Radio NOVA is a radio station licensed by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, based in
Dublin
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, Ireland. It was awarded its broadcasting licence by the BAI in September 2008 and launched on 1 September 2010. It is the only Dublin radio station licensed to transmit to the extensive Dublin commuter belt, including Dublin,
Wicklow,
Kildare
Kildare () is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. , its population was 8,634 making it the 7th largest town in County Kildare. The town lies on the R445, some west of Dublin – near enough for it to have become, despite being a regional ce ...
,
Louth, and
Meath (
County Offaly
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can also pick up the frequency of Radio NOVA 100fm however it is greater in some areas than others and Mullingar County Westmeath usually cannot get the station). NOVA is available throughout County Louth, in south Armagh, south Down, east Tyrone and north Armagh although in some of these areas reception is patchy. NOVA broadcasts on 100.3
FM from Three Rock Mountain Dublin, 100.5 from Saggart Hill,
County Dublin
"Action to match our speech"
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, to serve
County Kildare
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and 95.7 FM from Bray Head in North Wicklow, to cover
County Wicklow
County Wicklow ( ; ga, Contae Chill Mhantáin ) is a county in Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is bordered by ...
. The station covers
County Meath
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from its main Dublin transmitter (100.3 MHz).Radio NOVA 100fm in County Offaly operates (100.3 MHz) to 100.5.
Shareholding
The current parent company of Radio Nova is Bay Broadcasting. Bay Broadcasting shareholders include Kevin Branigan and Mike Ormonde. Bay Broadcasting also owns Ireland's Classic Hits Radio.
Former shareholders included Vienna Investments, Des Whelan and Pat McDonagh.
Programming
NOVA broadcasts what it describes as a diet of "guitar-based music". In November 2012, it received a derogation from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to reduce its news content from 20% of total programming to 10%, on account of it being a special interest station. As a result, NOVA continues to broadcast hourly news bulletins between 6 am and 12 midnight, as well as music news segments at various times during the day. Its main newscasters are John Harte and David Layde with cover provided by Elaine Stenson.
Location
The station is based at Castleforbes House, Castleforbes Road, in the north east of
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 ...
.
See also
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Radio Nova (Ireland) - pirate station by the same name operating from 1981 to 1986
External links
Radio NOVA HomepageBruce Springsteen info
References
{{Media in County Wicklow
Rock radio stations in Ireland