RTÉ is to seek a licence to begin broadcasting a digital radio service along the east coast, later this year.

RTÉ’s managing director of radio, Adrian Moynes, declared on Morning Ireland (June 6) that the proposed new arts programme presented by Dave Fanning on the revamped Radio 1 would be about “such things” as painting, sculpture and plays.

IT was a knife-edge battle of wits when two secondary schools went head-to-head in the final of the Thomas Crosbie Holdings All-Ireland Schools Quiz yesterday.

RTÉ’S rising star Ryan Tubridy is switching from the breakfast show to mid-morning radio in a move which will see veteran broadcaster Marian Finucane presenting a weekend programme.

RTE Radio one presenter Marian Finucane is to be replaced by rising star Ryan Tubridy in a major shake-up of the station, it emerged tonight.

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

ALMOST three quarters of staff in RTÉ earn less than €49,000 a year, according to figures released yesterday.

THE leading independent local radio stations are continuing to make ground at the expense of RTÉ, but the national broadcaster still dominates the airways.

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.

IT will be a real battle of wits between North and South tonight when two secondary schools go head-to-head in the grand final of the Thomas Crosbie Holdings All-Ireland Schools Quiz.

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