BBC Radio Ulster/Foyle remains the most listened to radio station in Northern Ireland
BBC Radio Ulster/ Foyle remains the most listened to radio station in Northern Ireland according to the latest RAJAR (Radio Joint Audio Research) figures for Quarter One, 2016.
Published: 19 May 2016
These latest RAJAR figures show that the station is listened to more than any other station in Northern Ireland, with an average weekly reach of 546,000 listeners – approximately 36.8 per cent of the population (aged 15 plus).
BBC Radio Ulster/Foyle’s average weekly reach figures have increased by 22,000 listeners from the same time last year (with 524,000 listeners in Quarter One 2015) and 8,000 from last quarter’s RAJAR results (with 538,000 in Quarter Four, 2015).
Programming broadcast on BBC Radio Foyle, as reported by RAJAR, received an average weekly reach of 39,000 listeners. These figures see a slight decrease of 3,000 from last quarter’s RAJAR figures with 42,000 listeners in Quarter Four, 2015, and a slight decrease year on year with 43,000 listeners tuning in to the station in Quarter One, 2015.
Note to Editors
BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle won 14 awards at the Phonographic Performance Ireland (PPI) Radio Awards in October last year, picking up five gold, seven silver and two bronze awards at the ceremony in Galway. BBC Radio Foyle was named the Local Station of the year at the awards.
‘Weekly reach’ is the number of people, aged 15+, who tune in to a station at least one quarter-hour period over the course of a week.
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