Ocean FM is a local

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station that broadcasts to parts of the northwest of

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. The station covers the area of south

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, north

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and most of

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and it broadcasts into parts of south-west

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. It started broadcasting on 1 October 2004, replacing

North West Radio North West Radio (NWR) was a radio station that broadcast to south County Donegal, north County Leitrim and throughout County Sligo from 1990 to 2004. It was a sister station of MidWest Radio (MWR) and was replaced by Ocean FM. The station ha ...

(NWR). The station broadcasts from Collooney (County Sligo) Locally owned and locally operated, Ocean FM serves all adults in County Sligo, South Donegal and North Leitrim. Their shareholders include many of the leading business people and sports personalities in the region. They broadcast news, sports, current affairs, special interest programmes across parts of the northwest. Ocean FM covers sports events across the region with live commentary at key matches involving teams from all three counties. The service is streamed live over the internet on web stream, Twitter and Facebook.

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