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DUBLIN RADIO STATION Q102 could be set to lose its broadcast licence when it expires next May after another company expressed an interest in taking it over.
The licence which comes up for renewal every 10 years and goes out to public notice, was held for two consecutive terms, meaning City Broadcasting Ltd. which runs Q102 has held it for 20 years now.
The licence relates to a music-based sound broadcasting service for a general audience of between 35-55 years in Dublin city and county.
As part of the bidding process, interested parties are invited to submit an expression of interest in the licence before submitting a formal bid for it.
A spokesperson for the Broadcast Authority of Ireland confirmed two parties – Q102 and another party, Punelli Technologies Ltd. – have both expressed an interest.
Dublin’s Q102 is part of the Wireless Ireland group, which also owns Dublin station FM104, Cork’s 96fm and C103, and regional stations Limerick Live 95, LMFM and Belfast’s U105.
Margaret Nelson, station director at Dublin Q102 said it has a track record of “delivering a winning feel-good formula for audiences over 35 years old.
“Our team has also done a superb job of delivering our licence obligations, and I’m delighted to say that we have an exceptional compliance record with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland,” she said.
“We have also seen consistent growth in our audience figures over the past two years.
“The latest JNLR figures, just released, now places Q102 as the second most popular music station in Dublin in the all-important demographic of Adults Prime Time market share.
Nelson said the application process will provide an opportunity for the station to showcase it experience and understanding of its audience.
“I welcome the opportunity of entering into a full licence application process,” she said.
“It will allow us to showcase our wealth of experience, our abundance of on and off-air talent, and our deep understanding of the audience, which has put Q102 at the heart of the Dublin conversation.”
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They should do this with pensioners and knitting.
Given THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, the spider didn’t build a web, it built a hammock, where it lay all day and watched the caffeine spider go.
The crack cocaine spider figured building webs was for suckers, waited till the caffeine spider was exhausted, then came up behind it and popped a cap in its ass. Nice web, Mr. Crack Spider.
When winter came, the marijuana spider had no place to live, it ended up in the crack web as the crack spider’s bitch.
Ha ha!
I wonder what the Irish spider would do after a few pints of Guinness ? Probably a straight web to the pub !!
True story this;- ‘ The Roughty bar ‘ in Kenmare, – an American came in & ordered a pint of ‘ real Irish Guinness ‘, The barman was just topping the pint when a little spider fell off the tap, onto the head of the pint.
Barman puts pint up on the counter to the Yank,
Yank says “hey, I ain’t drinkin’ that, there’s a spider in it…!! ”
Barman says sorry, & flicks the spider off the head.
Yank says; ” hey, – I still ain’t drinkin’ that…!! ”
Barman says;- ” What the hell is wrong with you, – you won’t drink it with the spider, – you won’t drink it without the spider……!! “…
The spider in my house at the moment is on speed!! I knock the webs down and he’s coming along behind me building them back up! the little sh&te!
I recommend you squash him so..!
Innocent animal.
There is nothing innocent about spiders.
he’s on speed!!
Spiders kill flies, the real bad guys.
Don’t hate the player, hate the game.
That spider probably had a bad upbringing.
very true Kardia! there is a spider web that wouldn’t look out of place in spider Beverly Hills in my garden shed and he’s just waiting for those filthy blue bottles to arrive! he’s huge and I reckon he’s partial to the odd splif or two. he just sits there looking all chilled just waiting for his spider chicken bucket!
Ha ha
Was the marijuana web an actual web or an artist impression of what the spider said he would create some day?
I think, out of these, I’d rather have the Marijuana world thankyou :)
Scary, the world we have is probably the Caffeine one :(
On my second mug of coffee sa I raed Tihs :)
The house spider Tegenaria pictured doesn’t spin webs, instead it makes a funnel and attacks prey straying near the entrance. Coffee time.
Was this a World Wide experiment ?
Look it up on the web :P
I don’t know 1 Web developer who can get through the day without coffee.
My dream of setting up a web based business has just been shattered.
The video of this experiment
Jasus, and i drink about 6 cups of coffee a day in work. Its just as well im not expected to produce decent quality spiders webs. … I wonder would the quality of my output improve if i cut back on the coffee. …. Ummm … Food for thought.
Sitting on my bed looking in my mirror felt like little strands of my hair were itching my face when all of a sudden a huge fecker of a spider climbs over my mouth!!!!! Threw it across the room and nearly killed myself trying to get out of my bedroom at the same time!!! Didn’t see where it landed but I’m fully sure it’s waiting for revenge:(
And here I was thinking caffeine could improve performance, janey mac!
This is older than time
Now why would you want to interfere with them in the first place? Weird!
Sorry I have dabbled in my time but I hav never taken chloral hydrate or Benzedrine
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