This statistic shows the cost to deliver BBC news, national and local radio channels to users per user hour in the United Kingdom (UK) from fiscal year 2015/16 to 2019/20. In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020, cost for BBC Radio nan Gaidheal amounted to 26 pence per user hour to produce and was the most expensive of the BBC radio stations.
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Cost to deliver BBC news, national and local radio services to users per user hour in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015/16 to 2019/20, by service
(in pence)
Characteristic
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
BBC Radio nan Gaidheal
16.3
15.6
20.8
27
26
BBC Radio Cymru
22.3
22.6
16.9
23
23
BBC Radio Wales
9
9.1
9.3
11
9
BBC Scotland
6.6
6
7.8
8
10
BBC News Channel
5.5
5.7
5.9
7
6
BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle
5.7
5.9
5.8
6
7
BBC Local Radio
3.9
4
4.1
5
5
BBC Parliament
7
4.9
5.3
4
4
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BBC. (September 3, 2020). Cost to deliver BBC news, national and local radio services to users per user hour in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015/16 to 2019/20, by service (in pence) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/285188/bbc-journalism-national-and-local-radio-cost-per-user-hour-in-the-uk/
BBC. "Cost to deliver BBC news, national and local radio services to users per user hour in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015/16 to 2019/20, by service (in pence)." Chart. September 3, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/285188/bbc-journalism-national-and-local-radio-cost-per-user-hour-in-the-uk/
BBC. (2020). Cost to deliver BBC news, national and local radio services to users per user hour in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015/16 to 2019/20, by service (in pence). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/285188/bbc-journalism-national-and-local-radio-cost-per-user-hour-in-the-uk/
BBC. "Cost to Deliver Bbc News, National and Local Radio Services to Users per User Hour in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2015/16 to 2019/20, by Service (in Pence)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/285188/bbc-journalism-national-and-local-radio-cost-per-user-hour-in-the-uk/
BBC, Cost to deliver BBC news, national and local radio services to users per user hour in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015/16 to 2019/20, by service (in pence) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/285188/bbc-journalism-national-and-local-radio-cost-per-user-hour-in-the-uk/ (last visited June 27, 2025)
Cost to deliver BBC news, national and local radio services to users per user hour in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015/16 to 2019/20, by service (in pence) [Graph], BBC, September 3, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/285188/bbc-journalism-national-and-local-radio-cost-per-user-hour-in-the-uk/
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