Radio is back with a boom

With the highest listenership since 2015, is radio proving itself to be a ‘true companion media’?

Ryan Tubridy, who attracted 14,000 more listeners in the last year Picture: Bryan Meade

The “everyone’s a winner” announcements that flood into journalists’ inboxes when radio listenership figures are released do not hold much sway in ad-land, but there were still some encouraging signs for Irish radio last week.

The total number listening to ...