Programme #47 (November 2020)

Hualapai tribal radio station KWLP FM in Arizona (photo courtesy of Katie Moylan).

In the November 2020 edition of Wireless on Flirt FM, we go behind the scenes at one of the west of Ireland’s leading mid-morning talk shows, Morning Focus on Clare FM. Presenter Gavin Grace tells us how the daily programme is put together and how it influences the station’s news coverage.

Grace Grace presenting Morning Focus on Clare FM (photo courtesy of Gavin Grace).

Dr Katie Moylan of the University of Leicester discusses her research about diversity on Irish radio and also on tribal radio in North America.

Katie Moylan (centre) at the launch of her latest book The Cultural Work of Community Radio in Siena in 2019 (photo courtesy of Brian Greene).

We also cover developments on the Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive Pirate.ie and learn about the recent World College Radio Day 2020.

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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.