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RTE LongWave 252 = An new gravy train ?

  • 02-02-2017 8:08pm
    #1
    The Parish Priest.
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    Enda kennys pal who commutes to the seanad from the usa was told today that an new consultative group are to meet in London next week about the future of lw 252, now lw 252 was unavailable in London when Atlantic were pumping out 500kw, so I doubt RTE on 120kw are listenable there today and wasn't £100k sterling already spent researching about the future of that service about 18 months ago ? I wonder has this become another gravy train for friend's of politicians to line their pockets with tax payers money like Irish water, eircode etc etc? https://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2017-02-02a.8&s=speaker%3A479#g14


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  • #2
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,878 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    It's not a new consultative group, it's the existing one.


  • #3
    The Parish Priest.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 613 ✭✭✭The Parish Priest.


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    It's not a new consultative group, it's the existing one.

    Well that may not be too bad then but I don't know why London tho, if someone was to take out a bog standard lw set at that meeting, i doubt they'd even be able to pick up rte and why are the government even farting around with focus groups when if they really wanted RTE to keep lw they could reform the tv licence funding model which would mean rte would have the money for none viable services like lw... can't help but feel that there is something in this for the corrupt scum in Leinster house and their fat friends


  • #4
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,878 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    There are plenty of other threads about it with varying opinions, as is the way of things. But corruption by any of the parties involved is not something I can remember being raised before. It is actually a criminal offence, which you can report to the authorities, if you have any evidence.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057295463


  • #5
    225LongWave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38 ✭225LongWave


    https://www.rte.ie/archives/2014/0811/636376-radio-tara/
    On 11 August 1989 An Bord Pleanala denied that any politicial influence had been brought to bear on its decision to grant 'planning permission ' for the Radio Tara long wave transmission mast at Clarkstown in county Meath.

    11 Conditions laid down by ABP including RTE supplying & fitting telephone filters
    The site was already Zoned as Agricultural by Meath County council.

    https://www.kildarestreet.com
    Search Oireachtas' minutes on any subject
    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    There are plenty of other threads about it with varying opinions, as is the way of things. But corruption by any of the parties involved is not something I can remember being raised before. It is actually a criminal offence, which you can report to the authorities, if you have any evidence.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057295463


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