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Related in a way to this thread I suppose. but todays Newsletter has a full page interview with Bronagh O'Donnell the Armagh Ladies Captain, the journalist was Richard Bullick, it was a very well researched (as fas as my knowldge of Ladies Football goes) and he was very effusive in his respect for her.  One complaint though he compared her to famous captains and mentioned Galwey (Mick) fair enough I suppose and Bailie (Noel - the Linfield skipper!)
Just thought it was strange as I would browse the Newsletter now and again and cannot recall such prominence for a GAA related article.

[Out in Front]

Once again we can but doff our caps and admire the BBC's and UTV's ability to ignore gaelic games.
Tomorrow evening there'll probably be three thousand (plus) Down and Derry supporters (and a few neutrals too) in Casement for the McKenna Cup final. Unfortunately though the sports masters at the Balanced Broadcasting Corporation and Ulster Televictim gave it no credence at all, during their unrespective sports bulletins this evening, Yet, they'll probably have a camera's at the final and make themselves out to be 'the dog's bollix of GAA coverage come Sunday afternoon (UTV) and Monday evening (BBC)

[Out in Front]

Well, well well - this from the BBC's website - perhaps the penny has finally dropped!

"Sunday Sportsound returns to BBC Radio Ulster MW wave on 3 February for the start of the National Football League.
Austin O'Callaghan will present the programme every week from 1400-1700 GMT with contributors aiming to provide the most comprehensive coverage of GAA.

There will be in-depth analysis of how Ulster counties fair in the new Allianz National Football League campaign.

Backed by a strong sportsnews content, the programme will also tackle topical issues of the day.

Radio Ulster's Sunday Sportsound's contributors and presenters
Sunday Sportsound will also be streamed live on the BBC NI website every Sunday.

The centrepiece of the opening programme on 3 February is Armagh's Division Two clash with Cavan in Crossmaglen.

During the show there will be regular updates on Monaghan's home game with Roscommon in Clones, Fermanagh's Division Three encounter with Leitrim and Antrim's trip to Aughrim to take on Wicklow in Division Four.

Kieran McGeeney's trip to Omagh as Kildare manager will also be featured. Saturday games will not lose out with reflections and analysis involving reiging league champions Donegal, Derry and Down.

Among the live guests on Sunday's programme will be the GAA's new Director General Pauric Duffy, the first Ulsterman to hold the post.

You can put your questions to him by texting 81771 or through the form below.

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

Well, well well - this from the BBC's website - perhaps the penny has finally dropped!

"Sunday Sportsound returns to BBC Radio Ulster MW wave on 3 February for the start of the National Football League.
Austin O'Callaghan will present the programme every week from 1400-1700 GMT with contributors aiming to provide the most comprehensive coverage of GAA.

There will be in-depth analysis of how Ulster counties fair in the new Allianz National Football League campaign.

Backed by a strong sportsnews content, the programme will also tackle topical issues of the day.

Radio Ulster's Sunday Sportsound's contributors and presenters
Sunday Sportsound will also be streamed live on the BBC NI website every Sunday.

The centrepiece of the opening programme on 3 February is Armagh's Division Two clash with Cavan in Crossmaglen.

During the show there will be regular updates on Monaghan's home game with Roscommon in Clones, Fermanagh's Division Three encounter with Leitrim and Antrim's trip to Aughrim to take on Wicklow in Division Four.

Kieran McGeeney's trip to Omagh as Kildare manager will also be featured. Saturday games will not lose out with reflections and analysis involving reiging league champions Donegal, Derry and Down.

Among the live guests on Sunday's programme will be the GAA's new Director General Pauric Duffy, the first Ulsterman to hold the post.

You can put your questions to him by texting 81771 or through the form below.

This has to be welcomed as a step in the right direction, by the BBC, still have a way to go.
As for rUcTV......!! 

[Donagh]

Well, well well - this from the BBC's website - perhaps the penny has finally dropped!

Tis the same programme that runs every year throughout the League. Notice there's still no mention of it being available on FM.

[Sandy Hill]

"Sunday Sportsound returns to BBC Radio Ulster MW wave on 3 February for the start of the National Football League.
Austin O'Callaghan will present the programme every week from 1400-1700 GMT with contributors aiming to provide the most comprehensive coverage of GAA.

There will be in-depth analysis of how Ulster counties fair in the new Allianz National Football League campaign.

Backed by a strong sportsnews content, the programme will also tackle topical issues of the day.

Radio Ulster's Sunday Sportsound's contributors and presenters
Sunday Sportsound will also be streamed live on the BBC NI website every Sunday.

The centrepiece of the opening programme on 3 February is Armagh's Division Two clash with Cavan in Crossmaglen.

During the show there will be regular updates on Monaghan's home game with Roscommon in Clones, Fermanagh's Division Three encounter with Leitrim and Antrim's trip to Aughrim to take on Wicklow in Division Four.

