RTÉ Guide explained

Image Alt:Cover of the RTÉ Guide from 20 June 2009
Frequency:Weekly
Firstdate:1 December 1961
Language:English
Irish
Website:http://www.rte.ie/rteguide/

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).

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] 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.

From 8 January 1977, the RTÉ Guide switched from tabloid format to a compact magazine size and also changed from monochrome into colour. 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/S4C listings from 13 April of that year,[3] as well as three more services include Teilifís na Gaeilge (31 October 1996), Channel 5 (30 March 1997) and TV3 (20 September 1998) were also added.

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:

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

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RTÉ Archives - Daily stories from television and radio records of Irish life. RTÉ.ie. 2 October 2017.
  2. Web site: Business Name Registration number 39315. Companies Registration Office (Ireland). 15 October 2011.
  3. P45 (Copyrighted material) of Media and the Law by Tom Crone
  4. Web site: 9 important thoughts we have about this year's RTÉ Christmas Guide cover. 8 December 2016. The Journal. 8 December 2016.
  5. News: Montrose bosses chew over sale of beloved magazine RTE Guide. Gavin. Daly. Sean. Pollock. 19 May 2019. The Times. subscription.
  6. News: Sunday Business Post owner Enda O'Coineen may snap up RTE Guide. Gavin. Daly. 16 June 2019. The Times. subscription.
  7. News: RTÉ abandons proposed sale of RTÉ Guide. Laura. Slattery. 5 December 2019. The Irish Times. subscription.
  8. News: RTE Guide circulation falls by 12,000. Irish Independent. Samantha. McCaughren. 13 February 2004.
  9. Book: Wolfgang Truetzschler. Georgios Terzis . European Media Governance. 2007. Intellect Ltd. 9781841502915. 35 . https://books.google.com/books?id=s8xRDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA7. The Irish Media Landscape.
  10. Web site: Mag ABCs: 137 out 516 consumer mags put on circ year on year, full breakdown. Pressgazette.co.uk. 2 October 2017.
  11. Web site: RTÉ Guide Combined Total Circulation Certificate January to December 2014. Audit Bureau of Circulations. 2.
  12. Web site: RTÉ Guide Republic of Ireland Combined Total Circulation Certificate January to December 2015. Audit Bureau of Circulations . 2.
  13. Web site: RTÉ Guide Republic of Ireland Combined Total Circulation Certificate January to December 2016. Audit Bureau of Circulations . 2.
  14. Web site: RTÉ Guide Republic of Ireland Combined Total Circulation Certificate January to December 2017. Audit Bureau of Circulations . 2.
  15. Web site: RTÉ Guide January to December 2018. Audit Bureau of Circulations. 1.
  16. Web site: RTÉ Guide. ABC. RTE Guide (ROI Consumer Magazines), is no longer registered with ABC.

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