AA Roadwatch presenter Nuala Carey in their Suffolk Street studio, Dublin in 1998
This afternoon.
William Campbell, look what you’ve done!
Road RAGE!
Previously: AA Breakdown
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AA Roadwatch presenter Nuala Carey in their Suffolk Street studio, Dublin in 1998
This afternoon.
William Campbell, look what you’ve done!
Road RAGE!
Previously: AA Breakdown
An insurance company is encouraging motorists to check mobile devices while driving. If the detail is already on their app then the only incremental cost involved is the radio voiceover. I always assumed that cost was covered by the radio stations who paid AA for the service.
In fact AA and the RTÉ never would say what the nature of the contract was, just giving the meaningless answer that it was ‘a commercial arrangement’, although RTÉ never put the service out to tender.
I understand from sources in RTÉ that RTÉ did some of the engineering work to connect the studios, but everything else for them was free, paid for by the AA, clearly bringing it within the definition of a sponsored programme, but since RTÉ would never confirm that on the record, they effectively made themselves immune from action to enforce the law.
Good. The relevance of the almost perpetual traffic at the Port Tunnel, Dunkettle Interchange, Ferrycarrig Bridge and so on is of no relevance to a national radio audience largely listening from home. Motorists can get traffic updates via Google Maps…handsfree.
Hallelujah! so fed up of this piffle for the last decade or two.
i usually flick over to dublin city fm for the traffic; sure that’s where aa get it from.