RTÉ Radio 1 has a lot to celebrate, while RTÉ 2fm continues to see a decline in listenership.
JNLR figures released on Thursday, which cover the period April '24 to March '25 show that Today with Claire Byrne saw 348,000 listeners (+7,000 YoY) tuning in every weekday from 10am-12pm.
Meanwhile, 223,000 listeners (+5,000 YoY) tune in for their daily fix of hit music on The Louise Duffy Show.
Figures released under the Joint National Listenership Research (JNLR) are released every quarter and show who is winning the radio wars.
Oliver Callan’s The Nine O’Clock Show has received a boost in listenership with 355,00 (+25,000 YoY) now tuning in every day to the Cavan man.
While national broadcaster RTÉ seems to be experiencing an increase in audience numbers, independent radio stations like Newstalk and Today FM have seen their biggest presenters take a slight hit.
Pat Kenny’s current affairs 9am to noon show on Newstalk attracted an average audience of 224, 000 people (-5,000 YoY) according to the latest quarterly figures.
And the battle of the airwaves between RTÉ and the independents is reflected in the figures as bosses at Montrose have made considerable efforts to juice up their daily schedule on RTÉ Radio 1.
As Joe Duffy prepares to leave Liveline, he bows out on a high as Liveline is still one of the nation's most tuned-in shows, attracting a daily average of 307,000 listeners.
Morning Ireland is still the most listened to show on Irish radio with 471,000 people across the nation tuning in daily for news and global goings-on.
Over at 2FM it’s a bit of a mixed bag as the latest reshuffling of shows and presenters paints an unstable picture for the station.
While the 2fm Breakfast Show, presented by Carl Mullan, Roz Purcell and Aisling Bonner, has 5,000 fewer people tuning in, with the total audience figure now at 148,000.
Laura Fox, who was moved from weekend to weekday and given her new slot, has seen a dip of 8,000 and is only garnering an audience of 127,000.
By contrast, RTE stalwart Tracy Clifford is still doing the business with 12,000 more listeners tuning in to Clifford’s mid-afternoon show.
Doireann Garrihy, who took over the afternoon slots from The 2 Johnnies, has seen a sizable decrease of 18,000, with 133,000 Gen Z listeners driving home with Doireann.
Although these figures relate to the first four months of the year, Doireann only assumed the role in mid-March.
Weekend radio the nation's favourite, Miriam O'Callaghan, is still luring in a laudable listenership figure. Miriam’s weekend chin-wag show boasts an average of 304,000.
While Brendan O’Connor's slightly more news-centric show brings in 363,000 on Saturday, up by 11,000 on last year, his Sunday show is up by a massive 14,000 with the JNLR saying 369,000 people are listening to him on Sunday mornings.
