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Photo credit: Denisse Leon, Unsplash After nearly 70 episodes, the time has come to hang up the headphones and bring Wireless on Flirt FM to an end. In this final episode, we talk to Liz Greene of Northumbria University about …

RTÉ long wave facility pictured in 2018 (photo by John Walsh). On April 1st 2023, RTÉ announced the closure of the long wave service of Radio 1 on 252 kHz. Based in Clarkestown in Co. Meath, the transmitter designed …

Independent audio documentary maker Orla Higgins. Orla Higgins is an award-winning documentary maker and independent audio producer from Galway. Her work has aired on the Documentary on One series on RTÉ Radio as well as on the BBC World Service …

Alternative Eye is supported by the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, University of Galway and Flirt FM In the March 2023 edition of Wireless, we go behind the scenes in the world of audio documentary with independent …

Tom Felle, head of Journalism and Communication at the University of Galway Ireland's new media commission, Coimisiún na Meán, is currently being established following the publication last year of a report on the future of media and the enactment of …

In late December 2022, a new temporary radio station called Classic Hits 80s took to the airwaves in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Clare and Galway. The station, which broadcast for a month under a 30-day licence, was the first ‘brand extension' …

Outside broadcast by KWLP, a station for the Hualapai nation in Arizona (photo courtesy KWLP). Dr Katie Moylan is an Associate Professor in the School of Media Communication and Sociology at the University of Leicester and a researcher into US …

Photo credit: James Kovin on Unsplash In the February 2023 edition of Wireless on Flirt FM, Tom Felle of the University of Galway discusses the challenges facing the Ireland's new media commission, Coimisiún na Meán. Kevin Branigan, CEO of …

Photo credit: Andy Makely/Unsplash In the January 2023 edition of Wireless on Flirt FM, we look back at highlights of the show from 2022. Harry Browne of TU Dublin reviews the report of the Future of Media Commision and …

In the November edition of Wireless on Flirt FM, a review of this year's CRAOL Féile of community media held in Galway, the theme of which was inclusion. Jamie Medhurst of Aberystwyth University analyses a century of broadcasting in Wales …

Islammiyah Saudique-Kadejo, CEO of GOCOM Radio In the October 2022 edition of Wireless on Flirt FM, we meet the woman behind Galway's multiethnic and multilingual GOCOM Radio, Islammiyah Saudique-Kadejo. Harry Browne of the Department of Media in TU …

Welcome to series 7 of Wireless on Flirt FM. In the September 2022 edition, we visit the fantastic British Science and Media Museum in Bradford where an exhibition about 100 years of broadcasting is taking place. We analyse the …

In the final edition of this series of Wireless on Flirt FM (June 2022), we speak to author Deryck Fay about his fascinating new book Connecting a Nation: The Story of Telecommunications in Ireland. We're also joined by radio …

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta headquarters in Casla, Co. Galway (photo J. Walsh) In the May 2022 edition of Wireless, we cover two big radio anniversaries: 50 years of Irish language station RTÉ Raidio na Gaeltachta and 20 years of talk …

In the April 2022 edition of Wireless, we look at the part of the radio spectrum called shortwave, consider its importance in the past and continued relevance in a digital world. Founder of the SWLing blog Thomas Witherspoon discusses the …

Photo by Fernando Lavin on Unsplash.com In the March 2022 edition of Wireless, we look at the importance of the AM broadcasting band which has sprung back into life due to the war in Ukraine. Steve Whitt tells us about …

Photo by Dylan McLeod on Unsplash.com In the February 2022 edition of Wireless, we speak to Flirt FM manager Paula Healy about the lack of Irish music on radio, following the decision to scrap the Totally Irish show on Dublin's …

Photo by Alberto Bobbera on Unsplash. In the January 2022 edition of Wireless, we look back at the highlights of 2021 including Harry Browne of TU Dublin on the Future of Media Commission and Linda Coogan-Byrne on gender imbalance in …

In the November 2021 edition of Wireless on Flirt FM, we delve into our archives to bring the best of discussion and analysis of radio past and present. As community radio comes together in its annual CRAOL Féile, Dr …

In the October 2021 edition of Wireless on Flirt FM, we mark World College Radio Day with its founder Rob Quicke. From our archives we look back at positive mental health station Walk in my Shoes Radio and discuss the …

Our FM mast in the late summer sun at Tonabrucky near Galway. Welcome to the sixth series of Wireless on Flirt FM, the radio programme and podcast all about radio. In this series we'll bring you new features on the …

In the June 2021 edition of Wireless on Flirt FM, we discuss the challenge of geoblocking for online streams of Irish radio stations with our station manager and CRAOL member, Paula Healy. Radio watcher John Gartlan reflects on the …

