More listeners tuning in to RT Radio 1 as latest radio figures released

RT is home to the top ten radio programmes in the country

28.3% market share with almost 2 million people listening every week

Gains for Kieran Cuddihy's Liveline, Brendan O'Connor and Sunday with Miriam on RT Radio 1

RT Radio 1 remains Ireland's number one radio station with more than 1.3 million listeners every week and three shows with over 400,000 listeners

Gains for 2FM Breakfast with Carl, Roz & Aisling, the number one programme for 15 - 34-year-olds nationally

RT lyric fm continues to deliver an all-time-high market share of 3.5%

Following the launch of the hugely well-received RT Listen app, and almost a year on from the launch of new schedules on RT Radio 1 and 2FM, the latest JNLR listenership figures show more listeners are tuning in to RT Radio 1 with gains on weekly and daily reach - and steady audiences on 2FM and RT lyric fm.

There have been notable gains across all the RT schedules. The latest figures are a strong endorsement of the new RT Radio 1 schedule, with share stable at 19.3%. There have been robust Book on Book (BoB) gains across the day for Morning Ireland, Liveline, Inside Sport, Arena and The John Creedon Show. There have been strong gains for RT Radio 1 across weekends, with The Business, Brendan O'Connor on Saturday, Sunday Miscellany and Sunday with Miriam delivering increased audiences.

RT lyric fm continues to win listeners with a market share of 3.5%. There have been significant gains for Marty in the Morning, Sunday Afternoon with Simon Delaney and The Hamilton Scores with George Hamilton.

2FM remains stable with a 4.8% share. There have been significant gains for 2FM Breakfast with Carl, Roz and Aisling and new listeners for 2FM Afternoons with Demi & Mikey and 2FM New Music Show with Beta Da Silva.

Speaking on the latest figures, Patricia Monahan, Director of Audio, RT said: This is a very encouraging set of results across the portfolio and particularly for RT Radio 1. Less than a year since the launch of the new schedule it's fantastic to see that listeners are engaging with new voices and shows across the day. It's particularly heartening to see significant growth for the new additions to the schedule Kieran Cuddihy on Liveline and Jacqui Hurley and Marie Crowe on Inside Sport. All of the teams across RT Radio 1, 2FM, lyric fm and RnaG have been delivering consistently great content for our audiences, and it's excellent to see that rewarded. We are really pleased that so many listeners choose to engage with our stations.

RT Radio 1

RT Radio 1 reaches 1,365,000 listeners weekly.

Morning Ireland remains Ireland's most-listened-to radio programme from 7am-9am with 464,000 listeners this book. ( 7,000 BoB)

Today with David McCullagh has 421,000 listeners from 9-11am.

Oliver Callan has 283,000 listeners each day in his slot from 11am-1pm.

News at One has 271,000 listeners.

Liveline from 1:45pm-3pm has a listenership of 268,000 with presenter Kieran Cuddihy. ( 14,000 BoB)

The Louise Duffy Show has 133,000 listeners tuning in for easy listening and great music in her 3pm-4pm slot.

Drivetime with Katie Hannon and Colm Mong in has 202,000 listeners tuning in each evening from 4pm-6pm.

Inside Sport has 88,000 listeners every weekday from 6pm-7pm. ( 5,000 BoB)

Over on weekends, Brendan O'Connor on Saturday has 411,000 listeners ( 11,000 BoB), with 391,000 listeners tuning in on Sunday from 11am-1pm.

Saturday with Cormac hEadhra from 1:05pm-2pm has 214,000 listeners. ( 3,000 BoB)

Countrywide on Saturday morning has 257,000 listeners. ( 27,000)

Playback on Saturday has 315,000 listeners. ( 9,000 BoB)

The Business on Saturday mornings has 351,000 listeners. ( 9,000 BoB)

Saturday Sport/Doc On One from 2-6pm on RT Radio 1 has 186,000 listeners.

Sunday Miscellany from 9:10am-10am has 289,000 listeners. ( 10,000 BoB)

Sunday with Miriam from 10am-11am has 322,000 listeners. ( 5,000 BoB)

This Week from 1pm-2pm has 218,000 listeners on Sunday. ( 8,000 BoB)

Sunday Sport has 185,000 listeners tuning in. ( 6,000 BoB)

Arena has 45,000 listeners every weekday evening from 7pm-8pm. ( 3,000 BoB)

The John Creedon Show has 60,000 listeners on weeknights from 8pm-10pm. ( 3,000 BoB)

Starting off the mornings from 5:30am, Rising Time with Shay Byrne has 59,000 listeners on weekdays. ( 3,000 BoB)

On weekends, Rising Time with Lilian Smith has 109,000 listeners on Saturday ( 14,000 BoB) and 88,000 listeners on Sunday. ( 8,000 BoB)

Tara Campbell, Head of RT Radio 1, said: It's testament to the talent and the hard work of the people who work here that in a highly competitive audio market all of the top 10 most listened to programmes in the country are on RT Radio 1. We've seen growth in this book across different genres including many news and current affairs, music, sport, and arts and culture programmes. Listeners clearly want to talk to Kieran Cuddihy with the increases in listeners to Liveline mirroring what we're seeing in very strong social media engagement growth for the programme. Morning Ireland continues to dominate at breakfast time with 464,000 listeners while 421,000 listeners tune into Today with David Mc Cullagh from 9am. We've also had big increases in weekend listening including Countywide which is up 27,000, Sunday Miscellany up 10,000, Sunday with Miriam is up 5,000 at 322,000 and Brendan O'Connor once again delivering huge numbers with his Saturday programme up 11,000 to 411,000.

RT 2FM

2FM reaches 676,000 listeners weekly.

2FM Breakfast with Carl, Roz and Aisling has 189,000 listeners tuning in on weekday mornings between 6am -10am. ( 14,000 BoB)

2FM Mornings with Doireann Garrihy has 79,000 listeners for her 10am-12pm show.

2FM Afternoon with Demi & Mikey has 102,000 listeners enjoying the best of Irish music and the home of RT 2

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