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New sponsor starts on Drive It with The 2 Johnnies at RTÉ 2FM
Supervalu Insurance is the new sponsor of Drive It with The 2 Johnnies on RTÉ 2FM. The six-month deal, brokered by Core Sponsorship, started this week and consists of 10x 10 second sponsorship credited stings per show, sponsor-credited promos across the RTÉ 2FM seven-day schedule as well as podcast and homepage sponsorship...Publication date: 24.01.2023
Cork’s RedFM celebrates 21 years of broadcasting
Cork’s RedFM launched on this day in 2002 and promised a fresh, new sound for Cork city and county. Now, at 21 years old, the station is celebrating everything it has done for local listeners and giving away birthday presents throughout the day. The station says: “Our audience has grown up with the radio station as the soundtrack to their lives and a constant companion which has entertained, provoked and informed...Publication date: 16.01.2023
Nova spends €250k on marketing Morning Glory with PJ &Jim
Radio Nova is to Invest €250k in a new marketing campaign with PJ Gallagher and Jim McCabe. The new ads feature PJ Gallagher and Jim McCabe swimming in a bowl of cereal with the tagline ‘Cereal Messers’...Publication date: 16.01.2023
Michaela Hayes replaces Peter Collins on SPIN daytimes
Former iRadio and Nova presenter Michaela Hayes is joining SPIN to host the Monday to Friday 10am till 3pm slot. She’ll replace Peter Collins who is moving abroad. The daytime show has been networked across SPIN South West and SPIN 1038 in Dublin since 2020...Publication date: 13.01.2023
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta to air series on The Irish State
The Irish Free State came into being on 6 December 1922, and a new series starting on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta on 15 January will examine how the fledgling state achieved its unique standing on the world stage over the course of the last one hundred years...Publication date: 10.01.2023
Classic Hits 80s radio service launching on FM in four locations
Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio is to launch Classic Hits 80s on FM in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway. The station, currently streaming online, will broadcast on four FM frequencies for a period of 30 days and will feature music and memories from the 1980s. Classic Hits 80s will launch on FM at midnight on 28th December and will operate as a brand extension to the main Classic Hits Radio service, featuring music, news and lifestyle information...Publication date: 29.12.2022
Joleen Murphy appointed News and Sports Editor at Beat 102-103
Joleen Murphy has been appointed as Beat 102-103’s newest News and Sports Editor. Having previously worked as a senior journalist in the station’s newsroom, the Wexford native assumed the editorial role on December 23rd 2022...Publication date: 28.12.2022
New North East Correspondent position for RTÉ journalist Laura Hogan
Former Today FM and East Coast FM newsreader Laura Hogan has been appointed as North East Correspondent at RTÉ. Laura has worked as a multimedia journalist in RTÉ since 2018, reporting across television, radio and online news including RTÉ’s Six One News, Nine O’Clock News and Morning Ireland programmes...Publication date: 20.12.2022
Louise Duffy announced as replacement for The Ronan Collins Show
Former Today FM presenter Louise Duffy will host a new music show from January on RTÉ Radio 1 in the slot formerly held by The Ronan Collins Show. Louise has recently been heard on RTÉ Radio 1 filling in on Late Date, Rising Time, and The Ronan Collins Show itself, weekdays 12pm till 1pm...Publication date: 10.12.2022
Today FM’s Dermot and Dave hit the road in their Campervan of Christmas Joy
Dermot & Dave will broadcast from five different places across the country next week in their Campervan of Christmas Joy. Along the way, the duo will be turning on Christmas lights in local communities, stopping off at primary schools, putting up household Christmas trees and dropping off some Christmas presents to people who need a helping of Christmas Joy this year...Publication date: 02.12.2022