There were some very small changes to the numbers in RTE1. The mornings fell back a little, but News at One and Liveline gained over the year.       Time Programme Station 2013_1 2012_1 ‘+/- 07.00-09.00 Morning Ireland RTE1 443 449 -6 09.00-10.00 John Murray RTE1 327 334 -7 10.00-12.00 Today With Pat Kenny RTE1 325 333 -8 12.00-13.00 Ronan Collins RTE1 214 223 -9 13.00-13.45 News at One RTE1 369 350 19 13.45-15.00 Liveline RTE1 424 417 7 15.00-16.30 Mooney RTE1 224 226 -2 16.30-19.00 Drivetime RTE1 260 245 15 19.00-20.00 Arena RTE1 29 31 -2  

  Not a great story from 2FM. All of their shows were down bar the breakfast slot with Hector. Tubirty is back 8% and Rick O’Shea was down 11%    Time Programme Station 2013_1 2012_1 ‘+/- 07.00-09.00 Breakfast With Hector 2FM 128 122 6 09.00-11.00 Tubridy 2FM 159 172 -13 11.00-13.00 Colm Hayes 2FM 136 141 -5 13.00-14.00 Larry Gogan’s Golden Hour 2FM 84 87 -3 14.00-16.30 Rick in the Afternoon 2FM 107 120 -13 16.30-19.00 More Music Drive With Will Leahy 2FM 107 116 -9 19.00-20.00 Game On with Damien O’Meara  2FM 20 25 -5  

  Looking at the programme blocks you wouldn’t think that the station was down 12%, but we’re talking about small numbers so they can be quiet volatile. Classical Drivetime looks like it made huge gains but the slot is simply expanded in comparison to last year.   Time Programme Station 2012_4 2011_4 +/- 07.00-10.00 Marty in the Morning  LYRIC 29 25 4 10.00-14.00 Niall Carroll’s Classical Daytime LYRIC 38 26 12 14.00-16.00 The John Kelly Ensemble LYRIC 29 35 -6 16.00-19.00 Liz Nolan’s Classic Drive LYRIC 45 57 -12 19.00-20.00 Jazz Alley  LYRIC 14 12 2  

  Today FM was down 4% nationally. All of the daytime slots were down with Tony Fenton and Matt Cooper being the biggest fallers. Ray D’Arcy is still the biggest draw with 243,000 listeners.  Time Programme Station 2013_1 2012_1 ‘+/- 07.00-09.00 The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show TODAY 175 183 -8 09.00-12.00 The Ray D’Arcy Show TODAY 243 249 -6 12.00-14.30 The Ray Foley Show TODAY 144 151 -7 14.30-16.30 Tony Fenton TODAY 112 122 -10 16.30-19.00 The Last Word with Matt Cooper TODAY 156 166 -10 19.00-22.00 In The Evening TODAY 26 29 -3  

  Breakfast was the biggest faller down 17,000 or 12%. Tom Dunne grew his audience in the face of stiff competition. George Hook made more gains to 132,000 and off the ball, who suggested in March they borrow an hour off Mr Hook, dropped 10% to 43,000.   Time Programme Station 2013_1 2012_1 ‘+/- 07.00-10.00 Breakfast  NEWSTALK 121 138 -17 10.00-12.00 Tom Dunne NEWSTALK 55 52 3 12.00-13.30 Lunchtime NEWSTALK 62 66 -4 13.30-16.30 Moncrieff NEWSTALK 104 98 6 16.30-19.00 The Right Hook NEWSTALK 132 130 2 19.00-22.00 Off the Ball NEWSTALK 43 48 -5  

The National picture for radio is still very healthy with 2,995,000 or 83% tuning in on an average day. But as the graphic shows the picture has been one of slight erosion over that past few surveys given that in 2009 radio’s reach was 87%. The proliferation of technology isn’t exactly helping radio listenership as with technology comes other distractions like Facebook and Twitter etc which might well be eating into what was once radio time. Radio listenership is much dominated by the early part of the day with the morning schedule between eight and ten taking the loins share