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RTÉ RADIO ONE’S flagship news programme Morning Ireland remains the most listened to radio show in the country, despite dropping listeners over the past year.
The latest radio listenership figures for the last quarter of 2017 show that Morning Ireland had a daily listenership of 423,000 people – making it the most listened to radio show in the country.
This is despite the fact that it dropped 25,000 listeners when compared with the same period last year.
In total, RTÉ said that its stations reach just over two million listeners, with 53% of people aged 15 and over tuning in every week.
This is an increase of 112,000 year-on-year and 8,000 book-on-book (as in, last quarter).
Despite this, Radio One saw drops almost across the board in listenership for its weekday programmes.
Liveline with Joe Duffy had 373,000 listeners daily, down 14 from last year but up 3,000 from the last quarter.
Meanwhile, at 2FM, Breakfast Republic was at 186,000 listeners, up 32,000 in the year (but down 3,000 book-on-book).
There were rises in listenership at 2FM for most of its weekday programmes.
“This is the fifth consecutive book in a row that 2FM has seen increases,” said Dan Healy, head of radio strategy and 2FM.
Stations take two years to recover and we’ve beaten our nearest rival Today FM for the second book in a row, increasing the margin by 13,000 in three months.
RTÉ’s weekend schedule also had a boost, with Saturday and Sunday Sport shows increasing their listenership by 49,000 and 51,000 people respectively year on year.
Sunday sport now has 224,000 daily listeners across the day.
Communicorp
Meanwhile, over at Communicorp, Newstalk had a mixed result, with some shows dropping listeners and others gaining.
Newstalk Breakfast had 119,000 daily listeners 0 down 2,000 book-on-book and down 3,000 year-on-year.
Pat Kenny was at 143,000 – a drop of 4,000 year-on-year. It is now close to 170,000 listeners behind RTÉ’s Today With Sean O’Rourke.
Despite this, Sean O’Rourke had a drop of 20,000 listeners year-on-year.
Moncrieff meanwhile had 82,000 listeners – up 2,000 book-book and 9,00 year-on-year.
The Hard Shoulder with Ivan Yates also had a boost 9,000 listeners to 139,000.
“We are very pleased with Newstalk’s performance, as outlined in today’s JNLR figures, which shows that Newstalk’s weekly reach has risen to 754,000, an all-time high for the station representing an increase of 63,000 listeners across the last year,” said Chris Doyle from Newstalk.
At Today FM, Ian Dempsey’s Breakfast Show was at 160,000 listeners, dropping 7,000 year-on-year.
Fergal D’Arcy also increased his listenership by 5,000 to 102,000 in the last quarter.
The Last Word with Matt Cooper also saw a slight rise of 2,000 listeners year-on-year to 134,000.
The full figures for the main national radio stations are:
RTÉ Radio One
RTÉ 2FM
Today FM
Newstalk
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Mandela humbles us all with his dignity and courage. What a man.
Well said! RIP Nelson Mandela
I can no longer stand Obama and his predictable mush.
RIP Nelson Mandela
both charismatic
both presidents
both black
but only one of them murdered people with drones
The other used car bombs. RIP Nelson Mandela.
I don’t know, I think of Obama as more Hispanic
I’m taking Obamas comments with a pinch of salt. Speaking with two tongues it seems. Obama gave a 3.1bn military grant to Israel in 2013, aiding an apartheid regime in Israel & the oppression of Palestinian people, a people Mandela particularly thought highly off for their resistance & dedication.
idiot. what “apartheid”?
Nelson didn’t take sides in the conflict.
Firstly, Mandela was a strong supporter of Palestinian freedom. A famous quote from Nelson himself – “We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”
Secondly, your ignorance of the Palestinian & Arab blight in Israel & Palestine is shocking. Have a read of this article. You could learn a thing or two.
http://m.aljazeera.com/story/20121027145235386715
well the Arabs may have some issues but describing them as a “blight in Israel & Palestine” is going a bit far. It could be taken as a bit racist, and it IS their traditional homeland, at least part of it.
It does also show that a short quote out of context can mean whatever you want it to mean :)
al jazeera, hey? no axe to grind on their part, I’m sure.
Meant the blight of the Arab & Palestinian people, it’s late you know lol. Its pretty hard to take Mandelas quote out of context, very blunt & straight to the point.
