Phil Riley is CEO and co-founder of Boom Radio, the independent national station for baby boomers that he and fellow radio veteran David Lloyd put on air on 14 February 2021, with every programme made in presenters’ own homes.
RAJAR figures published today show Boom Radio reaching 650,000 listeners a week in the period to 20 September 2026, up 2.4 per cent on the quarter though below its level a year earlier, with listeners tuning in for an average of 14.3 hours a week, while sister station Boom Light grew its weekly reach by 66.7 per cent year on year to 95,000.
Registered in Leamington Spa and funded by 32 private shareholders, the company remains independent of the big radio groups.
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