RTÉ has secured FBD Insurance as the sponsor of The Marian Finucane Show which broadcasts on RTÉ Radio 1 between 11am – 1pm on Saturdays and Sundays. The programme is the joint second most listened to radio programme in Ireland with 381,000 listeners on Saturdays and 332,000 on Sundays.
This sponsorship deal includes eight sponsor-credited stings per week, cross-station on-air promotions, as well as podcast and homepage sponsorship. According to some reports, the sponsorship is worth around €200,000 to RTÉ.
Fiona Muldoon, Chief Executive of FBD Insurance said: “FBD believes it is well matched with The Marian Finucane show. As we start our fiftieth anniversary year and as Ireland’s only indigenous motor and home insurer, FBD is an Irish institution. We are now partnering with another great Irish institution on The Marian Finucane Show. I am a big fan and I know lots of Irish families like my own and our FBD customers’ tune in every weekend. So, the FBD team is delighted to work with RTE and The Marian Finucane Show over the next year”.
According to Tara Farrell, Sponsorship Manager, RTÉ Radio: “RTÉ Radio Sales is pleased to confirm FBD Insurance plc as the new sponsor of The Marian Finucane Show one of RTÉ Radio 1’s top performing radio shows. With such a large number of listeners The Marian Finucane Show will deliver a highly effective platform for FBD Insurance plc to communicate directly with its customers. It’s a fitting endorsement of RTÉ Radio 1’s large national reach that when businesses have important messages to convey, they continue to turn to RTÉ Radio.”
