Dunphy radio show nudges D'Arcy from top 10

RTÉ radio is producing the 10 most listened-to programmes in the State according to the latest radio listenership figures.

The JNLR/TNS mrbi survey released today shows RTÉ's Conversations with Eamon Dunphyshow has nudged Today FM's Ray D'Arcy out of the top 10. It also shows major gains for RTE's Marian Finucane in the weekend slot.

Her Saturday morning show is now the third most popular programme having gained 24,000 listeners in the October 2007-September 2008 period when compared with July 2007-June 2008. Finucan's Sunday morning show did even better, gaining 26,000 listeners and jumping one place to eighth in the top 10 programmes.

The Morning Irelandnews programme consolidated its position as the most listened-to show in the State, with an increase of 4,000 in its listenership. The show now has 436,000 listeners.

In second place, Livelinegained another 10,000 listeners compared with the previous survey and now has 378,000 listeners. The news was not so good for 2FM where Gerry Ryan slipped to fifth in the ratings by losing 9,000 listeners. He was the only RTÉ presenter in the top 10 to lose listeners in this survey.

Today FM will be disappointed with the widening gap between The Last Wordand Drivetime. The evening-time slots have been hotly contested in recent surveys but RTÉ's Mary Wilson, who presents Drivetime, has surged ahead in this survey, gaining 8,000 listeners to give her a listenership of 229,000.

Today FM's Matt Cooper lost 9,000 listeners, giving him a listenership of 207,000.

Newstalk FM's evening show The Right Hookwon back listeners it had lost in the previous survey. George Hook saw his audience reach 100,000 - an increase of 5,000 listeners on the previous survey.