RTÉ holds its own, but Colm and Jim Jim soar

RTÉ Radio presenters have turned in a strong performance in the latest Joint National Listenership Research figures with many of the station’s broadcasters growing audiences in the face of strong competition from independent stations.

Marian Finucane, Pat Kenny, Ryan Tubridy and Joe Duffy all added new listeners with Gerry Ryan the only big RTÉ star to suffer a loss of listenership.

However, the latest JNLR figures for the period July 2007-June 2008 show few significant changes among audiences for the most popular radio programmes across the main national stations — Radio 1, 2FM, Today FM and Newstalk.