BCI Contracts Awarded

icdg

Technically outside the reach of this forum, but if anyone wants to talk...

Five new sound broadcasting contracts awarded today by BCI.

Independent Regional Radio:
South East: Beat 101 FM

Independent Local Radio:
Dublin: 98FM, FM104
Louth/Meath: Louth Meath FM
Wicklow: East Coast Radio.

In additon the following applications recieved for contracts:

Galway Bay FM, Mid West Radio: incumbent + one other
Carlow Kilkenny (New contract): CKR, Radio Kilkenny and one other.
Kildare: CKR and four others!

Well, since CKR is my local ILR, and I'm not a big fan, I'm glad too see so many people out to get it! However the bet must be for CKR to get County Kildare and Radio Kilkenny to get Carlow Kilkenny.

DMC

Gaaaa! Nooooo! LMFM keeps its licence!!! Arrrgh!!

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by icdg
Independent Regional Radio:
South East: Beat 101 FM

does anyone what sort of area this will cover

icdg

The WLR, South East Radio, East Coast Radio, Radio Kilkenny, and the lower half of the CKR FM franchises, I believe. WLR are the lead company in the consortium, but have given undertakings to the BCI to keep all broadcasting services seperate. (Let's see how long that one lasts...)

In practice, you may well be able to recieve it beyond that area. (I once, on a very clear and sunny day in the middle of the summer, picked up FM104 in Salthill, Galway!!!).

Mossy Monk

i should pick it up then but it might turn out to be a load of crap but another alternative to WLR would be nice

Originally posted by icdg
WLR are the lead company in the consortium, but have given undertakings to the BCI to keep all broadcasting services seperate. (Let's see how long that one lasts...)

could you explain this. i don't know what you mean

Elmo

One of the chairpersons of The power fm was a lecture of mine, he fail me at one stage as you can imagin i am quite pleased with the outcome. lol

but WLRFM is dreadful hopeful this wont be the same as that

why are we talking about a radio station in a tv forum??????????

Need of New forum, i think

icdg

Originally posted by Mossy Monk


could you explain this. i don't know what you mean

What it means is that WLR hold a shareholding in the contract - there will be certain sales and administrative services which will be held in common between Beat 101 and WLR. But the two stations will be legally seperate entities, in particular, no broadcaster will be allowed work for both. (That's the theory anyway).

Originally posted by Elmo
Why are we talking about a radio station in a TV forum. Need of new forum I think

Stay tuned for an announcement from ICDG on the future composition of the forums shortly...

Are Beat 101 covering co Wexford?
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icdg

Yes! They are the most Southeasterly county you know!

Ah I see it does:) -very interesting and hopefully something that will break the monotony of Talk on the airwaves here between nine and noon each day.
South East Radio has a Strong signal covering South Wicklow, from Tinahely right across Aughrim and into Arklow.
This is out of their service area but it has a very large audience there. Heres hoping this new station will send out enough power to do the same.
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p.s A radio Board would do well

West Briton

I don't have any great confidence in the whole licencing process. The net effect is that the urban stations will keep producing music for hairdressers and the rural stations for elderly spinsters counting off their neighbours on the death notices.


Hope not for diversity from the system. If you want to run a radio station, it will help greatly if you understand what politicos to buy chicken and chips dinners from.

mike65

This new SE regional station sounds like it'll be awful for anyone who does'nt like contempory dance type music, the stations aiming firmly for the under 30 market. I for one proberly wont be listening much, I fear alot of student-radio on a decent budget type output.

On reception, I picked up Galway Bay Radio in Cashel a few weeks back, and WLR can be heard as far west as Macroom if the winds in the right direction!

Mike.

Indeed and SouthEast Radio at five lately changed their schedule with about ten minutes of news at 5 p.m and then their country and Irish show at 5.10 p.m!
At drivetime-I haven't listened since-poor advertisers.
No disrespect to that type of music(characterised by songs, whose typical lyrics include..."I really miss my auld Grandmothers rocking chair...down by the lovely lough Ree....Oh lough REE oh Lough Ree...where the three counties....."

Classic stuff:D
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DMC

...... Longford, Westmeath and Roscommon....

.........

I'll get me coat.

Originally posted by DamoDMC
...... Longford, Westmeath and Roscommon....

.........

I'll get me coat.

Brendan Shine yer only man:D
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