Today FM
Established in 1997 Today FM is a prominent radio station in Ireland, which broadcasts nationally, and consistently ranks among the most listened stations in the country.
Today FM’s programming includes a mix of music, talk shows, news, sports coverage, and entertainment segments. Many of their hosts are media figures well-known to the Irish public. As of March 2023 the station had an audience share of 11.4%.
The station was initially called Radio Ireland when it was launched by John McColgan and Moya Doherty on St Patrick's Day 1997. Due to its low listenership, was relaunched as 100 – 102 Today FM on New Year’s Day 1998. McColgan and Doherty owned the station via their company Radio Ireland Limited, which was purchased by Scottish Radio Holdings in 2002. Ownership transferred again in 2005, when the company was bought by Emap. In 2007, Emap sold it’s Irish operations to Communicorp.
Today, the station is owned by Bauer Media Audio Ireland (formerly Communicorp), a subsidiary of Bauer Media, who purchased Communicorp in 2019. As such, it is a sister station of Newstalk, Dublin's 98FM, Spin 103.8 and Cork’s Red FM.
Audience Share
11.40%
Ownership Type
Private
Geographic Coverage
National
Content Type
Free content
Media Companies / Groups
Bauer Media Group
Ownership Structure
Today FM is owned by Bauer Media Audio Ireland (formerly Communicorp), a subsidiary of Bauer Media Group Ltd.
Bauer Media Group Ltds is owned by Yvonne Bauer (85%), and her sisters Saskia Bauer (5%), Nicola Bauer (5%) and Mirja Bauer (5%)
Voting Rights
N/A
Individual Owner
General Information
Founding Year
1997
Affiliated Interests Founder
A married couple best known for producing Riverdance, a dance act which served as the seven minute interlude for the 1994 Eurovision finals, of which Doherty was the executive producer.
In 1996 the couple formed Radio Ireland Limited, and won the contract for an independent radio station with national reach from the Independent Radio and Television Authority. At the time, there had not been an independent national radio station since Century Radio abruptly shut down in November 1991. The station launched as Radio Ireland on St Patricks Day 1997, but due to its low listenership, was relaunched as 100 – 102 Today FM on New Year’s Day 1998.
McColgan is a founding director of Tyrone Productions, one of Ireland’s largest television production companies.
Doherty is a producer and entrepreneur, and has previously served on the board of The Abbey Theatre and chaired the RTE board from 2014 until 2022.
Affiliated Interests Ceo
Is currently the interim CEO of Bauer Media Ireland
His career in Irish radio began in 1999 when he became the Operations Manager of East Coast FM. He joined Communicorp in 2002, where he was the CEO of Spin 1038 until 2008. He subsequently served as the CEO of Dublin’s 98fm from 2008 until 2013. Between 2014 and 2021, he worked in a number of positions at Today FM and Newstalk 106 – 108, and in 2021 became Group Operations Director Ireland for the Bauer Media Group.
He is the Chairperson of the IMRO Radio award, and a member of the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland’s board of directors.
Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief
John Keogh has been the Group Director of News for Bauer Media Audio Ireland since January 2021. Prior to this he worked as a special advisor in Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, and as the Director of News & Managing Editor of Network News for Newstalk 106-108FM, where he also worked as relief presenter.
Contact
Marconi House
Digges Lane
Dublin 2
Telephone: +353 (0) 1 804 9000
Email: info@todayfm.com
Website: www.todayfm.com
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Further Information
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Audience Share taken from the 2023 Joint National Listenership Research Survey, looking at “yesterday listenership” of 15+ population
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Within the media industry in Ireland reporting on income levels are generally at group level rather than individual title level. On top of this, overall revenue details for the market as a whole are unavailable. Due to these factors it is not possible to report accurately on market share for individual titles or groups.
