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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
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Like with most stations it
seems that music looses out in the morning.
Having said that during other hours 98fm does
try to keep the talk to the minimum and just
doing what the law forces them to do…yep, talk
for 20% of the time! Here our researcher picked
a random date in a week in February to survey 4
hours of 98fm, being 8am, 10am, 2pm and the 4pm
hours. 98fm has one of the highest counts of
songs played on daytime radio (37 songs in a 4
hour period) with the exception of the 8am hour.
It also seems to have a high advertising count
with about 12 minutes an hour on average. |
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Morning Crew with Dermot
Dave and Siobhan – 17th Feb 2006 – 8am-9am |
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8.00
News
8.05 Sports
8.07 Ads
8.08 Weather
8.08 Talk/competition
promo
8.10 Gwen Steffani “What
You waiting For”
8.13 Talk/competition
promo and phone callers
(for competition)
8.15 “Hard for me to
loose in my life” “we
can make it ….one night
stand”
8.19 Traffic
8.19 Talk
8.21 Ads
8.24 Toll Trolls M&50
8.26 U2 “Sweetest Thing”
8.29 Talk
8.30 News
8.32 Sports
8.33 Ads
8.34 Weather
8.34 Uniting Nations
“Out Of Touch/ Out Of
Time”
8.37 Talk
8.38 Talk (pre recorded
“Little Becky”)
8.41 Ads
8.45 Traffic
8.45 Weather
8.46 song from 2005
8.49 Talk
8.49/50 Hot Gossip
8.54 Talk
8.56 Ads
9.00 News and traffic |
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53% Talk – 32
minutes of news, comedy, talk and
weather
20% Ads - 12 minutes of advertising
27% Music – 16 minutes of music
Only 5 songs played in the hour |
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The 98FM Workforce
with Robbie Fogarty & Barry Dunne
10am-11am -17th Feb 2006 |
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10.00
News
10.04 Dublin File
10.05 Sports
10.07 Ads
10.08 Jobs
10.08 Weather
10.09 Talk/Competition
promo
10.09 Scissor Sister
“Filthy/Gorgeous”
10.12 “Mary” 4 of Us
10.14 Talk
10.14 “Love Generation”
Bob Sinclair
10.18 Damien Rice
“Cannon Ball”
10.21 Ah-Ha “Take On Me”
10.24 Talk
10.26 Ads
10.30 Competition
10.31 Coldplay “Fix You”
10.34 “What is
Love”….baby don’t hurt
me, no more (early 90’s)
10.37 Talk
10.38 Ads
10.41 Talk-Competition
10.43 Evanessence “In
the Shadows”
10.47 Pussycat Dolls
“Stick With You”
10.50 Talk
10.51 Hot House Flowers
“Give It Up”
10.54 Talk
10.55 Ads
11.00 News |
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29% Talk - 17
minutes of talk, sport, news and weather
21% Ads - 13 Minutes of Advertising
50% Music - 30 Minutes of music
10 songs played in the hou |
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The 98FM Workforce
with Robbie Fogarty & Barry Dunne
2PM-3PM -17th Feb 2006 |
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2.00
News
2.02 Dublin File
2.03 Sport
2.05 Ads
2.06 City Break
2.07 Weather
2.07 Talk
2.08 Sophie Ellis Baxter
“Feel So Good”
2.11 The Killers “Mr
Brightside”
2.14 Talk
2.14 Robbie Williams
“Advertising Space”
2.17 Jingle
2.17 Scissor Sister
“Take Your Mama”
2.20 Jingle
2.20 Van Morrison
“Bright Side of the
Road”
2.24 Ads
2.27 Talk
2.28 Gavin DeGraw “I
Don’t Want To Be”
2.31 Talk/Ad/ promo for
morning show
2.32 Faithless
“Insomnia”
2.35 Jingle
2.36 2005 love song
2.39 Ads
2.43 Talk
2.44 Kelly Clarkson
“Behind These Hazel
Eyes”
2.47 Talk
2.48 80’s pop song
2.51 Jingle
2.51 Damien Rice & Lisa
Hannigan “Unplayed
Piano”
2.54 Talk
2.55 Ads
3.00 News. |
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20% Talk - 12
Minutes of talk, news, weather and sport
21% Ads - 13 Minutes of advertising
59% Music - 35 minutes of music
11 songs played in the hour |
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The 98Fm Home Run
4Pm-5Pm |
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4.00
News
4.04 Sports
4.06 Ads
4.07 Mini Bites(talk)
4.08 Weather
4.08 Talk
4.09 Eric Prydz “Call On
Me”
4.12 No Doubt “Don’t
Speak”
4.15 Bob Sinclar “Love
Generation”
4.18 Jingle
4.19 David Gray “Sail
Away”
4.22 Jingle
4.22 Cyndi Lauper “Girls
Just Want to Have Fun”
4.25 Talk
4.26 Ads
4.30 Traffic
4.30 News headlines
4.31 Sport
4.32 Talk
4.33 Kelly Clarkson
“Because of You”
4.36 Talk (M&50 Toll
Trolls)
4.37 Samantha Mumba
“Body to Body”
4.41 Jingle
4.42 Keane “The Last
Time”
4.44 Talk
4.44 Ads
4.48 Traffic
4.49 Talk
4.50 James Blunt
“Beautiful Dawn”
4.52 Nina “99 Red
Balloons”
4.55 Jingle
4.55 Paddy Casey “Saints
and Sinners”
4.58 Ads
5.00 News |
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21% Talk - 13
Minutes Talk, news and sport
19% Ads - 11 minutes of ads
60% Music - 36 Minutes of music
11 songs played in the hour
10pm–1am 98fm did a talk show. There was
almost NO MUSIC for 3 full hours |
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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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