Despite competition from on-demand music and streaming services, nine out of 10 Irish people still listen to live radio every day.

The group representing independent radio stations in Ireland has today called on the Government to move funding towards its members.

The GAA has confirmed that Sky Sports has bought exclusive rights to 14 championship games this summer.

Pat Kenny has said he is looking forward to the challenge ahead as he moves to the independent radio sector.

Commercial radio stations have expressed concern that the debate about the proposed new public service broadcasting charge is too focused on its potential impact on RTÉ.

The Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte says he has no objection to facilitating a meeting between RTE and independent broadcasters on the future of Irish radio.

THE phrase “can’t pay, won’t pay” is one that we are hearing more often in public discourse and which we can expect to hear far more often over the next year as property and water taxes and the broadcasting charge are added to the rank of annual payments expected of citizens.

Radio listeners are turning away from many of the country’s best known presenters in favour of local radio stations, according to the official audience figures.

The Communications Minister should consider proposals from the independent broadcasting sector to redistribute some of the licence fee that currently goes to RTÉ.

Commercial radio stations are calling on the Government to create a more balanced broadcasting sector.

THE planned household broadcasting charge to replace the TV licence fee will not be introduced until 2014 at the earliest.

The Independent Broadcasters of Ireland are today calling on the Government to immediately reduce the amount of money it provides to RTÉ and give more to independent radio and TV stations.

The chairman of the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland is calling on the Government to use the forthcoming public broadcasting charge to develop and strengthen both the independent and public broadcasting sectors.

A CALL for the appointment of a specialist minister for media — with a remit encompassing all media outlets — was made by the National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI) last night.

New research shows Irish people are still in love with radio, despite the massive growth of digital devices such as iPods and the internet.

THE print media’s national representative body, National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI), with the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (IBI) has strongly criticised proposals aimed at increasing the amount of advertising allowable on commercial television.

The Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (IBI) has said the latest JNLR figures show that the popularity of independent radio remains high among listeners.

MORNING Ireland continues to dominate the airwaves as the latest radio listenership showed it top of a pile of resurgent RTÉ programmes.

President Mary McAleese says the people of Ireland must come together to help restart the stalled economy.

RTÉ Radio One and Marian Finucane in particular have emerged as the big winners in the latest Joint National Listenership Research figures which were published yesterday.

SPEAKING at the Joint Committee on the Constitution, the chairman of the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland, Willie O’Reilly, is reported (November 12) as expressing concern at the practice whereby media outlets are required to provide equal time to both sides in a referendum debate “regardless of the merit” of any argument.

TV3 and the 32 independent radio stations have called for an end to the practice of equal coverage for opposing sides in referendum debates and the scrapping of the ban on coverage on the last day before polling.

Top executives from RTE, TV3 and Newstalk will today appear before an Oireachtas Joint Committee.

Drinks firms and the media were today threatened with tough legislation on alcohol advertising if they fail to abide by new rules on the promotion of drink.

The body representing Ireland's commercial television and radio stations has launched a voluntary code of conduct on alcohol advertising.

THE independent broadcasting sector wants to get its hands on some of the €170 million RTÉ’s annual licence fee revenue.

A report commissioned by RTE's competitors has stated that the television licence fee gives the state broadcaster an unfair advantage.