JNLR 2014 Q3 Top Thirty

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This year, like every year, the Top 30 is a mixed bag. Still the biggest draw in the radio landscape is Morning Ireland with a reach of 429,000 people every morning which is 12% of the population its down 19,000 on 2013Q3 or 4%.  This is followed by Liveline at 382,000 and its sees a fall of 31,000 or 8% on the year.

Actually most of the top portion table have seen a decline in listeners over the year and most of them in turn are from the RTE stable. The table is below so there’s no need to goo into too much detail. I’ve made the table “sortable” so if you click on any of the words in the table header (you’ll see the arrow beside ‘Station’) is will sort them ascending and descending.

I do strip out the extremities in the table. There is always the caveat: some of the comparisons are not really that valid, but I’m forced into it! Programme times do change, as to the presenters, so the time slots and presenters may not always be the same as last year.

The biggest gain is for Pat Kenny adding 83% of 65,000 listeners. It should be noted that in the 2013Q3 survey he had only two months under his belt, so mathematically he was going to show huge gains in this survey. Then we have Alison Crutis gaining 29% or 29,000 listeners. Four of the five top performing stations are non-RTE stations which is interesting.

Another interesting one is the increase in listeners for Tubridy. The time slot increase by a marginal 15 minutes, but the shows begins at 8:45. Could it be that he slingshots past what seems to be a choice change in radio at 9:00am and holds on to a few listeners?   

Biggest fallers are very neatly confined to the weekend schedule on RTE1 and mainly Saturday. There’s very little else to add to that!

Station ▴ Time Programme 2014Q3 2013Q3 +/- ‘000 +/- %
RTE  07.00-09.00 Morning Ireland 429 448 -19 -4%
RTE  13.45-15.00 Liveline 382 413 -31 -8%
RTE  Sat 11.00-13.00 Marian Finucane 350 370 -20 -5%
RTE  Sun 11.00-13.00 Marian Finucane 342 346 -4 -1%
RTE  13.00-13.45 News at One 320 362 -42 -12%
RTE  09.00-10.00 John Murray 302 325 -23 -7%
RTE  10.00-12.00 Sean O’Rourke 295 334 -39 -12%
RTE  Sat 10.00-11.00 The Business 282 319 -37 -12%
RTE  Sat 09.00-10.00 Playback 257 293 -36 -12%
RTE  Sun 10.00-11.00 Miriam O’Callaghan 236 276 -40 -14%
RTE  16.30-19.00 Drivetime 227 249 -22 -9%
Today  09.00-12.00 The Ray D’Arcy Show 221 231 -10 -4%
RTE  Sun 09.00-10.00 Sunday Miscellany 215 245 -30 -12%
RTE  12.00-13.00 Ronan Collins 209 234 -25 -11%
RTE  Sat 13.00-14.00 Brian Dowling 202 226 -24 -11%
RTE  15.00-16.30 Mooney 198 224 -26 -12%
RTE  Sat 08.00-09.00 Countrywide 198 225 -27 -12%
Today  07.00-09.00 Ian Dempsey 196 180 16 9%
RTE  Sun 13.00-14.00 This Week 187 188 -1 -1%
RTE  Sat 14.00-18.00 Sport 184 175 9 5%
RTE  Sun 14.00-18.00 Sport 174 160 14 9%
2FM  08.45-11.00 Tubridy 171 152 19 13%
Newstalk  07.00-10.00 Breakfast 153 121 32 26%
Today  16.30-19.00 Matt Cooper 153 158 -5 -3%
Newstalk  10.00-12.30 Pat Kenny 143 78 65 83%
RTE  Sun 08.00-09.00 World Report  142 163 -21 -13%
2FM  11.00-14.00 Nicky Byrne 141 135 6 4%
Today  Sat 11.00-14.00 Phil Cawley 139 132 7 5%
Today  Sat 14.00-18.00 Sport 132 132 0 0%
Today  Sat 08.00-11.00 Alison Curtis 130 101 29 29%

 

 Big Gains
Station Time Programme 2014Q3 2013Q3 +/- ‘000 +/- %
Newstalk  10.00-12.30 Pat Kenny 143 78 65 83%
Today  Sat 08.00-11.00 Alison Curtis 130 101 29 29%
Newstalk  07.00-10.00 Breakfast 153 121 32 26%
2FM  08.45-11.00 Tubridy 171 152 19 13%
Today  07.00-09.00 Ian Dempsey 196 180 16 9%
Big Falls
Station Time Programme 2014Q3 2013Q3 +/- ‘000 +/- %
RTE  Sun 10.00-11.00 Miriam O’Callaghan 236 276 -40 -14%
RTE  Sun 08.00-09.00 World Report  142 163 -21 -13%
RTE  Sat 09.00-10.00 Playback 257 293 -36 -12%
RTE  Sun 09.00-10.00 Sunday Miscellany 215 245 -30 -12%
RTE  Sat 08.00-09.00 Countrywide 198 225 -27 -12%

 

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