Welcome to Learning Waves Skillnet

'The Radio Industry Promoting and Delivering Effective Learning Solutions for Radio People'.

Learning Waves Skillnet is the leading provider of training for the Independent Commercial Radio Sector in Ireland, providing training that is tailored to meet the needs of the sector, training that is of high quality and affordable to all its members. We are a network organisation made up of 30 Independent Commercial Radio Stations in Ireland , together with the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland(BCI), Independent Broadcasters of Ireland(IBI), the Association of Independent Radio Producers of Ireland( AIRPI), Independent Network News(INN), Independent Radio Sales(IRS) and Broadcast Media Sales(BMS).

Learning Waves Skillnet provides training in the areas :

•  News & Talk for Radio

•  Generic Management

•  Radio Sales

•  Finance & Administration

•  Music Programming

The ultimate goal of Learning Waves is 'to produce a training infrastructure which will potentially enable an employee to be given the skills and competencies to enable them to rise to the point of Chief Executive of a radio station'.

The network is funded by Skillnets(a government initiative) together with all of the Independent Commercial Radio Stations in Ireland

The establishment of Learning Waves Skillnet has enabled small radio stations to benefit from networking opportunities and economies of scale by pooling their knowledge and experience.