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Athena has helped sharpen our organisation's mission and vision, enhanced our media performance and helped us identify a clearer vision about how to reach our most important constituencies.
Clients - Newstalk
Project: Radio documentaries 2006-2012
In 2007 Athena Media produced 'The Last Wake' on the changing traditions of death and dying in Ireland for Newstalk 106. This programme was broadcast in May 2008 and was nominated for a documentary award at the 2008 PPI Awards.
Please click here to listen to a podcast of the documentary.
Athena Media completed a four part series on Irish cities called 'Urban Beauty, Urban Blight' in 2009. The four cities are Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway.
You can view more information about the series here.
Please click here to listen to a podcast of the series.
Athena Media has just completed a third Sound & Vision funded commission for Newstalk 106 - this time a new sports series called 'Field of Dreams', an alternative take on sports in Ireland. the series was broadcast on St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, 2010.
Please click here to listen to a podcast of the series.
More recently Athena Media produced an 8 part series 'Winning Women', supported through the BAI Sound Vision scheme and broadcast on Newstalk. 'Winning Women' aired on Breakfast on Newstalk and features some of Ireland's elite female athletes as they prepare to compete in the London Olympic Games. The series was followed up with an hour long documentary broadcast on Newstalk entitled 'London 2012: Winning Women after the Games' featuring the female athletes from 'Winning Women' after their experiences at the Games. Listen to Winning Women Episodes 1 - 8 and 'London 2012: Winning Women after the Games', on the Athena Media RSS feed here. Or listen through our audioboo page here
Athena Media is currently working on two radio series both supported through the BAI. 'Grassroots' is an eight part radio series focussing on community based initiatives around the country and will be on air every Saturday from November 3rd for eight weeks on ‘Shenanigans with Sile’, and 'Science is Everywhere' which is an eight part series that educates, celebrates and surprises listeners about science. This series will air in 2013.