# Radio Scotland’s weekly audience falls by 40,000 over year to September

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/bbc-radio-scotland-loses-40k-listeners-in-last-year/
- Published: 2026-10-29T00:19:51+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T00:33:01+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16246833/BBC-Radio-Scotland-loses-40K-listeners-year.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: UK, World

## Key points

- Radio Scotland’s weekly reach fell to 753,000.
- Its audience share dropped from 5.7 to 5.3 per cent.
- The BBC says listeners spend more time with the station.

## Summary

BBC Radio Scotland’s weekly audience fell by about 40,000 over the year to September and by more than 90,000 from the previous quarter. The decline comes as the BBC makes cuts in Scotland, renewing questions about the station’s direction and whether changes to its breakfast programme have affected listening.

RAJAR figures show weekly reach dropped from 793,000 a year earlier to 753,000, while the station’s audience share fell from 5.7 per cent to 5.3 per cent. The figures cover the whole station, not individual programmes. The BBC says Radio Scotland remains Scotland’s biggest station and that listeners are spending more time with it on average; director Hayley Valentine has said the revamped breakfast show’s audience could recover.

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