theJazz grabs a third of a million

Bosses at national digital radio station theJazz say they're delighted with their first set of listening figures.

According to the quarterly RAJAR survey, theJazz attracted 334,000 listeners across the UK in the three months from April to June 2007.

This was the period in which theJazz introduced presenters and programmes to the mix of continuous music with which the station had launched on Christmas Day.

The station is heard by 1% of the population with each listener tuning in for an average of seven hours a week.

Darren Henley, managing director of theJazz, said: "This is a great start for our new station. We are already the UK's biggest jazz radio station - and we're the fastest growing DAB Digital Radio station."

You can hear theJazz on DAB digital radio, Sky channel 0113, Virgin cable channel 961 and live online at www.thejazz.com