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 Two, 2016.
Published: 4 August 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 520,000 listeners - approximately 34.9 per cent of the population (aged 15 plus).
BBC Radio Ulster/Foyle’s average weekly reach figures have increased by 16,000 listeners from the same time last year. Figures for the same period last year (Quarter Two 2015) were 504,000 listeners and figures for the previous quarter (Quarter One, 2016) were 546,000.
Programming broadcast on BBC Radio Foyle, as reported by RAJAR, received an average weekly reach of 37,000 listeners. Figures for the same period last year (Quarter Two, 2015) were 44,000 and figures for the previous quarter (Quarter One, 2016) were 39,000.
Note to Editors
‘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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