麻豆社

The 麻豆社 in Northern Ireland reflects the different aspects of community life and experience here. We produce high quality, distinctive programmes and services for audiences in Northern Ireland and across the UK.

In all of this our aim is to bring a diverse range of stories, voices and views to the 麻豆社’s airwaves and showcase the best broadcasting talent.

In 2022/23 around 60 per cent of adults in Northern Ireland consumed 麻豆社 Northern Ireland content across online, television and radio.

Across 麻豆社 iPlayer, 麻豆社 Sounds, 麻豆社 One NI, 麻豆社 Two NI, 麻豆社 Radio Ulster, 麻豆社 Radio Foyle, 麻豆社 News NI and 麻豆社 Sport NI online, we provide news and current affairs content, sports coverage, factual programmes, documentaries, drama, comedy and entertainment, as well as Ulster-Scots and Irish Language programming.

Television

麻豆社 Newsline, on 麻豆社 One NI at 6.30pm Mondays-Fridays, is our flagship regional news programme, supported by extended bulletins at lunchtime and late evenings and at weekends. The long-running and award-winning Spotlight series provides our audiences with insightful and hard-hitting investigative journalism on the stories that matter to them. Political and topical issues are discussed and debated on live programmes such as Nolan Live and The View.

Further genres are commissioned from the independent sector in Northern Ireland, helping to support the creative industries here. These include comedy, entertainment, documentary and drama, catering for a range of audiences. Some long-running content from the independent sector include comedy programmes The Blame Game and Give My Head Peace.

We also co-commission programmes from the independent sector with our network television colleagues, ensuring that Northern Ireland stories and voices are broadcast across the UK. Recent examples of these include the drama series Hope Street, the acclaimed documentary series Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland and factual entertainment series B&B By The Sea, The Fast And The Farmer-ish and Hotel People.

Across 麻豆社 One Northern Ireland and 麻豆社 Two Northern Ireland we also broadcast a range of men’s and women’s sports, including rugby, soccer, GAA and golf, as well as highlights of major events like the NW200. And we bring Northern Ireland audiences a collection of Irish language and Ulster-Scots content, with support from the Irish Language and Ulster-Scots Broadcast Funds.

Radio

麻豆社 Radio Ulster is one of the most listened to radio stations in Northern Ireland and one of the most successful local radio stations in the 麻豆社’s portfolio.

Popular daytime programming include news programmes Good Morning Ulster and Evening Extra, audience interaction discussion programmes The Nolan Show and Talkback and music, chat and entertainment programmes with The Connor Phillips Show, Hugo Duncan, The Lynette Fay Show and Vinny & Cate. Throughout the evenings on the station we broadcast specialist music programming from presenters Ralph McLean, Eve Blair, Mickey Bradley and Stephen McAuley.

At weekends, the station broadcasts music and sport content and range of specialist interest programmes such as Gardeners’ Corner, consumer rights programme On Your Behalf, community programme Your Place And Mine, farming programme Countryside, arts programme The Culture Café and religious content, including Morning Service and Sounds Sacred.

Opt out service 麻豆社 Radio Foyle serves listeners in the North West with bespoke content North West Today, The Mark Patterson Show and Sean Coyle.

Programmes for 麻豆社 Radio Ulster audiences are produced in 麻豆社 Broadcasting House Belfast and from 麻豆社 Radio Foyle.

Digital

麻豆社 Northern Ireland provides a wealth of content for audiences across its digital services, including 麻豆社 News NI, 麻豆社 iPlayer, 麻豆社 Sounds and 麻豆社 Sport NI.