8Radio.com is an Irish radio station, started in 2013 by

Phantom FM TXFM (formerly Phantom 105.2) was a Dublin based radio station, founded in 1997 as a pirate radio station. TXFM broadcast under a contract awarded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI). The station ceased broadcasting on 26 October 2016 ...

founder Simon Maher. It is mostly an online music station, but has sometimes received a temporary licence from the

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) ( ga, Údarás Craolacháin na hÉireann) was established on 1 October 2009 effectively replacing the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) ( ga, Coimisiún Craolacháin na hÉireann). The BAI is ...

(BAI) for FM broadcasts in

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Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay, and is the sixth most populous city on ...

and

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. Some of the station's presenters have had previous involvement with

, including Steve Conway, Pearl, Amber, Brian Daly and Neil Murray. Others, such as Sinead Ni Chonaill and Angela Hughes, have had involvement in community stations such as Dublin City FM and Raidió Na Life. Maher also presents his own programmes. Simon Maher has described the station as finding "a niche among music lovers and those who may not currently consume much, if any, traditional FM radio".

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