Do you listen to radio anymore....

Sleeper12

I'm driving 20 to 25 hours a week so love radio while I drive. Almost all talk radio though. Newstalk breakfast and pat Kenny. Nova till 1pm then rte1 for the news and liveline. After that I'm usually too tired to care

DopeTech

bobbyss wrote: »

I love the radio but am a complete and utter dunce at technology. How do you listen to BBC iPlayer? Do you need a iphone/ipad? On a laptop I think it says BBC player not available in ROI.

BBC radio iPlayer is not geoblocked so you can listen from ireland, on computer via the website or via various apps if you have a smart phone.

pawrick

Spend about 2.5 hours per day listening to the radio. Mostly talk radio stations and current affairs. I often listen to American stations for the crazy opinions. If I'm driving I like some music stations as I get bored with my own playlists and it makes a change to have songs you'd otherwise skip and hear something else.

Synode

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

I find myself a bit stuck since the NT changes as I quite liked Ivan and Chris on the drive in. Now I listen to RTE R1 or MP3s for the most part.

As a podcast virgin though, are there any apps etc that people would recommend in particular? (for Android). I keep hearing about Spotify too... must try that out - especially as the car I'm considering buying in the next few days has Bluetooth, media interfaces and DAB all built-in.

I use BeyondPod on Android and it's great

my3cents

bobbyss wrote: »

I love the radio but am a complete and utter dunce at technology. How do you listen to BBC iPlayer? Do you need a iphone/ipad? On a laptop I think it says BBC player not available in ROI.

OLD SCHOOL! For BBC radio 4 get yourself a Long Wave radio. Roberts and Sony are two companies that still sell them.

Cortina_MK_IV

LMFM in the car. I used to listen to BBC Radio 2 a while back when knob Chris Evans must have been on leave and it was great. He's back now so it's back to LMFM. Might change to CD if talking goes on a bit.

bobbyss

FrostyJim wrote: »

BBC radio iPlayer is not geoblocked so you can listen from ireland, on computer via the website or via various apps if you have a smart phone.

I tried to listen to it on my Windows Phone but I don't think I can on that?
Yet one more reason to change it.

Trebor176

- Marty In The Morning before I leave the house, and a quick check with Live Drive. It's Marty again in the car, or Live Drive, if there's an issue. My commute is short, though.

- Whatever is on in work. Nobody can seem to stick to a station. We've been through every station, bar talk radio, and the station is changed. It's mainly due to repetiton and music that some don't like.

- Live Drive is on driving home.

I don't listen to much radio in the evenings.

Weekends tend to be Mike Moloney on a Saturday and, if I'm in on a Saturday, the excellent The Beat Goes on. Sundays then are John Clarke, not much during the rest of the day, then The Beat Goes On in the evening.

I will tend to listen to Late Date every night. I don't hear it all, but I like the music before I go asleep.

lottpaul

7am -9am - mix of RTE 1 and Raidio Na Gaeltachta
9am Radio Kerry -- you can't miss "Kerry Today"
Noon -- 1.30 R na G and R1 - Newstalk is out since George Hook moved to High Noon
Afternoon is Moncrieff if I get to the radio at all -- can't abide the R1 line up of Duffy and D'arcy
Drivetime is split between R1 and Today FM and radio most days finishes with the local news on Radio Kerry and Rna G from 5.30 to 6.30.
Sometimes I get to hear the midnight news and eventually the shipping forecast on BBC R4 - though the LW signal down to us here can be crackly at times

Tombo2001

KReid wrote: »

Both Peak slots, Breakfast and drive have female presenters now on Newstalk. Louise Duffy was given a chance on Today FM primetime and flopped.

I do agree there is a lack of women in radio, however I don't see it as any gender bias, the reason males are on more is because more males seem to be interested in radio. Growing up around friends who where interested in radio I found very few females, the few that did stick with it got some work, got jobs as DJ's or even on air, and two actually went into more modern media.

I'm sure someone who works in the industry would have a better insight into how many females they see day to day in a station and maybe have a rationale as to why don't get as many jobs.

They have female co-presenters; on the morning show that be 1 in a group of 4.

Newstalk has 6 radio presenters who do a show as the solo presenter. They are all men.

