Newstalk’s The Pat Kenny Show has achieved record listenership of 244,000 confirming its position as the most listened to show on commercial radio in Ireland, according to the latest JNLR resultspublished today, 15th of August 2024.
The results also see Newstalk achieve an all-time high market share of 8.7% in a strong radio market that has almost 3.87 million Irish adults tuning in every week.
Newstalk has also recorded its highest ever weekly reach with 869,000 listeners tuning in every week and becomes the second most listened to station in the country every day with 514,000 daily listeners.
The Pat Kenny Show numbers represent an increase of 15,000 listeners in the last 3 months, while Newstalk Breakfast with Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman have also recorded an all time high audience of 168,000 listeners, up 11,000 book on book. Andrea Gilligan’s Lunchtime Live also made significant gains adding 19,000 listeners meaning 137,000 now tune in daily.
Moncrieff with Sean Moncrieff also saw an increase to 108,000 and The Hard Shoulder with Kieran Cuddihy increased by 7,000 to 155,000.
The station’s flagship weekend programme The Anton Savage Show continues to be a destination for listeners now enjoying an audience of 134,000 on Saturdays between 9am and 11am and 118,000 in its Sunday slot between 10am – 12pm. Down to Business with Bobby Kerr continues to attract a significant audience growing to 120,000 in these latest results.
Newstalk is now the leading talk station nationally for 20 – 44 year olds with 184,000 in that demographic tuning in every week. The station also retained its commanding position in Dublin, enjoying a market share of 12.3% in the capital and record weekly and daily listenership of 316,000 and 207,000 respectively.
Managing Editor of Newstalk, Patricia Monahan commented today.
‘These results clearly confirm Newstalk as the talk station of choice for a generation of listeners and are testament to the energy, creativity and dedication of the entire team, both on air and behind the scenes.
We will continue to host the conversations that count to our audience across our programmes and look forward to engaging with all our new listeners’.
Key figures for Newstalk weekday programmes:
Newstalk Breakfast 168,000 ( +11,000 BOB) All time high
The Pat Kenny Show 244,000 (+15,000 BOB) All time high
Lunchtime Live with Andrea Gilligan 137,000 (+19,000 BOB)All time high
Moncrieff 108,000 (+3,000 BOB)
The Hard Shoulder 155,000 (+7,000 BOB)
Off The Ball 45,000 (-3,000 BOB)
Weekend – Saturday
The Home Show 42,000 (-3,000 BoB)
Anton Savage Show Saturday 134,000 (+2,000 BoB)
Down To Business 120,000 (+5,000 BoB)
Off The Ball Saturday, 143,000 (+5,000 BoB)
Tech Talk 37,000 (-1,000 BoB)
Screentime 20,000 (no change BoB)
Weekend – Sunday
Alive and Kicking 32,000 (+6000, BoB)
Taking Stock 69,000 (+12,000 BoB)
Anton Savage Show Sunday 118,000 (+14,000 BoB)
Futureproof 68,000 (no change BOB)
Off The Ball Sunday, 111,000 (-15,000 BoB)
Talking History 16,000 (No change Bob)
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