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Mostly to do with radio – programming, technology, listening and making. By Connor Walsh
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An enjoyable morning (in London) looking up winning programmes from last night's PPI Radio Awards.
Here's a selection of the winners (full list here).
Also take a peek at the nominations.
A2: Music Programme – Specialist
Bronze – That’s Jazz (Radio Kerry)
Silver – FM 104’s Big Urban Mix (FM 104)
Winner – The Essential Rock Anthems with Ray & JP (Today FM)
A3: Breakfast Programme
Bronze – Dublin’s 98 Morning Crew (Dublin’s 98)
Silver – The Colm & Jim Jim Breakfast Show (RTÉ 2 FM)
Winner – The Red Rooster (Cork’s Red FM)
A4: Music Special
Bronze – The Kilfenora – 100 years – a Celebration (Clare FM)
Silver – Gerry’s Danny Boy (BBC Radio Ulster)
Winner – Tower Songs – a Song Cycle for Ballymun (Athena Media for RTÉ Lyric FM)
GROUP B – NEWS and SPORTS PROGRAMMING AWARDS
B1: News Story
Bronze – Stand UP and fight – a grieving father’s battle for justice (Limerick’s Live 95 fm)
Silver – The Day the Earth Moved (Radio Kerry)
Winner – Publication of the Ryan Report (RTÉ Radio 1)
B2: News Bulletin
Bronze – HIStory – Cork Remembers Michael Jackson (Cork’s Red FM)
Silver – News Bulletin (Clare FM)
Winner – Newstalk 106-108fm News Bulletin (Newstalk 106-108fm)
B3: News Programme
Bronze – Lunchtime with Eamon Keane (Newstalk 106-108fm)
Silver – Drivetime (RTÉ Radio 1)
Winner – News at One on RTÉ Radio 1 (RTÉ Radio 1)
B4: Current Affairs Programme
Bronze – Saturday Edition (Newstalk 106-108fm)
Silver – Kerry Today (Radio Kerry)
Winner – Today with Pat Kenny (RTÉ Radio 1)
GROUP C – SPEECH PROGRAMMING AWARDS
C1: Documentary / Feature
Bronze -The Cooneen Ghost ( Shannonside)
Silver – With These Hands – the Documentary on One (RTÉ Radio 1)
Winner – Through Cairo Airport (Colette Kinsella for RTÉ Choice)
C2: Short Feature
Bronze – People’s Parks of Dublin (Don Swift for Country Mix 106.8)
Silver – FM 104’s Real Life (FM 104)
Winner – Henry on a Mission – Moncrieff (Newstalk 106-108fm)
C3: Speech Driven Magazine Programme
Bronze – Tom Dunne (Newstalk 106-108fm)
Silver – The Morning Show (East Coast FM)
Winner – The Ray D’Arcy Show (Today FM)
C4: Drama
Bronze – War of the Worlds (KCLR96FM)
Silver -i102 -104’s Radio Killed the Video Star (i102-104)
Winner – Another Blooming Day (Zoe Comyns for Newstalk 106-108fm)
C5: Specialist Speech Programme
Bronze – The Business (RTÉ Radio)
Silver – iTalk on i102-104 (i102-104)
Winner Talking History (Newstalk 106-108fm)
GROUP D – GENERAL PROGRAMMING AWARDS
D1: Community/Social Action
Bronze – Dublin’s 98 Care for Kids Radiothon (Dublin’s 98)
Silver – Let’s Keep Dublin Working (Dublin’s Q102)
Winner – Tipperary Assaults – Liveline (RTÉ Radio 1)
D4: Entertainment Inserts
Bronze – Dr. Bill – Tom Dunne (Newstalk 106-108fm)
Silver – Dublin 98’s Morning Crew Comedy (Dublin’s 98)
Winner – Gift Grub – The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show (Today FM)
D5: Innovation
Bronze The Emergency (The Colour Purple for Newstalk 106-108fm)
Silver – i102-104’s Radio Killed the Video Star (i102-104)
Winner – FM 104’S Castle of Terror (FM 104)
GROUP E – PERSONALITIES
E1: Music Broadcaster of the Year
Ray Foley (Today FM)
E2: Specialist Music Broadcaster of the Year
Donald Helme (RTÉ Lyric FM)
E3: News Broadcaster of the Year
Seán O’Rourke (RTÉ Radio 1)
E4: News Reporter of the Year
Cian McCormack (RTÉ Radio 1)
E6: Speech Broadcaster of the Year
Ryan Tubridy (RTÉ Radio 1)
GROUP F – STATION OF THE YEAR AWARDS
F1: Local Station Of The Year
WLR FM
F2: Music Station of the Year
FM 104
F3: Full Service Station of the Year
Newstalk 106-108 fm
The more you read up, indeed the more you just listen to the radio, you learn it can be on familiar territory. Jupiter can be heard around 20 MHz – that's shortwave, any old radio can tune there!
And then there's meteor showers. A smear of a distant TV channel, or a snatch of FM radio from the other side of the continent, is at times because (as I understand it) the signals are twisted by the fuzz of ionisation surrounding a meteor as it dashes through the earth's atmosphere at some point in between and above you and that radio station.This from the current Listening Post on Al Jazeera English
The v funny BBC Radio 4 Today video – voilá:
How cool is this? The splash page on the front page of community station Radio Today in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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I mean, it always made sense: Kinder Eggs were from Switzerland, right? German name, but it's chocolate, and white and reddish-orange, so it's Swiss, naturally. But no, no, no.
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