Great news for RTÉ 2fm stars this morning, as the latest JNLR figures have been released.
The station will be popping champagne out in Donnybrook today as almost every single one of their shows has gained new listeners – with Jennifer Zamparelli, Bernard O’Shea and Keith Walsh’s Breakfast Republic seeing their audience rise by 9,000.
Latest figures show that daily total reach for National radio listening has increased by 12,000. RTÉ 2FM has made a gain of 10,000, and Breakfast Republic remains the number one radio show in Ireland for 15-34s and 2FM has seen book-on-book increases across the weekday (7am-7pm) schedule.
Speaking to Goss.ie about the latest JNLR figures for 2fm, a spokeswoman for RTÉ Radio said, “2fm has had a really good year.”
“Jenny performing at Electric Picnic would have helped huge, we played to over 33,000 people in three days within the space of two months.
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“Electric Picnic was a huge success, and then we went on to the 3Arena, and then the 2fm Christmas Ball was a huge success as well. You know it’s all starting to have an impact on us, and obviously with the brand change – that was great,” spokeswoman Maureen Catterson said.
Speaking about the 2fm presenters, she said they’re all thrilled with the figures, “They’re all really delighted. It’s always good to have good days like these as well, because you know what it’s like when you don’t, so you definitely take the good days when they come. We’re happy out and Radio One has had a really good day as well,” she said.
Commenting today, Head of RTÉ 2FM, Dan Healy said, “It’s been a good few months for 2FM. The changes we made have had a full 12 months to bed in now and we’re really beginning to make strides. Breakfast Republic has had a great result and we continue to see gains throughout the day. We’ve also seen Larry Gogan’s figures go up (Saturday), his increase is testament to his iconic status on Irish radio – we’re very lucky.
“The past few months, particularly since Electric Picnic at the beginning of September, have been really exciting in terms of special events and collaborations: Jenny Greene and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra; the 2FM Xmas Ball in aid of ISPCC; the RTÉ Choice Music Prize. Our job now is to keep that momentum going into 2017 and beyond. Today we announced the shortlist for RTÉ Choice Music Prize Song of the Year and we’re going to be kicking that off at a gig at the Workman’s Club in Dublin tonight, buoyed by the latest figures. We’re going in the right direction.”
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In summary, Breakfast Republic gained 9,000 listeners b-o-b to 154,000, The Nicky Byrne Show with Jenny Greene remained steady b-o-b with 131,000 listeners, Tracy Clifford gained 3,000 listeners b-o-b to 113,000, The Eoghan McDermott Show is up by 1,000 b-o-b to 110,000, and The Louise McSharry Show (with Conor Behan) / The National Chart Show is up by 1,000 y-o-y to 20,000 (steady b-o-b).
Meanwhile, RTÉ Radio 1 continues to be the only station in Ireland with a weekly reach of over 1 million listeners.
Weekday mornings on Radio 1 have done particularly well, with increases (b-o-b) for Morning Ireland, The Ryan Tubridy Show and Today with Sean O’Rourke.
In summary, Morning Ireland gained 4,000 listeners b-o-b to 448,000, The Ryan Tubridy Show now has 323,000 listeners, up b-o-b (7,000) and y-o-y (9,000), Today with Sean O’Rourke increased by 7,000 b-o-b to 332,000, Liveline remains the no.2 programme in the country with 387,000, and Drivetime gained 2,000 listeners b-o-b to 238,000.
Mixed reviews: Today FM were dealt both good and bad news in the JNLR figures this month
Meanwhile, there was good and bad news for Today FM this morning. The latest JNLR figures revealed big audience wins for Today FM in lunchtime and afternoon slots.
Afternoon presenter Fergal D’Arcy celebrated a bump of 6,000 new listeners bringing his audience to 103,000, a 3 year high for that timeslot (2.30-4pm).
Dermot & Dave, who moved to a new mid morning show in January 2017 also performed well in their former lunchtime slot (12-2.30pm) with an increase of 2,000, which bodes well for their new home in the day time schedule.
However, the early morning slots suffered. But, despite a decline in audience (6,000) – The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show remains the number 1 breakfast show on commercial radio. 167,000 of the nation currently tune in to Ian Dempsey.
In the drivetime slot, The Last Word with Matt Cooper now has an audience of 132,000. This leaves The Last Word 2,000 ahead of its nearest rival on Newstalk.
