Planet Rock

Planet Rock is the UK’s biggest rock radio station, on DAB and smart speaker. Instead of pop hits or celebrity gossip, the station features musicians who live the culture, like Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, Thunder’s Danny Bowes, and Elles Bailey. The playlist mixes 70s bands like Thin Lizzy and Queen with modern acts like Massive Wagons and Green Lung, built for people who care about riffs and vinyl.

Official RAJAR(Q1 2026), shows a steady audience: Planet Rock reaches 1.131 million weekly listeners, generating 9.34 million total hours with an average tune-in time of 8.3 hours per listener.

The station sticks to a handful of solid shows. Paul Anthony wakes people up on the Breakfast Show at 06:00 with his Full English picks, before afternoons switch to listener requests on The Planet Rock Jukebox. Sure, hearing We Will Rock You for the thousandth time gets repetitive, but the station’s dry humor saves it during moments like: "John is paying tribute to vinyl tonight at 6... don't tell him our output is digital!"

People listen daily because it avoids rigid 20-song rotations. Catching deep cuts like David Gilmour's Murder or Ozzy's Bark At The Moon right after a modern track like The Commoners proves they actually dig into tracklists. You also get 10-minute epics on The Long Player that no commercial station would risk, paired with real listener banter on air.