{"id":427490,"date":"2026-05-14T15:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/427490\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T15:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:35:09","slug":"rte-lyric-fm-reaches-all-time-high-market-share-in-jnlrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/427490\/","title":{"rendered":"RT\u00c9 lyric fm reaches all-time high market share in JNLRs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest JNLR results confirm RT\u00c9 as the most listened to radio group in Ireland, at an exciting moment for audio across RT\u00c9, with the launch of the new RT\u00c9 audio app coming later this year and a new slate of podcasts to be announced soon.<\/p>\n

As RT\u00c9 marks the centenary year of public service media in Ireland, the latest figures are a reminder of radio’s unique role in Irish life through the stories it tells, the voices it champions and the connection it has built with audiences over the last 100 years.<\/p>\n

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RT\u00c9 lyric fm is now at an all-time high with a market share of 3.6%, up almost a full percentage point year on year from 2.7%. This reflects a strong listener appetite for its distinctive mix of classical music, arts, culture and conversations.<\/p>\n

RT\u00c9 lyric fm continues its steady rise with audiences, now reaching 359,000 listeners every week and has once again increased its share to an all-time high of 3.6%. The station’s blend of world-class music and engaging presenters is attracting listeners of all ages across its schedule.<\/p>\n

Marty in the Morning has 85,000 listeners (+14,000 YoY) tuning in every weekday morning.
\n Lorcan Murray’s Classic Drive takes 73,000 listeners into the evening each weekday (+14,000 YoY).
\n Liz Nolan’s The Full Score\/ Aed\u00edn in the Afternoon (Friday) have 62,000 listeners. (+12,000 YoY).
\n Niall Carroll’s Classical Daytime on weekdays has 54,000 listeners (+13,000 YoY).
\n The Mystery Train with John Kelly (Monday-Thursday)\/ RT\u00c9 lyric Live with Paul Herriott (Friday) has 31,000 listeners.
\n Aed\u00edn Gormley’s Movies and Musicals every Saturday afternoon has 65,000 listeners.
\n Sunday Afternoon with Simon Delaney has 59,000 listeners.
\n Weekend Classics with Claudia Boyle has 50,000 listeners on Saturdays and on Sundays the programme has 51,000 listeners (+3,000 YoY).
\n The Hamilton Scores with George Hamilton have 45,000 listeners on Saturdays and 40,000 on Sundays.
\n Opera Night with Paul Herriott has 38,000 listeners on Saturdays. (+15,000 YoY)
\n Suaimhneas on Saturday evenings has 34,000 listeners.
\n The Lyric Feature on Sunday evenings has 32,000 listeners. (+6,000 YoY)<\/p>\n

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\nMarty in the Morning welcomes 14,000 new listeners with 85,000 tuning in every weekday morning<\/p>\n

Sin\u00e9ad Wylde, Head of RT\u00c9 lyric fm, said: “This book sees its highest ever number of listeners with an all-time high market share of 3.6%. On RT\u00c9 lyric fm we continue to bring beautiful music and arts content into the lives of listeners throughout the country, enriching their everyday lives. Once again, these results highlight how lyric’s presenters and production teams connect with listeners in a warm and creative way, in a space Where Life Sounds Better.<\/p>\n

The RT\u00c9 lyric fm team is really looking forward to getting out and about this summer and meeting our lovely listeners at events like Bloom in the Phoenix Park at the end of the month and recording Ambient Orbit from Oile\u00e1n Chl\u00e9ire (Cape Clear) for the summer solstice in June. Ambient Orbit and Marty in the Morning will be coming from Kilkenny Arts Festival on Thursday August 6. RT\u00c9 lyric Live also has a two week presence at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival in Bantry with six live concerts including first three live to the EBU from 26 June up to 5 July. Marty Whelan will take to the stage for Marty in the Evening live with the RT\u00c9 Concert Orchestra at the Bord G\u00e1is Energy Theatre on September 11 and 12.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest JNLR results confirm RT\u00c9 as the most listened to radio group in Ireland, at an exciting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-427490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}