LINDA COOGAN BYRNE

Check out the multitude of interviews and features Linda is featured in and has also written in some instances.

Linda and Áine from Why Not Her? pen an obituary for Sinéad O Connor for The Irish Examiner in July 2023.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41192554.html

Only one in every four songs on Irish radio is by an Irish artist. Just 6 per cent of the top 100 were by Irish female artists – The Irish Times Exclusive on the 2023 Irish radio Report, June 2023. Read here: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/06/14/why-is-it-still-so-hard-for-women-and-people-of-colour-to-get-airplay-on-irish-radio/

In June 2023, Linda Coogan Byrne spoke to The Telegraph about the future of radio. Read article here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-to-listen-to/tiktok-radio-1-harry-styles-kylie-minogue-lil-nas-x-youtube/

In March 2023 The Independent UK did a big piece on Glastonbury Headliners and the gender inequality across the line up quoting our data reports https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/glastonbury-2023-headliners-women-lizzo-b2293571.html

In March 2023, Linda Coogan Byrne spoke to The Irish Sun National Newspaper about her Book being hacked in order to highlight how activists are targeted when they speak up.

Read Full Interview here: https://www.thesun.ie/news/10370810/cyber-bullies-fake-profiles-scam-book-irish-music-dublin/

In Feb 2023 Dr Laura Watson published an academic article on new Wave Feminism in Music – Feminist Musical Activism in Ireland (2016–21) and Feminist Musicology, highlighting the work carried out by Linda Coogan Byrne and Why Not Her? Full Link to article here: https://www.ictm.ie/feminist-musical-activism-in-ireland-2016-21-and-feminist-musicology-laura-watson/

Linda Recently chatted with LGBTQ Nation, about how workplaces can be made safer for queer women against sexual harassment, and for queer employees to be open about their sexuality.

Exclusive Interview with Linda Coogan Byrne for The Sunday Times

The women making waves on the radio: Irish radio stations need to get in tune with the times and give greater airplay to more female musicians, reveals a scathing report by campaigner Linda Coogan Byrne. By Lauren Murphy https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-women-making-waves-on-the-radio-7glrp766p

July 2021: Women in music group calls for policy change across radio stations

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40339823.html

‘Staggering’ disparity between genders in radio airplay

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40333331.html

Top commercial stations play Irish female artists in charts at lower rate than most national radio https://www.thejournal.ie/irish-radio-gender-disparity-top-artists-5489937-Jul2021/

The Times UK: 20 Years of the Irish Singles Charts: Interview special

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/female-artists-marginalised-in-irish-singles-charts-thanks-to-radio-silence-dv6zr0ggq

Hotpress coverage of the 20 Year chart report: https://www.hotpress.com/music/why-not-her-publish-gender-and-racial-disparity-report-analysing-20-years-of-irish-singles-charts-22850224 

Irish Times feature on 20 Years of Chart report:

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/white-male-artists-dominate-irish-charts-and-radio-report-finds-1.4549365

Celebrity Land

https://celebrity.land/en/white-male-artists-dominate-irish-charts-and-radio-report-finds/

Irish Country Magazine: (Full interview coming in June) But feature in meantime here

Irish women in music deserve more airplay

Irish Examiner : An anon Email threat of blacklisting made to Linda from an anon person speaking on behalf of Irish radio: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40240871.html 

Hotpress cover Jim Fitzpatrick donation https://www.hotpress.com/music/veteran-irish-artist-jim-fitzpatrick-offers-solidarity-to-why-not-her-campaign-22844590 

Chordblossom IV piece on WNH

http://www.chordblossom.com/blogs/why-not-her-meeting-gender-disparity-in-the-music-industry-front-on 

Top 100 Women Changing Ireland, mention of Linda and the Campaign

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/people/arid-40238822.html

RTE NEWS 6:1 TV covered the latest report

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2021/0128/1193752-huge-lack-of-airtime-for-female-artists-on-irish-radio/

GCN Magazine coverage of the report with IV

Months after WhyNotHer launched to give women more airtime on Irish radio, have things changed for the better?

