Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio has received its best JNLR ratings in its 16 year history today, with 383,000 weekly listeners, 210,000 daily listeners and an increase in market share (7am-7pm) to 6.5% in the Multicity area. *
The Multicity franchise area comprises 8 of the most populated counties in Ireland, covering some 2.6 million people, and including Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Kildare, Meath, Wicklow and Clare. *
The country’s only multicity radio service also saw growth across its breakfast, mid-morning and afternoon shows with ‘Colm & Lucy in the Morning’, ‘Trina Mara @ Work’, and Damien Farrelly in the Afternoon all strong showing growth in their listenership figures.
The latest JNLR/Ipsos survey reveals that 3.5 million people tune into radio each weekday, the highest audience ever, with the 9am to 9.15 time slot being the most popular time of the day to listen, with an audience of 1.56 million tuning in at that time each weekday.
CEO Kevin Branigan said, “We’ve seen significant listenership growth in recent years in the large multicity franchise area of 2.6 million people. Radio is changing and listeners choose what they want to listen to. We’re very focussed on what we do. It appears to be working and its gratifying to see the efforts of our team paying off in cementing Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio as a major national brand.”
* JNLR Ipsos/MRBI 2025.2. Multicity, Market Share 7am-7pm, Daily Reach, Weekly Reach.
