Change in the top 3 radio stations in France. Ahead RTL , Franceinfo took second place in the back-to-school audiences, while France Inter remains the leading station in France, with 7.20 million listeners every day between September and October, according to Médiamétrie figures published this Thursday, November 14, 2024.
Public radio Franceinfo has 4.97 million daily listeners over the same period. RTLwhich was the audience leader until 2019, reached 4.90 million listeners (-306,000 over one year). The private general station of the M6 group made major recruitments this summer, including that of Thomas Sotto in the morning.
12.8% cumulative audience for “France Inter”, new record
Another station of the public group Radio France, France Inter gained 265,000 daily listeners over a year, reaching a new record. Its cumulative audience stands at 12.8% (+0.3 points over one year), against a backdrop of provided news, between the first measures of Michel Barnier's government and the American election campaign.
The 7/10 hosted by Nicolas Demorand, Léa Salamé and Sonia Devillers, is the first morning show in France, with more than 5 million listeners (9% cumulative audience).
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“It’s a beautiful story that we’re writing between the French and their public audio service”welcomes the group's CEO, Sibyle Veil, in a context of public broadcasting reform projects. “We manage to have great successes on all fronts at the same time: live and on digital, on news and culture, on national and local”she emphasizes in a press release.
In detail about the group's radio stations, France Blue is progressing (2.60 million listeners, + 87,000 in one year), just like France Culture which crossed the threshold of 2 million daily listeners for the first time (2.11 million, +267,000 in one year).
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“Europe 1” boosted by Cyril Hanouna
Europe 1controlled by conservative billionaire Vincent Bolloré, continues its growth, with 2.49 million listeners (+ 347,000 over one year), and is hot on its heels France Blue.
After Pascal Praud last season, the radio recruited Cyril Hanouna, the flagship but controversial host of the TV channel this fall. C8. He took the 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. slot to We walk on our heads and doubled the audience for this segment, according to the station. Constance Benqué, general director of Lagardère Radio, the group to which the station belongs, underlinesAFP what “the freedom of tone and spirit ofEurope 1 is fundamental”.
Over the September-October period, radio stations as a whole attracted 37.85 million listeners, compared to 38.14 million a year earlier.