Irish Examiner; Cover the Action Plan

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40235069.html

Irish Examiner- feature by Clodagh Finn

https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-40223318.html

Irish Examiner Reaction to the latest report

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40214618.html

Turkish Newspaper

http://mezopotamyaajansi29.com/tum-haberler/content/view/126595 

Evoke, expose piece on Linda, the woman behind the campaign, full interview

Linda Coogan Byrne retunes Irish radio airplay towards gender parity

EchoLive, Echo Cork Newspaper, print and online 

Print ran three pages

Online here

https://www.echolive.ie/entertainment/whatson/arid-40225619.html

Irish Times Women’s Podcast w/Linda and Ruthanne

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/the-women-s-podcast/the-irish-times-women-s-podcast-ep-469-the-shocking-gender-disparity-on-irish-radio-conductor-marin-alsop-1.4467221

Irish Times – Men Rules the charts

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/men-rule-the-charts-no-irish-female-artist-had-song-in-top-10-in-last-two-years-1.4410937

Rogue Collective magazine iv with Linda

Gender disparity in Irish radio, six months on: Interview with Linda Coogan Byrne

Soul Doubt Magazine IV and on podcast 

https://www.souldoubtmag.com/podcast/linda-coogan-byrne-gender-disparity-on-irish-and-uk-radio

District Magazine

Why Not Her? provide update on gender disparity report

Ruthanne IV with Newstalk

https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/highlights-from-moncrieff/gender-disparity-in-irish-charts

MxDWN

http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/a-new-report-shows-the-gender-disparity-in-the-irish-music-charts/ 

Hotpress

https://www.hotpress.com/music/new-report-highlights-gender-disparity-in-the-irish-charts-22833017

District mag

New Gender Disparity Report shows further inequality in Irish charts

Musician.ie cover the latest report http://musician.ie/whynother-publish-second-report-looking-at-gender-disparity-of-irish-radio/ 

Irish Times IV with Linda over chart report

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/men-rule-the-charts-no-irish-female-artist-had-song-in-top-10-in-last-two-years-1.4410937

Nialler 9 charts report

https://nialler9.com/no-irish-female-artist-had-a-number-10-chart-hit-in-the-last-2-years-the-newest-gender-disparity-report-finds/

GUARDIAN + PRINT EDITION (ran the exclusive) 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/21/female-british-artists-underrepresented-on-uk-radio-survey-finds?CMP=twt_a-culture_b-gdnculture

INDEPENDENT (UK)

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/female-british-artists-gender-disparity-radio-uk-study-a9681356.html

CRACK MAGAZINE

New study finds British female artists are underrepresented on UK radio

MIXMAG

https://mixmag.net/read/new-survey-british-women-underrepresented-uk-radio-news

Music Week

https://www.musicweek.com/media/read/new-study-reveals-gender-disparity-in-uk-radio/080861#:~:text=A%20new%20report%20by%20Ctrl,the%20last%20year%20featuring%20men.

Ace 

https://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00158607.html

Mixtape Madness

https://www.mixtapemadness.com/blog/articles/alarming-gender-disparity-in-u-k-music

Mentioned in another artist interview with Hotpress

https://www.hotpress.com/music/gemma-dunleavy-discusses-her-latest-ep-classism-and-culture-22827426

Mentioned in another artist interview with irish Independent 

https://www.independent.ie/weekend-magazine/a-lot-of-the-time-when-youre-hearing-queer-stories-its-about-the-struggle-indie-pop-band-pillow-queens-39535479.html

Fm104 respond : 

https://www.her.ie/news/no-anti-female-policy-fm104-respond-stark-figures-0-irish-female-acts-top-playlists-509674

Irish news (mentioned in an interview with Pauline Scanlan and The Irish news

https://www.irishnews.com/arts/2020/09/28/news/songbird-pauline-scanlon-still-ready-to-fly-despite-belfast-cohen-concert-setback-2078505/

