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Guest Post: Holy Smoke… it’s a woman

Posted in Radio, Society, Sport, Women on Sep 24th, 2011

Sarah Flotel hosts the football video podcast Hot Scores. Recently she was invited to be a guest on Stan Collymore’s Sunday Talksport to discuss women in football and sexism. Here’s her take: This is a Jamie Oliver style, bish-bash-bosh fast, but good food blog entry in response to some of the points raised recently on [...]

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Ryan on my airwaves (and everywhere else)

Posted in Interviews, Ireland, Media, Radio, Television on Jul 29th, 2011

When I moved to Dublin in 2007, it didn’t take me long to find Ryan Tubridy on my radio dial. What I hadn’t banked on was just how difficult it would be to avoid him everywhere else. To English friends, I used to describe Mr T , in terms of reach at least, as ‘like [...]

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Guest Post: Token women on air?

Posted in Ireland, Media, Radio, Women on Mar 14th, 2011

Veronica Walsh asks if Irish current affairs media programs discriminate against women So, we know there is a gender imbalance across Irish society. And it was brought home to us in screaming technicolour last week when Joan Burton was publicly humiliated and passed over for the cabinet finance brief that many believe was hers by [...]

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The Ron Burgundy Broadcasting Awards

Posted in Celebrity, Humour, Media, Men, Radio, Television on Nov 3rd, 2010

Dear Anti Roomers and Readers, I propose that we begin our own broadcasting awards for outstanding services rendered to the industry by many of our beloved household names. The Ron Burgundy Broadcasting Awards would look to recognise and commend radio, print, TV and new media broadcasters and journalists who have given an outstanding performance in [...]

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Queen of Noise

Posted in Anti-Heroines, Music, Radio on Jul 5th, 2010

While Irish daytime radio may be a boys’ club, one station across the water has been showcasing female presenters in high profile slots. Sadly, for a while it looked like the glorious BBC 6 Music was to be closed as part of cost-cutting moves. But – hurrah! – today it was announced that the station [...]

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Women: On Air, Hot Air, Thin Air?

Posted in Media, Radio, Women on Jul 2nd, 2010

Last week heard Ray Darcy stumbling over what to call a newborn while he attempted to talk about attitudes to breastfeeding. It’s admirable that the former Rose of Tralee host chose to use his radio platform to promote tolerance of breast feeding women. However, his partner and on air sidekick, the fabulous Jenny Kelly, gave [...]

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Radio Crime Waves

Posted in Blast From the Past, Media, Personal, Radio on Jun 30th, 2010

Blame it on my dad, who basically brought up his four daughters to have the cultural tastes of someone who was a small boy in the 1950s, but I have a weakness for retro radio. Yes, along with William Brown, Jennings and our family hero Nigel Molesworth , I grew up enjoying the delights of [...]

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Danger: woman with opinion

Posted in Media, News, Politics, Radio, Rants, Television, Women on Jun 28th, 2010

Could the real reason that women’s voices are not more widely heard in Irish media be that women should not have opinions?

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Asking and answering questions about death publicly

Posted in Celebrity, Media, Radio on Jun 27th, 2010

Marian Finucane’s weekend radio show is something I try not to miss. Yesterday she interviewed Melanie Verwoerd, partner of the late Gerry Ryan, who spoke movingly about their relationship and his death. It reminded me for many reasons, not least because of her honesty and the palpable rawness of how she is feeling, of a [...]

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