Fans switch from 2FM since death of Gerry

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.

The latest results of the Joint National Listenership Research (JNLR) reveal that Ryan Tubridy’s move from Radio 1 has failed to shore up audiences for 2FM’s flagship programme.

Although the Late Late Show presenter is only hosting a two-hour programme compared to Ryan’s three-hour slot, the morning show has lost 91,000 listeners over the past 12 months and now attracts an average of just 216,000 listeners each day.