Ray D’Arcy and Brendan O’Connor see big drops in listeners as Irish radio audiences return to pre-pandemic levels

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Ray D’Arcy and Brendan O’Connor see big drops in listeners as Irish radio audiences return to pre-pandemic levels
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On RTÉ Radio 1, all weekday peak-time shows saw their listenership drop compared to the previous survey, which ran to the end of June, and its market share fell to 20.6 per cent, down from 21.3 per cent.

The Ryan Tubridy Show , Today with Claire Byrne , The Ronan Collins Show and News at One join Morning Ireland in retaining more listeners than those slots had before the pandemic.

Liveline, The Ray D’Arcy Show and Drivetime remain the biggest shows on Irish radio in their time slots. Mr Foley, meanwhile, has grown the station’s mid-afternoon listenership since his show began in February. His slot now has 149,000 listeners, up 6,000 since the last survey and up 17,000 year-on-year.

On Newstalk, also part of Bauer, Newstalk Breakfast presented by Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly increased its audience by 1,000 since the last survey to 147,000, up 10,000 year-on-year. This is the best listenership Newstalk has had at breakfast for more than six years.

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