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Join
the campaign
Do you want to hear more music on Irish radio
and less talk? |
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How it
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"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." |
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Canadian Radio & Television
Commissions in its 1998 review
of news and talk
requirements |
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Our researcher picked a random
hour on a random day this week in Feb 2006. The
hours surveyed were 12-1pm and the 6-7pm drive
time hour on Fri 17th February 2006. FM 104
comes up high compared to many other stations
during daytime radio especially for these hours
that were surveyed. Well done to FM104 for
playing a high amount of music in both these
hours with 10 songs played in each hour. On a
negative point, this still only represents
around 60% of this music station’s output
compared to other music station across the
world. |
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Fm 104 12-1pm Hour |
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Time |
Subject
Matter |
Song Title |
Duration |
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18:00 |
News |
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18:03 |
Ads |
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18:04 |
Sport |
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18:06 |
DJ Talk |
When the Sun goes down |
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18:07 |
Song - The Strokes |
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18:10 |
Song - Kelly Clarkson |
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18:13 |
Song - Oasis |
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18:18 |
Song - Nelly |
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18:21 |
Song - Pink |
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18:25 |
Ads |
Do You Want To |
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18:28 |
Song - Aslan |
Angel |
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18:31 |
DJ Talk |
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18:31 |
60 Second News Bulletin |
Tipsy |
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18:32 |
DJ Talk |
Something You Want |
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18:33 |
Song - Gorillaz |
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18:37 |
DJ Talk |
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18:37 |
Song - James Blunt |
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18:40 |
DJ Talk |
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18:40 |
Ads |
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18:43 |
Song - Natalie Imbruglia |
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18:46 |
B.I.G |
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18:50 |
Song - Green Day |
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18:53 |
DJ Talk |
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18:55 |
Ads |
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22% Talk - 13
Minutes of Talk, news and info
20% - 12 minutes of advertising
58% Music – 35 minutes of music played
10 Songs played this hou |
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Fm 104
6-7pm Hour |
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Time |
Subject
Matter |
Song Title |
Duration |
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18:00 |
News |
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18:03 |
Ads |
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18:04 |
Sport |
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18:06 |
DJ Talk |
When the Sun goes down |
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18:07 |
Song - The Strokes |
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18:10 |
Song - Kelly Clarkson |
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18:13 |
Song - Oasis |
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18:18 |
Song - Nelly |
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18:21 |
Song - Pink |
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18:25 |
Ads |
Do You Want To |
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18:28 |
Song - Aslan |
Angel |
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18:31 |
DJ Talk |
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18:31 |
60 Second News Bulletin |
Tipsy |
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18:32 |
DJ Talk |
Something You Want |
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18:33 |
Song - Gorillaz |
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18:37 |
DJ Talk |
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18:37 |
Song - James Blunt |
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18:40 |
DJ Talk |
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18:40 |
Ads |
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18:43 |
Song - Natalie Imbruglia |
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18:46 |
B.I.G |
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18:50 |
Song - Green Day |
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18:53 |
DJ Talk |
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18:55 |
Ads |
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20% Talk – 12
minutes of Talk, news and weather/info
20% Ads – 12 minutes of ads were aired
this hour
60% Music – 36 minutes of music was
played
10 songs were played this hour
Although the song count was high at this
time of day, almost no music was played
from 10pm to 1am during a 3 hour talk
marathon where a talk show is featured
on this “hit music station” |
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(Note: The name
of all the songs have not been
identified by the researcher. If the
title and artist of a song is unknown
then the genre is logged. Percentages
are estimated as an approximate
percentage on a 60 minute hour) All
categories are rounded off to the
nearest minute as some talk and songs
are not exact 60 second minutes. |
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FAQ'S |
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Why is there so much talk
on the radio? |
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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. |
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Who is responsible? |
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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. |
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Why do all stations sound
the same? |
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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. |
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Does this happen in other
countries? |
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So How much Talk does each
station do? |
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