RTÉ gains listeners but Ryan slump continues

GERRY RYAN has once again seen a slump in his radio audience in the latest Joint National Listenership Research figures while his fellow RTÉ host Marian Finucane enjoyed yet another significant increase.

The JNLR figures released yesterday showed 2FM’s Ryan listenership from April 2008-March 2009 was 306,000 – 36,000 less than the corresponding period a year earlier. In February it emerged his listernership had dropped by 11,000 to 328,000 during 2008. Meanwhile, Marian Finucane has seen her Sunday show audience on RTÉ Radio 1 increase by 57,000 to 310,000 and for her Saturday show it has increased by 50,000 to 359,000.

In fact RTÉ’s prime Radio 1 and Radio 2 shows have all seen increases in their listenership apart from Gerry Ryan. Morning Ireland on Radio 1 now has 450,000 listeners, the biggest of any of the mainstream shows. RTÉ 1 generally had the top 10 shows of any radio station.