Radio BOB!
Radio Bob (proper spelling: Radio BOB!) is a radio station operated by Regiocast GmbH & Co. KG. Its coverage area is mainly Hesse, but can also be received throughout Germany via DAB+. There is also a northern German offshoot, Radio Bob Schleswig-Holstein. With a daily reach of 2.5%, Radio Bob is one of the largest private radio stations in Germany. Around 1.74 million people listen to it every day. The core target group is the 14-49 age group. Radio Bob mainly broadcasts rock music, but also offers news and service reports (e.g. traffic reports).
The programme also includes its own app (myBOB!) and various podcasts, which highlight the history of various rock bands, for example. In 2023, the rock band Fury in the Slaughterhouse produced the live podcast "Radio Orchid" with Radio Bob.
Audience Share
2.5%
Ownership Type
private
Geographic Coverage
regional (Hesse)
Content Type
free
Media Companies / Groups
Regiocast
Ownership Structure
Radio Bob is a radio station of Radio Bob GmbH & Co. KG, which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Regiocast GmbH & Co. KG. Regiocast is therefore the sole limited partner of the KG. The general partners are separate administrative GmbHs, which take the place of the personally liable partner.
Regiocast GmbH & Co. KG has a total of 19 limited partners, including both media companies and private individuals. The largest shareholder is medien holding:nord (25%), a subsidiary of NOZ MEDIEN Verlags GmbH.
For technical reasons, shares of less than one per cent cannot be shown. However, due to its participation in several media companies, small shares are also significant. The following persons hold small shares in Radio Bob, which are therefore stated as 0%: The Mohn family (0.57%), the Ippen family (0.24%), Friede Springer and Matthias Döpfner (both 0.04%), Ariane Melanie and Axel Sven Springer (0.01%), the Funke family (0.08%), the Burda family (0.009%) and the Friedmann family (0.0001%).
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Individual Owner
Group / Individual Owner
Christian-Tobias, Björn and Olaf Heinrich
Christian-Tobias, Björn and Olaf Heinrich are the descendants of Kiel publisher Christian Heinrich and shareholders of Kieler Nachrichten, which is published by Kieler Zeitung Verlags- und Druckerei KG GmbH. Through their shares in Heinrich Beteiligungs GmbH, they are shareholders in Regiocast GmbH & Co. KG and thus also shareholders of Radio Bob.
Stefan Count of Bothmer
Stephan von Bothmer is a media entrepreneur from Lower Saxony. He is the great-grandson of Fritz Bock, the founder of the Nordwest Media Group. Through von Bothmer Familiengesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, he holds shares in Regiocast GmbH & Co. KG and thus also in Radio Bob. He also holds various shares in different investment companies. The Nordwest-Mediengruppe holds stakes in numerous local newspapers in Lower Saxony and, via its subsidiary NWZ Funk und Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG, it also holds more than ten investments in the radio sector, including Regiocast, Antenne Niedersachsen and Rock Antenne.
General Information
Founding Year
2008
Affiliated Interests Founder
At the end of 2007, Regiocast GmbH & Co. KG acquired 49 per cent of the shares in the Hessian local radio station SkyRadio, a service offered by Sky Radio Hessen GmbH & Co. KG. The station was subsequently rebranded as Radio Bob! in 2008. In 2009, Regiocast also acquired the remaining shares, whereupon the company was renamed Radio Bob GmbH & Co. KG. Radio Bob Verwaltungs GmbH serves as the general partner.
Affiliated Interests Ceo
Managing Director of Regiocast GmbH & Co. KG since 2010 and Managing Director of Radio Bob GmbH & Co. KG.
Managing Director of Radio Bob GmbH & Co. KG since 2011, also active as Head of Programmes.
Managing Director of Radio Bob GmbH & Co. KG since 2024, previously its authorised signatory.
Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief
Managing Director of Radio Bob GmbH & Co. KG since 2011, while also working as programme director.
Contact
RADIO BOB GmbH & Co. KG
Erzbergerstraße 47
34117 Kassel
Tel.: +49 (0) 561 – 288 700
Fax.: +49 (0) 561 – 288 70 10
E-Mail: bob@radiobob.de
Webseite: www.radiobob.de
Financial Information
Revenue (in Mill. $)
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Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
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Advertising (in % of total funding)
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Market Share
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Further Information
Meta Data
Due to its shareholder structure, Regiocast GmbH & Co. KG is only subject to a limited publication obligation, meaning that no annual financial statements are published (Section 264a HGB). The company did not respond to a corresponding enquiry.
The share of the total audience in per cent comes from the agma survey I/2024 and refers to the nationwide daily reach in the population aged 14 and over.
The number of daily listeners in millions is also based on the agma survey I/2024 and refers to the nationwide daily reach (Mon-Sun) in the German-speaking population aged 14 and over.
