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CISAC Global Collections Report 2017 out 15th November

The CISAC Global Collections Report is the definitive source of global data, trends and analysis for collections by CISAC’s member author societies in 123 countries. With commentaries by CISAC President Jean-Michel Jarre, Director General Gadi Oron and Chair Eric Baptiste, the 2017 Report will be released in English, French and Spanish on November 15th 2017.

CISAC reported collections in 2016 (for 2015 data) at €8.6 billion. The 2017 Report will include:

 Global growth trends for 5 repertoires (music, audiovisual, visual arts, drama and literature)
 Analysis of changing patterns of consumption, led by TV & radio, live and digital
 Newly-published five-year growth trends across all data
 Numbers and trends in all countries and regions, including markets across Africa
 Country profiles of Sweden, Canada, Mexico, Korea, China, South Africa and Algeria

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Music Generation Announces 5 Development Officer Vacancies

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Galway & Roscommon ETB, Mayo, Sligo & Leitrim ETB and Waterford & Wexford ETB each invite applications for the position of Music Generation Development Officer.

Reference numbers:

  • 007448 (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown)
  • MGDO-Galway County 17-1 (Galway County)
  • MG2017 (Leitrim)
  • WTMG01 (Waterford)
  • WXMG01 (Wexford)

A Music Generation Development Officer will be appointed by each Statutory Agency and will be responsible for managing an extensive performance music education programme on behalf of the Music Education Partnership in each county.

All five counties have recently been selected for participation in Music Generation – Ireland’s National Music Education Programme, which is co-funded by U2, The Ireland Funds, the Department of Education and Skills and Local Music Education Partnerships.

Three-year, fixed-term contract.

Application form, job description and person specification available online at the links below –

Closing date for receipt of completed application forms: 12 noon, Friday 3 November 2017

Late applications will not be accepted.

Based on the volume of applications received short-listing may apply. Short-listing will take place on the basis of the information provided in the application form. Depending on the qualifications and experience of applicants, short-listing thresholds may be significantly higher than the minimum standards set out.

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; Galway & Roscommon ETB; Mayo, Sligo & Leitrim ETB; and Waterford & Wexford ETB are equal opportunities employers.

Enable Ireland Ambassadors The Strypes Donate Memorabilia for Upcoming Auction

The Strypes have donated a number of band memorabilia for auction in aid of Enable Ireland’s disability services.

The items include a signed drum skin from their recent tour and featuring their new logo, a signed sweatshirt and two shirts worn by Pete and Evan.

This is a fantastic collection for any fan.  Proceeds go to Enable Ireland’s services for children and adults with disabilities.

Adverts.ie listing here: http://www.adverts.ie/memorabilia/strypes-merchandise/13940052?notification=f0b54962f1a7e74d1d03eef9934121f3-1507217892

The auction is open until Saturday 14 October 2017.

Eurovision 2018 Calling

The Eurovision Song Contest is the world’s biggest music show and consistently one of the most popular annual television events both in Ireland and across the globe. 2018 marks the 63rd edition of the contest and it will take place in Lisbon, Portugal in May. This year’s Eurovision, hosted by Ukraine in Kyiv was watched by more than 180 Million viewers worldwide. The ESC is highly competitive and as such the competition attracts top music professionals from around the world, 42 countries competed in the competition in 2017.

RTÉ continually reviews its selection process in an effort to succeed in this increasingly competitive event. RTÉ is inviting accomplished songwriters and performers, preferably with a proven track record of success in the music industry to submit a song to be considered to represent Ireland in the competition.

All songs received will be considered by a number of expert music industry panels to be appointed by RTÉ.

Songs submitted must strictly comply with the rules of Eurovision and RTÉ reserves the right to arrange, produce or otherwise alter any song selected for entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.

Songwriters/composers may only submit one song (including co-writes) for consideration. If more than one song per composer is submitted only the first song received will be considered. Songs must be no longer than 3 minutes in duration.

Compositions submitted for consideration (lyrics and music) must not have been commercially released and/or publicly performed including online video platforms or social networks, in full or in part, before the 1st September 2017.

