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Join
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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
requirements |
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Today FM has one of the worst
records for playing music on daytime radio. We
took 4 sample hours at random chosen by a
non-regular listener of Today fm. The 4 hours
picked were the 10am, 12pm, 4pm and 6pm hours on
a random day during that week. Ray Darcy only
played 4 songs in his hour from 10 to 11am with
the rest of the time spent talking or playing
ads. Matt Cooper had the worst record at playing
0 songs in the 6pm hour as this is a “news and
talk” show which hardly fits well for first time
listeners turning on Today fm at that time
expecting to hear music. In the 4 hours surveyed
Today fm only played 23 songs with Philip Cawley
playing the most music. |
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The Ray D’Arcy Show –Fix
it Friday- 10am-11am 17th Feb 2006 |
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10.00
News
10.03 Ads
10.04 Sports
10.06 Weather
10.06 Talk
10.13 Ads
10.15 “Juxtapose” Super
Furry Animals
10.17 Talk
10.22 John Legend “Used
to Love You”
10.26 Talk
10.27 Odd one out Quiz
10.29 Ray Charles “I’ve
Got A Woman”
10.32 Talk
10.35 Ads
10.37 Talk
10.44 Juliet Turner “1st
light of the sunlight”
10.48 Talk
10.51 Ads
10.53 Talk
10.58 Ads
11.00 News |
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63% Talk - 38
minutes of talk, news and weather
22% Music - 13 minutes of music
15% Ads - 9 minutes of advertising |
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Only 4
songs played in the hour |
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Today FM 100.3 Fm
Tony Fenton 12MD –1PM 17th Feb 2006 |
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12.00
News
12.03 Weather
12.03 Thin Lizzy “Old
Town”
12.06 Talk
12.07 Madonna
12.10 Gemma Hayes
“Undercover”
12.14 Talk
12.15 Competition promo
12.16 New Radicles “Get
What You Give”
12.20 Talk
12.20 Ads
12.24 KT Tunstell
“Suddenly I See”
12.27 Talk
12.29 Hiensly Bros “This
Little Heart of Mine”
12.32 Talk and News
Headlines
12.33 Ads
12.36 Jingle
12.36 Bell X1 “Flame”
12.40 Talk
12.41 Arethra Franklin
“Respect”
12.43 Talk
12.44 Ads
12.47 News
12.59 Sports
1.00 Sports cont. |
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34% Talk - 24
minutes of talk, news and sport
18% Ads - 10 minutes of advertising
42% Music - 26 minutes of music |
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8 songs played
in the hour |
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Today Fm 100.3FM
The Phil Cawley Show 4Pm-5PM 17th
February 2006 |
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4.00
News
4.04 Ads
4.05 Sport
4.07 Weather
4.07 “La Bamba” Los
Lobos
4.10 Michael Jackson
“The Way You Make Me
Feel”
4.15 Terrance Trent
Darby
4.18 Mel & Kim
“Respectable”
4.21 Talk
4.22 Ads
4.25 Coldplay “Talk”
4.28 Kelly Clarkson
“Because Of You”
4.31 Talk
4.34 Ads
4.36 Jingle
4.37 James Blunt “Wise
Men”
4.40 Paddy Casey “Saints
and Sinners”
4.43 Talk
4.44 Pink “Stupid Girls”
4.47 Talk
4.47 Traffic
4.48 Jingle/ads
4.51 Mario “Let Me Love
You”
4.54 David Bowie “Rebel
Rebel”
4.57 Ads
5.00 News. |
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20% Talk - 12
minutes of talk, news and
weather/traffic
15% Ads - 9 minutes of advertising
played
65% Music - 38 minutes of music |
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11 Songs played
in the hour |
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Today Fm 100.3FM
The Phil Cawley Show 4Pm-5PM 17th
February 2006 |
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4.00
News
4.04 Ads
4.05 Sport
4.07 Weather
4.07 “La Bamba” Los
Lobos
4.10 Michael Jackson
“The Way You Make Me
Feel”
4.15 Terrance Trent
Darby
4.18 Mel & Kim
“Respectable”
4.21 Talk
4.22 Ads
4.25 Coldplay “Talk”
4.28 Kelly Clarkson
“Because Of You”
4.31 Talk
4.34 Ads
4.36 Jingle
4.37 James Blunt “Wise
Men”
4.40 Paddy Casey “Saints
and Sinners”
4.43 Talk
4.44 Pink “Stupid Girls”
4.47 Talk
4.47 Traffic
4.48 Jingle/ads
4.51 Mario “Let Me Love
You”
4.54 David Bowie “Rebel
Rebel”
4.57 Ads
5.00 News. |
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20% Talk - 12
minutes of talk, news and
weather/traffic
15% Ads - 9 minutes of advertising
played
65% Music - 38 minutes of music |
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11 Songs played
in the hour |
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Today Fm 100.3 FM
6pm-7pm 17th February 2006
Matt Cooper “The Last Word” |
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6.00
News
6.06 Sport Headlines
6.07 Weather
6.08 Talk
6.18 Ads
6.21 Talk
6.29 Ads
6.33 News Headlines
6.34 Sport
6.36 Talk
6.37 Traffic
6.38 Talk
6.49 Ads
6.53 Talk
6.59 Ads
7.00 News |
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80% talk – 48
minutes of talk, news, sport and weather
0% Music – no music at all
20% - 12 minutes of advertising |
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0 songs played
ion the hour |
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This hour from 6
to 7pm is basically a full hour of talk
with NO MUSIC whatsoever yet the BCI are
licensing a fulltime talk station to go
all talk on a national basis at this
time also along with RTE radio1 which is
also all talk during this hour. RTE 2fm
has a heavy talk emphasis during this
hour also so music fans have NO national
outlet for any music let alone pop music
even during this hour. |
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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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