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Kerrang! Radio connects your brand with 17-24 year olds across the UK through credible, music-obsessed presenters, high-energy rock programming and a hard-to-reach young audience through airtime and digital audio.
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Because Kerrang! Radio doesn't just reach young rock fans. It moves them. This is a station built on passion, edginess and a tongue-in-cheek attitude that its audience finds nowhere else on the dial. These listeners aren't tuning in because it's on in the background. They're here because rock music is part of who they are. And a brand that shows up in that world, on a station this credible, doesn't just get heard. It gets remembered.

THE CASE FOR KERRANG! RADIO
Kerrang! Radio presenters sound exactly like their audience. Informal, energetic, music-obsessed and never trying too hard. They talk to listeners like peers, not like broadcasters, which is exactly what a 17 to 24 year old wants to hear. There’s no polish for the sake of it, no corporate warmth. Just genuine personality, real enthusiasm and the kind of credibility that only comes from actually caring about the music. When they talk, their audience listens. When they recommend, their audience acts.
Kerrang! Radio plays the very best rock music with a playlist broad enough to pull in new fans and deep enough to satisfy the devoted. From mainstream anthems to newer alternative tracks, the music is always fresh, always energetic and always chosen with the audience in mind. That passion and energy creates a listening environment unlike anything else on UK radio, and it’s exactly the kind of environment where bold, confident brands thrive.
Young audiences are notoriously difficult to reach. They skip ads, block banners and scroll past anything that doesn’t immediately feel relevant to them. Kerrang! Radio is different. Listeners are here by choice, in a high-energy, high-engagement environment where the right message, delivered in the right way, cuts straight through. If your brand wants to build loyalty with a young audience before your competitors do, this is where to start.
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Kerrang! Radio reaches 569,000 listeners every week, and this is one of the hardest audiences in the UK to reach any other way. Young, digitally native and deeply passionate about music, they have high standards and zero tolerance for anything that feels fake or forced. Getting your brand in front of them, in an environment they genuinely love and trust, is an opportunity that very few media buys can offer.
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Passionate, independent and impossible to ignore. They're discovering new music, going to their first gigs, forming the brand loyalties they'll carry for decades and actively looking for brands that feel as authentic as the music they love. Get in front of them now, on the station they trust completely.
Ages 17 to 24, the audience of tomorrow, today. Young, passionate rock fans at the start of their spending journey, forming brand loyalties that will last a lifetime. Kerrang! Radio reaches 569,000 listeners every week, one of the most distinctive and hard-to-reach demographics in UK radio.
Passionate, independent and authenticity-driven. These are people who choose everything carefully, their music, their brands, their identity. They can spot inauthenticity instantly and reward the brands that get it right with fierce, long-term loyalty.
Active, engaged and multi-platform. Kerrang! listeners don’t just tune in on the radio. They follow the brand across social media, go to the gigs and live inside the culture. Advertising here doesn’t just reach them on air. It puts your brand inside a world they are deeply invested in.
Earned through credibility, not reach. Kerrang! has been the home of rock attitude for decades. That heritage means real credibility with a young audience that doesn’t give trust away easily. Your brand gets to borrow that credibility the moment it appears on the station.
Your area. Your Customers. Your Message.
Reach Kerrang! Radio listeners in your region with campaigns built around your business and your goals. Connect with 17 to 24 year olds in your area in an environment where they are genuinely engaged and receptive.
One buy. 569,000 rock fans.
Put your brand at the heart of UK rock culture and reach Kerrang! Radio's full national audience, one of the most passionate and brand-loyal young audiences in British radio.
Your brand, tied to music their live for.
Align with a show, a segment or a cultural moment Kerrang! listeners are passionate about. In a station this deeply embedded in its audience's world, sponsorship isn't just visibility. It's belonging.