Station boss Peter Woods defended RTE Radio 1’s ratings losses yesterday after thousands of listeners tuned out.
The latest Joint National Listenership Ratings showed RTE, Today FM and Newstalk all suffered a drop in numbers across the board. But the most notable was Radio One, which saw Ryan Tubridy’s morning show shed 25,000 listeners.
The Late Late Show host had 344,000 tuning in compared to 369,000 in the previous quarter. Morning Ireland lost 22,000 listeners with audience figures of 451,000 while Claire Byrne lost 19,000 leaving her with 331,000.