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Who is funding Spirit Radio ?

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    #62
    225LongWave
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭225LongWave


    https://www.premierchristianradio.com/About/Transmission-Appeal

    1305 Chingford E4 North East London + Essex border 500w
    1305 SW London 500w. 1332 central & east London 1kW
    1413 Heathrow West & NW London 500w
    1413. Dartford SE London & Nw Kent 500w




    Trick of the Tail wrote: »
    37 grand is a hell of a lot to raise from donations and sponsorship every month.

    I suspect there are other, hidden benefactors involved, maybe connected with foreign religious broadcasters.


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    #63
    Cube98
    Closed Accounts Posts: 59 ✭✭Cube98


    https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/0525/1141517-donations-account-for-73-of-income-at-spirit-fm/


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    #64
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users Posts: 6,003 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    Cube98 wrote: »
    https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/0525/1141517-donations-account-for-73-of-income-at-spirit-fm/

    Why are you dragging up an article from May 2020 for a thread that last had an entry two years ago?
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #65
    JDxtra
    Registered Users Posts: 5,871 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    Cube98 wrote: »
    https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/0525/1141517-donations-account-for-73-of-income-at-spirit-fm/

    45% of their income was from standing orders (pay per pray?).

    Also interesting is that they had (in 2020) 14 staff but wages accounted for only €245,299. That's probably two or three people making an average income, and everyone else getting very, very little.


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    #66
    swampy353
    Registered Users Posts: 932 ✭✭✭swampy353


    JDxtra wrote: »
    45% of their income was from standing orders (pay per pray?).

    Also interesting is that they had (in 2020) 14 staff but wages accounted for only €245,299. That's probably two or three people making an average income, and everyone else getting very, very little.

    The standing orders are for all you can eat praying.

    Would think that a fair few of the people are doing it FOC, it's their gift to god


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    #67
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    If they manage to support themselves then I see no reason for people to complain.
    Don't like, don't listen..
    Can't say I'm a fan myself.


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    Cube98
    Closed Accounts Posts: 59 ✭✭Cube98


    biko wrote: »
    If they manage to support themselves then I see no reason for people to complain.
    Don't like, don't listen..
    Can't say I'm a fan myself.

    I think the issue people have with spirit radio is that the Bai said for many years that the FM band was full to capacity but all of a sudden Spirit were allowed to set up FM transmitters in towns and cities all over the country, despite the fact that they were meant to be primarily an AM station


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    #69
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    Cube98 wrote: »
    I think the issue people have with spirit radio is that the Bai said for many years that the FM band was full to capacity but all of a sudden Spirit were allowed to set up FM transmitters in towns and cities all over the country, despite the fact that they were meant to be primarily an AM station

    BAI don't view them as commercial. I would question the addition of Radio Maria on Saorview.

    The BAI have basically decided that we will give you a license as long as you are not commercial.

    In fairness to them they are running a station on 600,000 per year. How much do they pay for music rights?


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    #70
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users Posts: 15,344 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    Often give it a listen, great station long May it flourish


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    #71
    swampy353
    Registered Users Posts: 932 ✭✭✭swampy353


    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    Often give it a listen, great station long May it flourish

    Bout 23 days early there


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    #72
    Losty Dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 13,003 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    Elmo wrote: »
    BAI don't view them as commercial. I would question the addition of Radio Maria on Saorview.

    The BAI have basically decided that we will give you a license as long as you are not commercial.

    In fairness to them they are running a station on 600,000 per year. How much do they pay for music rights?

    While we may not view them as a purely commercial station in the same sense as other stations, they are expected to trade and to stay in the black and they adhere to the same contractual and technical standards as regular operators. They have broadly the same allowed ad time, signal power and programming content rules to play by. As such they are as good as a commercial station, albeit one that is set up as a not for profit company.

    In relation to royalty payments and musical rights, stations generally pay these as a fixed percentage of turnover.

    Lastly, Radio Maria are on Saorview as they are a licensed operator here and are happy to pay the carriage fees to 2RN. No reason to stop Spirit bar tight fists. Maybe they can have another Begathon for the fees :pac:


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    #73
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    Losty Dublin wrote: »
    Lastly, Radio Maria are on Saorview as they are a licensed operator here and are happy to pay the carriage fees to 2RN. No reason to stop Spirit bar tight fists. Maybe they can have another Begathon for the fees :pac:

    My issue with Radio Maria was that it was never put through the same "Public Service Test" that UTV Ireland were put through, and that I can't image the BAI giving out a license for a Radio station on Soarview.


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