Read the article. Regardless of the source, it’s factual based, as one would say, you can’t twist facts.
I assumed you meant plight!
but, we all want the freedom of the Palestinian people, it’s just that that doesn’t mean one specific thing, like, say, the destruction of Israel to create one state, which only some people want. It’s hard to argue Mandela wanted that. Tutu might have leaned in that direction but Nelson didn’t, as far as I’m aware anyway.
Well said Tim Stephen Hendy
“The term Apartheid refers to the segregation of groups on the basis of ethnicity or race, and the denial of basic civil rights to the segregated group. There is no such segregation in Israel. Arabs are granted full civil rights under Israeli law, which forbids discrimination on the basis of race, creed, or sex. Arabs take part fully in Israeli society and government. Arab citizens of Israel vote in national elections, have representatives in the Israeli Parliament, sit on the Israeli courts and on the Israeli Supreme Court benches, and serve as tenured professors teaching in Israeli colleges and universities. The Arab citizens of Israel have more rights, and enjoy more freedom, education, and economic opportunity than the Arabs of any Arab state.” I copied and pasted that from another site but it is still true
That’s crap. You’ve clearly never seen Jew only buses or Jew only roads in Israel. You’ve never seen videos of how palestinian women and children are treated at military checkpoints. Did you know palestinian children are held captive by the IDF for days at a time and their parents denied access to them. Or how about having to walk to school through raw sewage.
Its not crap it’s the truth, there are no Jew only buses or Jew only roads in Israel you plonker, I don’t know were you’re this drivel from probably the pallywood web sites!
It is crap. Here’s a link for my so called “drivel”. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/9906113/Israel-launches-Palestinian-only-buses-amid-accusations-of-racial-segregation.html the telegraph non pallywood enough for you.
Now go crawl back under you’re rock you plonker
Funny how you accused me of talking drivel from pallywood sites. Yet your link is from a paper that has section devoted entirely to “anti israel bias”. Here’s another one for you. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4353235,00.html
You clearly can’t articulate an argument without name calling. So touch on pal I’m done with you.
Ok pal good luck
@ Ryan Mc Crory
if mandela was such a hero.. such a gentle soul
then how and why was he friends with Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness?
Nelson Mandela. 26 years imprisoned. Never once re-offended. Say what you like about the prison system, it seems to work!
Thoughtless fool…..
RIP Mandella
We’re all made of stars. And today, hopefully, a star that has been extinguished will lighten the lives of so many others to come. Rest in peace, Madiba.
I went to Robinn island and stood outside his cell
And I remembered that when he was freed that officers the kept him in his cell were commissioned to look after him president
In the morning he was a freedom fighter that day he left his cell as president of SA
rus in vrede
It’s an historic day for a man who gave so much of his life to his people
Rest in peace
Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
RIP Mandela
we’ve had seperate and special news bulletins
by the state broadcaster
to tell us what michelle obama and her daughters had for lunch in dublin
but very little questioning of the fact
that she was having lunch with mr tax exile himself
she’s glad to be home
home.. a country she has been in less than a week
in his speech Obama said
”those who choose a path of peace i promise you
that the united states of america will support you every step of the way.
we will be the wind at your back”
is he going for the hypocrite of the century award ?
we have to call things by their right names..
and the reality is..
by any serious examination.. this man is a war criminal
Clare Daly
june 26 … 2013
May his light continue to shine. RIP
Enda Cusack
paid tribute to by war criminal Obama
his funeral attended by paedo protecting Gerry adams
rest in peace indeed !!!!
He helped bring his country from dark to light . His passing is truly this worlds lost . A great man may he RIP
If Mandela is Obama’s personal political hero, why isn’t he anything like him?
He is the complete opposite of Mandela
Obama is white ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Nelson Mandella died???
Obama is the exact opposite of Mandela. Obama is a real terrorist unlike Mandela.
@ Yusaf Jamal
hear hear
He belongs to a hollow grave now.
These guys haven’t much in common apart from both being the first black Presidents of their respective Countries. Mandela was a brilliant statesman, full of humility, and will inspire for generations. Obama, on the other hand, is out of his depth, has a huge ego, and he has flattered to deceive.
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