This Week In Radio 8/5/21

Lots happens in the radio industry each weak so hears a summery of the week we just enjoyed.

Here’s what happened

Limerick’s student radio station Wired FM celebrated 25 years on air this week. congratulations to all involved and here’s to the next 25 years of student broadcasting🎉

Read the story here

RTE Gold was trending on Twitter on Monday after hosting a top 100 singalong songs event. This would indicate that the station still has a substantial listenership as an online station. Do you listen to RTE Gold? Tell us on Twitter.

Listen to gold here

New accounts for Graham Norton’s production company show that his BBC Radio 2 pay (not including tv work) earned Norton £725,000 in 2019-20. There’s no info though about his pay for the new Virgin Radio Weekend Show.

Check out the story here

And that is the summery for this weak. Come back to radio land next week for more radio news📻