According to the industry body, 42% of the population now has a DAB digital radio set, up from 39.4% in Q3 2011.

“It is pleasing to see that DAB has reached record levels of hours, share and reach in this atypical Olympics quarter,” said Ford Ennals, CEO of Digital Radio UK.

Listening to digital radio platforms now accounts for 31.3% of radio listening hours, up from 26.9% the year before, an increase of 7.6%, in what was a unique listening quarter due to the Olympic Games.

In total 23.9 million people now listen to radio via a digital platform each week, up 5% year on year from 22.8 million in Q3 2011.

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