kmfm has added almost 10,000 listeners over the past year, official figures have revealed.

A total of 176,700 adults now listen to the station every week, turning in for an average of 6.6 hours.

More than 90,000 people now wake up to Breakfast with Garry & Emma, an increase of 12,000 on last year.

Legendary broadcaster Tony Blackburn saw the audience for his Sunday afternoon show increase by 20%, the figures from industry body Rajar revealed.

KM Group managing director Richard Elliot said: "These are great figures, and we are really grateful to everyone who has made kmfm their station of choice.

"Our website KentOnline.co.uk is the UK's fastest-growing regional news network, and we publish some of the country's biggest-selling newspapers. This means we offer unrivalled coverage of the county."