What is "drivetime"

n. (alternative spelling of drive time English)

Drivetime is an Irish news and current affairs radio programme broadcast by RTÉ Radio 1 on Mondays to Fridays between 16.30 and 19.00. It attracts approximately 229,000 listeners daily.

The programme is presented by the journalist and former RTÉ legal affairs editor, Mary Wilson. It includes news summaries, sports news, and traffic and weather reports as well as live interviews and reports. Fergal Keane is one of Drivetime's principal reporters. Other writers and journalists who contribute to the programme include Joseph O'Connor, Olivia O'Leary, and Fergus Finlay. Special extended editions of Drivetime are mounted from time to time to cover such major news stories as general elections and referenda.

DriveTime Automotive Group Inc. is an American used car retailer and finance company. It is based in Tempe, Arizona, and sells, leases and finances cars to customers with credit issues. The company was formerly known as Ugly Duckling and was renamed DriveTime in 2002. It also spun off Carvana and GO Financial, SilverRock Group Inc, and Bridgecrest Acceptance Corporation. , DriveTime had approximately 130 locations in the U.S. and 3,800 employees.