Kieran McGeeney's trip to Omagh as Kildare manager will also be featured. Saturday games will not lose out with reflections and analysis involving reiging league champions Donegal, Derry and Down.

Among the live guests on Sunday's programme will be the GAA's new Director General Pauric Duffy, the first Ulsterman to hold the post.

You can put your questions to him by texting 81771 or through the form below.

A Freudian slip?

[never kickt a ball]

BBC Radio Ulster loses more than 30,000 listeners in year By Gary McDonald Business Editor
01/02/08

More than 30,000 BBC Radio Ulster listeners have reached for the off switch every week in the last 12 months, according to official industry figures released yesterday.

The public broadcaster is still clinging on to more than half a million devotees and has maintained its position as the most listened to radio station in Northern Ireland.

Figures from audience research body Rajar covering October to December showed that 510,000 people tune in to Radio Ulster every week, each spending nearly 11 hours on average tuned in to programmes such as The Nolan Show, Evening Extra, Talkback and Country Afternoon, hosted by Hugo Duncan, left.

That is down nearly six per cent on the figure of 542,000 for the corresponding quarter the year before.

Radio Ulster still commands an overall market share across Northern Ireland of 26.4 per cent - far eclipsing most of the BBC's regional stations across Britain.

The commercial radio sector appears to have benefited from the Beeb's lost listeners and every local station was lauding its own figures yesterday.

U105, part of the UTV media group, continues to perform solidly, and according to Rajar it had 90,000 weekly listeners in the last quarter of 2007, giving it a market share of 4.2 per cent.

Although the fledging station is some way off the targets set on its launch, that figure is up 25 per cent on the 72,000 listeners on the corresponding previous quarter.

Downtown Radio/Cool FM - which this week become part of Bauer Radio following acquisition from Emap - again proved the number one choice for listeners to commercial radio in the north.

Combined, the stations reached 485,000 listeners per week, which equates to one in every three adults tuning in and an overall market share of 20 per cent.

"I'm thrilled given the current tough commercial marketplace," the stations' managing director Mark Mahaffy said.

Belfast Citybeat - named 2007 Commercial Radio Station of the Year at the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards in July -?commands a 9.5 per cent market share with 136,000 listeners.

Northern Media Group, part-owned by The Irish News, was pleased at its performance, with increased listeners across the Q Network, which includes Q102 in Derry, Q97 in Coleraine and Q101 in Omagh and Enniskillen.

The stations increased their combined weekly reach by 2,000 listeners from 85,000 to 87,000 and also had a 13.7 per cent share of the potential weekly audience.

Sister station Seven FM, broadcasting for two years in the Ballymena and Antrim areas, received its first official listener figures, with 18,000 people tuning in every week.

"It's a massive achievement to get to this stage so young and gives us very firm foundations on which to build," Northern Media Group chief executive Robert Walshe said.

http://www.irishnews.com/irishnews/2008/2/540/5860/579047_335295427210BBCRadio.html

I WONDER WHY??

[rrhf]

Well maybe they will listen now.

[ziggysego]

Well maybe they will listen now.

No-one's listening to them

[snatter]

No figures on number of Northerners who  listen to southern radio stations then?

Looks like a fatally flawed survey if they don't include those figures.

[Tyrone Dreamer]

Turned it over to network 2 there and 2 guys were discussing the weekend sport. Talked for a few minutes about the 6 nations starting and then a few minutes on the superbowl. The "expert" was asked if he thought american football would catch on with the irish, he said he couldnt see it and that we'd probably stick to the rugby. Didnt seem to be any mention of the start of the national league - guess the unionists arent the only 1's to ignore the gaa. UTV did have a feature on the league starting though Loggie seemed more intent on talking about Darren Graham being included in the Fermanagh hurling panel and sectartian abuse etc.

[5 Sams]

...I see the BBC broadcast Good Morning "Ulster" from Healy Park this morning....is this a one off I wonder or are they really going to make an effort in 2008 to give us the coverage we deserve?

I thought it was funny however when some cheeky hoor of a Linfield fan phoned in to say that the GAA have come a long way and how good it was to see them naming a ground after David Healy


Listen here..........http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/ulster.shtml

[Gaoth Dobhair Abu]

...I see the BBC broadcast Good Morning "Ulster" from Healy Park this morning....is this a one off I wonder or are they really going to make an effort in 2008 to give us the coverage we deserve?

I thought it was funny however when some cheeky hoor of a Linfield fan phoned in to say that the GAA have come a long way and how good it was to see them naming a ground after David Healy


Listen here..........http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/ulster.shtml

Was a decent enough show this morning, Wendy ended the show raving about how fantastic the facilities were in Healy Park, "its like looking out over a premiership pitch" - compliment indeed.

[Croí na hÉireann]

Was a decent enough show this morning, Wendy ended the show raving about how fantastic the facilities were in Healy Park, "its like looking out over a premiership pitch" - compliment indeed.

What were Tyrone doing practising their diving drills on a workday???

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