RTÉ 2XM is a digital radio station of the

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(RTÉ). RTÉ 2XM is a sister station to

RTÉ 2fm (RTÉ) (; Irish for "Radio & Television of Ireland") is the national broadcaster of Ireland headquartered in Dublin. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, while ...

and focuses on alternative and indie music. The station is available nationally on

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Ireland's free to air DTT service, cable TV, online and via RTÉ Radio Player.

History

Initially RTÉ placed the station on the

digital terrestrial television Digital terrestrial television (DTTV or DTT, or DTTB with "broadcasting") is a technology for terrestrial television in which land-based (terrestrial) television stations broadcast television content by radio waves to televisions in consumers' ...

trial service in late October 2007. Along with five other new digital stations, RTÉ 2XM was launched on 1 December 2008. The station plays a broad range of music from

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and

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, as well as a focus on playing music from homegrown artists in

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. The station has also been known to carry a selection of live music with content from festivals across Europe. It was the first RTÉ digital radio station to have carried live content, with music from the

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festival during July 2007 and the

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and

PlanetLove PlanetLove was an annual Northern Irish electronic music festival which was held since 1998 - with a skipped year in 2004. Held at Shane's Castle near Randalstown in County Antrim, it was previously held at Nutts Corner (also in Antrim), King ...

Summer Session festivals during September 2007. This continued in 2008 with the PlanetLove Winter Session in February. On 6 November 2019 RTÉ management announced that as part of a major cost-saving program all its digital radio stations would be closed. However on 2 March 2021 it was revealed by RTÉ that the broadcaster would close its DAB radio network while retaining its digital radio services, including RTÉ 2XM.

RTÉ 2XM WebTV

2XM WebTV debuted online during the RTÉ coverage of the

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music festival on weekend of 11–14 July 2008

Garageland

Garageland is a weekly radio show broadcast on RTE 2XM Mondays from 8pm. The show is hosted by Dermot Lambert of the band Blink. The radio show brings listeners closer to the Irish music scene, and features music and interviews with bands from around

Current presenters

Dan Hegarty Dan Hegarty is an Irish radio presenter employed by RTÉ. He presents his show ''The Alternative'' on RTÉ 2fm Monday to Thursday from 10:00 pm – 12:00am (the show is broadcast live each morning on RTÉ 2XM at 10am to 1pm). He is regularl ...

- The Alternative *John Kenny - The Jk Experience *John Connolly - ABC to XTC *Dermot Lambert - Garageland *Peter Curtin - Groovers Corner *Handsome Paddy - No Static *Ali Dowey - The Bunker *Simon Mulcahy *Painted Flowers with Mr Myth *Laura-Lee Conboy - Shadowplay *Gavin Morrison - Through The Looking Glass *Nessy - The London Ear *Dudley Colley - Click Clack *Pat McGrath - C60 *Chris Morrin - Robotnik's Random Rampage

References

External links

RTÉ 2XM — Official website
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