Lisburn's 98FM is a local

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 radio ...

based in the

Lisburn Lisburn (; ) is a city in Northern Ireland. It is southwest of Belfast city centre, on the River Lagan, which forms the boundary between County Antrim and County Down. First laid out in the 17th century by English and Welsh settlers, with ...

, located between

County Down County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to the ...

and

County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population o ...

, and broadcasting to the greater Lisburn area. It features a mixture of music, entertainment news, sport and local information.

History

The station was issued a licence to operate on 30 September 2011, and shortly after commenced broadcasting under the name Lisburn City Radio. It was renamed and officially launched as Lisburn's 98FM on 28 June 2012 during a ceremony which included Mayor William Leathem, local dignitaries and various community groups.

Affiliation

Lisburn's 98FM is affiliated with sister stations

Bangor FM Bangor FM, is a local radio station based in Bangor, County Down and broadcasting to the greater Bangor area. The station broadcasts a varied mixture of music, news, interviews and community information to a catchment area of over 60,000 adults ...

and FM105. It is also supported by the

South Eastern Regional College South Eastern Regional College (SERC) is a further and higher education college in the south-east of Northern Ireland. SERC was created following the merger of three institutes of further and higher education in the south-east of Northern Irela ...

, which provides studio and production space. SERC provides a route of access to the station for students interested in the media field.

Licence

The station holds a community radio licence, issued by

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References

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