Music mornings make the grimace. According to the results of the current wave from January to March 2025, published by Médiamétrie this Tuesday, April 15, 2025, only Fun Radio and Laughter and Songs see their performances progress over a year. In a general environment unfavorable to the radio media, listened to by 38.46 million listeners on average each day ( – 264,000 over one year), the musicals are once again down (17.22 million; – 109,000 listeners over one year). Always the leader, NRJ sees his audiences crumble in the morning. From 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., Manu Lévy wakes up 610,000 listeners every morning with its “Manu in 6/10”, 41,000 less than a year ago. In detail, all quarter of an hour of entertainment are in red except that of 8:45-9h (+2% over a year). The audience peak is recorded from 8 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. with 841,000 pairs of ears plugged into the transistor at that time. Positive signal for Manu Levy, the “6/10” of NRJ progresses on a wave (+37,000 listeners compared to November-December 2024).
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Bruno Guillon flies to fun radio and catches up with nostalgia
Nostalgia, which is also part of the NRJ group, just retained (1,000 gap listeners with Fun Radio only) its Dauphine place. “Les Matins nostalgie” with Philippe and Sandy have filled 328,000 listeners, a score down over one year (-31,000). And it is Bruno Guillon who takes advantage of it. In addition to double the morning of Skyrock, “Bruno on Fun Radio” flies away and garnered 81,000 additional listeners over a year. On the niche (6h-9h), the animator of France 2 is equal to nostalgia (328,000 listeners). Previously distant by Difool on Skyrock, Bruno Guillon now has 58,000 pairs of ears in advance.
“The Difool Morning” therefore loses a place and leaves the podium. With 269,000 listeners, the Skyrock morning still limits the breakage (-18,000 pairs of ears over a year) and keeps its lead on the Pop Rock sound of RTL2. On average between 6 a.m. and 9:15 am, “the double espresso”, served by Greg Ascher and Justine Salmon on RTL’s sister antenna, is followed by 228,000 listeners (-10,000 faithful over one year).
Catastrophic end for Benjamin Castaldi on Europe 2
Beyond the Top 5, “the best of RFM alarm clocks” and “The Chérie” Awakening “of Chérie FM both experienced a bad wave with audiences respectively down 32,000 and 4,000 listeners over a year.
As in previous waves, “Le Morning du Rire” of laughter and songs is more listened to than “Castaldi awakens France” from Europe 2. With 4,000 listeners won over a year, Bruno Roblès succeeds in being only the second “musical” morning “to progress over a year. Laughter and songs take the opportunity to distance himself from Europe 2 which sinks, more than ever in the crisis. With only 66,000 listeners (-29,000 over a year) from 6 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., the station morning is in free fall. The tumble is even more important from 7 a.m., when Benjamin Castaldi took the antenna, until 9:30 am (79,000 listeners on average, -42,000 listeners over a year). Faced with this failure, the former columnist for “TPMP” folded back in early April. He will be replaced by Sébastien Cauet on Monday April 28. What to allow Europe 2 to go up the slope?
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The hearings of the Matinals of Musicales January 2025
1. NRJ- “Manu in 6/10” with Manu Lévy (6h-10h): 610,000 listeners (- 41,000 over one year)
2. Nostalgia-“Nostalgia mornings” with Philippe and Sandy (6h-9h): 328,000 listeners (-31,000)
3. Fun Radio-“Bruno on Fun Radio” with Bruno Guillon (6h-10h): 327,000 listeners (+ 81.000)
4. Skyrock-“Le Morning de Difool” (6h-9h15) with Difool: 269,000 listeners (-18,000)
5. RTL2- “The double espresso” with Grégory Ascher and Justine Salmon (6 a.m. to 9:30 am): 228,000 listeners (- 10,000)
6. RFM- “The best alarm clock” (6 a.m. to 9:30 am) with Caroline Ithurbide and Albert Spano: 158,000 listeners (- 32,000)
7. Chérie FM-“Le Réveil Chérie” with Alexandre Devoise and Tiffany Bonvoisin (6h-9h): 147,000 listeners (-4,000)
8. Laughter and songs-“Le Morning du Rire” with Bruno Roblès (6h-10h): 96,000 listeners (+ 4.000)
9. Europe 2- “Casta awakens France” with Benjamin Castaldi (6 a.m. to 9:30 am): 66,000 listeners (- 29,000)
Source: EAR (Radio Audience Study) Mediamétrie January-March 2025. Audiences in average quarter of an hour. Monday to Friday. The comparisons expressed are it over one year (January-March 2025 vs January-March 2024) and on a wave (January-March 2025 vs November-December 2024).
