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“Listen and listen and listen”: A Masterclass in Interviewing from the Legendary Gay Byrne

On Monday, November 4th 2019, Ireland lost one of its most recognisable, influential and comforting voices. Over the course of his decades-spanning career in radio and television, Gay Byrne conducted thousands [...]

Radio - The Advertising Destination of Choice

In a busy world, radio advertising is the destination of choice, that’s the message from Gabrielle Cummins, Chairperson of the Choose Radio Group. The latest JNLR listenership figures released on 24th Oct [...]

25 Gold Awards for Learning Waves members at IMRO Radio Awards 2019

Learning Waves members scooped a total of 25 Gold Awards at the IMRO Radio Awards which were held on Friday 4th October 2019 in Lyrath Estate in Kilkenny. This included our members winning all three stati [...]

Newstalk's Jess Kelly wins Media Award at Irish Tatler Women of the Year Awards

Newstalk's technology correspondent Jess Kelly has won the Media Award, as part of the Irish Tatler Woman of the Year Awards. Other winners on Saturday at Dublin's Shelbourne Hotel included actress F [...]

Radio Matters : Series 1 Audience Insights - Presenters - Women in Sports Broadcasting - Creative Storytelling

Learning Waves, in partnership with BBC Belfast, is delighted to announce the first of it's 'Radio Matters' Series. The Radio Matters Series will aim to explore the challenges and opportunitie [...]

Five newly qualified journalists awarded placements under radio Journalism Graduate Programme

Internship scheme supported by Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and Learning Waves The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), in partnership with Learning Waves, has today (19.09.19) announced t [...]

Learning Waves launches TY Media Week Programme for 2019 and 2020

Learning Waves, today, 30th August 2019, launched its TY Media Week Programme for 2019 and 2020. The TY Media Week Programme will provide Transition Year Students across the country with a unique opportun [...]

New Government initiative to help customs capacity post-Brexit

The Irish Government, in association with key industry partners, has launched a new support measure to help customs agents, intermediaries and affected Irish businesses develop the capacity to deal with the add [...]

CORK’s 96FM LAUNCHES NEW “POP-UP” DIGITAL RADIO STATION – Radio Indie

Cork’s 96FM has launched it’s latest pop-up digital radio station. Radio Indie features music from the artists who will be taking part in this year’s Indiependence Fest [...]

Be Media Smart Campaign raising awareness about reliability of online information

According to a recent article by Fujo, the Be Media Smart campaign launched by Media Literacy Ireland in March 2019 plays an important part in promoting the skills and competencies that are necessary to make in [...]

Learning Waves Board for 2019- 2020 elected following AGM

The Learning Waves board for 2019-2020 has been elected following its AGM in April and subsequent board meeting in May 2019. Lena Murphy(pictured above), Financial Controller in WLR FM and Beat 102-103 ha [...]

Learning Waves Journalism Graduate Programme over-subscribed

The Learning Waves Journalism Graduate Programme launched in March 2019 has been hugely successful in terms of applications. The Journalism Graduate Programme received funding from the Broadcasting Author [...]

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