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Arts channel returns live shows
"a new season"

Live performances have been absent in recent weeks from arts and culture radio channels. Lockdown logistics have not been conducive to casts and players in closed studios without audiences. The alternatives, as with sports, have not been very exciting.

Italian public broadcaster RAI has returned live performances to the schedule of arts and culture channel Radio 3. The Monday evening (June 15) performance, coinciding with the official opening of theaters in Italy, was Bertolt Brecht’s Refugee Conversations. "An important signal, in this difficult moment, to relaunch the world of culture and live entertainment,” said RAI Radio director Roberto Sergio, in a statement. “Brecht on Radio3 marks the start of a new season.” (See more about media in Italy here)

The performance, noted the reviews, was modest. Actor Lino Guanciale interpreted Brecht’s verse augmented by music chosen and performed by violinist Renata Lackó. According to a RAI Radio statement, about 20,000 people streamed the even on social media. Next week’s Radio 3 live performance will feature jazz pianist Enrico Pieranunzi.

Through the lockdown, top radio choice was news, then rock
turned up

Recently released radio audience surveys are beginning to show effects of the coronavirus and lockdowns. Research institutes are challenged, obviously, by restrictions on data collection, even where electronic measurement is used.

The Greek radio audience estimates from MRB Global Link for the period from early March through mid-May shows, again, the resilience of legacy radio channels. The total share of news/talk Skai 100.3 reached 11.3%, the only radio channel in double digits. The MRB Global Link service is new to the Greek media landscape. Total radio reach through the period was statistically unchanged from the January through February period. (See more about media in Greece here)

Following Skai 100.3 was Greek music Melody 99.2 (8.9%), pop/rock Athens DeeJay 95.2 (8.5%), Real 97.8 (8.1%) and alternative/heavy metal Red 96.3 (7.9%) which tied with Rythmos FM, a pop/rock channel. Among the top 20 radio channels, only Skai 100.3 and Real 97.8 posted increases.

Among older listeners the results clearly shifted toward news stations. Skai 100.3 and Real 97.8, also offering news and talk, placed first and second, respectively, among persons 45 to 54 years. Melody 99.2 placed second among 55 to 70 year olds, following Skai 100.3.

A separate study from AEMAR on preference during the same general timeframe showed most all channels holding listeners longer. In those estimates alternative/heavy metal channel Red led with 185 minutes average listening, followed by religious channel Christianity with 168 minutes. Unsurprisingly, listening time to all-sports channel Sport24 fell.

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