iRadio

iRadio is a music-driven youth radio station broadcast in the Border, West, Mid-East and Midland regions of Ireland. The station is one of four music-driven youth stations that were licensed by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to challenge the current duopoly in the 15-34 age bracket for those outside Dublin by national stations RTÉ 2FM and Today FM.

This article is about the Irish radio station. For Apple's Internet radio service, see iTunes Radio.

iRadio
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Broadcast areaBorder Region

Mid-East Region
Midland Region

West Region
Frequency96.9 MHz (East County Donegal, Derry)
102.1-104.4 MHz (North-West)
104.7-106.7 MHz (North-East)
Programming
Language(s)English, Irish
FormatMusic-driven youth
Ownership
OwnerBauer Media Audio Ireland
History
First air date
4 July 2011
Links
Websiteiradio.ie

The station, based in Athlone and broadcasting to an average listenership of 227,000, was created by the merger of i102-104FM and i105-107FM on 4 July 2011.[1][2]

The combined 15-county franchise was awarded a new ten-year license in 2019.[3]

In August 2023, it was announced iRadio had been acquired by Bauer Media Audio Ireland.[4]

See also

References
  1. "iRadio sets its sights on the future". iRadio. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. "Irish Radio Frequency Finder" (PDF). Frequency Finder. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  3. "Ten-year BAI licence renewal for iRadio". RadioToday. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  4. Healy, Alan (16 August 2023). "Midlands broadcaster iRadio is acquired by Newstalk owner Bauer". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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