In this programme we mark 30 years of Wicklow’s local commercial radio station East Coast FM and speak to former CEO Seán Ashmore. We bring you a report from the recent Community Radio Ireland Féile in Dublin and feature Phoenix …
Programme #33 (October 2019)
In this episode we discuss the RTÉ funding crisis and the implications for RTÉ Lyric FM and public service broadcasting generally with Dr Harry Browne of the Technological University of Dublin. Dr Daithí McMahon of the University of Derby on …
Programme #32 (September 2019)
Welcome to the 4th series of Wireless on Flirt FM. In this episode, we feature the new temporary community station Bere Island Community Radio and pay a visit to the fantastic new headquarters of Belfast Irish language station Raidió Fáilte…
Programme #31 (June 2019)
On the final edition of this series of Wireless, Ralph McGarry interviews the manager of Community Radio Kilkenny City Declan Gibbons on 40 years of community radio in the city. Brian Greene brings us an extended report from the Hearsay …
Programme #30 (May 2019)
On this edition of Wireless on Flirt FM, Chair of the Oireachtas Communications Committee Hildegarde Naughton tells us about the latest reprieve for RTÉ’s long wave radio service. Eddie Bohan’s new book on Irish radio history is launched and we …
Programme #29 (April 2019)
On this edition of Wireless on Flirt FM, Fianna Fáil communications spokesperson Timmy Dooley tells us about his party’s proposal for a Public Service Broadcast Fund to support commercial radio. Historian Eddie Bohan discusses his new book ‘A Century …
Programme #28 (March 2019)
On this edition of Wireless on Flirt FM, Independent Broadcasters of Ireland protest against government broadcasting policy, west Cork gets a new community station West Cork FM, World Radio Day on Limu Radio in Finland and from the Irish …
Programme #27 (February 2019)
On this edition of he show, the Craol community news service explained by Ciarán Murray of Near FM. A report from Paula Healy at Salon de la Radio – the European Radio Show in Paris. Nails Mahoney and Tracey …
Programme #26 (January 2019)
This edition edition of Wireless is a special programme about the Irish pirate radio audio archive which went live on December 24th. We feature a selection of archival recordings and jingles and bring you the perspectives of listeners, broadcasters and …
Programme #25 (December 2018)
In this edition of Wireless on Flirt FM, we hear how the Grassroots Radio project is helping a new community radio station in Cork. Brian Greene reports from the recent International Radio Festival in Malta and radio activist and …