TEN FICTIONAL TOWNS ON IRISH TV

1. KILLINASCULLY 2. LEESTOWN (The Riordans) 3. BALLYMAGASH (Halls Pictorial Weekly) 4. CARRAIGSTOWN (Fair City) 5. GLENROE 6. TOUREENDOHENYBEG (Halls Pictorial Weekly) 7. CRAGGY ISLAND (Father Ted) 8. BALLYKISSANGEL 9. BALLYDUNG (Podge and Rodge) 10. ROS na RUN

FIRST TEN CHANNELS CARRIED BY CABLELINK SATELLITE

THE ARTS CHANNEL
LIFESTYLE
WORLDNET
TV 5
MTV
SKY CHANNEL
THE CHILDRENS CHANNEL
SCREENSPORT
SUPERCHANNEL
C SPAN

TOP 10 SHOWS OF 2004

1. THE LATE LATE TOY SHOW RTE 1 940,000 LIVE
(Annual pre Christmas show hosted by Pat Kenny)
2. YOU’RE A STAR LIVE RTE 1 896,000 LIVE
(The Final of the second series with winner Chris Doran chosen to represent Ireland at the Eurovision)
3. THE LATE LATE SHOW RTE 1 818,000 LIVE
(Chat Show hosted by Pat Kenny on air since 1962. Previously hosted by Gay Byrne)
4. KILLINASCULLY XMAS SPECIAL RTE 1 814,000
(Comedy series starring Pat Shortt)
5. EUROVISION SONG CONTEST RTE 1 734,000 LIVE
(Broadcast from Istanbul with You’re A Star winner Chris Doran finishing second last)
6. ALL IRELAND FOOTBALL FINAL RTE 2 744,000 LIVE
(Kerry V. Mayo)
7. CORONATION STREET TV 3 726,000
(Also on UTV)
8. ALL IRELAND HURLING FINAL RTE 2 717,000 LIVE
(Kilkenny V. Wexford)
9. EASTENDERS RTE 1 711,000
(Also on BBC 1)
10. PRIME TIME INVESTIGATIONS RTE 1 701,000

THE TOP TEN RATINGS FOR 2000

In 2000, the ratings for Television channels available on multi channel & cable systems
in the Republic of Ireland were

1. RTE 1 29%
2. UTV 14.5%
3. NETWORK TWO 11.2%
4. TV 3 7.3%
5. BBC ONE NI 9.9%
6. CHANNEL 4 5.8%
=7. BBC 2 NI 4.7%
=7 SKY ONE 4.7%
9. TG 4 1.6%
10. SKY NEWS 1.2%
REST 10.2%

TOP TEN EUROVISION MOMENTS

1. DANA WINS 1970 WITH 'ALL KIND OF EVERYTHING'
2. JOHNNY LOGAN WINS IN 1980 WITH 'WHAT'S ANOTHER YEAR'
3. JOHNNY LOGAN WINS IN 1987 WITH 'HOLD ME KNOW'
4. LINDA MARTIN WINS IN 1992 WITH 'WHY ME?'
5. NIMAH KAVANAGH WINS IN 1993 WITH 'IN YOUR EYES'
6. CHARLIE MCGETTIGAN AND PAUL HARRINGTON WIN IN 1994 WITH 'ROCK AND ROLL KIDS'
7. EIMEAR QUINN WINS IN 1996 WITH 'THE VOICE'
8. BUTCH MOORE SINGS OUR FIRST ENTRY IN 1965 WITH 'WALKIN THE STREET IN THE RAIN'
9. FIONNULA SHEERY FROM KILDARE WINS WITH NORWAYS SECRET GARDEN IN 1995
10.IN 1994 THE INTERVAL ACT WAS RIVERDANCE, THE REST IS HISTORY

TEN DIRECTOR GENERALS OF RTE

1. EDWARD J ROTH
2. KEVIN McCOURT
3. THOMAS HARDIMAN
4. OLIVER MAHONY
5. GEORGE T WATERS
6. VINCENT FINN
7. JOE BARRY
8. BOB COLLINS
9. CATHAL GOAN
10. NOEL CURRAN (CURRENT D.G.)

FORMER RTE NEWSREADERS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. CHARLES MITCHELL
2. FRANK HALL
3. DAVID TIMLIN
4. MAURICE O'DOHERTY
5. DON COBURN
6. KEVIN O'KELLY
7. TOM McCAUGHRAN
8. JOHN O'DONOGHUE
9. ANDY O'MAHONY
10. BRIAN FARRELL