iRadio and Pundit Arena have officially confirmed their new partnership.
(iRadio/Pundit Arena partnership)We're delighted to announce we're teaming up with Pundit Arena to bring you even better sports coverage across the West, Northwest, Northeast and Midlands.
Our weekend sports show, iScore, is front and centre of this partnership. You can catch iScore very Saturday and Sunday on iRadio from 4pm to 6pm. iScore delivers coverage and analysis of the biggest sports stories, as well as an in-depth look behind the headlines.
Every weekend, iScore presenter Caradh O'Donovan keeps listeners up to date with the day's fixtures. She chats to a mix of sporting stars and gets expert opinion and insight from a host of Pundit Arena's top journalists.
Caradh is a former world, European and national champion kickboxer, and now a Team Ireland karate star with a mission to compete in the next Olympics. She's a passionate advocate for athletes' rights and a founding member of Global Athlete.
Speaking about the partnership, Caradh says:
"I'm really excited about this partnership! Bringing together expertise from both iRadio and Pundit Arena will give listeners a fresh take on sport. I'm delighted that we have this opportunity to create something new for the Irish sports fan."
iRadio CEO Mark Cunning added that this partnership will lead to even more engaging and entertaining content for iRadio's 360,000 weekly listeners:
"I'm delighted we're finally unveiling this partnership with Pundit Arena. They're innovative and ambitious, just like iRadio!"
"We know the importance that sport plays in the lives of our listeners. We've been working hard across the last 12 months to continue to improve this aspect of our programming."
"In 2020 we launched iRadio's iScore presented by Irish Karate star and Sligo native Caradh O'Donovan which has gone down a storm. We've big plans with the team at Pundit Arena and I'm confident this is the start of something big for both brands."
Pundit Arena already platforms aspiring journalists and articulate fans to an audience of more than 1,400,000 unique readers each month.
Commercial Director for Ireland and the UK Matt Steerman says:
"Pundit Arena are looking forward to working with the team at iRadio and in particular the new sports show iScore, delivering weekly insights from our team chatting to Caradh about the latest in the world of Irish sport."
"Whether it be a big weekend of football or looking ahead to a big year of sports in general, our partnership will look to support Irish sport on air, on social and onsite, to give the fans more of what matters, from inhouse journalists to Irish sporting personalities."
