Sunday, June 7th, 2009
This is the first Irish election in many years where I have not been following the results from the counting centre. I remember in 1987 heading in to see the last few hours of the Galway-West count, as Michael D. regained his seat in the Dáil. There's something special for ...
Posted in Citizenship, migration, race, and ethnicity, Electoral politics, International Affairs, Public Service Media, Radio | 3 Comments »
Monday, July 21st, 2008
The BCI has just announced the results of its DTT licensing process. It had three applicants for three multiplex contracts, and decided to award all three contracts to the one applicant (each applicant had applied for all three of the contracts on an 'all or nothing' basis). That applicant is ...
Posted in Corporate media, Media regulation | 3 Comments »
Friday, February 15th, 2008
I've discussed the pending elimination of medium wave broadcasts a number of times here. If you're interested in contacting RTÉ to comment on the decision, their Information Office is the most readily available email address you can use.
I've already contacted RTÉ, and include the text of my email below.
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Reports over the past few days that RTÉ is to drop its medium-wave broadcasts from March. In many senses it's not surprising, given that FM has been the dominant band in Ireland, particularly since the decision to license local stations (almost) exclusively on FM (and one can look previously to ...
Posted in Public Service Media, Radio | 10 Comments »