It is important to note that any entries submitted through this process will be considered alongside other compositions and performers which RTÉ may commission or secure independently of this process and RTÉ reserves the absolute right to approach established acts and songwriters and to select a song and/or a performer(s) at its sole discretion from outside this process. RTÉ also reserves the right to match any song selected with a different artist to the one submitted with the entry.

If you would like to submit an entry, it must adhere to the EBU 2018 competition rules, a full list of rules is published on the official Eurovision website at: www.eurovision.tv

Entries will ONLY be accepted by email as an MP3 (192kbps) file or Soundcloud link.

No entries will be accepted on CD, cassette or any other format.

Email entries to 

The closing date for submissions is 5pm on Monday 6th of November 2017.

Garageland announces giant nationwide Autumn line-up

Garageland have announced The Garage Gigs Autumn line-up which will feature more than 60 artists across 7 venues in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Kilkenny, and London making it the biggest season yet of the the now legendary shows. New to the Autumn 2017 Series are Limerick’s Pharmacia, Kilkenny’s Pump-House, and The Sallynoggin Inn as hosts, while The Crane Lane in Cork welcomes The Garage Gigs back after a brilliant summer show.

Following the bumper show early this year, Dublin’s Button Factory, in association with MusicMaker & Sound Training College – hosts 4 shows which will be documented and recorded for broadcast in Spring 2018.

RTE have extended their support, with Garageland On 2XM returning for a weekly live show on Monday evenings, a magazine style show featuring music industry giants such as Will Ryan (Hozier management), Ailish Toohey (Collective Management – Gavin James), Jackie Hayden (Hot Press), while playing tracks from artists from the Garage Gigs (rumour has it that Dustin wants to appear on the show). Garageland has also added The Arts Council to it’s growing lists of supporters which already include RTE, IMRO, RAAP, IRMA and Hot Press Magazine.

“Since returning in 2016, the response to Garageland and the Garage Gigs has been incredible. There’s a whole new generation of artists emerging and we relish our role in helping them shape their career whichever road that might be on. We encourage new artists who wish to take part to get in touch via our website www.garageland.ie Dermot Lambert, Garageland Director

Dates:

October
Thursday 12th October – Dublin – Button Factory – filmed for Garageland T.V.
Swordfist / Weather Underground / Witches Rave / Townsend
Doors – 7.15pm / Admission €10 online / €13.50 on door

Friday 13th October – Limerick – Pharmacia
Van Panther / Beautiful Apes / The Kennels / Mizdrea / Fluffy Coke
Doors – 7.45pm / Admission €10 online – €12.50 at door

Thursday 19th October – Dublin – Button Factory – filmed for Garageland T.V.
Cooks, But We’re Chefs / Patricia / Killer Instincts / Pleasure Dome
Doors – 7.15pm / Admission €10 online / €13.50 on door

Thursday 19th October – Dublin – Grand Social
Cools Humbug / TBA / No Tie Friday / Johnny Climax
Doors – 7.45pm /Admission €10 online – €12.50 at door

Saturday 28th October – Dublin – The Noggin Inn
Inhaler / Screefy /Academy Lane / Grandad’s Infected Fudge
Doors – 7.45pm /Admission €10 online – €12.50 at door
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November
Thursday 2nd November – Dublin – Grand Social
The Elective / Sean O’Connor
Doors – 7.45pm /Admission €10 online – €12.50 at door

Saturday 4th November – Cork – Crane Lane
The Elation / Rich City Vultures / The Alkove / Wemarch
Doors – 8pm / Admission €10 online – €12.50 at door

Thursday 16th November – Dublin – Button Factory – filmed for Garageland T.V.
Fuzz Gigolo / Truce / MYTH / The Brief / Death In The Sickroom
Doors – 7.15pm / Admission €10 online / €13.50 on door

Thursday 23rd November – Dublin – Grand Social
NCX / Paul Harrington
Doors – 7.45pm / Admission €10 online – €12.50 at door

Friday 24th November – Kilkenny – The Pump House
Artists TBA
Doors – 7.45pm / Admission €10 online – €12.50 at door

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December
Thursday 7th December – Dublin – Grand Social
Witches Rave / Classic Yellow / Deborah McKeown / The Valves
Doors – 7.45pm /Admission €10 online – €12.50 at door

Wednesday 13th December – Dublin – Button Factory – filmed for Garageland T.V.
Inhaler / The Felonies / Freemen / TBL8
Doors – 7.15pm / Admission €10 online / €13.50 on door

Thursday 14th December – London – The Islington
Artists TBA
Doors 7.00pm / Adm £6.00

 

The Songwriting Collective October Event Details Announced

IMRO continues its monthly collaborative initiative with The Songwriting Collective with details of the upcoming October event announced today.

