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 …
History of campaign to keep RTÉ on long wave
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 …
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 …