42-510: Newstalk (formerly NewsTalk 106 ) is a national independent radio station in Ireland. It is operated by News 106 Limited, a subsidiary of Bauer Media Audio Ireland , and broadcasts under a sound broadcasting contract with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland . Newstalk is Ireland's only commercial all-talk station, broadcasting opinion, analysis, entertainment and sport. The station
84-538: A non-commercial basis. In Ireland, the BAI requires that community radio stations subscribe to the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) Community Radio Charter for Europe. Community radio in Ireland is represented by CRAOL . Currently there are 20 fully licensed community radio stations on air in Ireland, with offers of contracts from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland , while there are 42 stations in
126-439: A number of new Dublin radio services, expanding on the then duopoly of 98FM and FM104 . One was for a speech-based radio service. The Independent Local Radio (ILR) national news provider Independent Network News , was one of two applicants for this licence, and its applicant company, News 106, was awarded the franchise. However, before the station even went on air, several ILR companies decided that they did not want to be part of
168-455: A period of thirty days. The "easy listening" radio station relayed its FM programming on 1278 kHz MW and operated opt-out programming at various times. The group is said to be interested in obtaining one of the four MW channels that are allocated to the Dublin area, however the future schedule for licensing does not indicate that any MW licences will be offered on a permanent basis. During 2007,
210-602: A racing information database in 2005. The issue was resolved in the High Court with the termination of the BHB's licence agreement and a payment of €300,000 to the bookmakers, who were reported to have access to the BHB's former database until 9 January 2006. In 2011, he described the Irish bankruptcy process as "purgatory", and publicly announced that he was contemplating moving to the UK to avail of
252-434: A radio station called The Rock obtained a temporary classic rock music service. The station broadcast on 94.9 FM and also on 1278 kHz MW. The Rock was operated by the same group that operated Choice FM during 2005 and 2006, although different MW facilities were used by the group during 2007. Raidió Teilifís Éireann and Bauer Media Audio Ireland dominate the national radio broadcasting sector. RTÉ operates Radio 1, 2FM,
294-765: A regional franchise basis. Often several counties of Ireland are covered by one station only, but Dublin and Cork have several. The majority of the ILR stations collectively own the sales house, Independent Radio Sales. Except for the two original ILR licenses - 98FM and FM104 - each additional ILR license in Dublin was awarded for a specific format, intending on meeting demands which it was felt that 98FM and FM104 were not catering to. The majority of stations heard in Dublin can also be heard in North East Kildare, South Meath and North Wicklow. Community Radio covers specific local communities or communities of interest. These operate on
336-464: A service to coincide with local, cultural and sporting events or festivals. Another group of stations to avail of this type of license are those that are being run as pilot projects; successful stations may later be established as Community Radio stations, or run for a permanent license. One such temporary licence station was Sunrise Radio , which broadcast poly-lingual programming in the Dublin area for several months from March 2006. While its licence
378-565: A transmitter located at the Curragh Camp . Programmes, which were provided by Radio Éireann , included news, sports results, music and drama, including The Kennedys of Castleross . The service was discontinued after several years, when the Irish peacekeeping mission in Congo terminated. Ivan Yates Ivan Yates (born 23 October 1959) is an Irish broadcaster, businessman and former politician. He
420-656: A wireless telegraphy link between Rathlin Island and Ballycastle . This communication system was established on behalf of Lloyd's . In 1907 Marconi International Marine Communication Company the world's first transatlantic wireless telegraphy service in the world in Clifden . The station conducted the first successful transmission of the first commercial wireless messages across the Atlantic Ocean between Clifden and Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. The station remained in operation until
462-467: Is also the provider of the only national radio newswire in Ireland. Newstalk provides 'rip and read' copy and audio 24/7, and also provides a live stream of audio news reading every hour. The latter is used mostly by local radio stations after 7 p.m. across Ireland. Radio in the Republic of Ireland Licensed radio broadcasting in Ireland is one element of the wider media of Ireland , with 85% of
