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The quarterly listening figures running up to September 15th bring mostly joy to all, as more people listened to radio than ever before - reaching a record 50.9m over the three months. 

Radio 5 Live had the pleasure of breaking 6.0m in weekly reach, boosted by the election, the Olympics, Wimbledon, the end of the Euros and the start of the Premier League. It's the station's highest reach since Q2 2014. 

At Radio 4, Today, drifting towards a Waitrose version of the established Radio 5Live Asda sound, added 300,000 year on year, and the station was up to 9.7m. 

Meanwhile LBC has added 476,000 listeners in the past year, reaching 3.4m  TalkSPORT put on 200k, to reach 3.2m. 

In the newcomers' fight for ears, Talk Radio was down down 16% to 576,000. Times Radio was up 16% to 557,000. Both will be frustrated by the growth of tv-soundtrack, GB News Radio, up to 611,000 – its highest figure so far. 

BBC Local Radio in England has lost 720k listeners year on year, falling from 5.3m to 4.6m. Radio Scotland is down 6% year on year, Radio Wales is up 11%, Radio Cymru is up 15%, Radio Ulster is down 7.4%. The Asian Network, about to lose a bespoke news service, is up 32%.