Radio Times
The ultimate guide to TV and radio in the digital age.
So much choice…. So little time. What to watch? What to listen to? What to download?
Enter Radio Times.
Readers love it because it's packed with all their favourite stations and channels - nearly 90 - yet is always easy to use.
They love it because it's intelligent and authoritative, yet also entertaining and full of genuinely exclusive photos, features and interviews with the biggest names in the business.
And they trust our judgement: we do all the hard selection work; they can just sit back and enjoy the very best that TV and radio has to offer. After all, life's complicated enough. We like to make it that little bit easier.
Interesting Facts:
- Radio Times is the 3rd largest selling magazine in the UK
| Key facts | |
|---|---|
| Cover price | £1.10 |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 947,131 |
| Readership | 2,650,000 |
| Men | 46% |
| Women | 54% |
| ABC1 | 75% |
| (Sources: ABC Jan-Jun 2010, NRS Oct 09 - Mar 10) | |
| Rate card | |
|---|---|
| DISPLAY | RATE |
| Whole page | £20,350.00 |
| Half page | £11,130.00 |
| Quarter page | £6,250.00 |
| ROM | £18,500.00 |
| DPS | £37,000.00 |
| Inside front cover | £24,250.00 |
| Outside back cover | £28,500.00 |
| Inside back cover | £23,000.00 |
| ADVERTORIAL | |
| Full page | £23,100 |
| DPS | £40,000 |
| TV listings strips | £4,000 |
| INSERTS | |
| Standard loose 2-8 pages | £30 (cost per thousand) |
| Standard loose 8-24 pages | £32 (cost per thousand) |
| Standard loose 24-32 pages | £33 (cost per thousand) |
| Standard loose 32-48 pages | £35 (cost per thousand) |
| Bound-in single card (Newstand) 4-8 pages Minimum booking of £1m | £31 (cost per thousand) |
| Bound-in single card 8-24 pages | £33 (cost per thousand) |
| Tip-on single card (Newstand & Subs) | £19 (cost per thousand) |
| Post-it (Newstand & Subs) | £30 (cost per thousand) |
| Bags branding | £130 (cost per thousand) |
| LIFESTYLE CLASSIFIED | |
| Spot Panel | £610 |
| Sixteenth | £1,200 |
| Eighth | £2,250 |
| Quarter page | £4,250 |
| Half page | £8,100 |
| TRAVEL SUPPLEMENTS CLASSIFIED (Excluding Christmas Double Issue) | |
| Spot Panel | £740 |
| Sixteenth | £1,430 |
| Eight | £2,750 |
| Quarter page | £5,280 |
| Half page | £10,340 |
| Copy deadlines | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ON SALE | DISPLAY DEADLINES | INSERT DELIVERY | CLASSIFIED DELIVERY |
| Every Tuesday | 18 days prior to on sale date | 6 days prior to on sale date | 18 days prior to on sale date |
| Issues in November, December and January (including the Christmas issue) may be on sale earlier – please ensure you contact the team for accurate details | |||
| Christmas | |||
| Issues in November, December and January (including the Christmas issue) may require earlier copy and inserts delivery – please ensure you contact the team for accurate details | |||
| Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ad Director | Andrew Mercer | 020 8433 3818 | andrew.mercer@bbc.com |
| Ad Manager | Paul Kombou | 020 8433 3615 | paul.kombou@bbc.com |
| Group Head - Magazine | Ollie Chadwick | 020 8433 2199 | ollie.chadwick@bbc.com |
| Senior Sales Executive | Abi Farrow | 020 8433 2316 | abi.farrow@bbc.com |
| Senior Sales Executive | Simon Fulton | 020 8433 3566 | simon.fulton@bbc.com |
| Brand Solutions | Rhiannon Drewett | 020 8433 3503 | rhiannon.drewett@bbc.com |
| Group Head - Inserts & Classified | Louise Baker | 020 8433 3645 | louise.baker@bbc.com |
| Classified Production | Serena Burgess | 020 8433 3447 | serena.burgess@bbc.com |
| Northern Senior Sales Rep | Wendy Terry | 0161 244 4615 | wendy.terry@bbc.com |
| Northern Senior Sales Rep | Paula Malone | 0161 244 4612 | paula.malone@bbc.com |
| Production | Ray Kelly | 020 8433 3516 | ray.kelly@bbc.com |