The Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (IBI), the organisation representing Ireland’s 34 independent radio stations, has cautiously welcomed the planned establishment of a Commission on the Future Funding of Irish Public Service Broadcasting, but s...more
Until the 1990s, most major fashion labels produced two main collections a year. In an attempt to compete for market share and capture fashion trends as quickly as possible, most fashion retailers like H&M, New Look, Topshop etc now offer up to 50 col...more
During a segment on the TY Takeover on Galway Bay FM called ‘Life Journeys’, part of the Learning Waves TY Media Week programme in association with The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, students Jack and Matthew from Clarin College Athenry in...more
Ava Stack and Abbie Roche, two students on Radio Kerry's Learning Waves Transition Year Media Week Programme, interviewed a survivor of the holocaust for the station. Tomi Reichental, the 84 year old who lost 35 of his extended family members ...more
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 of interviews with a vast array of subjects, ...more
In October 2019, 15 Transition Year Students from across the South East completed a one week media course focussing on Media Literacy at Beat 102 103. The new TY Media Programme was coordinated by Learning Waves and supported by the Broadcasting Aut...more
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 October show that Irish radio stations consisten...more
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 Fiona Shaw, amateur boxer Kellie Harrington an...more
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 station of year categories. Newstalk won the...more
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 opportunities that exist for radio in 2019 and beyond.&nb...more