Newstalk Breakfast has hit an all-time high number of weekly listeners as the station as a whole posted another strong JNLR performance.

The latest JNLR results published this afternoon show that Newstalk has increased its listeners by 8,000 over the last year and now reaches 792,000 people every week – taking its national prime-time market share to 7.2%.

The station remains the Number 1 talk station in the country for people aged 20 to 44 years old in terms of daily reach.

It also remains the clear Number 1 commercial radio station in the Dublin region with a 10.8% Market Share and 169,000 daily listeners.

"The talk station for a new generation"

Newstalk Managing Editor Patricia Monahan said: “Today’s results show Newstalk advancing its position as the talk station for a new generation.”

“While other talk stations see audience numbers fall, Newstalk is adding audience and they are listening for longer,” she said.

“Congratulations to Ciara Kelly, Shane Coleman and the Newstalk Breakfast team who have increased audience again. The well-deserved result sees them continue to grow as the most successful breakfast show in the station’s history.”

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Newstalk Breakfast with Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman grew its listenership by 14,000 year on year – taking its total to 152,000 listeners.

Meanwhile, Moncrieff led the charge for the station’s daytime programming – taking its audience to 96,000 – and increase of 19,000 over the last year.

Other shows to see increases include The Hard Shoulder with Kieran Cuddihy which increased audience to 159,000 listeners, up 8,000 in the last year.

Meanwhile, Off The Ball has grown its weekday evening audience by 5,000 to stand at 48,000.

Weekends on Newstalk also enjoyed a strong performance with The Anton Savage Show increasing audience by 6,000 since the last results to stand on 107,000

Off The Ball on Saturday (128,000) and Sunday (140,000) also delivered strong audience success.

Here are the key figures for Newstalk’s weekday programmes:

• Newstalk Breakfast, 152,000 (+14,000 YoY)
• The Pat Kenny Show, 174,000 Listeners (-10,000 YoY)
• Lunchtime Live, 106,000 Listeners (-8,000 YoY)
• Moncrieff, 96,000 Listeners (+19,000 YoY)
• The Hard Shoulder, 159,000 listeners (+8,000 YoY)
• Off The Ball, 48,000 listeners (+5,000 YoY)