The top listened to programmes show some big moves from the same period as last year last. This time round Breakfast with Hector nudged into #29 slot and Newstalk’s Breakfast have to give way to it.
Morning Ireland is still the most listened programme on the airwaves reaching 433,000 people every day. Joe Duffy is now breathing down their necks only 19,000 behind at 424,000 and News at One draws 369,000 every day. But the big changes were in the RTE1 weekend slots. Marion Finucane’s Sunday show lost 73,000 listeners over the year and moved that programme from #4 to #9. That’s a hefty 20% over twelve months. Similarly her Saturday show dropped 27,000 (-7%) to 358,000.
Actually all of the big fallers were the Saturday and Sunday morning shows on RTE1. Miriam Meets dropped 38,000 (-13%) to 249,000 and Sunday Miscellany is down 11% to 228,000.
Having said that, RTE dominates the table having twenty programmes in the thirty.
Time | Programme | Station | 2013_1 | 2012_1 | ‘+/- | % +/- |
07.00-09.00 | Morning Ireland | RTE1 | 443 | 449 | -6 | -1% |
13.45-15.00 | Liveline | RTE1 | 424 | 417 | 7 | 2% |
13.00-13.45 | News at One | RTE1 | 369 | 350 | 19 | 5% |
11.00-13.00 | Marian Finucane | RTE1 w/e Sat | 358 | 385 | -27 | -7% |
09.00-10.00 | John Murray | RTE1 | 327 | 334 | -7 | -2% |
10.00-12.00 | Today With Pat Kenny | RTE1 | 325 | 333 | -8 | -2% |
10.00-11.00 | The Business | RTE1 w/e Sat | 320 | 344 | -24 | -7% |
09.00-10.00 | Playback | RTE1 w/e Sat | 304 | 315 | -11 | -3% |
11.00-13.00 | Marian Finucane | RTE1 w/e Sun | 291 | 364 | -73 | -20% |
16.30-19.00 | Drivetime | RTE1 | 260 | 245 | 15 | 6% |
10.00-11.00 | Miriam Meets | RTE1 w/e Sun | 249 | 287 | -38 | -13% |
09.00-12.00 | The Ray D’Arcy Show | TODAY | 243 | 249 | -6 | -2% |
09.00-10.00 | Sunday Miscellany | RTE1 w/e Sun | 228 | 256 | -28 | -11% |
15.00-16.30 | Mooney | RTE1 | 224 | 226 | -2 | -1% |
08.00-09.00 | Countrywide | RTE1 w/e Sat | 216 | 223 | -7 | -3% |
12.00-13.00 | Ronan Collins | RTE1 | 214 | 223 | -9 | -4% |
13.00-14.00 | Claire Byrne | RTE1 w/e Sat | 190 | 228 | -38 | -17% |
13.00-14.00 | This Week | RTE1 w/e Sun | 187 | 204 | -17 | -8% |
07.00-09.00 | Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show | TODAY | 175 | 183 | -8 | -4% |
09.00-11.00 | Tubridy | 2FM | 159 | 172 | -13 | -8% |
16.30-19.00 | Last Word with Matt Cooper | TODAY | 156 | 166 | -10 | -6% |
08.00-09.00 | World Report | RTE1 w/e Sun | 155 | 165 | -10 | -6% |
11.00-14.00 | Phil Cawley | Today w/e Sat | 152 | 148 | 4 | 3% |
12.00-14.30 | The Ray Foley Show | TODAY | 144 | 151 | -7 | -5% |
11.00-13.00 | Colm Hayes | 2FM | 136 | 141 | -5 | -4% |
14.00-18.00 | Sunday Sport | RTE1 w/e Sun | 136 | 165 | -29 | -18% |
14.00-18.00 | Premier League Live | Today w/e Sat | 133 | 135 | -2 | -1% |
16.30-19.00 | The Right Hook | Newstalk | 132 | 130 | 2 | 2% |
07.00-09.00 | Breakfast With Hector | 2FM | 128 | 122 | 6 | 5% |
14.30-18.00 | Sport | RTE1 w/e Sat | 127 | 141 | -14 | -10% |