Having initially proposed The Portrayal of the IRA in Film to be my area of research for my thesis I have gone through several changes ever since! I eventually settled on researching Limerick Radio. Basically I hope to do a history of radio, but more narrowly a history of Limerick radio and its contribution and interaction with life and society in Limerick. As a Limerick woman I am proud of where I come from and so would like to research locally to find out more about where I come from but also to shine a more positive light on a county that is often portrayed in a negative light which I believe is unfair as Limerick has a lot to offer!
For one of my chapters I am looking at Community Radio and I am quite lucky in that West Limerick 102FM which is the biggest Community Radio Station in Limerick it is also my local Station. I am very familiar with the station and I know many people who have worked and some who continue to work at the station. This has proven to be valuable to my research as they have been very nice in allowing me to sit in during some broadcasts as well as making the time for me to interview them. I found interviewing people from the station to be very helpful to my research and I am currently reading all that I can about community radio so I can conclude where it is WL102 fits in to the history of radio in Limerick.
I also hope to research Limerick's Live 95FM which I then wish to place within the radio categories of Pirate and Local broadcasting as Limerick's Live 95FM would have started off as a pirate station which then went through several changes before becoming a Local station bearing its current name of Limerick's Live 95FM. For the case of a regional radio station I wish to consider Spin South West. Interestingly all these stations can be connected in one way: some people who currently work at Limerick's Live 95FM and Spin South West were once volunteers at the community radio station of West limerick 102FM.
So a lot of reading ahead, but hopefully it will prove interesting reading!
I also hope to research Limerick's Live 95FM which I then wish to place within the radio categories of Pirate and Local broadcasting as Limerick's Live 95FM would have started off as a pirate station which then went through several changes before becoming a Local station bearing its current name of Limerick's Live 95FM. For the case of a regional radio station I wish to consider Spin South West. Interestingly all these stations can be connected in one way: some people who currently work at Limerick's Live 95FM and Spin South West were once volunteers at the community radio station of West limerick 102FM.
So a lot of reading ahead, but hopefully it will prove interesting reading!
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