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Newstalk 106-108 fm's Breakfast Show grows by 43 precent

21st August 2008

JNLR results released today, 21st August, show Newstalk 106–108 fm now has a weekly reach of 493,000 listeners (+27% year on year) which shows 105,000 listeners tuned in to the station in the last year. The station currently reaches 222,000 listeners daily.

The Breakfast Show continues to grow and had an outstanding increase of 43% year on year. Claire Byrne & Ger Gilroy continue to recruit new listeners to the Breakfast Show with their unique and refreshing brand of early-morning talk radio. Main programme highlights include:

Reach Increases (Year on Year)

The Breakfast Show with Claire Byrne & Ger Gilroy       66,000              Up 43% (20,000)
Off The Ball                                                                  33,000              Up 50% (11,000)
Lunchtime with Eamon Keane                                      52,000              Up 40% (15,000)


The Right Hook with George Hook continues to be the number one independent drivetime talk programme in Dublin, reaching 47,000 listeners each evening.

Speaking today, Elaine Geraghty, Chief Executive of Newstalk 106-108 fm, said: "The station continues to make its mark on the national radio landscape and in the highly competitive breakfast market we are particularly satisfied with the progress of The Breakfast Show, which has seen its audience grow by 43%."

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