RTÉ to get classy under new cross-media plan

Big themes will come to fore as Dee Forbes seeks to break down commissioning ‘silos’

RTÉ television controller shimmies through the squeeze

Adrian Lynch wants to make ‘bigger shows’ – and more of them – for RTÉ One and RTÉ2

‘Adapt or die’ time for RTÉ, but what does its future look like?

The broadcaster is in a sticky financial position and may remain there for some years

RTÉ plans up to 250 redundancies and eyes licence fee reform

Dee Forbes backtracks from statement that she would like to see doubling of licence fee

RTÉ not making right noises about musical movements

Recent changes in the national broadcaster have serious implications for music groups

Mysterious musical chairs at RTÉ as arts job disappears

Executive Director of RTÉ’s Orchestras, Quartet and Choirs moves to new role

RTÉ: Who will succeed Noel Curran as director-general?

Here are some of the potential candidates for the most important job in Irish broadcasting

Ray D’Arcy to create afternoon ‘Marian moment’

RTÉ says poached presenter will swell the traditional radio audience for his time slot

Finucane, Tubridy and ‘Newstalk Breakfast’ add listeners

Local and regional stations put pressure on RTÉ Radio 1 as its weekday audience falls

Goodbye dance halls, hello discos

In the mid 1960s, showbands were challenged by DJs playing records. Will Leahy of 2FM has been charting 50 years of Ireland’s wheels of steel

Fr Brian D’Arcy calls on RTÉ to suspend long wave radio closure

Emigrants have multiple ways of accessing radio through internet or TV, RTÉ says

RTÉ denies overpaying top radio presenters

‘If we were, we would have paid the money to keep Pat Kenny on Radio 1’

RTÉ to delay closing down of longwave radio service

Broadcaster says it will struggle to break even this year due to €5m budget hit

Mid-morning radio battle has only just begun

The latest listenership figures are tentatively encouraging for both Radio 1 and Newstalk

RTÉ Radio appoints new managing director

Former ‘Late Late’ executive producer Jim Jennings (50) has been with the broadcaster for over 25 years

Converting local listeners to national ones a tough ask for RTÉ

Seán O’Rourke wants the Kerry, Donegal and Galway audience to move the dial his way

O’Rourke and Kenny go head-to-head with new shows

Presenters open debut programmes with tributes to Seamus Heaney

RTÉ urges the audience to leave the dial where it is

Managing director of radio Jim Jennings says he doesn’t expect ‘mass exodus’ of listeners

Big interviews, more GAA and a new version of the old theme as O’Rourke’s reign begins

RTÉ presenter will go head-to-head with Newstalk's Pat Kenny from Monday

RTÉ drafted succession plan before Kenny left

Head of Radio 1 ‘more disappointed than shocked’ by presenter’s move to Newstalk

O’Rourke ‘excited’ at prospect of taking over Pat Kenny slot

Veteran broadcaster to anchor station’s main mid-morning radio show

Pat Kenny’s departure a ‘real opportunity’ for RTÉ to do something ‘exciting, new and fresh’, says radio MD

Jennings says station unlikely to recruit from outside to replace departing director

Kenny departure will make ‘big difference’ to station’s budget

Denis O’Brien’s stations do not face same pressures, says head of RTÉ Radio

RTÉ recovering some lost listeners, JNLR ratings show

Morning Ireland remains most listened to programme as rival Newstalk Breakfast show loses ground

Change is hard for radio listeners

Medium is so embedded in lives, it’s difficult to mess with schedules, says Clare Duignan

RTÉ radio boss Clare Duignan to leave

‘Key figure’ to depart in June, with Jim Jennings installed on interim basis

Clare Duignan to step down as head of RTÉ Radio in June

One of broadcaster’s longest serving executives steps down after four years in radio role

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