With the Irish summer in full swing, RTE Radio 1’s Sunday Miscellany shares the story of Mark Leslie – Ireland’s Seal Whisperer. Leslie is the founder of Martello Media, the company which produced many of Ireland’s best known interpretative centres including the Easter 1916 Commemoration in the GPO and the visitor centre at the Cliffs […]
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Giles quits as expert on Off the Ball
Former Republic of Ireland and Leeds United midfielder John Giles, whom it was said “could land a ball on a penny”, is to retire from punditry at the age of 84, after 23 years with Off The Ball and almost three decades with Newstalk. Giles’ tenure with the Thursday nights’ sports show makes him the […]
Bay Broadcasting buys Galway Bay FM
Bay Broadcasting, owners of Radio Nova, the multi-city Classic Hits Radio and Sunshine 106.8, has acquired Galway Bay FM for an undisclosed sum. in Ireland. The station is the licensed broadcaster for Galway city and county, with a market share of 34 per cent. The station has a staff count of 25 at its headquarters […]
Beat’s raunchy podcast set for Wexford festival
Beat’s Daily Dilemma Uncensored Live podcast is coming to the Wexford Spiegeltent. The multi-genre festival features music acts, comedy performances and live podcasts. Earlier this year, Beat’s breakfast duo, Niall Power and Shonagh Lyons, took their raunchy show to a sold-out audience in Wexford town on Valentine’s night. From the kinky to the contentious, the […]
News UK’s Wireless Ireland now Onic
The Rupert Murdoch-owned News UK & Ireland has rebranded its Wireless Ireland radio and digital group as Onic. The group includes Dublin’s FM104 and Q102, Cork’s 96FM and C103, Live 95 in Limerick, LMFM and U105 in Belfast. The company’s sales house, Urbanmedia, is now part of Onic and will continue to handle sales for […]
Off the Ball airs new animated ads
Sports media brand Off The Ball has unveiled a new ad campaign. With a tagline of ‘The Biggest Conversation in Sport’, the 30-second animated piece highlights the breadth of sports content and commentary the brand delivers. From GAA to golf and rugby to football, the campaign promotes OTB as more than a radio show. The […]
Ben Murray iRadio’s new managing editor
Bauer Media Audio Ireland (BMAI) has appointed Ben Murray as managing editor at iRadio. In his new role, Murray will be responsible for leading the audience growth strategy, focusing on iRadio’s content output. With over 20 years’ experience in Irish radio, he has worked both in front of and behind the mic, from music scheduling, programming […]
P&G’s John Fix for Radiocentre talk
Radiocentre Ireland’s first webinar of 2025 will explain why Procter & Gamble increased its spend on audio advertising in the US. Delegates will hear from John Fix whose 27-year career at P&G spanned engineering, R&D, market research and marketing. He was one of the first executives with a role dedicated to media analytics. He managed […]
Kathryn Thomas to host Q102’s breakfast show
Kathryn Thomas is joining Dublin’s Q102 to host its breakfast show as part of the radio station’s new schedule and rebrand in February. The Morning Show with Kathryn Thomas will air weekdays from 7am to 10am, at which time she will hand over to her former RTÉ Radio 1 colleague Ryan Tubridy whose Hyundai-sponsored show […]
Bauer Media shares new insights on audio
A new report for Bauer Media Audio Ireland (BMAI) provides an update on how consumers interact with and consume digital audio, connected tv and social media. In particular, it gives a glimpse at the inroads digital audio has made in daily lives where it now leads in terms of trust, authenticity and willingness for ad […]
Bauer rolls out new Today FM ads
Bauer Media has launched a new advertising campaign for Today FM which sees the station promoted across Sky on demand, broadcast video on demand, including the RTE Player, Virgin Media Player, 4OD, paid social media using Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, and large format out of home sites. The campaign, which features a graphic design approach […]
Some spaces still available for radio seminar
Limited spaces remain for Radiocentre Ireland’s Sounding Out 2024 event next week. The seminar will feature Robert Heath, author of The Hidden Power of Advertising. Strategist and co-founder of Craig+Bridget Craig Mawdsley will talk about attention and whether it really matters for brands. There will also be a focus on effectiveness where Bridget Angear (Craig + Bridget) […]
Reilly to head up Bauer’s group marketing
Róisín Reilly has been promoted to the newly created role of group marketing director at Bauer Media Audio Ireland. The promotion is one of a number of changes to the company’s leadership team. Eric Moylan becomes managing editor of Newstalk in place of Patricia Monahan who recently moved to RTÉ. Celine McNamara has been appointed […]
