article_snippet.sent: A BBC spokesman said: ‘The number of people listening to BBC radio stations and audience appreciation levels are as high as ever.
article_snippet.sent: ’ BBC radio is still reaching 65 per cent of the population each week, according to the last set of figures available from RAJAR, the organisation which measures radio audiences.
article_snippet.sent: In the final three months of 2004, 66 per cent of people in Britain listened to BBC network radio every week.
article_snippet.sent: Lord Hall also used the BBC Trust meeting to note the strong performance of BBC Radio 6, the digital music station which the Corporation had at one point been planning to scrap.
article_snippet.sent: ‘Lord Hall reported that the recent RAJAR figures showed that Lord Hall had become the first digital-only station to reach two million listeners,’ the minutes said.