On 1 January 1926, Douglas Hyde, who went on to become Ireland's first president, delivered the country's first public radio transmission in Irish and English at 7.45pm on 2RN, a precursor to Radio ...

Apart from today, that is. On January 1st, 1926, Irish broadcasting began, as Douglas Hyde – later to become first president ...

Only 19% of the top 100 most-played songs on Irish radio in 2023 were by domestic Irish artists / bands, Why Not Her? says in a new report that analyzed Radio Monitor data. International artists ...

Test transmissions before 2RN went live on New Year's Day 1926 allowed the new station find a core team of presenters and engineers ...

A higher-powered version of the DAB+ broadcast platform is set for a trial in Ireland this spring. FáilteDAB is the name being given to the test that will begin broadcasting in April to eastern ...

IRELAND’S Christmas Station is officially back and playing round-the-clock festive hits from midday today. Christmas FM, which has been broadcasting since 2008, is officially being switched on with ...

Adrian Flannelly, the Co Mayo native who hosted the longest-running Irish radio program in America, has passed away. At its height, the Adrian Flannelly Show reached more than a million listeners and ...

John Murray’s The Pitch (RTÉ Radio 1, Sundays) continues its itinerary through GAA clubs up and down the country with a trip to meet Dublin’s Na Gaeil Aeracha (the Rainbow Gaels), the first LGBTQ+ ...

The longtime co-host of the "Sounds of Britain and Ireland" on WCPN FM/90.3 every Sunday evening was forever scheming ways to deliver a compliment, share a story (sometimes true) or tell a joke. His ...

It’s commonly agreed that the future of broadcast radio lies in the eventual replacement of AM and FM analogue transmissions with digital services. A wide range of technologies exist to service this ...

IRISH radio star Pamela Joyce got engaged to her partner and has revealed her “perfect” proposal snaps. The former Today FM host became ‘Instagram official’ with her partner Gavin Moran in September ...