Pillow Queens Iv Sunday Indo

https://www.independent.ie/weekend-magazine/a-lot-of-the-time-when-youre-hearing-queer-stories-its-about-the-struggle-indie-pop-band-pillow-queens-39535479.html

BBC coverage – show on the report here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08pxgtx

HER.ie Iv w Linda

https://www.her.ie/music/why-not-her-linda-coogan-interview-509350

Conversations about Her

British Female Artists Are Underrepresented On UK Radio According To Gender Disparity Radio Report | Music News

La Depeche

https://www.ladepeche.fr/2020/08/25/grande-bretagne-les-artistes-feminines-britanniques-boudees-par-les-radios-selon-une-etude-9033871.php

Terra Femina

https://www.terrafemina.com/article/sexisme-au-royaume-uni-les-chanteuses-sont-snobees-par-les-radios_a354865/1

Contextus

https://contextus.hu/alulreprezentaltsag-brit-noi-eloadok-szamait-radiok/

UPNEWS

https://upnewsinfo.com/2020/08/22/becky-hill-voices-frustration-over-secondary-treatment-of-female-musicians-on-radio/

AWTY MUSIC

https://www.awtymusic.com/post/why-women-get-the-blues

MSN 

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/music/female-british-artists-underrepresented-on-uk-radio-study-finds/ar-BB18dBgv

Cork Echo https://www.echolive.ie/downtown/Corks-Stevie-G-captures-the-soul-of-a-new-wave-of-Irish-music-25fadf04-02ca-4ed4-b811-218957f290c6-ds 

MU

https://www.musiciansunion.org.uk/Home/News/2020/Aug/New-Report-Shows-Women-Underrepresented-on-UK-Radi

Hits Double

https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=322869&title=-GENDER-DISPARITY-ON-U.K.-RADIO

Dummy

https://www.dummymag.com/news/study-finds-that-british-female-artists-are-severely-underrepresented-on-uk-radio/

Musically

Report analyses gender disparity on UK radio stations

Jakarta Post 

https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2020/08/28/female-british-artists-are-neglected-by-uk-radio-stations-new-survey-finds.html

Irish Tatler

https://irishtatler.com/news/irish-radio-gender-disparity

THE IRISH Examiner

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/female-musicians-get-a-tiny-fraction-of-radio-airtime-report-finds-1007022.html

Irish Times

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/irish-radio-failing-to-support-irish-female-musicians-report-1.4286738

Tony linked another article here: https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/what-are-the-best-irish-albums-of-2020-so-far-1.4291571

RuthAnne IV 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ruthanne-is-charting-a-new-course-q7xxpn078

THE TIMES UK IV W/LINDA

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/radio-stations-give-silent-treatment-to-irish-female-artists-dqv22sjfc

IRISH INDO IV/W LINDA AND RUTHANNE

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/all-the-female-artists-i-speak-to-say-they-cant-get-on-playlists-shock-over-the-huge-gender-gap-on-radio-39317401.html

THE LAST MIXED TAPE INTERVIEW W/LINDA

“I want the powers that be in radio to take a long hard look at themselves and their teams and to take a moment to think about how they are shaping our culture of music and the next generation of acts to come from Ireland” Linda Coogan Byrne talks to TLMT about the findings of her Gender Disparity on Irish Radio Data Report

INTERVIEW W/LINDA

JOURNAL OF MUSIC

https://journalofmusic.com/news/its-choosing-men-over-women-whatever-reason-i-dont-know-why-it-has-change-irish-female-artists

JOURNAL OF MUSIC UK REPORT

https://journalofmusic.com/news-uk/british-female-artists-received-just-19-top-100-radio-airplay-2020

HOTPRESS ARTICLE

https://www.hotpress.com/music/new-report-reveals-shocking-gender-disparity-in-irish-radio-22820283

MALE RESPONSE ARTICLE ALSO RAN: https://www.hotpress.com/music/conor-obrien-alfie-hudson-taylor-and-more-react-to-report-on-gender-disparity-in-irish-radio-22821246 

