demand radio on demand

What I still love about podcasting is the edge it still has over broadcasting. podcasters media is on demand. broadcasters media is post air archive. Subtle difference that will blur more as podcasters lose that edge. But as we lose that edge we can broadcast more, not in real time or any time but all…

in summer

the howling wind and the leafless trees it’s a winters breeze in summer it’s rain not dew on the ground it’s spring all around in summer it’s damp and there is an evening chill there’s an autumn still in summer From outdoor a poem by brian greene about the 4 seasons in one (in ireland)

Mixed signals on digital radio

JOHN COLLINS IRISH TIMES 21/03/2008 RTÉ WILL cease broadcasting on medium wave (MW) next Monday just as it expands its digital radio service to cover almost half the population. This week the State broadcaster extended its trial of digital radio technology to Cork and Limerick, making it available to 44 per cent of the population.…

15 years ago this week

from the pages of the Irish Emigrant 15 years ago this week from December 28, 1992: Negotiations on the formation of a new government had been suspended for Christmas; I tried to explain Irish politics for the uninitiated; Dick Spring gave evidence to the Beef Tribunal; and there was extensive media coverage of the estimated…