IRELAND’S top radio hosts and chiefs came together to launch the country’s newest media brand today — Onic.
Q102’s Kathryn Thomas was joined by Onic commercial chief Brian McCarthy, FM104’s Zeinab Elguzouli, Cork 96FM’s Lorraine Murphy and Onic MD Sean Barry.
But Morning Show host Kath was upstaged by herself at a later launch — when a bus flew by with her face on it as she was being interviewed.
She laughed: “The first I knew was everybody pointing out the window at me on side of the bus. My first job tomorrow will be finding that driver.
“They drove past at just the right time. You could not have scripted that!”
Onic — formerly Wireless — brings together Ireland’s best radio stations with sales house urbanmedia.
These include Dublin’s FM104 and Q102, Cork’s 96FM and C103, Live 95 in Limerick, LMFM and U105 in Belfast.
Onic also confirmed the launch of 10 new services on the DAB+ trial across the broader Leinster area, a suite of new digital streams, an expansion of talkSPORT Ireland and newly refreshed websites.
Onic has also invested heavily in visualised studios and is delighted to announce new POD and VOD offerings under the Onic Originals banner.
In the coming months the group will launch the Onic App and Player, a space where it will bring all the group’s live audio, podcast and visualised content together in a single destination.
MD Sean Barry said: “Every day our audiences welcome us into their lives and allow us to share their day. Individually and collectively, at home or on the go, we are their trusted companion, connecting in a deep and meaningful way. We never take this for granted.
“Onic is a new force in Irish media, building on a brilliant heritage, setting the standard for audio and video content in the years to come.”
See more at www.onic.ie.
