Read this: Grant Goddard : radio blog: Digital radio station listening: a blip in time saves 6?

Summary: 1Xtra was up slightly but still lower than it was in 2009. Without the coincidence of those two successes, the latestquarter would have proven another disaster.The question is what the next quarter will look like. We have seen listening to BBC 6 Music rise temporarily before at times when the channel has been in the press. - grantgoddardradioblog.blogspot.com