Today FM producer-turned-presenter Mairead Ronan will host her own prime time radio show from September. Ronan, who joins the daytime line up with a two-hour lunchtime show on weekdays from midday to 2pm, replaces Muireann O’Connell who is leaving the station. Ronan has produced and presented various shows across Today FM. Earlier this year, she […]
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IBI welcomes Cabinet proposal to cut levy
The Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (IBI), the organisation representing Ireland’s 34 independent radio stations, has welcomed the decision by Cabinet to publish amending broadcasting legislation. Included in the bill is a proposal to reduce the broadcasting levy by up to 50 per cent. The decision delivers on a post-election promise made to broadcasters. IBI chairman John […]
Off the Ball launched as a new radio station
Newstalk’s sports show Off The Ball has launched a new 24-hour sports radio station. Produced by the award-winning team behind the iconic sports radio show, OTB Sports Radio broadcasts around the clock with 40 hours of live programmes every week. The new station is another “first-to-market” venture in Ireland for Newstalk owner Communicorp Media. The […]
Communicorp rolls out new audio app
Communicorp Media has launched GoLoud™ a free-to-use app featuring all of its radio stations, including Today FM and Newstalk, Irish and international podcasts and a wide selection of mood-based playlists and digital music stations. With a tagline of ‘Podcasts, Radio and Music to your ears’, GoLoud™ is available to download via iOS and Android. Communicorp […]
BAI makes €50k available for research studies
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has announced details of its 2019 Media Research Funding Scheme. A total of €50,000 is available to suitably qualified academics, researchers and broadcasting and media professionals to carry out studies on themes of relevance to the work of the BAI. The scheme is aimed at helping the BAI meet […]
Dublin’s Q102 turns electric with Nissan
Dublin’s Q102 is going green by becoming the first radio station in the capital to make the switch to driving the 100 per cent electric Nissan Leaf. The station has taken delivery of three new Nissan Leafs to be used by its Blue Crew. Q102’s Margaret Nelson said the typical Q102 listener is a mother […]
McPartlin involved in digital Irish station start-up
Former Today FM CEO Peter McPartlin is part of a group of music aficionados behind the launch of a new digital Irish music radio station launching this weekend. Called PlayIrish, the station will be available globally on the Irish Radioplayer platform and mobile app. The new station will feature Irish artists, from established acts to […]
Zamparelli to get her own 2FM show
RTÉ 2FM has announced that Jennifer Zamparelli is to host her own show as part of the new schedule line up. The show will air mid-morning, weekdays from 10am to 1pm. She joined Breakfast Republic with her co-presenters, Bernard O’Shea and Keith Walsh, in 2014 and co-presented the third series of Dancing with the Stars on RTE One Television. From Baldoyle in […]
Keogh hosts Newstalk’s weekend breakfasts
Newstalk has announced a new weekend schedule with new shows and presenters. Newstalk Breakfast will now run across seven days, with Susan Keogh presenting on Saturday and Sunday mornings from 8am. The stations says it will be the only live national news and current affairs breakfast show at weekends with news stories, analysis and opinion. […]
Radio stations vent anger at inaction
The organisation representing the country’s 34 independent radio stations is to tell politicians at an event in Leinster House today that it has lost patience with the failure of the Government to address issues facing Irish broadcasting. IBI chairman John Purcell (above) says its members have lost patience and will be robustly making their point […]
Damien Tiernan to present WLR’s Deise Today
Journalist and former RTE broadcaster Damien Tiernan is the new voice of mid-morning radio in Waterford, replacing Eamon Keane as host of the award-winning Deise Today on WLR. The former south east correspondent with RTE will take the reins of the talk and current affairs show from next Monday. The show airs from 10am weekdays. […]
Newstalk brings back comedy news panel show
Newstalk has announced the return of comedy news panel You Couldn’t Make It Up to its weekend schedule. The irreverent 10-part weekly half-hour show starts this Saturday. Recorded in front of a live studio audience, the show is co-produced and hosted by veteran broadcaster Pat O’Mahony and features various Irish stand-ups divided into teams of […]
Larry Gogan to move from 2fm to RTÉ Gold
RTÉ has confirmed that 2FM veteran presenter Larry Gogan will be leaving the station after 40 years and is moving to host shows on RTÉ’s digital station, RTÉ Gold. Gogan will present his last show on 2FM on this Thursday as part of a day of special events celebrating the DJ. He presented The Golden Hour and […]
