Raidió na Life 106.4FM (; meaning "
Liffey Radio") is an
Irish-language
Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenou ...
radio station
Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...
founded in 1993 and broadcasting in
County Dublin
County Dublin ( or ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, and holds its capital city, Dublin. It is located on the island's east coast, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. Until 1994, County Dubli ...
, Ireland. In addition to being transmitted on FM, the station's output is available worldwide via the internet.
History
The first independent Irish-language radio station, Raidió na Life 102, came on the air in September 1993 covering Dublin and some neighbouring areas. It broadcasts under licence from the
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Comharchumann Raidió Átha Cliath Teoranta, which was set up in 1989, is the organisation which owns and operates Raidió na Life 106.4fm. In October 2017, the station moved from the offices of 7 Merrion Square to new purpose-built studios in the new headquarters of Foras na Gaeilge, located at 63-66 Amiens Street on the north side of the city.
Comharchumann Raidió Átha Cliath Teoranta
Comharchumann Raidió Átha Cliath Teoranta (CRÁCT) is the cooperative that was founded on 4 July 1989 as a non-profit organisation to oversee the application for the setting up and operation of Raidió na Life. Membership of CRÁCT is open to anyone who purchases a share in the station. CRÁCT currently has 380 shareholders and is under the direction of the Board of Management.
See also
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Raidió Fáilte – Similar station in Belfast
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List of Irish-language media
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List of Celtic-language media
The list below contains information on the different types of media available in the Celtic languages.
All languages
Only a handful of media contain all the Celtic languages. An example is ''Carn'' magazine, which has contained columns in all ...
References
External links
Raidió na Life official website
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Radio stations in the Republic of Ireland
Community radio stations in Ireland
Irish-language radio stations
1993 establishments in Ireland
Radio stations established in 1993
Podcasting companies