4 point of cumulative audience but won 0

Wave after wave, trends were confirmed for the hearing of the radio. According to figures released yesterday by Médiamétrie, the hearing combined media that is the percentage of people having heard the radio at least once in the day still declined 1.1 points in the first quarter over the same period of 2005, and it is 83.2. Once again, the decline is more pronounced for music radio, who lose 1.1 point hearing combined in one year, for mainstream radio, including the withdrawal is limited to 0.4 of a point. But it is RTL, generalist first of France, who accuses the most spectacular fall, his hearing cumulative from 12.1 in the first quarter of 2005 to 11.3 a year later.

In three years, RTL therefore seen its cumulative audience fall of 1.3 points. An underperformance as Axel Duroux, Chairman of RTL, puts on the account of the phase of mutation to the radio, more competition by other media such as Internet or DTT.

Large GPS display contrasting balance: If France Inter following the same trend as RTL, registering a decline of 0.6 point of his cumulative audience, Europe 1 ( 0.1 point) and especially RMC Info ( 0.6 point) are on the rise. Clearly, in a more fragmented landscape, what radio formats the better defined and more specific such as sport and interactivity for RMC Info who derive the better their PIN of the game.

France Inter prepares its moult

"Europe 1 has a potential which may exceed 10 and radio can become the generalist first, said his side to the"Echos"Jean-Pierre Elkabbach, the President of Europe 1. An issue understood by France Inter, which prepares for the next term, a profound upheaval of its grid. "The General format is not in crisis, but there is a work of renewal that is more urgent than ever," said Jean-Paul Cluzel, President of Radio France. Frédéric Schlesinger will take the reins of France Inter, in replacement of Gilles Schneider, in September and the focus will be on the renewal of the public station magazine slices.

Side RMC Info, and it became a habit, it is always the satisfaction. From the last wave, the Group NextradioTV radio remains to 4.8 per cent of cumulative audience, but Alain Weill, its President, who said that the hearing of the station is on the rise for the 19th consecutive wave, is still 5 this year.

Skyrock development blogs

On the musical, the decline in RTL benefits NRJ, which remains more than ever the first France radio, widening the gap with Bayard Street station. In a year, NRJ however lost 0.4 point of cumulative audience, but won 0.1 point of audience share.

Only three music stations are doing well in one year: Radio Classique, benefiting from its new positioning, RFM, from 5 to 5.1 cumulative audience, and Skyrock, which stands at 8.1. In November and December, marked station rap and R' (b) had experienced a small accident by seeing his audience down to 7.2, but it has since regained lost ground. First radio of the 13-24 years and second radio less than 50 years behind NRJ, Skyrock confirmed its excellent health, while building on the blogs: Pierre Bellanger station, whose majority shareholder change, home to 4.5 million active blogs and is far the first platform of blogs in France.