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How it could have been

"With respect to commitments in other areas, such as levels of news and
spoken word, the Commission considers that setting across-the-board
requirements would not take into account the particular needs of
different communities or the differing resources of licensees."

Canadian Radio & Television Commissions in its 1998 review of news and talk requirements

www.sraireland.com- Lobby group for specialist radio in Ireland

www.Radiowaves.FM - Irish radio site and message boards

www.BCI.ie - Licensising body for all radio stations and TV3 except RTE
stations

www.rte.ie - State broadcasting organisation responsible for all RTE
radio and TV stations

www.radioink.com - US radio industry management website

www.ukradio.com - UK radio news and message boards

www.eist.org - Independent Irish broadcasters Association

www.dcmnr.gov.ie - Dept. of Communications

www.radioviews.com : New radio message forum

www.ppiltd.ie - Phonographic Performance Ireland (PPI)

www.imro.ie - Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO)

www.artscouncil.ie - The Arts Council of Ireland

http://www.club977hitz.com/ - a great all hits music station without any news and talk. Legendry host Rick Dees counts down the top 40 every weekend http://www.makradio.com/ All the hits. Great audio with CD quality sound and no 20% news and current affairs to interrupt the great music that is programmed on this station. http://www.powerfm.org/cocoon/all/home/home.xml Underground Irish dance music station streaming with a high quality 128k stream without any news and current affairs restrictions. http://www.shoutcast.com/ a great choice of music stations if you have broadband with many stations offering cd quality streams. Music choices of rock to trance and pop to classical music radio stations without all the talk and current affairs. http://music.aol.com/radioguide/bb.adp Aol and XM radio service with a lot's of choice of all music channels

http://www.shamrockfm.com/
all Irish hits, all the time without the clutter and talk

FAQ'S

Why is there so much talk on the radio?

It's the law. Under the broad casting acts of 1988 and amended in 2001, ALL radio stations must do a minimum of 20% news and current affairs. this is before you add general speech and talk, ads and station promos. There is very little room for music.

Who is responsible?

The RTE Authority for the RTE stations and the BCI (Broadcasting Commission of
Ireland) for all other non-RTE stations but ultimately the minister for communications is responsible for the act.

Why do all stations sound the same?

For non-RTE stations the BCI have refused again in 2005 to give any derogation
during 7am-7pm (the main time people actually listen to radio) from the 20% news and current affairs requirement.

Does this happen in other countries?

Not that we can find. We have searched extensively and found no other region where ALL stations are forced to do this. Click here for more information

So How much Talk does each station do?

2FM click here
98FM click here
Today fm click here
Q 102 click here
Spin 1038 click here
FM104 click here

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