The next workshop will take place on Thursday 5th September from 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm at IMRO, Copyright House, Pembroke Row, Dublin 2. followed by a presentation of newly written co-writes and other self-penned songs in the Wellington Pub on Lower Baggot Street.

Each workshop provides an opportunity for songwriters to showcase songs that you have written, to discuss/explore the craft of songwriting, to co-write and to receive detailed feedback about your compositions from your peers. In addition, from time-to-time presentations by relevant music specialists on topics of interest are included as part of these sessions.

The workshops are facilitated by Tony Bardon (tonybardon.com) and Danai Kelleher, both of whom have extensive experience in running workshops in Ireland and Europe, as a result of their involvement with EU-funded music projects.

The Songwriting Collective uses Meetup.com for communication purposes so if you are interested please sign up at https://www.meetup.com/The-Songwriting-Collective/

This event is open to all levels of musical experience and genres.

Irish Youth Music Awards Vol 10 Released 6th October

Youth Work Ireland’s Irish Youth Music Awards (IYMAs) is very excited to celebrate the release of IYMAs volume 10 an album featuring ten young up and coming musicians from Galway and Meath. The album will be released on Friday October 6th available digitally and on CD with I-Tunes pre-orders now live here. This album was produced in Herbert Place Studios giving the young musicians the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of Muse, Kodaline and Gavin James. The album was mastered in Wav mastering who have worked with David Bowie, The Foo Fighters and Damien Rice.

Last year’s album stormed the charts entering at number five! To mark the album launch, IYMAs are hosting an all ages concert in Monroe’s in Galway with over ten acts performing on Saturday October 7th with doors at 2pm with more info here.

It’s been a brilliant year for the Irish Youth Music Awards as we marked our ten-year anniversary and our biggest programme and National Day yet. We are very excited to release IYMAs Volume 10 to mark this milestone as this album is a brilliant testament to the brilliant work of each young person that participated in the programme this year. We are encouraging everyone to pick up a copy of the album by pre-ordering it now on I-Tunes or by buying it during the week of October 6th and 12th so we can get it into the Irish charts and help shine a light on the future of our Irish music industry.” said Irish Youth Music Awards Director Barry Lennon

The album release marks the launch of the IYMAs programme in youth clubs and projects across Ireland with regional events being planned now. The Irish Youth Music Awards is a youth music educational programme helping young bands, musicians and young people aged 12-19 to learn new skills within the creative and music industries and acts as a stepping stone between further education or employment opportunities. Aimed at creating teamwork and friendship at local level, the Irish Youth Music Awards also provides first hand work experience for participants in all areas associated with the music business such as PR, stage management, graphic design, photography and creates spaces for acts to perform on a local level through the IYMAs hubs.

IYMAs partners and supporters include The Department of Children and Youth Affairs, RTÉ 2FM, BIMM Institute Dublin, LinkedIn Learning, IMRO, Music Maker, Gaisce – The President’s Award and Youth Action Northern Ireland.

Release date: October 6th, 2017 (Digitally Worldwide), CD available in Tower Records (Dublin) and OMG Zhivago (Galway)

Track listing:

  1. Liquid Space – Someone
  2. Liquid Space – Methodology
  3. Blank – Green Hue
  4. Megan Miskell – Morse Code
  5. Conor Killian – Mr. White
  6. Sonny Casey – The Other Side of the Moon
  7. Twelve String – Too Far Gone
  8. H Minor – If I Dare
  9. Hipster Trash – Someone (Original)
  10. FRO – Desert
  11. Tipsy Disposition – Daylight Dreams

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Darkey Kelly’s Wins Dublin Region ‘Best Music Pub’ at Irish Pub Awards

On Wednesday September 20th. Nathy Towey, proprietor of Darkey Kelly’s, arrived back from a Vintners Association gathering smiling and clutching the 2017 Irish Pub Awards Dublin region ‘Best Music Pub’ award.

