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RTÉ RADIO ONE remains top dog in Ireland’s radio wars, with Morning Ireland staying the number 1 radio programme in Ireland in the latest JNLR figures.
The latest JNLR figures show Morning Ireland has 460,000 listeners, an increase of 43,000 listeners in a year and an increase of 12,000 since the last JNLR figures were released.
In addition:
RTÉ reaches just over 1.9 million radio listeners (adults 15+) every week.
Meanwhile, RTÉ 2FM has a weekly reach of 22% (783,000), while RTÉ lyric has a weekly reach of 8% (288,000).
Head of RTÉ 2FM, Dan Healy said: “We are very satisfied with the survey results today. 2fm is just over six months into a complete re-haul and and re-brand of the station and we believe we are now well positioned both on and off air to reap the rewards of all the hard work put in by the team.”
Its show Breakfast Republic has 162,000 listeners, with the station having 148,000 listeners on a daily basis. The Nicky Byrne Show with Jenny Greene has 143,000 listeners while the Tracy Clifford Show has 121,000 listeners and the Eoghan Mc Dermott Show has 113,000 listeners.
Over on RTÉ lyric, there were a number of gains, including the John Kelly Ensemble (up 1,000 in the last quarter), Encore with Trish Taylor Thompson up 3,000 since the last book, and the Blue of the Night with Carl Corcoran gained 2,000 listeners since the last figures.
Jim Jennings, Managing Director of RTÉ Radio, said that: “In general, the overall radio market looks challenging but we believe that RTÉ is in a healthy state.”
Over in Today FM, Ian Dempsey has 180,000 listeners, dropping from 187,000 in the last round of results. However, he had jumped by 6,000 listeners in the previous book.
The Last Word with Matt Cooper maintained its drive time audience of 132,000.
“The big thing for us is the market share in terms of the number one position for 25 – 41 year olds,” said a Today FM spokesperson.
That’s our target audience. It shows people come in to listen to Ian [Dempsey] and they stay listening to us.
Meanwhile the Anton Savage Show dropped slightly on the previous book to 175,000, which the station said mirrors a decline in the mid morning slot on other national radio stations including 2FM and Newstalk.
Dermot & Dave’s lunchtime show now has a listenership of 117,000 (down 4,000 since the last book) while Louise Duffy currently has 91,000 listeners (down 3,000 since the last JNLR figures).
Fergal D’Arcy, who is a new recruit to Today FM, made gains in his weekday audience of 2,000, which brought his new listenership to 25,000. In addition, he increased his Sunday show listenership by 4,000, meaning 53,000 tune in to him every week.
Saturday Breakfast presenter Alison Curtis saw yet more gains, and added 8,000 listeners to her morning show in the last quarter – that brought her audience to 149,000.
Phil Cawley’s Saturday show is also at 149,000 now after he increased his audience by 2,000. Neil Delamere’s Sunday Best gained 6,000 listeners, with an audience of 99,000.
The latest figures mean that Today FM retains its position as Ireland’s largest independent radio station, with a weekly audience of 878,000.
Today FM also increased its market share in Cork, the North-West and North-East regions.
The latest JNLR figures put daily listening at 83% of all adults – that’s almost three million listeners aged over 15 listening every weekday.
The figures show:
National radio holds the majority share position in Dublin (57.4%) and the wider Dublin commuter belt (57.8%) while local/regional radio is in the majority in the other regions throughout the country, in particular achieving its highest share position in the North West (65.1%), Cork (62.2%) and South West regions (61.5%)
I don’t really see why this furniture can’t be moved to their new premises about a mile down the road. Maybe it doesn’t match the new carpets.
@Niall O D: why didn’t they keep the old building as well if your going down that route
@Niall O D: Most of it looks old enough to not really be worth much anyhow, seems to be why they chose an antiques dealer.
@Donal Proctor:The new building has doors that left handed people can use,Money well spent I think.
Wonder if they reformatted the hard drives in those photocopiers. Could make for some interesting reading otherwise.
@Séa Graham: hmmmm… worth a punt or even a Euro! Secret compartments and all perhaps? Personally I’d be afraid I’d catch something off them.
@Normal Josephine: they’ve probably barely been used. The shredders on the other hand…
@Séa Graham: Reformatted? I’d say those things were microwaved and burned. I couldn’t see them just leaving evidence of the largest fraud in history just laying about the place.
@The Guru: it would be funny if it hadn’t cost us all so much!
@The Guru: no shredders are available for sale as all have been burnt out due to excess usagw
Any printing press and plates going? €50 notes preferably.
@Brian Ward: don’t be greedy. I’ll settle for 5 or 10s
@Brian Ward: A press for Printing get out of jail free cards as well lol.
The Microsoft Solitaire burn-in on the computer monitors should see them available at a steep discount at auction.
@alphanautica: Can you imagine using software to undelete what was on those hard drives lol.
I have no doubt considering he knew he was the only one tendering there was a maximum return for the state. State of balance for whoever awarded the tender knowing this country
Should give the money to charity
@Donal Proctor: sure you wouldn’t know where the money was going there either
@Alan Curran: sad but true
@Donal Proctor: Should put the money back into the state pension pot that was raided to prop the banks up…
@Jane Alford: perhaps was more thinking the homeless
Why didn’t they offer all this stuff to the European Central Bank as part payment-in-kind of interest on the Bailout?
@Garreth Byrne:
All was offered to the ECB!
However, since the gas regulators used in the barista bar at the old CB building are a different fitting to that allowed in Germany, the offer was declined.
It was obviously an all or nothing type of deal on those 5,000 items in question. You know yourself…
@Rory J Leonard: Then what about the stockpile of paperclips? Surely the Germans use an international size for them.
Must have been some interesting conversations at those water coolers
The Bank asked Niall Mullen to buy all the contents. Who else did they ask? Was it on etenders?
He agrees and its now going to auction.
You can be sure he bought the contents for a song.
Why didnt the Bank send it straight to auction themselves?
Doesn’t sound right to me.
Excessive amounts of brown manila envelopes are up too
Either the motors on the shredders are burned out or they’re keeping them.
Where can they be viewed?
@Peter McGlynn:
Sean Eacrett Auctions
Ballyshaneduff
Ballybrittas
Co. Laois
Ireland
R32D932
Ireland
For years I’ve overheard Dublin Walking Tour Guides describe the former Central Bank edifice as the most hideous building in Dublin City. One would wonder why it would merit “listed status”. Not the only example of tasteless 70′s design by Mr Stephenson who’s architectural style is officially classified as “Brutalist” in architectural circles or just plain “brutal” in Dublin colloquial speak.
I’d say there was some sneacta snorted from that boardroom table
The creation of double speak employment.
Should it not be free to take away since we own it all ready
Most of the stuff is rubbish
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