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Radio News Releases - February 2010

RTÉ PULSE PRESENTERS ARE WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD! RTÉ Music RTÉ PULSE PRESENTERS ARE WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD! RTÉ Pulse is offering two lucky listeners the chance to take part in an Electronic Music Production course in The Sound Training Centre in Temple Bar worth €1,000 each. All you have to do is guess the combined weigh of RTÉ Pulse’s 34 presenters*! […]
THE COLM AND JIM-JIM BREAKFAST SHOW COMES TO CORK RTÉ 2fm THE COLM AND JIM-JIM BREAKFAST SHOW COMES TO CORK To follow up on the success of the Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show ‘Rebel State of Mind’ song, a parody of Jay-Z and Alicia Keyes ‘Empire State of Mind’”, which has taken iTunes by storm the popular RTÉ 2fm brekkie duo are coming to […]
MIRIAM MEETS………….JOHN AND CHARLEY BOORMAN ON RTÉ RADIO 1 RTÉ Radio 1 MIRIAM MEETS………….JOHN AND CHARLEY BOORMAN ON RTÉ RADIO 1 This week’s guests on Miriam Meets…. this Sunday on RTÉ Radio 1 at 10am are film director John Boorman and his son, actor, writer and motorbike enthusiast, Charley Boorman. John has been awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Irish Film and Television […]
TUNE IN TO SPORT AT 7 ON RTÉ RADIO 1 TONIGHT TUNE IN TO SPORT AT 7 ON RTÉ RADIO 1 TONIGHT: The captain of the Jamaican Bobsleigh team, Devon Harris, upon whom the film ‘Cool Runnings’ is based is interviewed on tonight’s Sport at 7 programme on RTÉ Radio 1. Devon will be telling the real story of his Olympic experience and offers some great […]
RTÉ 2FM LISTENERS DECIDE ON POGUE POSITION RTÉ 2fm RTÉ 2FM LISTENERS DECIDE ON POGUE POSITION The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show on RTÉ 2fm today asked Ireland to vote for their favourite Irish album in the last 30 years. With The Brit Awards voting for the Best British album of the last 30 years the lads decided to go one better […]
WESTLIFE’S NICKY BYRNE IS BACK ON RTÉ 2FM DUE TO WORLDWIDE DEMAND RTÉ 2fm WESTLIFE’S NICKY BYRNE IS BACK ON RTÉ 2FM DUE TO WORLDWIDE DEMAND Due to unprecedented global and Irish demand, Westlife’s Nicky Byrne has signed on with RTÉ 2fm to present another two shows in the hit weekly series Celebrity Sunday. Yesterday evening intense online activity around the world saw Nicky’s Celebrity Sunday programme […]
RTÉ RADIO 1’S THE TUBRIDY SHOW PARTNERS WITH AIRTRICITY IN NEW SPONSORSHIP DEAL RTÉ Radio 1 RTÉ Radio 1 has announced Airtricity as the new sponsor of The Tubridy Show. The 12 month sponsorship will commence today, 8 February 2010. With 352,000 listeners, RTÉ Radio 1’s The Tubridy Show is the fifth most-listened-to radio programme nationally. Airtricity is Ireland’s No.1 supplier of cheaper and greener home electricity and […]
MIRIAM MEETS EDNA O’BRIEN AND NIALL BUGGY ON RTÉ RADIO 1 RTÉ Radio MIRIAM MEETS EDNA O’BRIEN AND NIALL BUGGY ON RTÉ RADIO 1 This Sunday 7 February at 10am on Miriam Meets… presenter Miriam O Callaghan interviews writer Edna O’Brien and actor Niall Buggy. Niall is currently starring in Haunted, a play written by Edna O’Brien which also stars Brenda Blethyn and Beth Cooke and […]
WESTLIFE’S NICKY BYRNE TAKES OVER CELEBRITY SUNDAY ON RTÉ 2FM RTÉ Radio WESTLIFE’S NICKY BYRNE TAKES OVER CELEBRITY SUNDAY ON RTÉ 2FM Tune into RTÉ 2fm at 5pm this Sunday 7 February as Westlife’s Nicky Byrne takes over Celebrity Sunday for the next two weeks. Each week Nicky will be playing a selection of songs plucked from his own personal collection which have influenced him […]
RTÉ’s OPERATION TRANSFORMATION HITS THE HALF WAY MARK AND PROVES TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN EVER BEFORE RTÉ RTÉ’s OPERATION TRANSFORMATION HITS THE HALF WAY MARK AND PROVES TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN EVER BEFORE As the half way mark in the Operation Transformation programme is reached, it is clear that this cross media initiative is changing the lives and health of not only the five Operation Transformation leaders but also inspiring […]