Beat 102-103, the regional radio station broadcasting in Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Carlow, celebrates 10 years on air this July. In that time, Beat has become the top station in the south east and now attracts 151,000 weekly listeners, up 16,000 listeners in the last year. The station’s most popular shows include Beat Breakfast […]
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Radio again airs its wares
RTE and Ireland’s independent radio stations have combined to run a new episode in the series of radio promotion campaigns. If You Want to Be Heard is the theme of the fifth annual Choose Radio push urging advertisers to invest in radio by showing its power and reach. Jointly developed by the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland […]
Applications sought for IRS job
Irish marketing and media executives interested in the vacant chief executive post at Independent Radio Sales (IRS) sales house for local radio stations have until next Monday week, May 27, to apply. The job spec entails delivering sales and profit forecasts for the company and achieving revenue targets for the IRS network’s 20 local member […]
IBI boss calls on Minister Rabbitte to arrange RTE talks
The chairman of the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (IBI) group John Purcell is calling on the Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte to hold a meeting with the IBI and RTÉ to establish “a fair and equitable broadcasting landscape” for Irish radio listeners. Such a meeting would be the first of its kind. Addressing the IBI […]
Healy to head up 2FM
One of the most widely known and respected names in local radio Dan Healy has quit as boss of Independent Radio Sales (IRS) to head up 2FM at RTE. Before taking over from John O’Connor at IRS three years ago, Healy was a founder of iRadio, which won the competition for licences for the north […]
98FM raise anchors profiles
98FM has a new campaign to drive the music station’s anchor shows, The Ray Foley Show and Dermot & Dave. Both shows will be promoted throughout Dublin in the coming months. The €500,000 campaign aims to increase awareness of the broadcasters as 98FM presenters and their already familiar TV personalities. The ads run on 48 […]
Gaffney advocates pooling news
Pooling newsrooms resources to cut costs and make news gathering more streamlined is an option for Irish media in the recession, Communicorp chairperson and Independent News & Media (INM) non-executive director Lucy Gaffney has said. Speaking at a breakfast organised by Plan Ireland, Gaffney said news organisations in the UK had implemented similar practices as […]
Media show returns to Radio 1
The Media Show, presented by journalist Brenda Power (pictured), returns to RTÉ Radio 1 tomorrow at 7.30pm. The eight-part series is in its second season, following a first run last April. Produced by Helen Shaw’s Athena Media, the new series will focus on the people behind our media and outlines how it operates. The show aims […]
TG4 wins radio prize
TG4 has won the first annual Today FM Creative Radio Awards for 2012 with its Time campaign created by Publicis. The ad was chosen by judges Gavin O’Sullivan, DDFH&B, Margaret Colton, Electric Ireland and Today FM breakfast show presenter Ian Dempsey (pictured). A cash prize of €5,000 is split between TG4, Publicis and buying agency […]
Spin set for Hollywood
Dublin music station Spin 1038 has been nominated for most innovative international radio station at the Worldwide Radio Summit Awards being staged in Los Angeles at the start of May. The event is described as the yearly gathering of “the most forward thinking minds in radio, digital/social and music.” Spin 1038 is up against some big […]
RTE launches new Radio 1 site
RTE has launched a new Radio 1 website with an emphasis on itemised content and update navigation tools. The functionality of the new site allows users to identify particular items on shows. Clare Duignan (above), managing director, RTE Radio, said online research by Gfk NOP Media shows that 70 per cent of Irish adults have […]
Ryan honoured at radio awards
2FM presenter Gerry Ryan was posthumously inducted into the hall of fame of Irish radio broadcasting at the Phonographic Performance Ireland (PPI) Radio Awards presented at a gala dinner in the Lyrath Estate Hotel in Kilkenny. The three other radio presenters who were inducted into this year’s hall of fame were Ronan O’Rahilly of Radio […]
Newstalk backs breast cancer month
Newstalk is in the pink this October as it joins Centra, Boots, Esso and Curves in support of the Irish Cancer Society (ICS) Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The station is showing its support for the Action Breast Cancer programme which provides information and support services to thousands of women across Ireland. Newstalk has come on […]
