RTÉ Guide

The RTÉ Guide is a television and radio listings magazine in Ireland published by RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, a subsidiary of Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).

Cover of the RTÉ Guide from 20 June 2009
The RTÉ Guide on 20 June 2009
CategoriesTV and radio listings magazine
FrequencyWeekly
First issue1 December 1961
CompanyRTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish
Irish
Websitehttp://www.rte.ie/rteguide/

The magazine offers detailed programme listings for RTÉ channels, as well as Virgin Media One, TG4, Virgin Media Two, BBC One, BBC Two, UTV, and Channel 4, as well as less detailed listings for variations of BBC Wales, ITV Wales, S4C and a number of satellite and cable channels. RTÉ Radio programme listings are also published. Lifestyle and celebrity articles are also included in the magazine.

History and profile

The RTÉ Guide began publication on 1 December 1961 as the RTV Guide[1] and changed its name to the current name on 8 July 1966.[2]

From 8 January 1977, the RTÉ Guide switched from tabloid format to a compact magazine size and also changed from monochrome into colour. Initially, listings were carried for Radio Luxembourg, AFN and BBC Northern Ireland but these were later dropped after a few years and only RTÉ programme listings were carried. After United Kingdom listings magazines such as Radio Times and TV Times were deregulated from 1 March 1991, the magazine began carrying BBC, UTV/HTV Wales and Channel 4, (with S4C) listings also from 13 April 1991.[3]

A special Christmas double issue of RTÉ Guide is published every year to cover the Christmas and New Year period.[4]

In April 2018, the design of the RTÉ Guide was changed for the first time in a number of years.

On 19 May 2019, it was reported that RTÉ was considering selling the RTÉ Guide.[5] On 16 June 2019, it was reported that the Sunday Business Post owner, Enda O’Coineen, might acquire the RTÉ Guide.[6] However by 5 December 2019, RTÉ had abandoned the proposed sale.[7]

Circulation

The Audit Bureau of Circulations circulation figures for the RTÉ Guide were:

  • 130,327 for July 2002 to December 2002[8]
  • 118,263 for July 2003 to December 2003[8]
  • 102,795 for the first six months in 2006[9]
  • 61,881 for 2012[10]
  • 53,695 in 2014[11]
  • 51,413 for 2015[12]
  • 48,089 for 2016[13]
  • 45,861 for 2017[14]
  • 43,195 for 2018[15]

Figures subsequent to 2018 are not available because the RTÉ Guide is no longer registered with the Audit Bureau of Circulations.[16]

See also

References
  1. "RTÉ Archives - Daily stories from television and radio records of Irish life". RTÉ.ie. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  2. "Business Name Registration number 39315". Companies Registration Office (Ireland). Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  3. P45 (Copyrighted material) of Media and the Law by Tom Crone
  4. "9 important thoughts we have about this year's RTÉ Christmas Guide cover". The Journal. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  5. Daly, Gavin; Pollock, Sean (19 May 2019). "Montrose bosses chew over sale of beloved magazine RTE Guide". The Times.
  6. Daly, Gavin (16 June 2019). "Sunday Business Post owner Enda O'Coineen may snap up RTE Guide". The Times.
  7. Slattery, Laura (5 December 2019). "RTÉ abandons proposed sale of RTÉ Guide". The Irish Times.
  8. McCaughren, Samantha (13 February 2004). "RTE Guide circulation falls by 12,000". Irish Independent.
  9. Wolfgang Truetzschler (2007). "The Irish Media Landscape". In Georgios Terzis (ed.). European Media Governance. Intellect Ltd. p. 35. ISBN 9781841502915.
  10. "Mag ABCs: 137 out 516 consumer mags put on circ year on year, full breakdown". Pressgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  11. "RTÉ Guide Combined Total Circulation Certificate January to December 2014" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations. p. 2.
  12. "RTÉ Guide Republic of Ireland Combined Total Circulation Certificate January to December 2015" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations. p. 2.
  13. "RTÉ Guide Republic of Ireland Combined Total Circulation Certificate January to December 2016" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations. p. 2.
  14. "RTÉ Guide Republic of Ireland Combined Total Circulation Certificate January to December 2017" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations. p. 2.
  15. "RTÉ Guide January to December 2018" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations. p. 1.
  16. "RTÉ Guide". ABC. RTE Guide (ROI Consumer Magazines), is no longer registered with ABC
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