RTÉ Radio One slot gains listeners after Ryan Tubridy's departure

RTÉ RADIO One slot got more listeners after Ryan Tubridy's departure.

That's according to the latest JNLR RTÉ Radio Listenership figures, which just got released.

RTÉ's radio services reach 1,995,000 million listeners, or 48% of the Adult 15+ population, every week, and holds 16 of the top 20 radio programmes broadcasting in Ireland, according to the latest radio listenership figures from JNLR. RTÉ Radio 1 remains the only station with a weekly reach of over +1 million (1,382,000) (+12.000 BoB and +16,000 YoY). RTÉ 2FM has a weekly reach figure of 727,000 Adults 15+ (+30,000 BoB) RTÉ lyric fm has 313,000 listeners (+15,000 BoB) on a weekly basis.  

Kevin Bakhurst, RTÉ Director-General, said: “Without a doubt this has been an extraordinarily challenging period for RTÉ. It is with gratitude then that I thank the listeners to RTÉ’s radio services for sticking with RTÉ, and with pleasure welcome the 16,000 additional listeners to Radio 1, the 49,000 additional listeners to 2fm, and the 7,000 additional listeners to RTÉ lyric fm (YoY). RTÉ staff and our presenters have delivered a diverse range of content that is clearly connecting with more and more people. As we prepare to set a new strategic direction for RTÉ, the latest listenership figures are an endorsement of the enduring popularity and value of public service media, direct from the audiences we serve.” 

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Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1 has 191,000 listeners (+10,000 BoB)
Sunday with Miriam has 272,000 listeners. 
Peter Woods, Head of RTÉ Radio 1 said: "This is a good book for Radio 1. It's an endorsement from our audience and a recognition of the unity of purpose of our station across news and current affairs, sport, our music and wider cultural output - which is unmatched; international recognition for Blackrock Boys, the current Beckett drama season, the Folk Awards. All of this is driven by our presenters and most of all by our production teams. Everything here goes back to those production teams and their commitment to public service broadcasting. We’re grateful for the trust of our listeners."

Dan Healy, Head of RTÉ Radio Strategy and RTÉ 2FM said: "2FM continues to grow audiences right across the seven days of our schedule. We have seen our share of 15 to 34 olds increase to 12.4% for this period off the back of excellent performances during the weekday for Doireann, Donncha, and Carl, Jennifer Zamparelli, Tracy Clifford  and The 2 Johnnies. In every radio market morning radio is the vital battle ground for radio stations, and I am thrilled for the entire Breakfast team for their continuous success with the show, which is up 11,000 listeners from the last survey. The 2 Johnnies are also up 11,000 listeners and have become a real appointment to listen, delivering a strong back end of the day for 2FM."

He added: "Our new weekend schedule has also done exceptionally well on both Saturday and Sundays for Bláthnaid Treacy, Laura Fox, Roz and Emma, and Aifric O'Connell. Roz Purcell and Emma Power's Saturday show (12pm to 3pm) - which has been on air since February -  increased  by 20,000 listeners. This has been a challenging number of months for RTÉ, but as ever the team at 2FM  have been focused solely on serving younger audiences in Ireland."
 
Sinéad Wylde, Head of RTÉ lyric fm said: "This is a heartening book for the team at RTÉ lyric fm; mornings continue to grow on Marty in the Morning and there's also an increase of 9,000 on Niall Carroll's Classical Daytime (YoY). Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive welcomes 8,000 (BoB) additional listeners as he accompanies them into the evening. Weekends have also seen significant gains with both Daybreak, 7am -10am, gaining 9,000 (YoY) and Opera Night reaching 10,000 additional listeners (YoY). Aedín Gormley's Movies and Musicals continues to weave it's cinematic spell with an increase of 7,000 listeners (BoB). The RTÉ lyric fm mantra 'Where Life Sounds Better' now, more than ever, continues to ring true."