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After nearly 70 episodes, the time has come to hang up the headphones and bring Wireless on Flirt FM to an end. In this final episode, we talk to Liz Greene of Northumbria University about …
History of campaign to keep RTÉ on long wave
On April 1st 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 …
Interview with audio documentary maker Orla Higgins
Orla Higgins is an award-winning documentary maker and independent audio producer from Galway. Her work has aired on the Documentary on One series on RTÉ Radio as well as on the BBC World Service …
Programme #68 (March 2023)
In the March 2023 edition of Wireless, we go behind the scenes in the world of audio documentary with independent …
Analysis of challenges facing new media commission
Ireland’s new media commission, Coimisiún na Meán, is currently being established following the publication last year of a report on the future of media and the enactment of …
First ‘brand extension’ of Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio
In late December 2022, a new temporary radio station called Classic Hits 80s took to the airwaves in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Clare and Galway. The station, which broadcast for a month under a 30-day licence, was the first ‘brand extension’ …
Research into US tribal radio
Dr Katie Moylan is an Associate Professor in the School of Media Communication and Sociology at the University of Leicester and a researcher into US …
Programme #67 (February 2023)
Programme #66 (January 2023)
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In the January 2023 edition of Wireless on Flirt FM, we look back at highlights of the show from 2022. Harry Browne of TU Dublin reviews the report of the Future of Media Commision and …
Programme #65 (November 2022)
In the November edition of Wireless on Flirt FM, a review of this year’s CRAOL Féile of community media held in Galway, the theme of which was inclusion. Jamie Medhurst of Aberystwyth University analyses a century of broadcasting in Wales …