So, how does a medium sized drinking, eating and music hosting establishment located on historic Fishamble Street in the heart of old Viking Dublin achieve this ? What’s special about Darkey’s ?

Well, the very week of the award presentation Darkey’s is hosting a three day live music festival, probably the only way to extend the already seven days a week music offering to eight days. Over the last five years music at Darkey’s has expanded to cover seven evenings and often several afternoons. Alongside the Ballads, Traditional, Folk and Pop a strong offering from the Performing Songwriter comunity has emerged with Rock, Blues, Country, Americana and more to be heard each and every week.

During the Festival the audience and musicians are drawn not just from the local and wider Irish community but also from Netherlands, Germany, France, Venezuela, Romania, Spain, Italy, U.S.A., Philippines and more.

Some have come specially for the festival, some curious when they hear music, some for refreshment and food, they all stay. Acts who played across the weekend included Alan with Trad Rocks, PJ Maher, Mick O’Brien, Philomena Keegan, Tommy Keyes, Tony Floyd Kenna, Micheal Finnegan O’Brien, Hector Castillo to name but a few.

And in the middle of it all Nathy Towey (Darkey’s proprietor) arrived back from the Vintners Assoc. gathering clutching the 2017 Best Dublin Music Pub award. Presented to Darkey’s barely an hour earlier.  The three festival days are just a snapshot of what’s special about Darkey’s, what’s happening each and every week, the local and international audiences, the community of both local and international musicians and singers, the friendly staff, the inquisitive Dublin welcome, the expansive choice of drinks, the restaurant prepared food, the unique experience that is Darkey’s.

The National Irish Pub Awards are open to all member of VFI and LVA to celebrate excellence and innovation in the pub sector with regional finalists and category winners receiving a generous prize package. This Best Music Pub category, proudly sponsored by IMRO acknowledges a pub that has introduced innovative and creative live/recorded music entertainment options that demonstrate an exciting atmosphere and are making a positive impact on the growth of the business.

 

NI Music Prize shortlist announced

Twelve albums have been shortlisted for the Northern Ireland Music Prize In Association With Blue Moon 2017. The winner will be announced at a special awards night at the Mandela Hall. More than 70 judges were contacted from the music industry and music media. They were invited to cast their votes for the best album of the last 12 months. There will be a second round of voting and the winning album will be announced at the November 11 event.

The shortlisted acts are:

Arborist – Home Burial
Arvo Party – Arvo Party
Bap Kennedy – Reckless Heart
The Divine Comedy – Foreverland
Gross Net – Quantitative Easing
Hannah Peel – Awake But Always Dreaming
Invaderband – Invaderband
Joshua Burnside – Ephrata
Malojian – This Is Nowhere
Our Krypton Son – Fleas & Diamonds
Robocobra Quartet – Music For All Occasions
Sea Pinks – Watercourse.

Previous winners are:
2016: Ciaran Lavery – Let Bad In
2015: SOAK – Before We Forgot How To Dream
2014: Robyn G Shiels – The Blood Of The Innocents
2013: Foy Vance – Joy Of Nothing

“It’s been yet another great year for music from Northern Ireland. The shortlisted 12 are just a taste of what we have to offer, but what a strong example in this list. The continued partnership with Blue Moon for the NI Music Prize and the Sound of Belfast Festival is also a magnificent endorsement from them on our belief in the power of local music. It’s also great to welcome PPL as supporters of the Prize and we are delighted to continue the relationship with PRS on the Legend Award. It’s going to be a great ten days and the Prize and Legend Awards evening will be a fitting end to another celebration of all that is great about local music.” Charlotte Dryden, CEO of the Oh Yeah Music Centre

Online ticket sales: www.ohyeahcentre.eventbrite.com

This event will feature during the closing night of the Sound of Belfast, programme, November 2-11.