They have 16 presenters over the course of a daily schedule. 2 of those are women.

The stats......please show me.....how this demonstrates Gender balance.

And to your point - is that reflective of the audience?

Is 1/8th of radio listenership female?

Is it representative of media course in colleges?

Is 1/8th of enrolment in those course female?

I would put it to you that yes - more men are going to be interested in radio if the radio show is a three hour show about sport, hosted by men.

Your anecdotal arguments are not backed up by stats.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/yourview/tune-in-half-of-radio-listeners-are-women-365330.html

KReid

Tombo2001 wrote: »

They have female co-presenters; on the morning show that be 1 in a group of 4.

Newstalk has 6 radio presenters who do a show as the solo presenter. They are all men.

They have 16 presenters over the course of a daily schedule. 2 of those are women.

The stats......please show me.....how this demonstrates Gender balance.

And to your point - is that reflective of the audience?

Is 1/8th of radio listenership female?

Is it representative of media course in colleges?

Is 1/8th of enrolment in those course female?

I would put it to you that yes - more men are going to be interested in radio if the radio show is a three hour show about sport, hosted by men.

Your anecdotal arguments are not backed up by stats.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/yourview/tune-in-half-of-radio-listeners-are-women-365330.html

Wait though...why does there need to be a gender balance? Why do we have to say that because a percentage of the listenership is a certain demograhpic that we need to reflect that in the presenter. I'm sure newstalk can point to their listnership and say "Ye, we feel happy enough with the overall figure here, let's keep things the same" instead of making change for changes sake.


I'll clarify, when I said more men are interested in radio, I meant from my experiences, growing up in around pop-ups, pirates, community stations, more men were actively involved, they seemed to like the engeineering side to it, messing with buttons and faders and making it work, not as listeners, I wouldn't know the breakdown of how many males or females listen to a given station.


Sorry if my arguments are anecdotal arguments but I haven't decided to write a thesis on it and start gathering primary evidence on the matter, I do know that a letter written into a media outlet wouldn't carry much weight though so I don't see it's relevance here.

It would be interesting to hear from others who got involved in radio when they where younger or who are involved now about how many females they encounter in a radio station, especially on the broadcasting side.

Wanderer78

Very rarely nowadays, a little alternative American radio and very little national radio, mainly podcasts

Greenman

NIMAN wrote: »

I do listen to a fair bit to be honest, mostly talk radio and news, as the days of me listening to 'pop' music are long gone!

I also enjoy listening to Joe Duffy the odd time so I can shout at the radio.

I'm the same.


I listen from 7am - 1am all talk, LBC,RTE 1,NT,NPR,BBC Radio 4, 4 Extra,BBW WS,Talk 702 and 2GB.


At work I listen to music via USB as I have to concentrate

NIMAN

I would say radio is still a bigger part of peoples lives than many think.

I have it on most time in the house when I'm walking about, would never think of having TV on during day, its not the same. TV doesn't provide background entertainment.

Plus at work its acceptable to listen to radio, TV not so much so!!

Up until 2007 I'd happily leave 2FM on constantly from 7am until 7pm when Dave Fanning started. Since then I wound down gradually and can't stand it now. Nowadays it's usually Nova in the mornings and Radio 1 for John Creedon and Late Date. Nothing much else really.

Lovely Bloke

Yep, Chris Moyles in the morning.

Livedrive at the start of each journey (7am, 4pm for ten minutes), if it's raining or I'm travelling at a time I wouldn't normally travel (ie, leave work at 6 instead of 4).

Maybe Morning Ireland or Drivetime.

and RTE Gold on the DAB in the kitchen if me and the mrs are there together (we have different music tastes, so my Spotify playlists would annoy her and vice versa).

rogue-entity

Yes, usually alternating between Radio 1 and Radio 1 Extra on DAB for talk radio, music I tend to hop between any of the stations until I find a song I like. There are some stations (mostly pirates) that dominate my weekend listening though.

I can setup streaming, and any of the apps will do but this frequently cuts when travelling between cities once the signal drops to EDGE.

Radio Gold

Like listening to RTE Gold throughout the day, now that I got a DAB Radio, can also get to listen to it on the Smartphone app as well when on the bus going to and from work.. No news, adds, sport just good music.