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| November 02, 2002 | Woods, Adam | COPYRIGHT 2002 UBM Information Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Commercial radio failed to deliver the wholesale surge it had hoped for in the third quarter, as Capital FM lost more than a quarter of a million listeners on last year and the BBC grew the audience share of four of its five national stations.

Although a far from dramatic set of results for most, the survey compounds the status quo in a radio market where the BBC portfolio appears unassailable and examples of programming innovation in the commercial sector are increasingly few.

But among a crowded field were a handful of strong runners, including GWR's Classic FM, Emap's Kiss 100 and Capital's Xfm, who represented the thrusting, entrepreneurial face of ...

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