Brian McCarthy has been appointed to the expanded role of Group Commercial and Operations Director for Wireless Ireland.
The company operates the market-leading radio station brands Dublin’s Q102, FM104, Cork’s 96FM, C103, Live95 and LMFM as well as a range of commercial, digital and multi-media services.
Effective immediately, this new role will allow Brian to continue leading urbanmedia, the Wireless Ireland national commercial and digital team, while also expanding his remit across other areas of the business.
Speaking about the appointment Brian stated:
“I’m really delighted to be taking on this new challenge. Audio is in such an exciting place both in Ireland and globally at the moment. I’m looking forward to working with Sean Barry and the wider management team to ensure Wireless Ireland is at the forefront of innovation in the Irish market. We’ve created many successful new initiatives during the pandemic and with the creativity and talent available within our business, I’ve no doubt that together we’ll achieve many more over the coming years.”
Sean Barry, MD of Wireless Ireland, welcomed the appointment saying:
“Brian has always been a key driver of innovation in our business and this expanded role will allow him to further play to his strengths which I have no doubt will be of significant benefit to the business as a whole. I look forward to working more closely with Brian over the months and years ahead.”
Wireless Ireland is part of the News Corp organisation in Ireland which also includes News Ireland, publisher of the award-winning titles The Sunday Times, TheSundayTimes.ie, The Irish Sun and TheSun.ie, as well as Storyful and HarperCollins. Across the island of Ireland, News Corp has 500+ employees.
For further information, please contact:
Breda Brown
Unique Media
Tel: 01 522 5200 or 087 2487120