Linda McAuley, Seamus Mac Géidigh (RIP), Billy McCarthy (RIP) and Joe King announced as the 2017 IMRO Radio Awards Hall of Fame inductees

At a ceremony held at the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) offices in Dublin today, four new IMRO Radio Awards Hall of Fame inductees were announced. The IMRO Radio Awards celebrated the massive impact all four have had on the radio industry on the island of Ireland. Friends and family of Linda McAuley (BBC Radio Ulster), Séamus Mac Géidigh RIP (RTÉ Raidió Na Gaeltachta), Billy McCarthy RIP (WLR FM) and Joe King (Broadcast Technical Services Limited).

The IMRO Radio Awards Hall of Fame is a highly regarded accolade in the Irish industry and the four new inductees join names such as Gay Byrne, Larry Gogan, Ian Dempsey, Áine Lawlor, Candy Devine and Tony Fenton amongst others. The Hall of Fame celebrates those well-known names and those behind the mic that make Irish radio such an integral part of daily life.

Sean Murtagh, Chairperson of the IMRO Radio Awards Committee said “the Hall of Fame was established to pay enduring tribute to not just the well-known Irish radio personalities but also to those who worked quietly behind the scenes helping to make Radio in Ireland great. Today’s inductees are very worthy recipients of this accolade and held in the highest regard by their peers.”

“We are delighted to induct four of the most respected radio professionals on the island of Ireland into the IMRO Radio Awards Hall of Fame.  Each of them in their own way has made an indelible mark on the broadcasting sector and they rightfully deserve to take their place alongside the many other great Irish radio luminaries who have been honoured by their peers over the years.” Eleanor McEvoy, IMRO Chairman.

Speaking at the event, Professor Pauric Travers, Chairperson of the BAI said “since its establishment, the Hall of Fame has marked, in a meaningful and personal way, the level of esteem in which those who are honoured are held by their peers.  In their various and unique ways, each inductee reminds us why it is that Irish radio continues to engage, inform and entertain listeners, reflecting their passions, interests and concerns”.

Linda McAuley: For more than two decades, Linda McAuley has been BBC Radio Ulster’s and Northern Ireland’s de facto Consumer Champion: the friend to which thousands of listeners turn to solve their problems, big or small.  When all else fails, Linda and ‘On Your Behalf’, the programme she’s hosted continuously since its launch in 1995, will get it sorted, or their questions answered and voices heard. She is, as far as the audience is concerned, a one-woman dynamo, campaigner, wrong-righter, social service and broadcasting institution.

Linda’s radio career has spanned both commercial and BBC stations, from reporting and hard news to magazine and consumer programmes. She first joined BBC Radio Ulster in 1978 as presenter of the evening drive time programme ‘Change Gear’ and returned in 1989 to present ‘Morning Extra’. In 1995, she helped launch the station’s first dedicated consumer affairs programme, ‘On Your Behalf’, remaining through various refreshments and formats to make it the flagship Saturday morning show it is today, blending consumer advice, information and education with robust confrontation of unfair trading.

Linda and her programme have brought about real changes in the real lives of BBC Radio Ulster’s listeners, from industry wide initiatives to standardised travel insurance terms for those booking flights in Belfast but leaving from Dublin to forcing big name retailers to adopt a more transparent and fair approach to online services and deliveries to NI residents.

Linda is one of those rare presenters – someone who is perfectly matched to her role and her programme.  Every week, public service broadcasting is turned into a riveting radio listen, helped by a brilliant and deceptively effortless broadcasting performance. More than 20 years after she started, she’s still serving audiences stronger than ever: a listeners’ as well as a consumers’ champion.

Séamus Mac Géidigh: In Irish, the term ‘fathach fir’ is used to describe a person who is out of the ordinary, a man amongst men.  Séamus Mac Géidigh, who passed away suddenly on 4 July 2016 at the age of 54, was one such man.

He was a highly-respected journalist and broadcaster with RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta and was manager of the Doirí Beaga offices and studios in Donegal. Séamus, who was from Gort a’ Choirce in the Donegal Gaeltacht, began his working life as a broadcaster when he joined RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta in 1988. During his thirty years with the organisation he fulfilled a variety of roles. But it is as a passionate, unbiased and informed Gaelic games commentator that most listeners will remember Séamus, who was described as ‘the Donegal voice of Gaelic Games commentary’.

