Czech Radio and Listeners in the Polls

Czech Radio, or one of its four nationwide, eleven regional and four specialist stations, is listened to on an average day by one third of the population of the Czech Republic aged 12 - 79. According to the results of RADIO PROJEKT radio station audience research for the second and third quarters of 2008, Czech Radio had a 22.4% share in the radio market of the Czech Republic. The listening period for Czech Radio as a whole averages 3.8 hours per day. At least once a week one of the Czech Radio stations is tuned in to by approximately 2.6 million listeners, i.e. one third of the population of the Czech Republic aged 12 - 79. In the strongly competitive environment of private broadcasting with three nationwide and over 60 regional and local radio stations, within the framework of Czech Radio the most successful over the long term is Czech Radio 1 - Radiozurnal. This station is selected daily by 722,000 listeners, i.e. 8.2% of the population of the Czech Republic aged 12 - 79. Among its target regions, the Brno, České Budějovice and Plzeň regional stations lead the competition.