The Pop Up Radio Station that celebrates the LGBTQIA+ community returns for 2023 with a brilliant lineup of LGBTQIA+ talent. L-R Stefano Pappalardo (GCN), Ryan Reid, Ellen Hudson, Alexander Glover (Zenith Media), Gemma Kavanagh (Core Sponsorship) Thomas Crosse (Pride Vibes Presenter) Brian McCarthy, Grá Ryan (Wireless Ireland/urbanmedia) Emma Dornan (Belong Read more…
FM104, Q102, Corks 96fm and WLR deliver particularly strong results in their urban market The radio industry in Ireland continues to drive significant audience levels with the latest IPSOS/ MRBI JNLR survey showing that 91% of 15+ adults are tuning into radio on a weekly basis. The research also confirms Read more…
Some of the women from Urbanmedia attended the National Menopause Summit today at the Mansion House in Dublin. Hosted by menopause advocate Grainne Seoige, the event featured insightful conversations around perimenopause, menopause and postmenopause and how it impacts women’s health and well being. The sessions covered why menopause in the Read more…
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 Read more…
After a COVID induced break I recently got to return to one of my favourite parts of the world, Fort Myers Beach, FL. Once we’d picked up the rental car at RSW airport job number one was to find a radio station to suit the touring party – two mid Read more…
The last theme to look at from Sound Affects 2 is the Impact of COVID on audio listening behaviour.
So who are the podcast generation and what do we know about them? Sound Affects 2 – Audio Revival tells us that 41% of adults in Ireland and 67% of 18-34 year olds listen to a podcast on a weekly basis making the podcast generation an important part of the audio landscape.
It’s clear from the research that different types of audio play different roles in people’s lives and those roles can be quite clearly defined.
Another key theme to come out of Sound Affects 2 was that trust is critical when it comes to why audio is so popular. It’s clear that audio builds close relationships with its listeners and that trust plays a key part in those relationships.
This week, as part of our deep dive into some of the key findings from our Sound Affects 2 – Audio Revival research series, we’re looking at the power of choice in audio.
For the next number of weeks our bulletin will take a deeper dive into some of the key findings from our Sound Affects 2 – Audio Revival research series. This week we’ll focus on the first of the six themes that came out of the research – that radio is still king when it comes to audio choice.
With Christmas just around the corner, we asked our friends in The Studio what to expect this festive season. From early planners to big spenders, we examine the trends of Christmas 2021.
Sound Affects 2 – Audio Revival, follows on from our first study, and has again explored how people in Ireland are consuming audio content, but this time we have delved even deeper.
As Christmas selection boxes appear on supermarket aisles across the country, it’s time to look at the holiday season and see what trends are likely to impact Black Friday and Christmas shopping.
The latest research for JNLR shows radio listening remains in a really healthy position in 2021.
Facebook is rolling out some big changes to their other flagship app — we look at what’s in store, and how the company may plan to monetise the updates.
Urbanmedia’s Sound Affects event returns on September 30th, with Sound Affects 2: Audio Revival.
When financial pressures hit, advertising spend is often the first budget to be cut. The COVID-19 pandemic has been no different, with numerous marketers pulling advertising and cutting spends.
A look back on stats from the previous season shows that fans, not flash signings, might be the key to Premier League Success.
There is a heightened awareness of the climate crisis within the advertising industry and governments are beginning to propose significant measures that would have been unthinkable years ago.
Over the last 18 months we have seen audio play a more central role in marketing plans driven by advances within voice and artificial intelligence leading to new opportunities to spend with digital audio.
TikTok is known as an incredibly creative platform for users, but brands are increasingly utilizing the social media giant as a way to reach and engage with a larger audience.
Last week B&A Research and Insights and AAI brought us the latest findings in the Sign of the Times series. The twelfth in the series was presented by Luke Reaper and was a deep dive into behaviours and attitudes of the Irish people.
Over the course of our blog series we have brought many great examples of the effectiveness of radio. This week we’re delighted to bring you one that is close to our heart and one that has made a significant impact on the people of Cork over the last decade.