I have just discovered @RadioMariaIRE
It’s a Catholic radio station, available on Saorview, which is owned by RTE, the “national” broadcaster and partner of Pride. No problem with Catholicism or Islam or any other religion having a radio station, but funded by the licence fee?— David J McDonagh (@McDonaghDJ) June 19, 2019
Anyone?
Update:
Daily Schedule – Friday 21st June pic.twitter.com/gRVTX2Eoir
— Radio Maria Ireland – Saorview 210 (@RadioMariaIRE) June 21, 2019
Beats 2FM, in fairness.
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Presumably they pay 2RN, RTÉ’s transmission network company, the same commercial rates as any other independent broadcaster. Where has this chap got the idea that it’s “funded by the licence fee”?
Presumably that’s right.
2rn charges RTE 1 and RTE 2 around €3m a year each for transmission.
2rn charges Radio 1 €2m, RTE radio 2, Lyric and Radio Na Gaeltachta around €1m each.
How much are they charging this outfit? Hard to see how it would make commercial sense for the radio station unless they were being heavily sponsored and if so, by who?
I suspect that a mono audio slot on a Saorview mux costs a lot less than a national FM network. Their website says “Radio Maria Ireland is a non-commercial Catholic Radio Station and depends entirely on its listeners support to cover its running costs each month.”
Wikipedia gives the owner as The World Family of Radio Maria, any reference for the owner being RTE?
Or do you mean saorview is owned by RTE?
In which case so what Saorview is a platform for channels to broadcast in Ireland, virgin media is also available on it and have no association with rte.
A live lunchtime rosary for 30 minutes! I’m not Catholic so I haven’t been brought up with any of this, do they really last that long?
A full rosary now, not just a few “decades”?
It just seems that long.
They’re all a bit of a mystery.
I see what you did there.
There are no catholic license fee holders so?
Anyone can go on Saorview. Virgin Media own 3 TV channels and the Houses of the Oireachtas another; UTV used to.
They pay for the % of total capacity they use, they are effectively subsidising RTE/Virgin to an teeeny tiny extent by doing so.
Unsurprising. RTE always push a religious agenda with their broadcasting; current affairs shows regularly have clerical guests on, they go absolutely nuts with excitement around christian festivals and they insist on that morbid bonging at midday and 6pm. The only religious bit of the wireless I like is an oul Gregorian chant on Lyric. We should not be funding religious propaganda if we believe in and strive for a secular society. But two failed payments on your TV licence and you’re in court!
and lets not forget total male dominance on RTE Radio One daily
9am Ryan
10am Sean
12. Ronan
13 news
13.45 Joe
15.00 Ray
Like a seminary in there!!
13.45 Joe
15.00 Ray
17.00 Me
The station is located in offices across from the Red Cow if you want to be the big man and kick up a fuss.
Do they take requests?
That’d be simony.
Simonmayoy.
Though he’s gone now, innit.
(Reaches for the Baileys)
OMG !!
David found something to be offended by…. hold the presses! …ffs…
Oh wait… Dave is wrong…. the TV licence fee is not used.
Look up how the licence fee is spent. There is nothing in the BAI sound & vision scheme funding on this. Meaning it is not given funding from the licence fee.
Even if it was, is it not within the RTE remit to provide programming for the public, and last I checked, there is still a majority of Irish who are Catholic.
Next!
what are you doing awake? have you not got a nappy to change/bottle to heat/puke to clean up?
Haha :) thanks Scottser
We’ve been very lucky with him so far in that he sleeps well, eats well, and is easily remedied when he’s upset… it’s like three bull’s-eyes!! …meaning Mum and Dad ain’t as wrecked as we thought we might… long may he continue like that, the wee dote :)
…and sure who’d have thought (not me) that flicking on a kettle would sooth a baby …loves the “white noise” he does :)
Lovely.
I’m as anti-religion as they come but tbh I don’t see how these lads have any sort of reach or influence even with a national platform. I’d be interested to see their listener figures, and wouldn’t be surprised if they’re in the hundreds at best.
Aul wans love the radio, though. I’d say they’re higher than that.
I’m going to say 1,265.
Yeah but how many aul wans can navigate a saorview box as far as the random radio stations at the end? I reckon unless the local parish priest got the aul biddies on to it most OAPs never heard of this station… I don’t think Radio Maria will be leading to the overthrow of society anytime soon
– https://filtermusic.net/deepvibes
And RTE “a partner of Pride” and this being June which, as we all know, is a month where only things vaguely to do with Pride can be tolerated. Hold me David. I think I’m going to collapse with shock.