Lyric FM's leading ladies on what listeners want to hear in lockdown

We've all turned more and more to radio in lockdown — and it's not just for news. Many of us have been tuning in to stations like Lyric FM to get some respite from relentless coronavirus bulletins. We meet some of the women on the airwaves and talk about working in lockdown and what listeners are asking to hear

As our exterior world and daily activities shrink due to pandemic restrictions, our gaze has turned inward and people have been seeking mental stimulation from books, television and radio. 

While the latter has always been popular in Ireland, listeners have flocked to the medium in the last year, with the most recent Joint National Listenership Research (JNLR) figures from November 2020 showing listenership up across the board for national and local radio stations — 3.19m listeners tune in to the radio every weekday, representing 81% of all adults.