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#1732858785876504-999: Is largely by two companies; Bauer Media Audio Ireland which owns two national, one regional and two local stations, and News Broadcasting , which owns six local stations. The rest of the stations, mostly small services, are generally owned by local businesses, with notable proprietors of stakes including Thomas Crosbie Holdings , the Roman Catholic Church and the Mid Western Area Health Board . Until 31 March 2021, RTÉ also broadcast six DAB stations. These stations are now available via other digital platforms. Broadcasting to Greater Dublin ( Dublin city and county ; limited parts of County Kildare , County Meath and County Wicklow ), Cork city and county , Limerick city and county , Galway city and county and County Clare : All services are licensed for "youth" content, no franchises area geographically overlap, and
546-574: Is the only commercial radio station in Ireland to take on an exclusively news and current affairs based format. News is broadcast every hour. The station's flagship morning programme is Newstalk Breakfast, presented by Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman with Joe Lynham presenting business coverage. Following on from Newstalk Breakfast is The Pat Kenny Show. The show mixes current affairs analysis, human interest interviews with light entertainment stories and live music. From midday, Andrea Gilligan presents Lunchtime Live, where she invites callers to have their say on
588-557: The British bankruptcy process. On 21 August 2012, the High Court in Dublin dismissed an attempt by Allied Irish Banks to have him declared bankrupt. In September 2013, it was announced that Yates was discharged from bankruptcy, having fulfilled the requirements set down by Swansea County Court, where he made his application for personal insolvency on 24 August 2012. Yates co-presented
630-594: The Newstalk breakfast show from 2009, firstly with Claire Byrne and subsequently with Chris Donoghue. On 23 March 2012, he announced he would be leaving both the station and his column in the Irish Examiner with effect from 6 April 2012, to concentrate on his personal finances. He also presented Tonight with Vincent Browne on TV3 during summer 2011. He returned to Newstalk in September 2013, once again co-presenting
672-543: The Irish Language station RnaG, and classical station Lyric FM. The two national commercial stations are both owned by Bauer Media Audio Ireland - Today FM and Newstalk. Ownership rules were relaxed in the mid-2000s, which saw several companies buying up local and national commercial stations, including Scottish Radio Holdings , who sold their stations to Emap , who eventually sold on those stations to Denis O'Brien's Communicorp . The ownership of commercial radio in Ireland
714-565: The Newstalk audience with in depth analysis and debate. On 5 November 2020, Newstalk announced it had recorded an all-time high weekly reach of 804,000 listeners, up 62,000 on the same time the previous year. The station's listened yesterday figure is an all-time high of 426,000 listeners, up 13,000 on 2019. Newstalk has a prime-time Market Share figure of 6.7%. In 1999 the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) invited applications for
756-480: The article for a national service and a network of regional services covering the country. These all took to the air during 1989 and 1990, and although the national service ( Century ) eventually failed, all the local services lasted until their licence was revoked, or still exist. Additional licences have been added on an erratic basis since the late 1990s. An "international" service, Atlantic 252 , also operated on 252kHz long wave between 1989 and 2002, although it
798-531: The consequent banning of Irish beef by Russia . When John Bruton resigned as leader of Fine Gael in January 2001, there was much speculation that Yates would be a contender for the vacant position. Instead, he announced to his colleagues that he was leaving full-time politics to concentrate on his family and business interests and that he would not be contesting the next general election. He receives annual pension payments of €74,836 from his time in politics. Yates
840-567: The country. 2004 saw the establishment of CRAOL the Community Radio Forum of Ireland. Aside from the stations operated by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), radio stations in Ireland operate under sound broadcasting contracts issued by the Coimisiún na Meán . This body replaced the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) in 2023 and supervises and regulates RTÉ, commercial Independent National, Regional, and Local Radio stations, as well as
882-413: The entire country is served apart from County Wicklow and the cities and counties of Cork and Dublin, both of which have "youth" licensed services (Red FM and SPIN 1038 respectively). Beat 102-103 was the first to air, and was a pilot for the rest of the system. In 2011, i102-104 and i105-107 merged to become one iRadio entity. There are 25 commercial stations (Independent Local Radio - ILR) licensed on
