Cadena SER closes 2015 with a solid lead

• 4,512,000 listeners tune in to Cadena SER 

• SER obtains a 38% market share, a considerable lead over its competitors 

• The program 'Hoy por Hoy' consolidates its lead in Spanish radio, with more than 3,000,000 daily listeners – 1,000,000 more than COPE's Carlos Herrera 

• Onda Cero drops to third place in the ranking, trailing Cadena SER by more than 2,500,000 listeners. COPE ranks second, with just over 1,800,000 listeners

• All Cadena SER programs are leaders in their respective slots, on both weekdays and weekends 

• Carrusel Deportivo reinforces its lead as the most listened-to sports program on Spanish radio 

• Carles Francino reinforces its lead as the most listened-to sports program on Spanish radio

• 3.079.000 young listeners position 40 Principales as the most listened-to music station in Spain

Cadena SER closes 2015 with a solid lead

Latest EGM figures show Cadena SER as having 4,512,000 listeners daily, from Monday to Friday, giving it a lead over its main rival COPE of more than 1,800,000. COPE registered an audience of 2,671,000 listeners; Onda Cero was at 1,946,000, and RNE at 1,290,000. Cadena SER achieved a market share of 38%, 15.5% ahead of COPE, which is placed second in the ranking. 

SER, leader for all its programs, both news and entertainment

Hoy por Hoy, with Pepa Bueno and Gema Nierga confirmed, once again this quarter, its lead with more than 3,000,000 listeners.

Hora 14, anchored by José Antonio Marcos, is the top lunchtime news program with 695,000 listeners. The weekend news, with Esther Bazán, reported an audience of 467,000 listeners on Saturdays and 274,000 on Sundays.

In the afternoons, Carles Francino has 868,000 listeners, almost twice the figure of Onda Cero’s Julia Otero.

Angels Barceló, with 1,267,000 listeners daily for Hora 25,  also had almost twice as many listeners as the COPE program La Linterna. 

Javier del Pino’s A vivir que son dos días, remains the second-most listened to radio program in Spain. According to the latest EGM figures, his show has a total of 1,930,000 listeners on Saturdays and 1,571,000 and Sundays.

Hablar por Hablar clocked up 269,000 listeners; Oh My LOL! reported 254,000 listeners; Contigo Dentro 258,000; Acento Robinson 334,000; SER Consumidor 293,000; SER Aventureros 279,000; Nadie Sabe Nada 581,000; and Los Toros 130,000.

SER's sports programs remain at the top of the league

Francisco José Delgado 'Pacojó'’s SER Deportivos reported 492,000 fans.

El Larguero, with José Ramón de la Morena, has 939,000 listeners every night, while El partido de las 12 on COPE reported only half that figure, at 470,000.

Carrusel Deportivo, the oldest sports radio program in Spain, also comfortably holds on to its lead. On Saturdays, with 1,571,000 listeners, it enjoys a lead of more than 360,000 over Tiempo de Juego, even though it airs for two hours less than the COPE program. On Sundays, the gap is even wider: Carrusel boasts 1,732,000 fans, half a million more than COPE, even though the rival broadcaster’s show lasts two hours more than Jesus Gallego’s program. If one compares the same programming slot, from 3pm to 2am, Carrusel would enjoy a lead of 915,000 listeners on Saturdays and of 1,018,000 on Sundays.

Top of the charts for music

The ranking for music stations is still dominated by 40 Principales, with the charts-show station being the second-most listened to radio station in Spain, behind Cadena SER.

40 Principales had 3,079,000 listeners daily, representing a 21.4% share of music station audiences in Spain. Its morning show, Anda Ya, anchored by Dani Moreno, reported 1,615,000 listeners. 'Lo + 40', with Xavi Martínez, had 334,000 listeners. No te cortes, with Uri Sabat and Daniela Brume, had 102,000 listeners, and Yu: no te pierdas nada, presented by Dani Mateo, registered 314,000 listeners. Del 40 a 1, with Tony Aguilar, had 1,659,000 fans.

Cadena Dial is the music station to have seen most growth in the latest EGM. With 2,421,000 listeners, the station consolidates its position as the second-most listened to music channel, and now ranks fourth among all radio stations, close to COPE and way ahead of Onda Cero. Atrévete, the program directed and presented by Jaime Cantizano, had 1,384,000 listeners.

Máxima FM has 623,000 listeners and Mucho Max 202,000; M80 Radio reaches 515,000 listeners, with 80 y la madre totalling 198,000 fans. Radiolé recorded 560,000 listeners, while Café Olé had 330,000 fans.

Between them, PRISA’s music radio stations reported a total of 7,198,000 listeners, almost half of the total audience for music formats in Spain.

SER also ranks first for Internet radio

The undisputed lead enjoyed by SER’s analog radio stations is matched in the the digital world. Cadenaser.com is also a leader in Internet radio, with 2.9 million unique users *.

Los40.com, with almost 1,800,000 unique users * also ranks first for digital music radio.

* According to the latest multiplatform data from COM Score, October 2015.