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Ní theastaíonn stáisiún eile ó P. Diddy
Breandán Ó hEaghra
<< November/December 2007 : Volume 7, Number 6 >>
The idea of a separate radio station in Irish for young people is back on the horizon, with a seminar on the subject organised as part of the Oireachtas. Successful pop artists, however, don’t need another radio station, argues Breandán Ó hEaghra. What is needed is a multi-cultural context for contemporary songwriting in Irish. Can a new station provide that?

Shíl ‘Mr Man na Gaeilge’ go raibh an aos óg ceansaithe nuair a cuireadh Anocht FM ar an saol dhá bhliain ó shin, ach shílfeá go bhfuil na piocóidí amuigh ag na raibiléirí óga arís agus iad ag lorg stáisiún nua Gaeilge uilig dóibh féin!

Bhuel, dháiríre ní hiad na raibiléirí óga atá i mbun agóidíochta, ach na raibiléirí meánaosta sin ó Chonradh na Gaeilge, thar cheann daoine óga. Tá siad tar éis seimineár a eagrú d’Oireachtas na Gaeilge ina bpléifear féidireachtaí stáisiún raidió...

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