Tag: Learning Waves

  • In Kilkenny or Carlow? TY Media Week is coming to KCLR this month

    In Kilkenny or Carlow? TY Media Week is coming to KCLR this month

    If you’re a transition year student, or you have transition year students, in Kilkenny or Carlow then there’s a radio opportunity available at KCLR later this month.

    The annual TY Media Week is back, taking place this year from 21-25 October at the studios in KCLR. The Learning Waves initiative is picked up by radio stations all around the country across seasonal work experience windows for second-level schools.

    With limited spaces available, it’s a chance to gain insights to the workings of and hands-on experience in a radio station environment and, in our case, we cover everything from news and sport to music, programming, studio production work, engineering setups and more.

    Students will have a chance to prepare and record their own shows, conduct interviews, and learn about the processes involved in preparing and delivering news bulletins and shows, sport shows and live commentaries, outside broadcasts, music selection, scheduling and everything else we can fit into a week. Those taking part will work alongside the station editor, journalists, engineers, presenters and producers to get a real flavour of the inner workings of life in radio.

    Having already held one TY Media Week in February this year – more details on which you can find here – applications are open for our October week right now.

    Submissions, from students attending second-level schools in Kilkenny or Carlow, can be made here at kclr96fm.com.

    Watch: TY Media Week testimonials (spring 2024)

  • Learning Waves to host Podcast Day 2023 later this month

    Learning Waves to host Podcast Day 2023 later this month

    Learning Waves, the training body for the independent commercial radio sector in Ireland, is hosting Podcast Day 2023 on Thursday 25 October.

    Signups are available here.

    The Gibson Hotel in Dublin’s docklands provides the backdrop with the day bringing together a number of speakers on the world of podcasting, monetisation, sound design, podcasts for radio stations and more, all under the one roof.

    It’s a one-day affair, kicking off at 11am with comedian and podcaster Jarlath Regan the keynote speaker. There are two sessions booked before lunch and in the afternoon. Here’s how the schedule is looking…

    • 11am: Introductions
    • 11.10am: Keynote speaker – Jarlath Regan
    • 11.50am: Radio stations making podcasts: Why, the wins and the watchouts with Aisling Moore (Senior Producer, Newstalk, and Producer of Inside the Crime), Liam Thompson (Programme Director, Classic Hits, and Co-Founder of The Smart 7), Darren Cleary (Bauer Media) and Ian Doyle (Head of Podcasting at Wireless Group)
    • 12.40pm: Achieving world-class sound design in your podcast with Niall Breslin (Where Is My Mind?) and Lochlainn Harte (Imaging Manager, Newstalk)
    • 1.15pm: Lunch
    • 2pm: Fireside chat with Doireann Garrighy (RTÉ 2FM) in conversation with Patrick Haughey (AudioBrand)
    • 2.40pm: The International Perspective – UK and Germany with Martin Liss (audio entrepreneur & management consultant) and Meera Kumar (multi award-winning podcast producer)

    The day is aimed at all those interested in podcasting, currently working in the independent radio sector in Ireland.

    As such, you must be currently working with an independent radio station to book.