There’s too much data here – so I’m going to simply provide the numbers and you can extrapolate what you want from it. In the four regions there’s still a job to do to catch up with the “home locals” – which, in most cases are very dominant. On a positive note: three out of four regional stations beat RTE1 into second position.
There’s also a table of all the ‘franchises’ – it’s interesting to see the totality of the radio market and how they all stand – comparisons are unwise as the different franchises have different populations etc.
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And finally …. the table -a bit tight for space so – the columns marked * is year on year comparisons, the others are book on book comparisons.
Area | Franchise | 2015 Q4 | 2015 Q3 | 2014 Q4 | +/-* | ch %* | +/- | ch % | ||||||
Regional SE | Beat | 97 | 25% | 95 | 24% | 99 | 25% | -2 | -2% | 2 | 2% | |||
Regional SW | Spin South West | 93 | 22% | 95 | 23% | 90 | 21% | 3 | 3% | -2 | -2% | |||
Regional NW | iRadio NW | 128 | 23% | 125 | 22% | 118 | 21% | 10 | 8% | 3 | 2% | |||
Regional NE | iRadio NE | 100 | 15% | 101 | 15% | 100 | 15% | 0 | 0% | -1 | -1% | |||
Multi City | Classic Hits 4FM | 132 | 6% | 128 | 6% | 123 | 6% | 9 | 7% | 4 | 3% | |||
Dub Commute | Radio Nova 100FM | 77 | 6% | 81 | 6% | 71 | 6% | 6 | 8% | -4 | -5% | |||
Dublin | FM104 | 186 | 18% | 187 | 18% | 194 | 19% | -8 | -4% | -1 | -1% | |||
Dublin | Dublin’s 98FM | 103 | 10% | 110 | 9% | 106 | 10% | -3 | -3% | -7 | -6% | |||
Dublin | Q102 | 73 | 7% | 97 | 10% | 89 | 9% | -16 | -18% | -24 | -25% | |||
Dublin | Sunshine 106.8 | 56 | 5% | 43 | 4% | 57 | 6% | -1 | -2% | 13 | 30% | |||
Dublin | Spin 1038 | 149 | 14% | 142 | 14% | 147 | 14% | 2 | 1% | 7 | 5% | |||
Dublin | Phantom 105.2FM | 19 | 2% | 20 | 2% | 20 | 2% | -1 | -5% | -1 | -5% | |||
Cork | C103 | 65 | 16% | 64 | 16% | 69 | 17% | -4 | -6% | 1 | 2% | |||
Cork | Cork’s 96FM | 113 | 27% | 114 | 27% | 130 | 31% | -17 | -13% | -1 | -1% | |||
Cork | Cork’s Red FM | 133 | 32% | 125 | 32% | 99 | 24% | 34 | 34% | 8 | 6% | |||
Local Galway | Galway Bay FM | 68 | 35% | 63 | 33% | 68 | 35% | 0 | 0% | 5 | 8% | |||
Local Clare | Clare FM | 43 | 49% | 42 | 47% | 42 | 47% | 1 | 2% | 1 | 2% | |||
Local Wicklow | East Coast FM | 30 | 28% | 31 | 29% | 35 | 32% | -5 | -14% | -1 | -3% | |||
Local Nth Donegal | Highland Radio | 58 | 59% | 61 | 62% | 62 | 62% | -4 | -6% | -3 | -5% | |||
Local Kilk/Carlow | KCLR 96FM | 36 | 31% | 41 | 34% | 47 | 40% | -11 | -23% | -5 | -12% | |||
Local Kildare | KFM | 40 | 24% | 39 | 24% | 37 | 23% | 3 | 8% | 1 | 3% | |||
Local Limerick | Limerick Live 95 | 71 | 47% | 62 | 41% | 60 | 40% | 11 | 18% | 9 | 15% | |||
Local Louth/Meath | LMFM | 70 | 30% | 72 | 31% | 62 | 27% | 8 | 13% | -2 | -3% | |||
Local Mayo | Mid West Radio | 54 | 55% | 57 | 58% | 61 | 62% | -7 | -11% | -3 | -5% | |||
Local Laois/Off/WM | Midlands 103 | 66 | 34% | 64 | 34% | 64 | 34% | 2 | 3% | 2 | 3% | |||
Local | Northern Sound | 43 | 43% | 45 | 45% | 42 | 42% | 1 | 2% | -2 | -4% | |||
Local Donegal/Leit | Ocean FM | 35 | 45% | 36 | 45% | 36 | 44% | -1 | -3% | -1 | -3% | |||
Local Kerry | Radio Kerry | 55 | 48% | 58 | 50% | 63 | 54% | -8 | -13% | -3 | -5% | |||
Local | Shannonside | 46 | 50% | 44 | 48% | 44 | 47% | 2 | 5% | 2 | 5% | |||
Local Wexford | South East Radio | 46 | 41% | 48 | 42% | 46 | 40% | 0 | 0% | -2 | -4% | |||
Local Tipperary | Tipp FM | 41 | 33% | 42 | 34% | 45 | 36% | -4 | -9% | -1 | -2% | |||
Local Waterford | WLR FM | 36 | 39% | 38 | 41% | 42 | 45% | -6 | -14% | -2 | -5% |