2024, A Historic Year for Female Artists on the UK Airwaves!

Why Not Her? Annual Radio Data Report on UK Radio 2023/2024: In a landmark year for gender equality in music, women have taken the lead in the Top 100 songs on UK Radio, making 2024 a historic year for female artists on the airwaves. This significant achievement is not only a triumph for the artists …

Top 100 Most Played Songs on UK Radio 2023 revealed! UK radio plays only 48% Domestic UK Artists in 2023.

Top 100 Most Played Songs on UK Radio 2023 revealed! UK radio plays only 48% Domestic UK Artists in 2023. UK Radio supports its own! 48% in UK Radio’s Top 100 Songs of 2023 feature UK Domestic Artists! Lewis Capaldi lands number 1! LINK TO INFOGRAPHICS: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uL4CXP8EOz1eQlyztVA0lmrGgk_fBUsm?usp=sharing View only link:https://www.canva.com/design/DAF4zZrxTDg/l7hEiEqzxQdh7bNnZmg5fw/view?utm_content=DAF4zZrxTDg&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor Summary of findings Top 100 UK …

Linda Coogan Byrne Chats To The Sun In Advance Of Her Manifesto Book Release

‘ON HIT LIST’  “Hackers sent me rape and death threats then deleted my book”, says Irish music pro, Linda Coogan Byrne to The Irish Sun. “I know so many other campaigners and women in politics who have to endure cyber-attacks and bullying so often. “With little accountability to be had on the attacker’s side, the …

Email list/template to get in touch with your local TD/Politician on the matter of Mother & Baby Homes – ‘Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme’

Hi, thank you for visiting this link and for showing your support and solidarity with the survivors of The Mother and Baby Homes.  You will find a List of Email addresses for Local/national TDs and politicians in Ireland listed here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1drnSLfNSmBAdUK_YcQp9_r5v343PY674FMejQLQ5-eY/edit?usp=sharing You will also find a sample of an email template that you can send …

“Young girls cannot aim to be what they cannot see or hear.” – Minister Martin introduces measures for gender balance!

Research by the National Women’s Council of Ireland and Why Not Her? have found significant disparities in the gender balance on Irish radio and television, with female artists receiving less airtime and female voices less likely to be heard in discussions. The new measures are designed to ensure gender-balanced panels on current affairs or news …

Annual Gender Disparity Data Report 2022 Reveals Significant Increase In Radio Support For Female Artists

>>>3 YEARS ON AND IRISH RADIO SHOW SIGNS OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO PLAYLISTS AS ‘OVER 10 STATIONS’ NATIONWIDE SHIFT TO GENDER PARITY & DIVERSITY – HAILED AS THE ‘EQUALISERS & GAME CHANGERS’ OF IRISH RADIO! >>> A BREAKDOWN OF THE TOP 100 SONGS ACROSS IRISH RADIO (IRISH AND INTERNATIONAL) OF 2021 – ED SHEERAN IS THE …

Legendary Irish Artist Jim Fitzpatrick Gives Solidarity to WhyNotHer? Campaign in Beautiful Art Piece

Legendary Irish Artist Jim Fitzpatrick, best known for elaborately detailed work inspired by the Irish Celtic artistic tradition, has given Why Not Her? a beautiful piece of art to use for the Solidarity Campaign that is being led with the simple hashtag #WhyNotHer which aims to elevate the voices of women and female-identifying people and reach a …

The UK Data Report on Radio

On Aug 21st Linda Coogan Byrne along with contributions from Nadia (Womxn In CTRL) published the UK Gender Disparity Data Radio report. The Guardian ran the exclusive here: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/21/female-british-artists-underrepresented-on-uk-radio-survey-finds VIEW REPORT HERE https://www.canva.com/design/DAEE37rIDuc/-7R8D7lzU7EMdcnv9Snw3w/view GENDER DISPARITY DATA REPORT UK “An analysis of the Top 20 Most Played British Acts across British Radio Stations in the Period of June …

Rte 2FM & Spin 103.8 Become The Agents of Change on Irish Radio Towards Gender Parity

We can finally reveal the update on Nationwide radio support within Irish Radio since the publishing of the Gender Disparity Radio Data Report. In late June, while Ireland was gearing up to return to some semblance of normality, many people were hoping that the pandemic would remain the major news story of the year. This …