The latest JNLR/Ipsos MRBI report into radio listening is published today (6th February 2020). It covers the 12-month period from January to December 2019. The latest results show 3.15 million listeners (15+) tune into radio every weekday – that ...more
Learning Waves and IBI are delighted to announce the schedule for Radio Days Ireland 2020. The two day conference will take place on the 20th and 21st February 2020 in the Gibson Hotel in Dublin. The event will build on the 2018 conference whi...more
We are delighted to announce that Skillnet Ireland has been named ‘Best Agency Support to Business’ in the InBusiness Recognition Awards 2019. Commenting on the award win, Paul Healy, Chief Executive of Skillnet Ireland said : “2019 w...more
Jessica Maciel’s journey since the Learning Waves Broadcast Bootcamp in June 2015 has been extraordinary, one which sees her present on BBC Radio 1 over the Christmas period. It all began for Jessica in June 2015 when she applied for the Broadcas...more
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