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#1732858785876924-400: The fastest growing adult station in Ireland. The rugby pundit, George Hook who presented the daily drive time show Right Hook , retired in 2014, he returned to present High Noon . He was suspended in September 2017 following comments he made on rape. In 2021, Newstalk rebranded its Station Imaging with new Voiceover Mark Cagney Newstalk is primarily known as a radio station; however, it
966-609: The late 1920s, when it was closed due to advancements in more powerful transatlantic wireless stations. A Morse code transmission on 24 April 1916 from the General Post Office in Dublin by the rebels during the Easter Rising is considered the first broadcast in Ireland. Regular radio broadcasting in Ireland began with 2RN's test transmissions in 1925. 2RN has since become RTÉ Radio 1 , which celebrated 90 years of uninterrupted broadcasting in January 2016, making it amongst
1008-406: The licence applications. Medium wave ( AM ) licences were issued for new commercial stations for Limerick and Galway in 2002, although these services never reached the air and were later withdrawn. A medium wave licence was awarded for quasi-national religious service Spirit Radio . During 2006, a group, Choice FM, applied for and received permission to broadcasting on MW in the Dublin area over
1050-409: The news service was reduced to every thirty minutes ("News 30") along with a revamped news team to replace the original journalists who had left the station by this stage. In Summer 2004, the station signed Eamon Dunphy , dropping David McWilliams, resulting in controversy. In 2004, FM104 was forced to sell its stake as a condition of its takeover by Scottish Radio Holdings . This meant that Communicorp
1092-454: The non-profit Community Radio stations, Institutional Services and Temporary Services. All stations broadcast on FM , and RTÉ Radio 1 also broadcast on 252 kHz long wave until April 2023, which was mainly intended for reception outside Ireland. RTÉ radio services are also available free-to-air on digital satellite, as is Newstalk , and a number of recently licensed services or applicants have used satellite transmission to homes as part of
1134-457: The oldest continuously operating (if not the actual oldest), continuously public service radio station in Europe. RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta launched in 1972, and RTÉ Radio 2, now RTÉ 2FM , launched in 1979. Commercial radio was outlawed in Ireland until 1989, leading to the development of Irish pirate radio . Upon legalisation, licences were advertised and awarded on a franchise system explained in
1176-485: The party came to power in 1994. Yates oversaw a particularly difficult period for Irish agriculture. Farmers saw the prices they received for their produce plummet; he stopped live animal exports in response to controversy over cruelty in shipping, and took on the Irish Veterinary Union over the tuberculosis eradication scheme. He also had to deal with a sharp rise in the number of BSE cases during 1996, and
1218-490: The population listening to a licensed radio broadcasting service on any given day. Guglielmo Marconi , the Italian inventor and the father of long-distance radio transmission, had a significant connection to Ireland as a descendent of the influential Jameson family , and the country played a crucial role in his early radio experiments. The earliest known radio broadcast in Ireland took place on 6 July 1898, when Marconi set up
1260-562: The process of obtaining a licence. Special interest services resemble ILRs in most ways, but must be of specialist interest — e.g. heavier local interest content, or specialist music. Only one such station is licensed, Dublin City FM , which brand themselves as 103.2 Dublin City FM on-air, and DUB CITY on RDS. Dublin City FM are essentially a community station with specialist traffic reports around rush-hour periods. The BAI may also issue licenses to institutions, such as hospitals and colleges, for
1302-457: The provision of low-powered FM services. At present, there are five such stations in operation; all of them are hospital radio stations, with the existing student radio stations operating under community radio or temporary licenses. Stations may also be licensed to operate for shorter periods, with temporary licenses allowing stations to operate for up to thirty days in a given twelve-month period. These licenses may be used by stations providing
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1344-498: The reason. In Ireland, Community Radio has been active since the late 1970s. However, it took until 1994 before the Independent Radio and Television Commission established an 18-month community radio pilot project to explore and evaluate the potential offered by community broadcasting in an Irish context. This project went operational in 1995, when licenses were issued to eleven community and community of interest groups across
