February 1, 2016 admin
UTV Radio Solutions is the national sales house of UTV Radio in Dublin, home of Urban Access and Solus Access, targeting Urban 25-44 adults.
January 31, 2016 admin
1,260,000 adults 15+ tune into RTÉ Radio every weekday, 41% of the listening population.
RTÉ Radio 1 is RTÉ’s most listened to radio station. Broadcasting a mixture of speech and music, news and information as well as a host of drama, entertainment, sport and features programming targeting 35+. It is to the forefront in its current affairs programmes and enjoys a unique relationship with the national listening public particularly in the areas of politics and social change. RTÉ Radio 1 is the number one radio station in Ireland reaching 1,338,000 adults 15+ on average every week.
RTÉ 2fm is a music and entertainment service for 25-44’s. The music policy is diverse and covers a variety of genres and tastes. RTÉ 2fm is also the national platform for new Irish talent, great festivals and live music. 849,000 adults 15+ tune into RTÉ 2fm on average every week.
RTÉ lyric fm is a music station with a classical bias targeting adults 25+. It offers the listener a vast and eclectic array of music from all periods, continents, genres, styles and expressive forms. RTÉ lyric fm reaches 290,000 adults 15+ on average every week. 63% of these listeners are ABC1s.
For more information visit www.rte.ie/radio/advertising
January 22, 2016 admin
The scene is set for what is going to be the most keenly contested Love Radio Awards with a record 490 entries received by the entry deadline yesterday (January 21st).
Judging of the awards will take place over the next two weeks and a shortlist will then be drawn up. This year’s judging panel is once again chaired by Ian MacTavish, the founder and chairman of Radioville in the UK and one of the leading lights of the radio industry in Europe. He will be assisted by a panel of expert media professionals drawn from the radio industry, advertising and media agencies as well as a number of senior marketers representing a number of sectors.
The Love Radio Awards will take place in the Mansion House on Friday February 19th. Tickets for the event will go on sale next week.
The Awards are now in their fourth year and they celebrate the very best of creativity, innovation and media excellence in the Irish commercial radio sector. This year’s partners include RTÉ Media Sales – Radio, UTV Radio Solutions, CommunicorpOne, Media Central and Classic Hits 4FM. The organisers of the Awards are IMJ/Adworld.ie and Alchemy Event Management.
Source: adworld.ie
November 18, 2015 admin
IRS+ is a dynamic, innovative centralised media sales and marketing bureau, serving independent local and national, broadcast and digital media channels. For media owners, IRS+ offers promotion, sales and representation to agencies, creative media specialists and direct clients. For advertisers and their agencies, IRS+ offers a range off the shelf and bespoke packages targeting specific demographics at local and national level. IRS+ provides unrivalled access to community and local audiences throughout Ireland, through it’s long association with independent radio stations.
Our specialisation is the targeting of local, grass roots audiences through on the ground local media. IRS+’s growing digital footprint includes sports entertainment website balls.ie, Irishcentral.com and 14 radio station websites.
November 18, 2015 admin
We are now open for entries for the 2016 awards! Final closing date is Wednesday January 20th.
Countdown to Entry Deadline:
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November 18, 2015 admin
Communicorp One is Ireland’s newest and most exciting sales team.
Our sales team represent three of the most loved media brands in the country delivering a national audience of over 1.5 million. Combining Today FM, Newstalk & TXFM, we are dedicated to bringing our clients effective and impactful campaigns across all our award winning platforms.
Our mission is to be a sales team like no other. Not only extremely professional but offering an innovative full service team that provides solutions for all client needs.
November 21, 2014 admin
Best Creative Radio Agency of the Year – Chemistry
Radio Craft Award – Boys and Girls/Mutiny
Chemistry was the runaway winner at this year’s Love Radio Awards which were held in the Ballsbridge Hotel last Friday night. The Dublin agency picked up a total of eight awards including five gold awards, one silver and two bronze.
Over 340 people attended the black-tie event which celebrates the very best in creativity and innovation in radio advertising. This year’s event was hosted by comedian Colm O’Regan who hosted the inaugural Love Radio Awards two years ago.
Chemistry picked up gold for the Best Integrated Radio Campaign, the Best Campaign, Best Retail Campaign, Best Government Campaign while it also won the overall Creative Radio Agency of the Year Award in the Grand Prix category. Three of the gold awards were for its work with Lidl while one was for its Summer Supply campaign for the Blood Transfusion Service Board.
