Millennium 88FM was a temporary local radio service for

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

operated by

RTÉ (RTÉ) (; Irish language, Irish for "Radio & Television of Ireland") is the Public broadcaster, national broadcaster of Republic of Ireland, Ireland headquartered in Dublin. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on RTÉ Television, telev ...

from 1988 to April 1989 to mark 1988 at the year of the

Dublin Millennium In the 1980s and 1990s, a number of areas in the Republic of Ireland held year-long festivals commemorating historic anniversaries. The country was in an economic depression at the time and these were excuses for some civic pride; the anniversari ...

. The station broadcast from studios at the GPO Arcade in Dublin from 7am to 6pm daily. The studio was a short distance from where the first Irish radio station '' 2RN'' had begun broadcasting on 1 January 1926. Millennium 88FM broadcast on 88.0 MHz FM, and 1278 kHz (235 metres) on medium wave. A number of well-known radio names passed through this station: *

Gareth O'Callaghan Gareth O'Callaghan (born 24 March 1961) is an Irish writer and former radio and television presenter. He was most recently heard on 4fm, having presented shows on RTÉ 2fm for much of his career until 2005, and then a show on Galway Bay FM. In ...

( 2FM,

Galway Bay FM Galway Bay FM is an Irish independent local radio station and operates under a licence from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. Established in 1989, the station broadcasts from studios in Galway, serving the city and County Galway. Programmi ...

and 4FM), * Jimmy Greeley (

RTÉ News RTÉ News and Current Affairs ( ga, Nuacht agus Cúrsaí Reatha RTÉ), also known as RTÉ News (''Nuacht RTÉ''), is the national news service provided by Irish public broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Its services include local, nationa ...

, Radio 1, 2FM,

98FM 98FM is a local radio station in Dublin, Ireland, operated by Bauer Media Audio Ireland, under a sound broadcasting contract from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The station broadcasts on the 98.1 MHz FM frequency. 98FM's broadcas ...

and 4FM), * Robbie Irwin (

Century Radio Century Radio, also known as ''Century 100'' and later ''Century FM'', was a short-lived national commercial radio station in the Republic of Ireland, broadcasting from 4 September 1989 to 19 November 1991. History Launch Launched at 8am on M ...

, Radio Ireland/

Today FM Today FM is an Irish national commercial FM radio station, owned and operated by Bauer Audio Ireland Limited. Broadcasting since 17 March 1997, it broadcasts mostly music, with a daily news and current affairs programme. Today FM holds a lic ...

, 2FM and RTÉ Sports and RTÉ Gold,) * Declan Meehan (RTÉ2, London's Capitol Radio, Century Radio,

FM104 FM104 is an independent local radio station broadcast across Dublin, Ireland, on the frequency 104.4 MHz. It is operated by Capital Radio Productions Limited (unconnected with, and not to be confused with, Capital Radio plc), and is a sub ...

, Today FM and

East Coast FM East Coast FM (formerly known as BLB, Horizon FM, then East Coast Radio) is an Irish local radio station broadcasting from Bray, County Wicklow under a sound broadcasting contract from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland The station operate ...

), * Mark Byrne (Century Radio,

Atlantic 252 Atlantic 252 was an Irish longwave radio station broadcasting across Ireland and Great Britain on 252 kHz (1190 metres) from its 1988 purpose-built transmission site at Clarkstown radio transmitter, County Meath, which provided service to Atlan ...

, FM104, Radio Ireland/Today FM, 98FM, Lite FM/Q102 and 4FM),(now currently working as a pilot) * Nails Mahoney, aka Brian McColl (2FM, Atlantic 252, Radio Ireland, 98FM,East Coast FM,4FM and Q102), * Scott Williams (2FM, Century Radio, Capital Radio/Rock104/FM104, Limerick's Live 95FM and Lite FM/Q102), * Andrew Hanlon (TV3 Head of News) * Al Dunne (Atlantic 252, Lite FM/Q102, 4FM and RTÉ Gold) * Maxi (RTÉ Radio 1) * Theresa Lowe (RTÉ TV) * Brian Jennings (

)

References

{{Reflist Defunct RTÉ radio stations Radio stations established in 1988 Radio stations disestablished in 1989 Mass media in Dublin (city)