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" TalkSport has hailed a &amp;quot;fantastic set of figures&amp;quot; as it saw its audience rise to a station record of 3.25 million listeners. Today&amp;#039;s RAJAR figures (August 1) cover April 1 to June 23 and show an 11% increase on the previous quarter, and 17% rise year-on-year. ABC1 adult audience of 1.9 million was the station&amp;#039;s highest and total listening hours have risen to 19.4 million. Managing director Calum Macaulay said: &amp;quot;This is a fantastic set of figures for TalkSport which shows that we&amp;#039;re not just attracting more listeners, but more ABC1 listeners, with our exclusive Lions rugby coverage proving to be a huge draw in the summer. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ll continue to invest in our product to deliver a fantastic targeted mass audience for our advertisers and with the new Barclays Premier League season just two weeks away I can&amp;#039;t wait for another massive year ahead.&amp;quot; Programme director Liam Fisher said: &amp;quot;Our continued investment in live sports rights, in breaking the biggest sports news, and exclusive interviews has proved a winning formula and I&amp;#039;m thrilled that this is represented by our highest number of listeners ever. &amp;quot;Our headline-making exclusive interviews with names including Joe Kinnear, Frank Lampard, Shane Williams and Kevin Pietersen are testament to the work of our team and very much reflected in these record-breaking figures.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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