{"id":392011,"date":"2026-04-22T11:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/392011\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:26:13","slug":"dramatic-hike-in-broadcasting-fees-for-independent-radio-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/392011\/","title":{"rendered":"Dramatic hike in broadcasting fees for Independent Radio Stations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ireland\u2019s independent radio stations are warning of a growing crisis over a dramatic hike in broadcasting fees.<\/p>\n<p>The Independent Broadcasters of Ireland say a 39 percent increase in the broadcast Levy used to fund the independent regulator \u2018Comisi\u00fan na Me\u00e1n\u2019 has come as a massive shock for local stations already battling tight margins.<\/p>\n<p>IBI 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<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.midwestradio.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1kelly.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.midwestradio.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1kelly.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/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&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-392011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}