ftm Radio Page - week ending May 24, 2019

Lots of music to choose from, sometimes new, sometimes unexpected
number one with a vote

Radio’s music programmers are always sounding out clues for trending hits. Streaming charts have become a daily first stop. That means following music streaming portal Spotify and its near-endless playlists.

Earlier this month Spotify unleashed the “Get Vocal, Europe” playlist to highlight European Parliament elections being held this week. The 28 tracks - one from each EU Member State - are accompanied with messages encouraging voting. All are fairly standard pop power ballads, five of the tunes featured in the recent Eurovision Song Contest. (See more about elections and media here)

In a similar vein, German satirist Jan Böhmermann this week released - with Comedians for World Peace - music video “Do They Know It’s Europe.” It is a 13 minute pro-Europe anthem; one of the lines is “Alone we are alone.” Artists from across the continent added comedic verses. OK, being Jan Böhmermann its premiere was choreographed on his ZDF show with a countdown. Some thought it might be a countdown to something else. Anyway, it was a Twitter top trend, something that gets the attention of all music programmers.

That was not all from Herr Böhmermann. Over the weekend he tipped the 20-year old Dutch pop hit: “We’re Going To Ibiza” by Vengaboys. It immediately topped the iTunes chart in Austria, where the Ibiza-gate scandal brought significant pain to the far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ). The band is planning an Austrian concert in August.

Big broadcaster faces more disruption
"bad fall"

Lagardère Active vice president for radio Laurent Guimier has been temporarily replaced by Constance Benqué, director for news of the group, reports OZAP.fr (May 21) quoting an internal email to staff. M. Guimier is off work following a “bad fall.” French media watchers have suggested his eventual departure. He arrived at Europe 1 a year ago from national public radio channel France Inter. He predecessor at Europe 1, Frédéric Schlesinger, also from Radio France, arrived in May 2017 and departed a year later.

A month ago Europe 1 employees issued a vote of no-confidence in company chairman Arnaud Lagardère for “a glaring lack of strategy.” Then the Médiamétrie audience estimates showed Europe 1 still in free-fall after staff, executive and schedule changes over months. M Lagardère asked the staff - and certainly Paris media buyers - for “a little more time.” There will be another meeting with employees in early June. (See more about media in France here)

Hedge fund Amber Capital, which holds a 5% stake in Lagardère Active, communicated its displeasure with the current company strategy to the board of directors earlier this month, reported news portal lepoint.fr (May 10). It wants to unlock shareholder value, theirs, and change the joint-stock partnership rules that allow M Lagardère to continue running the company founded by his father, the late Jean-Luc Lagardère.

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Recently added radio audience figures and resources

• UK - National Radio Audience (May 2019)
  market share, trend, sectors
• UK - London Radio Audience (May 2019)
  market share, trend
• UK - National Radio Audience (May 2019)
  BBC/commercial 'gap'
• Ireland - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (May 2019)
  national public and commercial radio channels, major local/regional stations, management, listening share
• France - Greater Paris Radio Audience (April 2019)
  national and local channels, market share, trend
• France - National Radio Audience (April 2019)
  national channels, sectors, market share, reach/TSL
• Belgium - Flemish region, Radio Audience (February 2019)
  market share, Sep-Dec 2017 to Sep-Dec 2018 trend
• Belgium - French region, Radio Audience (February 2019)
  market share, Sep-Dec 2017 to Sep-Dec 2018 trend
• Poland - National Radio Audience (January 2019)
  national survey, market share, trend
• Spain - National Radio Audience (released November 2018)
  national channels, reach share, trend
• France - National Radio Summer Audience (September 2018)
  national channels, summer period 2013-2018 trend
• Netherlands - Radio Audience (May 2018)
  national survey, market share, trend
• Switzerland - Radio listening by region (Jaunary 2018)
  public and private sectors, penetration, time spent listening
• Switzerland - French region Radio Audience (January 2018)
  share, trend
• Switzerland - Swiss-German region Radio Audience (January 2018)
  share, trend
• Switzerland - Italian region Radio Audience (January 2018)
  share, trend
• Czech Republic - Radio Audience (November 2017)
  Top stations, national survey, reach trend
• Turkey - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (October 2017)
  ownership, management, program formats, platforms, audience estimates
• Portugal - National Radio Audience (May 2017)
  leading stations, audience share, trend
• Germany - Radio Audience (March 2017)
  leading stations, audience trend, daily reach
• Romania - Radio Audience (January 2017)
  national and Bucharest surveys, market share, trend
• Italy - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (July 2016)
  public and private broadcasting companies, channels, audience reach/share, management
• 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
• 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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