ftm Radio Page - July 22, 2016

Public Channels Still Leading, Still Slipping
As audiences shift public broadcasters face a certain quandary. With money and wherewithal to adopt new technical platforms legacy brands can be victims on institutional inertia. New channels can be developed easily. Older ones, typically with huge structures, seem to run out of energy. Private sector broadcasters don’t have that problem.

New station targets boat people
tourists and more

Nestled into the always stunning Riveria, corners carved from France and Italy, is Monaco. A new radio station, Radio Baikal, has gone on-the-air serving the Russian-speaking community. The program offers contemporary Russian and foreign tunes plus news and weather, according to a press release quoted by radioportal.ru (July 20). The radio station is named after Lake Baikal, a UNESCO world heritage site, located in southern Siberia.

Radio Baikal can be heard on two FM frequencies, DAB+ and a webstream handy for the smartphone set. The Principality of Monaco reported 535 residence card holders from the Russian Federation in 2015. That doesn’t include holiday-makers and, of course, those who park their boats. A Russian-language newspaper has been published in Monaco for several years.

One Radio Baikal’s FM frequencies had been used by MC 2, an Italian language channel part of the Radio Monte Carlo network, owned by Gruppo Finelco, recently absorbed by RadioMediaset. The other had been used by Paris-based Fréquence Jazz. Radio China International operates on FM in Monaco. Operating in several Russian cities is the unrelated radio channel Radio Monte Carlo.

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Recently added radio audience figures and resources

• Germany - Radio Audience (July 2016)
  leading stations, audience trend, daily reach
• France - Greater Paris Radio Audience (July 2016)
  national and local channels, market share, trend
• Switzerland - Radio listening by region (July 2016)
  public and private sectors, penetration, time spent listening
• Switzerland - French region Radio Audience (July 2016)
  share, trend
• Switzerland - Swiss-German region Radio Audience (July 2016)
  share, trend
• Switzerland - Italian region Radio Audience (July 2016)
  share, trend
• France - National Radio Audience (July 2016)
  national channels, sectors, market share, reach/TSL
• Italy - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (July 2016)
  public and private broadcasting companies, channels, audience reach/share, management
• UK - National Radio Audience (May 2016)
  market share, trend, sectors
• UK - London Radio Audience (May 2016)
  market share, trend
• UK - National Radio Audience (May 2016)
  BBC/commercial 'gap'
• Czech Republic - Radio Audience (May 2016)
  Top stations, national survey, reach trend
• Spain - National Radio Audience (April 2016)
  national channels, reach share, trend
• Sweden - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (February 2016)
  public and private radio channels, owners, management, national market share trend
• Poland - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (January 2016)
  public and private radio channels, owners, management, platforms, market share
• Estonia - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (December 2015)
  public and private broadcasting companies, channels, management, platforms, audience estimates
• Spain - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (December 2015)
  public and private broadcasting companies, channels, management, platforms, audience estimates
• Ireland - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (November 2015)
  national public and commercial radio channels, major local/regional stations, management, listening share
• Finland - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (September 2015)
  public and private radio channels, management, market share, platforms
• France - National Radio Summer Audience (September 2015)
  national channels, summer period 2010-2015 trend
• Ireland - National Radio Audience (August 2015)
  market share, 07h00-19h00, trend
• Ireland - Dublin Radio Audience (August 2015)
  market share, 07h00-19h00, trend
• Greece - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (June 2015))
  public and private broadcasting, owners, executives, market share

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