Other mentions/inclusion articles : 

SOULE IV https://www.hotpress.com/music/irish-women-in-harmony-for-safe-ireland-soule-chats-dreams-22820586

SodaBlone IV

https://www.hotpress.com/music/irish-women-in-harmony-for-safe-ireland-soda-blonde-dolores-had-a-huge-part-to-play-in-the-way-i-write-music-22820913

Pillow Queens IV

https://www.hotpress.com/music/irish-women-in-harmony-for-safe-ireland-pillow-queens-dolores-made-our-dreams-of-becoming-musicians-attainable-22820260

INTERVIEW W/LINDA

EVOKE.IE

New report highlights ‘staggering’ gender disparity in Irish radio airplay

THE JOURNAL.IE

https://www.thejournal.ie/music-irish-women-5131737-Jun2020/

THE THIN AIR

http://thethinair.net/2020/06/damning-report-reveals-gender-disparity-in-irish-radio-play/ 

ENTERTAINMENT.IE

https://entertainment.ie/music/a-new-report-highlights-the-shocking-lack-of-female-artists-on-irish-radio-456164/

DISTRICT MAGAZINE

http://districtmagazine.ie/damning-new-report-highlights-appalling-gender-disparity-on-irish-airwaves/ 

CHORDBLOSSOM

http://www.chordblossom.com/news/gender-disparity-in-irish-radio 

NIALLER9

https://nialler9.com/a-new-report-shows-most-irish-radio-stations-top-20-irish-airplay-features-less-than-10-women-artists-or-worse/

MALE RESPONSE ARTICLE RAN ALSO: https://nialler9.com/male-artists-respond-to-the-irish-radio-gender-disparity-report/

EMPWR.IE

https://www.empwr.ie/post/female-musicians-played-90-percent-less-than-male-counterparts-on-irish-radio

BROADSHEET.IE

Narrowband

TALK OF THE TOWN

https://www.talkofthetown.ie/lmfm-criticised-for-lack-of-air-time-given-to-female-irish-musicians/amp/

GOLDEN PLEC

https://www.goldenplec.com/times-up-irish-female-artists-deserve-radio-play/

Musician.ie

Gender Disparity Report highlights issues in Irish Radio playlisting

Create Louth

http://www.createlouth.ie/its-choosing-men-over-women-for-whatever-reason-i-dont-know-why-but-it-has-to-change-irish-female-artists-received-8-of-top-20-radio-airplay/

Amazing interview with Joe.ie w/Aine

The Jam https://www.goldenplec.com/the-irish-jam-28-june-2020/

Musician.ie Male response

Male artists and media respond to Gender Disparity Data Report on Irish Radio

Connacht Tribune – mentioned in

https://connachttribune.ie/lockdown-proves-productive-for-newcomer-making-waves/

On the right Trax IV w.Linda

Linda Coogan Byrne

SOULDOUBT IV W/ LINDA

THE IRISH JAM RADIO SHOW COVERAGE

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA

https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/sinead-oconnor-the-lion-and-the-cobra-%C3%A1ine-tyrrell/12624828

HEADSTUFF.ORG IV W/AINE

NO ENCORE #219 | TOP 5 LONG SONGS / BOB DYLAN REVIEW / IRISH RADIO GENDER DISPARITY

Headtopics

https://headtopics.com/ie/across-irish-radio-stations-female-artists-make-up-just-7-of-the-top-irish-artists-played-13886530

Just a chat podcast – coverage on the report

https://podcastaddict.com/episode/109784422

Limerick post

https://www.limerickpost.ie/2020/07/22/limerick-lady-podcast-episode-20-the-angry-women-special/

The Times UK interview w/Linda

Radio stations give silent treatment to Irish female artists

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/radio-stations-give-silent-treatment-to-irish-female-artists-dqv22sjfc

Sunday Business Post 2 page spread in Print edition and also included in online edition here: 

https://www.businesspost.ie/media-marketing/hard-stations-why-cant-irish-women-get-played-on-the-airwaves-12268e3c