Lots happens in the radio industry each week so here’s a summary of the week we just enjoyed.
Here’s what happened
MEPs Mick Wallace and Clare Daly are taking legal action against RTÉ. As of now, it’s unclear what the case relates to and it’s unclear how RTÉ will respond.
The two MEP’s have taken seperate actions, but are both being represented by Dore & Co solicitors. Interestingly, Robert Dore has been involved in a legal dispute with RTÉ previously. Robert represented Fr Kevin Reynolds in his case against RTÉ a number of years ago, this case resulted in RTÉ apologising.
The MEP’s have been in the news in Ireland and abroad recently, mainly as a result of there opposition to the EU sending arms to Ukraine.
We’re just going to need to wait and see how this story unfolds over the next while.
Read the story from The Journal here
A new breakfast show has launched at Midlands 103, with Peter Dunne replacing Ann Marie Kelly in the slot. Ann Marie had been hosting breakfast for 10 years, and will now be hosting a late night show on Fridays.
I must admit, while I have heard many breakfast shows from both Ireland and abroad in my time, I’ve never heard the breakfast show on Midland’s 103. I actually haven’t heard much of the station at all over the years so it might be time to give them a listen.
It’s important when working in radio to listen to stuff all over the place, this can give you new interesting ideas on how you can improve your own radio work. So,, this week I’ll have a listen to the new midlands 103 breakfast show, and I’ll share my findings over on the Radio Land Twitter.
Very best of luck to Peter from us here at Radio Land, I look forward to hearing the show during the week.
Finally this week, we got an update on the dispute between Wexford county council and South East Radio. If your out of the loop on this one, have a read of last week’s Radio Land as that has all the details.
The update this week is that the Wexford County Council Secretary has apologised for the email he sent to South East Radio.
In short, he apologised to the councillors for worsening the relationship between the council and the station.
“I wish to apologise to the Elected Members and to my colleagues at Wexford County Council for the manner in which my well-intentioned efforts to rebuild a strong working relationship between the Council and South East Radio have given rise to public controversy. It would appear this is exactly what has happened in relation to my email of 25thMarch 2022 to South East Radio. My email and its contents were designed to improve the working relationship between Wexford County Council and South East Radio, not to damage it further as I appear inadvertently to have done.”
Statement from council secretary David Minogue
As with our coverage of this last week, I’d highly recommend reading the Irish Times article on this. They have done a fantastic job covering the story so well done to them.
As I said last week, I hope this can be resolved. A relationship between media and the council can benefit both sides, but any control over content can’t work.
Quick Bits
RTE News has announced John Kilraine as the new London correspondent
Shaun Doherty of Highland Radio has announced he’s training to become a priest
Sunday With Miriam is up for sponsorship. It’s €45,000 for 6 months or €75,000 for a year
Two new presenters have joined Clare FM
A new round of Sound And Vision has opened
Folk On One is a new Folk music show launching tonight on Radio One
And that’s the summary for this week. Come back to radio land next week for more radio news📻 and be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram for extra stories.