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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

Newstalk has announced that Kieran Cuddihy will join the Newstalk Breakfast team on a permanent basis. He joins Shane Coleman as co-presenter on the breakfast show which airs weekdays from 7.00am – 9.00am. Newstalk Breakfast recently recorded its highest-ever market share of 6.7 per cent with an appeal among 25 to 44-year-old listeners. Cuddihy, a native […]

Paul Williams is stepping down as co-anchor of the Newstalk Breakfast show, which he co-presents with Shane Coleman. He said that after more than two years being part of the country’s morning commute,  he decided it was time to move on. “It’s been a great experience and I want to thank the team for producing […]

Today FM has agreed a partnership with suicide support group Pieta House. The charity will sponsor the health and wellness segment, ‘Mind Yourself Now’ on the Dermot & Dave show,  in the lead up to FeelGood Week from October 20. The initiative is aimed at helping people #FindtheFeeling through wellness, mindfulness, active, social and fun events. […]

Lee Thompson’s i-Believe is to partner with AdsWizz to power its new AudioOne audio service in Ireland. The deal will see i-Believe sell inventory from local publishers, podcasters and AdWave. AdsWizz powers the service by targeting audiences by location, age, gender or contextual and also behavioural segmentation. AudioOne reaches over a million Irish listeners of […]