“Nearly 15 years after our launch, the belief persists that Classic FM should become a mirror-image of BBC Radio 3. But there is already an excellent service funded by the licence fee, which aims to super-serve an audience of classical music connoisseurs. Classic FM creates programmes for everyone else – that great mass of classical music lovers who do not consider themselves to be part of the artistic elite. We have 5.8 million people tuning in each week: and 900,000 of Radio 3’s two million listeners also switch over to Classic FM at some time each week.”