ARE you on a less than reputable website? Or is there an odd pop up advert vying for your attention on one of your favourite sites? WWN’s investigative reporter Paul Crank investigates all. In recent years spam advertisements have appeared in Ireland proclaiming how various different famous Irish figures have lost all their wealth, anyone… Read more »
RADIO stations the world over have vowed today to continually repeat Adeles new single over and over again until ‘you puke your fucking ring up’, WWN reports. Parking Ed Sheeran’s played-to-death track Bad Habits for a bit, chirpy self-obsessed radio DJs are expected to now bombard listeners with Easy On Me, the British singer’s first… Read more »
CAUSING quite a stir and providing his show with a steady stream of reliably irate and outraged callers, self-styled radio ‘shock jock’ Ronan Cassin has done it again. His tried and tested method of making up any old shit, taking innocuous news stories out of context and presenting them like the straw that broke western… Read more »
COMMUNICATING an unconvincing blend of surprise and enthusiasm, radio DJ Tony Hyde, host of ‘Midnight Vibes With Tony Hyde’, continues to read out an endless deluge of texts, emails and DMs from listeners that he has clearly composed himself. “‘Any chance of some Led Zepplin Tony, loving the show as always, can’t beat it love,… Read more »
STEVE BANNON, most recently heard offering election punditry on RTÉ’s Drivetime radio programme, has found himself at the focus of US media after he encouraged the beheading of US Coronavirus taskforce member Dr Anthony Fauci and FBI director Christopher Wray. It is not yet known if US police have been in touch with the Irish… Read more »
SOME HAVE said it simply can’t be done and that undertaking such an arduous and energy sapping task would drive any person to the brink of insanity, however, one local Waterford man will not stop until he lands on a radio station playing what he has described as ‘decent music’. Through the onslaught of falsely… Read more »
RTÉ have made the decision to sell off as much lands as possible and hike the license fee as high as it will go in a bid to hang onto their remaining talent, after retiring staff member Sean O’Rourke was eagerly snapped up by MTV following his decision to step down from his mid-morning radio… Read more »
IRELAND’S radio listeners have made an urgent plea to RTÉ 2Fm to cancel any new plans for the 9AM slot, but to instead just play old episodes of the Gerry Ryan Show on a loop for the rest of time. The request comes following a one-off special replay of the classic talk show this morning… Read more »
MORE and more people are reporting that their parents are being radicalised by Newstalk, or even more worrying cases, by regional phone-in radio show hosts. To stop this before it gets out of hand, learn to spot the signs: Are your parents saying ‘this isn’t what I pay my taxes for’ at least 57 times… Read more »
NATIONAL broadcaster RTÉ has admitted that it’s looking for more options when it comes to older DJs and presenters, after an audit which revealed that the ‘retirement channel’ RTÉ Gold is almost full to the brim. The addition of revered veteran DJ Larry Gogan to the ‘classics’ station following his 40 year career with 2FM… Read more »