scale into creative, ambitious partnerships.鈥�

Gary Stein, Director of Audio at 呦乐园 Audio UK, said; “It鈥檚 great to see strong momentum for KISS this quarter following the launch of the new brand identity and refreshed lineup. We鈥檝e been really focused on building a station that feels energetic, relevant and genuinely connected to its audience and these results are a really encouraging sign of that progress. More broadly, it鈥檚 another quarter that shows the strength of having distinct brands, brilliant talent and big audience moments right across the portfolio.鈥