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IMRO radio awards open for entries

The IMRO Radio Awards 2022 are open for entries with as many as 41 categories spanning music, speech, news, programmes and personalities recognising those involved in radio across Ireland on-air and behind the scenes. After two years as a virtual ceremony, the awards return in-person for an event at the Lyrath Estate in Kilkenny in […]

As pandemic restrictions are lifted, Irish consumers are spending more on eating out, holidays and concerts than before the pandemic, new research by Radiocentre Ireland, the new industry body for audio indicates. Some habits that are set to change for good as one in three people who currently work from home want to continue to do […]

Every year the world turns green in celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day. The Sound of Ireland is a new pop-up radio station launched for Ireland’s national holiday. Broadcasting online and on FM in Dublin until March 18, the station celebrates St Patrick’s Day with Ireland and the world by trying to amplify aspects of Irish […]

International trade body for TV and radio sales houses, the European Group of Television Advertising (EGTA), has suspended relations with its six Russian association members – Europa Media Group (EMG), Everest Sales, Gazprom-Media, Media-1, NRA (National Advertising Alliance) and Russian Media Group – following the invasion of Ukraine. “These past few days, we have witnessed […]

Dublin music radio station 98FM has unveiled a new look, a new sound and some new faces, including Samantha Mumba (pictured) who will host a new Saturday night music show from this weekend called ‘Good Time Anthems’. The ‘Gotta Tell You’ chart topper will entertain a 98FM audience with Old Skool and contemporary dance and […]

Festive music radio station Christmas FM raised €331,515 for Barnardos, their chosen charity for 2021. The figure well surpassed the original goal of €250,000. Listener donations will be used to help around 6,800 disadvantaged children in Ireland , with Barnardos providing them with food, educational support and therapeutic services with their trained teams. The 2021 […]

Radio Nova has recorded the highest listenership in the music station’s 11-year history in the latest JNLR survey, showing handsome increases across key metrics. The latest book shows Nova scored a 29 per cent increase in weekly reach to 172,000, a 41 per cent increase in listened yesterday to 82,000 and a 56 per cent increase […]

Fans of festive music will be pleased to hear that Christmas FM returns to the airwaves this weekend. The radio station will switch Christmas on at midday this Sunday, November 28, allowing people to turn in for their festive music favourites. The presenters, all of whom volunteer their time, will broadcast around the clock to […]

The latest JNLR survey for the Ireland’s radio and audio market shows that 79 per cent of Irish adults tune into live radio everyday compared to 25 per cent who stream music and five per cent who listen to podcasts. Over three million listeners tune each day. Almost seven in ten 15–24-year-olds listen to live […]

Today FM has a new ad campaign and tagline running across TV, large format out of home (OOH), broadcast VOD, contextual digital and the radio station’s social media channels in June and July, with further activity later in the year. The ads, created by Publicis, feature presenters Ian Dempsey (pictured), Mairead Ronan, Dermot & Dave […]

Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media Catherine Martin TD (above) has confirmed that after a media merger examination, the proposed acquisition of Communicorp Group by Bauer Media can proceed as it has been decided that the €100 million deal is not contrary to the public interest in protecting the plurality of media […]

A new journalism graduate programme for the independent radio sector is being rolled out by Learning Waves, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) and Skillnet Ireland. A group of 10 journalism graduates will have the opportunity to be placed with one of Ireland’s independent radio stations where they will receive hands-on training and development. The […]

Bay Broadcasting is switching its breakfast shows on its two music stations. From April, Lucy Kennedy and Colm Hayes will present their show on Ireland’s Classic Hits from 6am to 10am with PJ Gallagher and Jim McCabe switching to Radio Nova. A Bay statement says the switch follows the signing of new 10-year licences with […]