Tá an podchraoladh nua Gaeilge Teanga Tí ar fáil mar chlár raidió anois chomh maith ar na stáisiúin phobail ar fud na hÉireann. San agallamh seo le Wireless on Flirt FM, míníonn Ciarán Murray ó NEAR FM cúlra an phodchraolta …

In the May 2021 edition of Wireless, we look at the growing phenomenon of online-only radio in Ireland and meet the people behind three stations: Pure Radio, Dublin Digital Radio and Clonmellon Community Radio. Click here for a …

DAB in Ireland was switched off on March 31st 2021. In the April 2021 edition, we speak to Simon Maher of Ballyfermot College of Further Education and 8Radio.com about the recent decision by RTÉ to close down its DAB transmission …

It’s a milestone for Wireless as we reach half a century – not quite in years but in the number of episodes. Thanks to all who have helped us along the way since 2016 and here’s to the next 50 …

In programme #49 of Wireless on Flirt FM (February 2021), we speak to Linda Coogan-Byrne about her latest research on gender disparity in music played on Irish radio. We also discuss the work of the new Future of Media Commission…

In the December 2020 edition of Wireless on Flirt FM, we look back at the Féile (festival) of community radio organised by Community Radio Ireland (CRAOL). This year’s event was held online due to Covid-19 and hosted by Community Radio …

Hualapai tribal radio station KWLP FM in Arizona (photo courtesy of Katie Moylan). In the November 2020 edition of Wireless on Flirt FM, we go behind the scenes at one of the west of Ireland’s leading mid-morning talk shows, Morning …

On the October 2020 edition of Wireless on Flirt FM, we celebrate two radio anniversaries: our own recent 25th and the 10th birthday of the Dublin classic rock station Radio Nova. We also find out about Oileáin …

Photo courtesy of Eoin O’Hagan, Scariff Bay Community Radio Wireless on Flirt FM is back for its 5th series. The September edition contains an interview with broadcast historian Eddie Bohan on the large number of unlicensed transmitters operated by …

The late Pat Herbert with radio producer Helen Shaw at the Hurdy Gurdy Museum (photo courtesy of Joe Guilfoyle). We heard the sad news recently that Pat Herbert, curator of the Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio in Howth, had …

Radio in the garden during the fine weather of the June bank holiday weekend 2020. In the June 2020 edition of Wireless we caught up with community and alternative radio stations across Ireland and found out how they were coping …

Declan Meehan (left) with the late Ronan O’Rahilly at the Radio Caroline North 40th Anniversary Convention in the Isle of Man. In the May 2020 edition of Wireless we consider the legacy of Ronan O’Rahilly, the founder of the UK …

Beautiful vintage radio dial, as spotted in Terryglass, Co. Tipperary. In the April 2020 edition of Wireless we talk to British radio activist and journalist Chrissy Brand about how radio in the UK is dealing with COVID-19 and also about …

Radio en el jardín … Garden radio Here are the original audio clips, mostly in Spanish, from the last edition of Wireless about how European radio is dealing with the crisis. We thank José Emilio Pérez Martínez and the Red …

Radio in the garden, well within the 2km limit from home, and tuned to Flirt FM 101.3 of course. In this second special edition of Wireless to mark the COVID-19 crisis, we look in depth at how radio in France, …

The banner image for the #trustradiochooseradio hashtag on Twitter, a campaign by Independent Broadcasters of Ireland to highlight the importance of radio during the COVID-19 crisis, and the threat to the sector. In this special edition of the programme, we …

In this month’s edition of the show we feature two new temporary community radio projects in our part of the west of Ireland, Loughrea Community Radio in Co. Galway and X-PO Folk Radio in Co. Clare. We also learn more …

Panel from left: Aodh Ó Coileáin, Fiona McGarry, John Walsh and Paula Healy There’s been a lot of discussion of late about the threat to the future of public service broadcasting and public service media in general so this month …

On this month’s edition of Wireless we reflect on the recent deaths of high-profile RTÉ radio presenters. We also review the best of Wireless in 2019 including more discussion on the crisis facing RTÉ and public service broadcasting, the …

In this programme we mark another radio anniversary, 30 years of neighbouring station Clare FM, and interview Ger Sweeney, author of a new book on the topic. We dig deeper into the philosophy of public service broadcasting and discuss the …

In this programme we mark 30 years of Wicklow’s local commercial radio station East Coast FM and speak to former CEO Seán Ashmore. We bring you a report from the recent Community Radio Ireland Féile in Dublin and feature Phoenix …