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Midlands Gold
Midlands Gold Westmeath was an List of Irish radio stations, independent local radio (ILR) service in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, broadcasting to County Westmeath. It was an opt-out from Midlands 103 (formerly Midlands Radio 3), the ILR contractor for counties County Westmeath, Westmeath. County Laois, Laois, and County Offaly, Offaly, and broadcast from studios in Athlone (95.4FM) and Mullingar (96.5FM). It was operated as part of Midlands 103's sound broadcasting contract from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. Its studios were located in Harbour Place Shopping Centre in Mullingar and at Broadcast Centre, Monksland, Athlone. It was a community-driven local radio service for the people of County Westmeath. References External linkswww.midlandsradio.fm Official site Defunct radio stations in the Republic of Ireland Mass media in Athlone Mass media in Mullingar Organisations based in Athlone Organisations based in Mullingar {{Europe-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Irish Radio Stations
Licensed radio broadcasting in Ireland is one element of the wider media of the Republic of Ireland, media of Ireland, with 85% of the population listening to a licensed radio broadcasting service on any given day. History A Morse code transmission on 24 April 1916 from the General Post Office, Dublin, General Post Office in Dublin by the rebels during the Easter Rising is considered the first broadcast in Ireland. Regular radio broadcasting in Ireland began with 2RN's test transmissions in 1925. 2RN has since become RTÉ Radio 1, which celebrated 80 years of uninterrupted broadcasting in January 2006, making it amongst the oldest continuously operating (if not the actual oldest), continuously public service radio station in Europe. RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta joined in 1972, and RTÉ Radio 2, now 2FM, launched in 1979. Commercial radio was outlawed in Ireland until 1989, leading to the development of Irish pirate radio. Upon legalisation, licences were advertised and awarde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
