Bauer Media Audio
Networks and production companies
Making our listeners' world sound better
Website: www.bauermedia.com
Owned by: Bauer Media
About Bauer Media Audio
Bauer Media Audio is Europe’s leading digital commercial radio and audio operator, reaching over 63 million listeners every week across nine countries. We are constantly innovating to shape the future of audio – developing new formats, exploring emerging platforms, and using technology to create smarter, more personalised listening experiences. Through a trusted portfolio of premium radio brands, streaming platforms, podcasts, and social media, we connect audiences with content they love – and help advertisers reach them in meaningful, brand-safe environments. Our data-driven audio solutions drive action and build deeper relationships between brands and listeners. Bauer Media Audio is part of Bauer Media Group – a media business creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe, covering print and online publishing, audio broadcasting and entertainment, Out-of-Home advertising, and investments in other media related sectors. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term with a consumer first mindset. Our workforce of over 12,000 shares a common purpose: to enrich people’s everyday lives.
Latest news
- Apr 29: Bauer Media Audio released the findings of research into 1,000 senior agency and advertiser decision-makers across nine European markets. Sound Check Europe 2026 finds that in the UK, 91% of respondents say that audio is important to their strategy; and 70% of advertisers across Europe view digital audio as a brand-safe, high-quality environment.
- Mar 31: A large pan-European broadcaster and podcast producer, Bauer Media Audio has launched its Rayo app on Android Automotive, into initial markets of the UK and Portugal.
- Jul 3, 2025: Bauer Media Audio, which operates radio stations and podcasts in nine markets across Europe, has appointed Paul Eldon as the company’s Director of Measurement.
- Jun 14, 2022: Tony Moorey has been appointed Bauer Media Audio UK's Content Director of Digital Platforms. He was Group Content Director for two of Bauer's biggest radio stations, Absolute Radio and Magic Radio. He will "oversee the audio and visual content that consumers can access on Bauer owned digital platforms".
- Sep 28, 2020: Bauer Media Audio, a broadcaster in the Nordic countries in Europe and the UK, has launched Podplay, a podcast aggregator including its own exclusive shows. We appear to be there, too. The service is run out of Sweden.
Data credits: Podnews newsletter