Comisi\u00fan na Me\u00e1n<\/a> has come as a massive shock for local stations already battling tight margins.<\/p>\nIBI Chief Executive Michael Kelly is calling on Media Minister Patrick O\u2019Donovan to step in \u2013 warning some stations may struggle to survive.<\/p>\n
He says;\u00a0\u201cFor smaller stations it could be an increase of maybe \u20ac14,000 in the year, for medium-sized stations it could be \u20ac30,000, just the increase, and then obviously for larger stations it could be hundreds of thousands of euros\u201d.<\/p>\n
Mr Kelly in a statement outlines how; \u201cThe 2026 Levy charge for Radio is\u00a0far greater than the percentage charged to Online Services, Hosting Services, TV or Audiovisual media, and the increase for radio is unsustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe increase in the broadcast Levy presents a significant economic challenge to all of IBI members, and for some, it is simply unaffordable. The radio market commercially \u2013 particularly at a local level \u2013 is challenged.\u00a0 Our market has changed dramatically over the last fifteen years;\u00a0 we now compete against global platforms for audience attention, and crucially, advertising revenue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe radio advertising market only grew by 0.9% last year in Ireland and margins remain tight.\u00a0 It is deeply concerning that these radio Levy increases do not appear to recognise the financial realities in our market, and the problems that such a hike in regulatory fees would cause for our Members.\u00a0 The increase comes at a time when businesses have major worries about levels of inflation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIreland\u2019s licenced local, regional, multi-city, and national independent radio stations serve millions of listeners. They provide trusted news and current affairs, sports coverage, emergency information, entertainment, and companionship to their audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ireland\u2019s independent radio stations are warning of a growing crisis over a dramatic hike in broadcasting fees. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3279,16665,3584,40666,51064,61,81938,60,12969,43,700],"class_list":["post-411348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-broadcast","tag-carlow","tag-coimisiun-na-mean","tag-fees","tag-ibi","tag-ie","tag-independent-broadcasters-of-ireland","tag-ireland","tag-kilkenny","tag-news","tag-radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}