ftm Radio Page - September 26, 2014

FM licenses on hold, DAB in 10 years
No hurry

New radio broadcasting licenses in Cyprus have been put on hold for the next decade. The Ministry of Communications informed the Cyprus Radio Television Authority (CRTA) that there are no FM frequencies available covering the island, though small local licenses might become available.

The current 17 private radio broadcasters in Cyprus have their national licenses “locked in” for “at least a decade,” reported radiofono.gr (September 24) Sometime after 2024, said CRTA Executive Director Andreas Petrides, it’s on to DAB. (See more about media in Cyprus here)

Public broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) operates four radio channels available on FM and AM/MW.

They went on holiday and took their radios
Not necessarily checking the news

Ah, summer!! Those lazy days by now just a memory, yes? The team at French media measurement institute Médiamétrie – some, at least – spent July and August collecting radio audience data. French radio executives can now scratch their heads and try to remember exactly what they were doing during the long lost summer.

Médiamétrie’s summer radio report is distinct from the normal quarterly release, smaller sample and a few special questions. In general, slightly fewer were listening (76.3%) and with a slightly reduced time spent listening compared to summer 2013. But there were more folks not hanging around the home residence listening, 67.4% from 66.5% last summer though time spent listening was considerably less. (See French summer audience trend chart here)

The usual big national channels, as usual, attracted most listeners; RTL on top, France Inter second. Both had lower market shares over the previous summer Regional public network France Bleu increased its share – think local weather and traffic reports – as did NRJ. Indeed, hot and happening music channels Fun Radio and SkyRock bumped up over last summer. Nostalgie did not, down to 3.8% from 4.8% year on year.

Summer 2014 was certainly filled with major news, largely international, that French listeners wanted to avoid, starting with Germany winning the World Cup. There were airline tragedies, the conflict in Ukraine and continued unrest in the Middle East. By the end of summer the French government was turned upside down. And, too, the weather wasn’t all that nice. But classical music channel Radio Classique increased its audience share by more than a third.

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Recently added radio audience figures and resources

• France - National Radio Summer Audience (September 2014)
  national channels, summer period 2010-2014 trend
• Estonia - Major Media - Broadcasting (radio and television) (September 2014)
  public and private, ownership, management, platforms, national audience trend
• Latvia - National Radio Audience (September 2014)
  national channels, audience share, trend
• Spain - National Radio Audience (August 2014)
  national channels, reach share, trend
• Spain - Major Media - Radio (August 2014)
  public and private broadcasting companies, channels, management, platforms, audience estimates
• Switzerland - Radio listening by region (January 2014)
  public and private sectors, penetration, time spent listening
• Switzerland - French region Radio Audience (January 2014)
  share, trend
• Switzerland - Swiss-German region Radio Audience (January 2014)
  share, trend
• Switzerland - Italian region Radio Audience (January 2014)
  share, trend
• UK - National Radio Audience (July 2014)
  market share, trend, sectors
• UK - London Radio Audience (July 2014)
  market share, trend
• UK - National Radio Audience (July 2014)
  BBC/commercial 'gap'
• France - Greater Paris Radio Audience (July 2014)
  national and local channels, market share, trend
• France - National Radio Audience (July 2014)
  national channels, sectors, market share, reach/TSL
• Germany - Radio Audience (July 2014)
  leading stations, audience trend, daily reach
• Portugal - National Radio Audience (July 2014)
  leading stations, audience share, trend
• Greece - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (June 2014))
  public and private broadcasting, owners, executives, market share
• Portugal - Major Media - Radio (May 2014)
  public and private broadcasting companies, channels, management, platforms, audience estimates
• Italy - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (March 2014)
  public and private broadcasting companies, channels, audience reach/share, management

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