BROADCASTING LECTURES LECTURE ’s © eabproductions

IRISH FREE STATE The Irish Free State is created on December 6 th 1922 following a War of Independence with Britain

CIVIL WAR ENDS IN MAY 1923 MICHAEL COLLINS EAMON DeVALERA W.T. COSRAVE

MARCONI DUN LAOGHAIRE Marconi begins experimental broadcasts from The Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire to the RDS & 30 mile radius. The Government close the station.

NEWSPAPER REPORTS AUGUST 1923 JOHN CLARKE BARRY WAS THE FATHER OF BILLIE BARRY WHO FOUNDED A VERY FAMOUS DANCE SCHOOL IN DUBLIN

NEWSPAPER REPORTS FEBRUARY 1924

2BE BELFAST 2BE LAUNCHES ON 24 TH OCTOBER 1924 ON 440m. THIS LATER TRANSFORMS INTO THE BBC RADIO ULSTER

FIRST PROGRAMME AS GAELIGE THE FIRST RADIO PROGRAMME IN GAELIC WAS NOT TRANSMITTED BY 2RN (RADIO EIREANN) BUT ON 2BD ABERDEEN (BBC) ON OCTOBER 10 TH 1923.

J.J. WALSH APPOINTED POSTMASTER GENERAL JANUARY 16 TH THE TITLE LATER BECAME THE MINISTER FOR POSTS & TELEGRAPHS

DARRELL FIGGIS THE GOVERNMENT SET UP A COMMITTEE TO DECIDE ON WHETHER A NEW IRISH RADIO STATION SHOULD BE STATE CONTROLLED OR A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE. THE COMMITTEE WAS ENGULFED IN CONTROVERSY WHEN LEAKED LETTERS WRITTEN BY DARRELL FIGGIS TD HINTED AT POLITICAL CORRUPTION AND FRAUD.

THE IRISH BROADCASTING COMPANY THIS COMMERCIAL COMPANY APPLIED TO THE IRISH FREE STATE GOVERNMENT FOR A RADIO LICENCE. THE GOVERNMENT EVENTUALLY DECIDED THAT THE STATE SHOULD CONTROL BROADCASTING IN IRELAND AND SET UP 2RN The Cork Radio Company, 50 South Mall, Cork City The International Trading Company Limited, Lapps Quay, Cork City Irish Developements Limited, 3 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2 Dixon & Hempenstall, Suffolk Street, Dublin 2 Phillip Sayer Esq., 16 South Andrew Street, Dublin 2.

2RN, DUBLIN 2RN TEST TRANSMISSIONS BEGIN 14 TH NOVEMBER 1925 FIRST TRANSMISSION JANUARY 1 ST 1926 ON 390m FROM STUDIOS LOCATED AT 36 LITTLE DENMARK STREET

DOUGLAS HYDE 2RN WAS LAUNCHED BY DOUGLAS HYDE WHO BECAME PRESIDENT OF IRELAND IN 1938

A 2RN PROGRAMME SCHEDULE FROM FEBRUARY 1926

EUTHYMOL TOOTHPASTE THE FIRST SPONSORED PROGRAMME ON 2RN WAS FOR TOOTHPASTE ON DECEMBER 31 ST 1927

6CK CORK 6CK IS LAUNCHED IN CORK ON APRIL 26 TH 1927 WITH STUDIOS LOCATED IN THE OLD WOMENS GAOL IN THE CITY. THE GAOL (LEFT) 6CK’S FIRST TRANSMITTER (BELOW)

CORK BROADCASTING MUSEUM THE GAOL IS CURRENTLY HOME TO THE IRISH MUSEUM OF BROADCASTING

GPO 2RN MOVES FROM LITTLE DENMARK STREET IN 1928 TO STUDIOS IN THE GPO WHERE THEY REMAINED UNTIL THE 1960’S

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