Fear é Séamus a bhí breá ábalta feoil a chur ar scéal agus an chuid is fearr a bhaint as daoine.  Bhí ardmheas air ar fud Dhún na nGall, na Gaeltachta agus níos faide ó bhaile mar fhear uasal, mar chraoltóir cumasach, díograiseach, ildánach, mar cheannaire foirne, mar shár thráchtaire spóirt, ach thar rud ar bith eile, cara mór ab ea é.

 

Billy McCarthy: Billy, who died after a short illness in November last, made a phenomenal contribution to the radio industry in Ireland, not only at board level in WLR for many years but particularly as ‘the voice of Waterford’ in his 27 years as presenter of the highly rated ‘Deise AM’. A former Director of WLR, Billy served on the board for over 10 years, during which time WLR built Ireland’s first purpose-built radio station outside of RTE in Dublin. Presenting, however, was Billy’s first and real love and it was as a current affairs broadcaster that he ranked amongst the very best. In the 10 am-12 noon weekday slot, his ‘Deise AM’ show was consistently the most listened to radio show in Waterford (JNLR) for a staggering 27 years, from 1989 right up to Billy’s untimely death last November.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny gave his first radio interview to Billy in WLR on the morning after he made controversial comments about “whingers” in his home town of Castlebar. Those comments, many feel, may have been the turning point of that election.  In that interview Billy challenged the Taoiseach on his comments and the audio was used nationwide in news coverage that day. In that same interview, meanwhile, Billy received a commitment from Enda Kenny on abolition of the Broadcasting levy.

Billy’s untimely death in November, at the young age of 62, sent shockwaves not only through the radio industry in Ireland but his beloved Waterford city and county.  The massive outpouring of grief from listeners to WLR FM in the days after his death illustrated just how important a figure he was to many; an integral part, indeed, of the daily lives of thousands of Waterfordians. President Michael D. Higgins, Taoiseach Enda Kenny and political leaders of all parties sent their personal condolences on news of his death. Billy is deeply missed his partner Des O’Keeffe, his mother Kay, his sister Celine, brothers Declan and Ronan and his extended family, relatives and many friends.

Joe King:  Joe King is the founder of BTS and has been a technical powerhouse for the Radio industry for more than 25 years, in a career that has crossed from the pirate radio industry to the era of licensed radio stations. His impact on the radio industry is well documented and he has worked across nearly every station in the industry whether RTÉ, independent, community, temporary or student radio stations. It is true to say that there isn’t a radio station in Ireland which hasn’t worked with Joe King at some stage of its radio life.

Joe is always at the end of the phone to solve transmission problems for radio stations the length and breadth of the country regardless of whether it’s the middle of the night, early in the morning or the end of a long day. He is more likely to be found half way up a mountain fixing problems for a radio station experiencing dead air than behind a desk. He has worked knee deep in snow, battered by high winds and soaked by heavy rain to get radio stations back on the air.

As a technician and engineer Joe is never to the forefront in radio but that exactly who the Hall of Fame Award sets out to honour. Joe’s dedication to radio is unquestionable, he’s a radio anorak and a professional, and is always updating his knowledge to ensure the industry has the technology to grow and innovate.

Hall of Fame Inductees to date:

Micheál O’Muircheartaigh – RTÉ Radio 1
Jimmy Magee – RTÉ Radio1
Des Whelan – WLR FM
Marian Finucane – RTÉ Radio 1
Gay Byrne – RTÉ Radio1
Larry Gogan – 2FM
Mario Rosenstock – Today FM
Gerry Ryan – 2FM
Ronan O’Rahilly – Radio Caroline
Candy Devine – Downtown
Seán Bán Breathnach – RTÉ Raidio Na Gaeltachta
Joe Duffy – RTÉ Radio 1
Bill Goulding – RTÉ
Liam O’Shea – clare fm
Tony Fenton – Today FM
Paul Claffey – Midwest Radio
Áine Lawlor – RTÉ Radio 1
Walter Love – BBC Radio Ulster
Gerry Anderson – BBC Radio Ulster
Pat Balfe – Communicorp
Des Cahill – RTÉ Radio 1
Henry Owens – Red FM
Eamon Buttle – South East Radio
Trevor Campbell – Downtown Radio
Ian Dempsey – Today FM
Dave Fanning – RTÉ 2FM

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