Púca Powers Text Voting for Meteor Ireland Music Awards 2009

Voting has been launched for the Meteor Ireland Music Awards 2009 which will be held in the RDS Dublin on St Patrick’s Day Tuesday 17th March 2009. The star-studded music spectacular will be presented for the first time by glamorous TV presenter Amanda Byram. 

The most anticipated TV event on the Irish music calendar will be aired on Wednesday 18th March on RTE Two. Amanda will be joined by a high calibre of artists from the music industry and various celebrities to celebrate the best in music, both home-grown and international. 

Ireland’s most exciting music event is now in it’s ninth year and Meteor have again teamed up with Púca to deliver a quick and simple SMS voting application for the huge volumes of texts received every year. To nominate their favourite Irish radio DJ, artist or band for a ‘Meteor’ in this year’s awards, music fans simply text VOTE to 085 711 4444 to receive a list of keywords and categories – then they simply choose who they want to win! 

Eamon Hession, CEO Púca commented "We are delighted to be involved with the Meteor Music awards again this year for what promises to be an exciting occasion that everyone can participate in via their mobile phone".

Voting is open to all Irish mobile networks and will be charged standard text rates. Everyone who votes will be automatically entered into a competition to win tickets to the 2009 Meteor Awards.

Speaking at the press launch, Meteor’s Head of Marketing Communications Meadhbh Quinn said, "Meteor has built a strong association with music over the years – we have heritage in this space. As we expand our 3G services going forward, music will continue to play an important role. The Meteor Ireland Music Awards not only recognises established artists but also highlights up and coming talent who are making their significant mark on the Irish music industry." She added, "One of the best aspects of the awards is that the public have the opportunity to vote in eight popular categories for the artists that they feel deserve to be recognised".

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