Strong Gains to afternoon and weekend programmes on RTÉ Radio 1

Radio 1 remains the ONLY station with a seven day weekly reach of over 1M with a gain BoB of 8,000
Radio 1's The Marian Finucane Show (Sat) makes spectacular book-on-book gain of 30,000 (365,000)
Radio 1's Liveline with Joe Duffy makes book-on-book gain of 16,000 (414,000)
Radio 1's Mooney and Drivetime bring strong book-on-book gains to afternoons
Radio 1's News at One up 11,000 BoB
Radio 1's The Business, Miriam Meets, Sunday Miscellany and Sunday Sport all bring gains to weekends
Radio 1's Green Tea/Saturday with Charlie Bird debuts with a strong 232,000

RTÉ Radio 1 has again consolidated its position as the nation's favourite radio station, according to new figures released by the JNLR. Radio 1 recorded strong year-on-year and book-on-book gains across the weekday schedule, with Today with Pat Kenny, News at One, Mooney and Drivetime all recording gains. The gains were mirrored at weekends, with significant lift (+30,000 BoB) for The Marian Finucane Show (Sat). Other book-on-book weekend winners included Miriam Meets (up 17,000 to 272,000), The Business (up 13,000 to 326,000), Sunday Sport (up 7,000 to 155,000), and Documentary on One (up 5,000 to 34,000).

"Radio 1 has grown its seven day reach and is stable year on year. The resurgence in afternoon listening on Radio 1 is notable, as is the remarkable resurgence of key weekend shows book on book. Radio 1's new Saturday lunchtime schedule, which saw the debut of Oliver Callan's Green Tea and Saturday with Charlie Bird, has made a very strong debut with 232,000 listeners. Radio 1 is the clear listeners' choice," says Jim Jennings, Head of RTÉ Radio 1.

Radio 1's strong weekday performance was mirrored in the evenings with book-on-book gains for The John Creedon Show and Claire Byrne's Late Debate. RTÉ Radio 1 conclusively now has 17 of the top 20 programmes nationally, with weekday reach stable at 25%.

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RTÉ lyric fm grows seven day weekly reach by 5,000 book-on-book , with 261,000 listeners
RTÉ lyric fm gains a point to 4% reach on weekdays

RTÉ lyric fm has grown by 5000 listeners book-on-book to a 7-day reach of 261,000, with year-on-year and book-on-book growth for key weekday programmes. Meanwhile the station has realised a three-year strategic goal to reach 4% on weekdays. Niall Carroll's Classic Drive gained 6,000 book-on-book and 7,000 year-on-year to 57,000 listeners, while The John Kelly Ensemble is up 2,000 book-on-book and 5,000 year-on-year to 35,000. The Hamilton Scores grew 2,000 to 29,000 year-on-year while
Marty in the Morning gained 6,000 to 25,000 year-on-year.

Says Aodan Ó Dubhghaill, Head of lyric fm: "This is another truly satisfying book for lyric. Not only have we hit the elusive 4%, but these ongoing strong gains year-on-year and book-on-book for most of our key daytime shows indicates that lyric is a real alternative for listeners. Gains to breakfast and drivetime - two key slots - are particularly gratifying."

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Clare Duignan, Managing Director, RTÉ Radio, said: "What an interesting book. Radio listenership is up generally by 14,000 to 2,977,000, which is good news for all of us. There has been welcome growth to share in Dublin - a key target for us - for RTÉ Radio 1, 2fm and lyric. Meanwhile, RTÉ renewed its commitment to the arts in 2011 and it's wonderful to see programmes like Arena and Arts Tonight make such gains, along with lyric fm who have hit their 4% target."

RTÉ Radio 1:
o Marian Finucane up 30,000 to 365,000 listeners (Sat) and by 14,000 to 349,000 listeners (Sun) book-on-book
o Miriam Meets gains 17,000 book-on-book and 10,000 year-on-year to 272,000
o The Business up 13,000 to 326,000 book-on-book
o Sunday Sport up 7,000 book-on-book to 155,000 listeners
o Documentary on One gains 5,000 to 34,000 book-on-book
o Music on One: Country up 5,000 to 17,000; Music on One: OOS/ In Concert up 4,000 book-on-book
o Archive on One up 4,000; Sunday Rise up 4,000; Weekend on One up 3,000 book-on-book
o This Week up 7,000 to 208,000 listeners year-on-year
o Liveline up 16,000 book-on-book and 22,000 year-on-year to 414,000 listeners
o News at One up 11,000 book-on-book and 10,000 year-on-year to 345,000
o Mooney gains 11,000 book-on-book and 27,000 year-on-year to 238,000 listeners
o Drivetime up 5,000 book-on-book and 9,000 year-on-year to 243,000 listeners
o Book-on-book increases of 2,000 and year-on-year gains of 5,000 for Today with Pat Kenny to 329,000
o Increases of 3,000 book-on-book for Late Date
o John Creedon increases listenership by 12,000 year-on-year and 2,000 book-on-book to 31,000
o Risin'Time up 6,000 to 40,000 year-on-year
o The Ronan Collins Show up 4,000 to 227,000 year-on-year
o Year-on-Year gains for Drama on One
o Arena up 5000 BoB to 31,000

RTÉ lyric fm:
o Niall Carroll's Classic Drive up 6,000 book-on-book and 7,000 year-on-year to 57,000
o The John Kelly Ensemble up 2,000 book-on-book and 5,000 year-on-year to 35,000
o The Hamilton Scores up 2,000 to 29,000 year-on-year
o Marty in the Morning gains 6,000 to 25,000 year-on-year