Long wave – Wireless Flirt

April 3, 2023April 3, 2023

History of campaign to keep RTÉ on long wave

RTÉ long wave facility pictured in 2018 (photo by John Walsh).

On April 1^st 2023, RTÉ announced the closure of the long wave service of Radio 1 on 252 kHz. Based in Clarkestown in Co. Meath, the transmitter designed …

September 6, 2021October 6, 2021

Programme #54 (September 2021)

Our FM mast in the late summer sun at Tonabrucky near Galway.

Welcome to the sixth series of Wireless on Flirt FM, the radio programme and podcast all about radio. In this series we’ll bring you new features on the …

February 3, 2020February 3, 2020

Programme #37 (February 2020)

**Panel from left: Aodh Ó Coileáin, Fiona McGarry, John Walsh and Paula Healy**

There’s been a lot of discussion of late about the threat to the future of public service broadcasting and public service media in general so this month …

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Hello and welcome to Wireless, an award-winning programme about media, radio and audio in Ireland and abroad. The show is broadcast from 3-4pm on the first Monday of every month on community station Flirt FM in Galway, is heard on many other community radio stations across Ireland and is also available wherever you get your podcasts.

Since 2016, Wireless has been the only regular radio show in Ireland to discuss media, audio and radio in depth. We have covered all aspects of this fast-changing landscape including broadcasting history, digital and social media, community media, specialist services and platforms, media and diversity, pirate radio, sound studies and the development and regulation of future media.