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Boring ratings, another reason to forget 2011
Shrug. Snore.

Total radio listening fell slightly in the Ile-de-France (Greater Paris) region, according to the September-December Médiamétrie audience estimates (January 24), 79.2% of the population 13 years and older, down from 80.0% one year on. Shrug. Time spent listening was also down, 162 average daily minutes vs. 172 minutes.

The rest of the numbers are much the same. Shrug. General interest national channel RTL held first place but lost market share, 11.9% from 12.6% year on year. Public channel France Inter remained number two, up to 10.5% from 9.6%. And Europe 1 is still slip sliding away, down to 8.6% from 9.6% (See Ile-de-France audience trends here)

Following trends from the French national survey, national news and information channel with a business twist placed 4th, rising to 8.0% from 6.3% one year on, the survey’s biggest gainer. Also up significantly was public all-news channel France Info (6th place), 4.8% from 4.2%.

Taken together national music channels were off slightly, except for Skyrock, still 5th place, up to 5.6% from 4.7% one year on. NRJ and Nostalgie, 7th and 8th place respectively, were up slightly as were Fun Radio and Virgin Radio. On the negative side were Cherie FM, down to 1.9% from 3.3%, Radio Classique, down to 3.0% from 4.2%, and RFM, down to 2.2% from 2.6%.

On the local side, Radio Latina rose to 2.8% market share from 2.0%, the highest rated local station. Radio Nova was up to 2.0% from 1.6%. The aggregated market share for local stations dropped ever so slightly to 19.9% from 20.0% one year on. (JMH)

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