1386-434: The topics of the day. Seán Moncrieff broadcasts from 2pm with The Moncrieff Show, covering politics, history, popular culture and many other topics. Newstalk's drive time show, is The Hard Shoulder with Kieran Cuddihy. It's on every weekday afternoon from 4–7pm and is a round-up of the day's events and interviews with the people at the centre of the stories. Off The Ball is on at 7pm and covers Irish sport and stories to
1428-649: The venture, and the station's shareholding was restructured, with at launch, 98FM, FM104, Clare FM , Carlow Kildare Radio, LMFM , East Coast Radio , South East Radio and WLR FM , along with Setanta , being the shareholders in the company. The station first went on air (under its original name NewsTalk 106) on 9 April 2002, with David McWilliams the first presenter. In its original format, it offered Twenty-Twenty News , every twenty minutes. The first 20/20 news bulletins were presented by several newsreaders including Eimear Lowe, James Healy, Dyane Connor, Dimitri O'Donnell, Sean Archibald and Abigail Reilly. In September 2004
1470-473: Was able to take majority control of the station. Setanta and Hyper Trust remained as minority shareholders. In 2005, Elaine Geraghty, the original co-presenter of the breakfast time programme on 98FM, was appointed Chief Executive. On 22 May 2006, the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI), nowadays Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) announced that its new quasi-national speech-based contract
1512-613: Was aimed solely at the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was never subject to the authority of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) and was operated under RTÉ's remit as a joint venture between RTÉ and CLT-UFA . After a short period as a sports station (TeamTalk), the frequencies reverted to sole RTÉ control and were used as an additional frequency for RTÉ Radio 1 until transmissions ceased in April 2023, with running costs cited as
1554-551: Was appointed CEO. Schedule changes included the appointment of former Minister for Agriculture Ivan Yates as breakfast presenter, Damien Kiberd to Lunchtime presenter and the re-engagement of Eamon Dunphy to Sunday Newspaper review programme presenter. This schedule together with the continuity of George Hook, Off the Ball , Sean Moncrieff and Tom Dunne has driven the station to new heights of daily listenership and standing. The station now reaches 305,000 (JNLR February 2012) people daily,
1596-491: Was being awarded to Newstalk, who retained their 106 MHz frequency in Dublin while surrendering its Dublin ILR licence. Newstalk were the sole application for the licence. It began quasi-national broadcasts on 29 September 2006. The media expressed concern at its relative lack of star names and proliferation of unknowns, though noted the presence of George Hook and Seán Moncrieff. In 2009, Ms Geraghty resigned as CEO and Frank Cronin, Setanta's board representative since 2002,
1638-631: Was elected as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wexford constituency at the 1981 general election and at each election until his retirement from politics in 2002. He also served as Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry from 1994 to 1997. Yates was born in Enniscorthy , County Wexford . He was educated at Aravon School, Bray ; St. Columba's Church of Ireland College in Rathfarnham , Dublin; and Gurteen College , County Tipperary . When he
1680-460: Was first elected in 1981, Yates was the youngest member of the 22nd Dáil and is also the fifth-youngest ever member of Dáil Éireann at the age of 21. He became involved in local politics when he became a member of Wexford County Council , serving until 1995 and again from 1999 to 2004. He joined the Fine Gael front bench in 1988 and was appointed Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry when
1722-550: Was renewed for the following year, it was not made permanent, and the broadcast frequency later allocated to another station. Radio Oglaigh na h-Éireann ( Irish pronunciation: [ˈɾˠadʲiːoː ˈoːɡl̪ˠiː n̪ˠə ˈheːɾʲən̪ˠ] ) was established in 1962 to provide a short wave service to Irish Defence Forces serving in United Nations peacekeeping missions in Congo . Daily broadcasts were made on 17.544 MHz at 17:30 UTC, using
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1764-475: Was the chairman and managing director of Celtic Bookmakers, an Irish chain of betting shops , and expanded the company from its Wexford base to a chain of 64 shops around the country at its peak. On 4 January 2011, it was announced that the company had gone into receivership. He headed a group of bookmakers in a court case against the British Horseracing Board (BHB) over fees for licences to access
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