Ed Sheeran airplay falls by over 60% across Irish radio stations
It follows Macklemore’s removal from Sheeran’s tour over his pro-Palestine comments. Ed Sheeran’s average daily airplay has fallen by as much as 61% across major Irish radio stations this month, according to new analysis of Radiomonitor data by Why Not Her? Today FM recorded the biggest drop, with Sheeran’s average daily plays falling by 60.8% […]
2 weeks ago
Radio station apologises after accidentally announcing death of King Charles
They’ve issued a statement A radio station has issued an apology after they mistakenly announced that King Charles had died. According to listeners, normal broadcasting was interrupted with an announcement saying the King had passed away. The radio station then played God Save the King, and the broadcast was then stopped for around 15 minutes […]
5 months ago
Liz Truss gets absolutely skewered on UK local radio over fracking questions
It made for awkward listening. UK Prime Minister Liz Truss embarked on an “operation rolling Partridge” tour of local radio stations across Britain on Thursday morning (29 September). During it, the Prime Minister insisted the UK Government’s tax-cutting measures are the “right plan” in the face of rising energy bills and to get the economy […]
4 years ago
Jenny Greene returns to 2FM as they announce major changes to their programming
Breakfast Republic is no more. Doireann Garrihy and Eoghan McDermott will be taking taking over the breakfast show on 2FM, replacing Breakfast Republic with Bernard O’Shea, Keith Walsh & Jennifer Zamparelli. McDermott is already a presenter on the station and he’ll be joined on the new show by the vastly experienced Doireann Garrihy who has worked […]
8 years ago
After nearly 100 years, this looks like the beginning of the end for radio as we know it
No more moving the dial. It looks like FM radio will soon be going the way of AM radio, if the world is follow in the footsteps of Norway. First invented in 1933, FM broadcasts soon took-over in popularity for the-then abundant AM broadcasts. In the eight-decades-plus since then, FM has ruled the airways, with […]
9 years ago
Hotel chain Dalata to pull their sponsorship from George Hook’s Newstalk show
Hook’s comments have been widely condemned.
9 years ago