‘Radio Ireland’ revenue up 25%

THE Republic-based radio portfolio of UTV Media – the Belfast-based broadcast media group – has continued to be one of the best performing divisions of the group into 2009, just as it was last year.

In a brief trading update, released yesterday – covering the first four months of the year – UTV said that while overall group revenue was down by 9% for the period on a year-on-year basis, revenue in its ‘Radio Ireland’ division was up by 25%, compared to the same period last year.

‘Radio Ireland’ consists of the Dublin stations, Q102 and FM104; Cork-based stations C103 and 96FM; LMFM in Drogheda and Limerick’s Live 95FM.