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RTÉ's radio listenership increases

Finucane - 49,000 new listeners on weekends
Finucane - 49,000 new listeners on weekends

The latest JNLR figures for radio listenership have been released, with major gains for some of RTÉ Radio's top shows.

On RTÉ Radio 1, Joe Duffy's show 'Liveline' (368,000), the 'News at One' (313,000), 'Today with Pat Kenny' (291,000) and 'The Ronan Collins Show' (188,000) have each gained approximately 20,000 listeners.

Derek Mooney's RTÉ Radio 1 afternoon show has increased its listeners by 47,000 to 189,000.

The listenership for Marian Finucane's weekend shows is up 31,000 on Saturday to 323,000 and 18,000 on Sunday to 255,000.

'Sunday Miscellany' is up 17,000 listeners to 195,000, while 'The Business', presented by John Murray, is up 14,000 to 171,000.

'Drivetime with Mary Wilson' remains Ireland’s most popular drivetime programme with 221,000 listeners.

On RTÉ 2fm 'Colm & Jim Jim's Breakfast Show' records an increase of 34,000 listeners to over 200,000, while 'The Gerry Ryan Show', with 325,000 listeners, is Ireland's third most popular programme and the Number One programme with 20 to 44-year-olds.

RTÉ lyric fm has grown its drivetime audience to 48,000, with 6,000 more listeners for 'Classic Drive' with Niall Carroll.

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