Daithí Mcmahon
Biographic Data
| ID | 4910729 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daithí Mcmahon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daithí |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcmahon |
| SIGNATURE | MCMAHON D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Derby |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3477-1156 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Voices across the airwaves
This article examines the cultural and affective significance of sports radio within the Irish diaspora from the 1960s to the present, tracing its transformation from a communal listening ritual to individualised, digitally mediated practices. Beginning with the historic 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, which was broadcast live from New York to Ireland, the study considers how mediated listening has enabled diasporic communiti…
Save the wave
Despite radio’s increased digitalization over the past two decades, Ireland’s public service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) disseminates a transmission of its flagship Radio 1 service across Ireland and the United Kingdom via the longwave 252 kHz (LW252) facility – a service that is enjoyed largely by the elderly members of the Irish diaspora. The proposed shutdown of this longwave service was met with anger and consternation from list…
In Tune with the Listener
Local radio has remained relevant and ever-present in Ireland owing to the relationship stations have built with their audiences over time. These strong connections combined with adherence to public service duties and supplying locally relevant content – which the national stations cannot offer – helped local stations repel the double threat of a global recession and the influx of new media. This paper argues that by building on its core strength…
Memories of Our Youth
Radio and social media have developed a strong relationship in Ireland since the explosion in popularity of the latter from 2008 onward. Although the convergence of radio with Facebook in Ireland has allowed radio stations to reach wider audiences, some stations have been much more successful than others at achieving this. In this article the author presents a case study of Beat, a regional commercial radio station targeting the ‘digitally native…
Informed & Educated
Using the Irish Radio Industry as a case study, this chapter illustrates how the Public Service Broadcaster (PSB), Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), was slow to react to change and the effect this had on the organisation’s competitiveness. This chapter analyses how RTÉ’s youth radio station, RTÉ 2fm, lost its place as the market leader to the competition including commercial station Beat and other stations as it resisted the required technological, …
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Informed & Educated
Using the Irish Radio Industry as a case study, this chapter illustrates how the Public Service Broadcaster (PSB), Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), was slow to react to change and the effect this had on the organisation’s competitiveness. This chapter analyses how RTÉ’s youth radio station, RTÉ 2fm, lost its place as the market leader to the competition including commercial station Beat and other stations as it resisted the required technological, …
Memories of Our Youth
Radio and social media have developed a strong relationship in Ireland since the explosion in popularity of the latter from 2008 onward. Although the convergence of radio with Facebook in Ireland has allowed radio stations to reach wider audiences, some stations have been much more successful than others at achieving this. In this article the author presents a case study of Beat, a regional commercial radio station targeting the ‘digitally native…
Save the wave
Despite radio’s increased digitalization over the past two decades, Ireland’s public service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) disseminates a transmission of its flagship Radio 1 service across Ireland and the United Kingdom via the longwave 252 kHz (LW252) facility – a service that is enjoyed largely by the elderly members of the Irish diaspora. The proposed shutdown of this longwave service was met with anger and consternation from list…
In Tune with the Listener
Local radio has remained relevant and ever-present in Ireland owing to the relationship stations have built with their audiences over time. These strong connections combined with adherence to public service duties and supplying locally relevant content – which the national stations cannot offer – helped local stations repel the double threat of a global recession and the influx of new media. This paper argues that by building on its core strength…
Voices across the airwaves
This article examines the cultural and affective significance of sports radio within the Irish diaspora from the 1960s to the present, tracing its transformation from a communal listening ritual to individualised, digitally mediated practices. Beginning with the historic 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, which was broadcast live from New York to Ireland, the study considers how mediated listening has enabled diasporic communiti…
Business (4 works) · Irish (4 works) · Media Studies and Communication (4 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Public service (3 works) · Advertising (2 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (2 works) · Diaspora (2 works)