The Media Show 20/01/2016

broadcast on Charity Radio 20/01/2016 RTÉ and Saorview Partner with Freesat for New Saorview Product Christmas FM raises €265,000 for charity Vodafone TV €90 for 80 channels RTÉ announced that Nicky Byrne will represent Ireland in Eurovision 2016 Hazel Hayes: One woman, one camera, nine million views Al-Jazeera America to cease broadcasting by end of…

Ireland transmits 1916 Rebellion becoming the world’s first radio broadcast

Witness testimony of Fergus O’Kelly. read by Brian Greene for The Media Show Background. In 1964, Marshal McLuhan, Canadian philosopher of communication theory, wrote of the incident, The Irish Rebels used a ship’s radio to make, not a point-to-point message, but a diffused broadcast in hope of getting word to any ship that would relay…

Show #1 06/JAN/2016

The Media Show #1 – 06/01/2016 by Themediashow on Mixcloud (Kind of) News Gay Byrne – Recovering after a heart attack on Dec 29th Late Date’s Alf McCarthy retires from RTÉ Radio 1 Ray Foley to leave 98FM and the breakfast show Christmas FM raise almost €200,000 for Make-A-Wish Ireland. Thanks to An Postand Lidl…