Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB)

Sharing Britain's love of radio with advertisers
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Why use radio?



Britain loves radio - The emotional impact radio has on British lives.

Strategic role - Reasons to advertise on radio and how it works within your campaign.

Listener insight - The radio listening habits of the general public.

Effectiveness research - The evidence for radio advertising's effectiveness.

Popular slides - A selection of some of the most requested PowerPoint slides available to download.

Plan your campaign



Ways to advertise on radio - The benefits of using spot advertising or brand integration.

Station mapping - Create maps of UK commercial radio station TSAs (Total Survey Area).

Who owns the stations

Who sells the airtime

Radio 1-2-3 - Helpful radio costing tool, offering comparisons with TV.

Station database- Details for all commercial radio stations.

Creativity in radio



Briefing radio creative - How to create the most useful brief for writers.

Judging radio creative - How to judge creative using our 5 Is criteria.

Radio ads database - Find relevant radio ads in our searchable database.

Sonic branding - RAB guide to using sonic branding triggers.

Quarterly aerial awards - Have a listen to the latest winning ad.

Measure your campaign



radioGAUGE+ Predict  - measure your campaign for free using the global standard for evaluating radio advertising effectiveness.

Measuring radio's effect - RAB guide to measuring radio's effect in the media mix.

Radio stats

Top 20 radio spenders - The latest top 20 radio advertisers and agencies.

Revenues and forecasts - The latest revenues and forecasts for commercial radio, including radio share figures.

RAJAR - Latest radio audience data by station available from the RAJAR website.

Helpful tools

Radioplayer - Listen to UK radio online in one place.

radioGAUGE + Predict - The award winning, ongoing radio advertising measurement tool.

Case studies - The best resource online for all the latest radio advertising case studies.

Station mapping - Create maps of UK commercial radio station TSAs (Total Survey Area).

Radio ads database - Find relevant radio ads in our searchable database.