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Mobile Journalism for Radio Course a great success

The 2 day Mobile Journalism(Mojo) course run by Learning Waves Skillnet in August 2015 was a great success with the participants on the course. The course was delivered by Mojo expert, Glen Mulcahy, RTE, [...]

Rugby podcast for IBI stations

The Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (IBI) and rugby podcast Down the Blind Side have joined forces to bring the excitement of the Rugby World Cup to Ireland’s radio audiences. The partnership [...]

Potential Music Presenters emerge from Learning Waves Radio Academy Bootcamp

Learning Waves Radio Academy has completed its inagural course, Music Presenter Bootcamp, over the summer months. The course saw 20 participants take part in a 3 week bootcamp which culminated in a broadc [...]

The Pathway to Success Training Programme - What the participants said

In February and June of 2015, Learning Waves Skillnet ran two workshops on 'Your Pathway to Success' with Michael O'Doherty from Just Imagine. The workshops were run with the sales teams [...]

Interesting Articles

Over the last few weeks i have come across a number of articles which make an interesting read for those working in radio. The first one asks if it is 'Time to Rethink Breakfast Radio'. [...]

114 entries from the Independent Radio Sector shortlisted for PPI Radio Awards

The PPI Radio Awards will take place this year on 9th October 2015 in the Radisson Hotel in Galway. The event recognises the best in radio programming across the country. Galway will be host to the [...]

See whats possible when you attend our Mobile Journalism Course

This video was produced by Gail Conway, Head of News, Beat 102-103FM following her attendance on our two day Mobile Journalism Course with Glen Mulcahy. The video gives you an idea of what you can do as a [...]

Meet the Learning Waves Radio Academy Graduates from 2015

The 3rd of December 2015 became an historic day for 15 people as they became the first graduates from the Learning Waves Radio Academy. The Academy was set up by Learning Waves Skillnet in June 2015. [...]

'From Idea to Application' - how to get your programme idea into a Sound & Vision Application

Learning Waves will be running a series of workshops in April and May 2013 with Zoe Comyns and Francesca Lalor aimed at assisting participants in putting programme ideas into Sound and Vision Applications. [...]

Jessie makes headlines in USA following Radio Days Ireland appearance

Jessie Kavanagh (pictured right with her parents Deirdre & Paul), the 14 year old YouTube sensation who appeared at Radio Days Ireland has caught the attention of the media in the USA. In an article w [...]

Quick Win Media Law in Ireland published by Andrea Martin

Andrea Martin, Media Law trainer with Learning Waves Skillnet has recently published 'Quick Win Media Law in Ireland' aimed at those who work in the media industry seeking quick and practical answers to legal q [...]

Radio 2011 - A View from the outside

Presentations from the above workshop can be viewed at www.learningwaves.ie/presentations. The above workshop was held on 21st July 2011 where the views of Gavan Byrne, MD, Vizeum, Pat Mannion, Commercial [...]

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