The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has signed a 10-year contract with County Media Ltd to provide local radio services for the franchise areas of Cork City and County.

TO those of a certain generation, there is something magical about radio on All-Ireland final Sunday.

MORE people are switching off from the State broadcaster and tuning in to local and regional radio stations, new listenership figures show.

ULSTER Television has entered the fray for the latest radio licence to become available in Dublin.

EIGHT out of ten people tune into radio everyday, putting Ireland on top of the European league.

RTÉ Radio 1 has emerged as the clear loser in the latest Joint National Listenership Research figures which showed all the station’s main programmes dropping audience numbers.

COMPETITION between RTÉ and Today FM for key drivetime audiences is hotting up, according to the latest JNLR radio listenership figures published yesterday.

ULSTER TELEVISION profits before tax fell by stg£711,000 in the first six months of the year to £5.7 million on turnover of £22.5m — up 8.1%.