KCLR 96FM is an
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
radio station
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...
which broadcasts to
Carlow and
Kilkenny in
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. It began broadcasting in May 2004.
Schedule
KCLR breakfast with John Walsh is a three-hour show from 7am to 10am and continues to be the most popular breakfast show broadcasting to this region. KCLR live is the news and current affairs show which airs from 10am daily covering all local and national issues. The daily lunchtime show is presented by John Keane from 12 to 3pm followed by KCLR Drive presented by Ken McGuire. KCLR Drive combines hit music with entertainment and traffic updates.
Ann Phelan incident
Before the
2016 general election, Labour TD
Ann Phelan
Ann Phelan (born 16 September 1961) is a former Irish Labour Party politician who served as a Minister of State from 2014 to 2016. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency from 2011 to 2016.
Political career
P ...
participated in a live radio debate on the station. While there she got into an argument, saying: "I am just going to give up here now. I came to this debate here tonight, I came in here, I've been completely ignored and I'll tell you now I'm fed up of the whole bloody lot of ye." Then she walked out of the studio. She admitted later that she had "absolutely" lost her temper.
References
External links
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Radio stations in Ireland
Mass media in County Carlow
Mass media in County Kilkenny