Nova: New radio licences would grow listenership

Nova’s chief executive Kevin Branigan

Introducing new specialist licences would grow radio listenership in Ireland, according to research commissioned by Radio Nova.

The station, which broadcasts to Dublin city, county and the commuter belt, has submitted a proposal to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) that would see its service extended to an additional 1.8 million people in the more populated parts of the country, taking in the main cities of Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford and Kilkenny as ...