RTÉ has once again seen significant falls in year-on-year audience figures, with tens of thousands of listeners tuning out in comparison to 12 months ago.

The latest Joint National Listenership Research (JNLR) figures show RTÉ Radio 1 has suffered a significant loss with a number of its main shows losing 20,000 or more listeners over the last 12 months.

RTÉ Radio 1 has suffered a significant fall in listenership to a number of its top shows over the last year, according to the latest Joint National Listenership Research (JNLR) figures published yesterday.

Radio listeners are turning away from many of the country’s best known presenters in favour of local radio stations, according to the official audience figures.

MORE than 1.8 million people listen to RTÉ Radio every week with 19 of the 20 most popular programmes on the airwaves now broadcast by the nation’s top station, figures from the Joint National Listenership Research (JNLR) have revealed.

Dublin: The broadcasting committee which oversees the Joint National Listenership Research is to appoint an independent auditor to review the JNLR’s quarterly figures.

2FM is battling to hold on to listeners following the death of the station’s top presenter Gerry Ryan last April after new figures show thousands of fans are continuing to switch off RTÉ’s pop station.

RADIO listeners are deserting many of the big name broadcasters in their droves with listenership figures showing worrying trends for the four national stations.

SOME of the best-known names in Irish radio are gearing up for a major battle of the airwaves this autumn as Ryan Tubridy aims to boost flagging audiences for 2FM following the death of the station’s flagship presenter, Gerry Ryan, earlier this year.

WITH 437,000 listeners, Morning Ireland is the most popular programme on Irish radio, according to a national survey.

A BILLBOARD advertisement by a regional radio station revealing part of a man’s bottom is not in breach of advertising standards, according to the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland yesterday.

RADIO audiences are continuing to switch off RTÉ.

RADIO listeners are tuning out of RTÉ in growing numbers as new figures show most of the broadcaster’s big name weekday presenters are continuing to lose audiences.

REGIONAL radio station Beat 102-103 is the number one radio station for 15 to 34-year-olds according to figures issued by the Joint National Listenership Research.

GPs tonight hit out at a new code of practice restricting alcohol advertisements claiming it was a sop to the powerful drinks industry.

Dublin’s Newstalk 106 FM is set to bring its successful brand of talk radio to a national audience.

CONTRARY to what a famous pop song of the late 1970s might suggest, MP3s rather than video may have killed the radio star.

MORE people are switching off from the State broadcaster and tuning in to local and regional radio stations, new listenership figures show.

Dublin radio station Newstalk has reported accumulated losses of €3.8m in accounts lodged with the Companies' Office.

Cork radio station RedFM has claimed strong listenership increases in the latest JNLR figures.

Red FM - Cork’s newest music radio station has announced that it is number one in the lucrative under-35 market.