2BE was the call sign of the first official
radio station
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to broadcast in
Northern Ireland
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. Operated by the
British Broadcasting Company
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(later the
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), it started transmissions from
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...
on 15 September 1924 using a wavelength of 435 m (689 kHz). It was originally broadcast from Linenhall Street in Belfast.
On 20 March 1936 the Belfast transmitter was replaced by a new, more powerful transmitter broadcasting from
Lisnagarvey
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The townland was named after an earthen ringfort (''lios''), which was in the area of present-day ...
on a wavelength of 307 m (977 kHz),
the service having been renamed as the
Northern Ireland Regional Programme on 6 January 1935.
With the resumption of regional broadcasting after
World War II
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, this station became the Northern Ireland
Home Service
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, and later
BBC Radio 4
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Northern Ireland. 2BE's successor station today is
BBC Radio Ulster
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.
See also
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