It was also a good night for Boys and Girls which picked up three gold awards, one silver and a bronze. Two of the gold awards were won jointly with production house Mutiny for its Choose Radio campaign for RTÉ Radio and the IBI, including Radio Ad of the Year in the Grand Prix category, while the other gold was for its Everything campaign for Three Mobile.
The other big creative agency winners were Rothco, which picked up a gold, silver and bronze; Publicis Dublin which won a gold and a bronze and Owens DDB which won a silver and a bronze. Bloom also picked up a gold award for its work with JustEat.ie.
Of the media agencies, the big winner was Carat Ireland which picked up six awards including two golds along with Newstalk 106-108 for work with Carlsberg in the Best Collaboration between Radio Station & Agency and Most Effective Radio Campaign. Other media agencies that fared well include Mediacom which won a gold and a bronze, the former in the Most Innovative Use of Radio category along with Media Central, iRadio, Spin 103.8, Red Fm, Spin South West, 98FM and Beat 102 103.
Of the radio stations Today FM picked up two gold awards including Creative Radio Station of the Year, two silver and one bronze while its sister station Newstalk also picked up two gold awards in the Best Charity category and the Most Effective Radio Campaign. Classic Hits 4FM, meanwhile, also picked up four awards on the night including two golds, a silver and a bronze.
Elsewhere UTV Radio Solutions picked up a gold in the Radio Sponsorship Category as well as two bronze while Downtown Radio in Belfast also picked up a gold, three silver and a bronze. Having put in a strong performance last year, iRadio returned to take away one gold and a bronze award while MidWest Radio picked up a gold, silver and bronze.
It was also a good night for RTÉ which won Radio Station Sales Team of the Year as well as the gold in the Radio Craft Award and Radio Ad of the Year, alongside Boys and Girls and Mutiny. In addition RTÉ Integrated Media Solutions and RTÉ 2Fm picked up three silver awards between them.
This year’s Louise Jesson Award went to the late Catherine Donnelly for her services to the radio advertising industry and her husband Frank Sheerin and several family members were in attendance to receive the award.
A full list of winners can be found on www.loveradioawards.ie and pictures of the winners and guests on the night can be found on www.facebook.com/LoveRadioAwards
Source: adworld.ie
November 14, 2014 admin
Over 330 people will attend tonight’s Love Radio Awards in the Ballsbridge Hotel and the event has been a sell-out.
The black tie event will feature a special live recording of a radio ad with voiceover artists on hand to record it. Comedian Colm O’Regan will also make a welcome return as MC for the night following his success at the inaugural awards two years ago.
The Love Radio Awards are sponsored by RTÉ Media Sales Radio, UTV Radio Solutions, Media Central, Number 4 Windmill Lane and Classic Hits 4FM.
The timetable for the Awards Ceremony is as follows:
6.45PM Drinks Reception
8.00PM Dinner
9.00PM Awards Ceremony
10.30PM Entertainment
VERY LATE Carriages
Source: adworld.ie
November 7, 2014 admin
The Love Radio Awards will host the first live recording of a radio ad during the awards ceremony next Friday, November 14th.
This is the first time an ad will be recorded live on stage at an awards ceremony and on hand will be three of Ireland’s top voiceover artists, Orlaith Rafter, Dawn Bradfield and Brendan McDonald.
Agencies, clients, radio stations and anyone else for that matter, are being asked to submit a script for a 40 second radio ad by 2pm to the Love Radio Awards on Thursday November 13th. The winning script will then get the full treatment in front of a 300+ strong audience of radio, advertising and marketing people. The ad will be recorded, edited by Number 4 Windmill Lane and the end product, together with all the agency and creative credits, will then be sent to everyone in the industry as well as streamed on all social media channels.
For a more detailed brief on this unique competition go to http://loveradioawards.ie/radio-script/
Meanwhile the organisers of the Love Radio Awards have said that tickets are still available and that as the event will be a sell-out, early booking is essential to avoid disappointment.
Source: adworld.ie
October 28, 2014 admin
Part of the Windmill Lane Pictures Group, Number 4 provides High end Audio for Commercials, Features, TV Programming and Animation.