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  1. Dublin's Q102 is a commercial radio station in Dublin, owned by The Wireless Group. It broadcasts on 102.2 MHz FM. The station is licensed to target the 35+ age group, and must provide hourly news, as well as current events programming.
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  3. The station was launched as Lite 102.2. On purchasing the station, The Wireless Group rebranded it to Dublin's Q102 thanks to research of Dublin people aged over 35, who decided on bringing back the name of a former pirate radio station.
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  5. The station broadcasts mainly adult contemporary music aimed at the 35+ age group. The station broadcasts local news bulletins on the hour from 6am-7pm on weekdays and between 6am-6pm at weekends, with headlines on the half hour during breakfast and drivetime on weekdays, along with sports, traffic and weather updates. National bulletins from INN are broadcast on the hour at all other times.
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  8. FM104 is an Independent Local Radio station broadcast across Dublin, on the frequency 104.4 MHz. It is operated by Capital Radio Productions Limited (unconnected with, and not to be confused with, Capital Radio plc), and is a subsidiary of Rhe Wireless Group. The station broadcasts under a contract from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. FM104 broadcasts from Macken House in Dublin's Docklands.
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  10. Capital Radio, as the station was originally called, was the first Independent Local Radio contractor to take to the air on 20 July 1989. The station was owned by a consortium of Irish media and entertainment figures and managed by Mike Hogan.
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  12. The station broadcasts local news bulletins on the hour from 6am-7pm on weekdays and between 6am-6pm at weekends, with headlines on the half hour during breakfast and drivetime on weekdays, along with sports, traffic and weather updates. National bulletins from INN are broadcast on the hour at all other times.
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  15. 96FM is one of three local radio stations licensed by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland for Cork City and County in Ireland (the other two being its sister station C103 and youth music station Red FM). It broadcasts from studios at Broadcasting House, St. Patrick's Place in Cork City.
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  17. 96FM is operated as a dual franchise with C103 by County Media Limited which is owned by Wireless Group. The station's sound broadcasting contract (and thus its broadcasting licence) is advertised together with that of C103 and one company is required to operate the two stations, in a similar situation to that of Shannonside FM and Northern Sound Radio in the north-west of Ireland.
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  19. The station broadcasts local news bulletins on the hour from 6am-7pm on weekdays and between 6am-6pm at weekends, with headlines on the half hour during breakfast and drivetime on weekdays, along with sports, traffic and weather updates. National bulletins from INN are broadcast on the hour at all other times. On weekdays, there are two extended bulletins at 1pm and 6pm which run for 10 minutes.
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  22. C103 is one of three local radio stations licensed by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland for Cork City and County in Republic of Ireland (the other two being its sister station 96FM and youth music station Red FM). It broadcasts from studios at the Majestic Business Park, Goulds Hill in Mallow (its headquarters, North Cork Studios and official postal address), Weir Street in Bandon (its West Cork Studio) and St. Patrick's Place in Cork City (the headquarters of sister station 96FM).
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  24. C103 is operated as a dual franchise with 96FM by County Media Limited which is owned by Wireless Group. The station launched on 26 January 1990 (as County Sound 103FM) and was originally licensed for the north of County Cork.
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  26. The current music format consists mainly of music from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, in addition to a limited amount of more recent chart hits. Since the expansion of the original County Sound 103FM into West Cork in November 1990, the area has its own daily 'opt-out' programmes from a studio in Bandon broadcasting for 8 hours on weekdays, and less at weekends.
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  28. The station broadcasts local news bulletins on the hour from 6am-7pm on weekdays and between 6am-6pm at weekends, with headlines on the half hour during breakfast and drivetime on weekdays, along with sports, traffic and weather updates. National bulletins from INN are broadcast on the hour at all other times. On weekdays, there are two extended bulletins at 1pm and 6pm which run for 10 minutes.
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  31. Limerick's Live 95 is a radio station in Ireland owned by Wireless Group, broadcasting to Limerick city and county. The station was launched from O'Connell Street in Limerick as "New 95fm" on 6 November 1997, replacing Limerick 95 which lost its licence to broadcast. In 2000 the station changed its name from "New 95fm" to "Limerick's Live 95fm". The start of the new decade also saw the station move out of its O'Connell Street base and move to Radio House on the Dock Road in Limerick.
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  33. In February 2019 the station rebranded from "Limerick's Live 95fm" to "Limerick's Live 95", bringing a fresher look to the station and priding itself on being 'Limerick's Best Music Mix'. The schedule, as always, delivers up-to-the minute Limerick news and sport and more great music you can't get enough of, too.
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  35. The station broadcasts local news bulletins on the hour from 6am-7pm on weekdays and between 7am-6pm at weekends, with headlines on the half hour during breakfast and drivetime on weekdays, along with sports, traffic and weather updates. National bulletins from INN are broadcast on the hour at all other times.
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  38. LMFM is an independent Local Radio station based in Drogheda. It is also the largest radio station outside of Dublin and Cork broadcasting to a population in excess of 300,000 adults. The Wireless Group bought the station in a deal worth about €10 million in 2005.
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  40. LMFM broadcasts on a number of frequencies, the main being either 95.8FM or 95.5FM. The station is licensed by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to service both Counties Louth and Meath. The station also has a strong listenership in counties Dublin, Kildare, Cavan, Monaghan and Armagh in Northern Ireland. Its 95.5 MHz transmitter is notable significantly outside its franchise area, in County Dublin.
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  42. The station broadcasts local news bulletins on the hour from 6am-7pm on weekdays and between 7am-6pm at weekends, with headlines on the half hour during breakfast and drivetime on weekdays, along with sports, traffic and weather updates. National bulletins from INN are broadcast on the hour at all other times.
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  45. Highland Radio is the local radio service for the County Donegal (North) franchise, operating under a licence from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI). Headquartered at the Mountain Top in Letterkenny, the station may also be received across the border in the city of Derry and the rest of that county, as well as County Tyrone, County Fermanagh and parts of County Antrim. The station is owned by The Wireless Group.
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  47. Highland began broadcasting on 15 March 1990, and is currently Ireland's Number One Local Radio Station, a claim backed up by having both the highest market share of any local station within the Republic of Ireland. Highland Radio employs 21 full-time and 40 part-time employees.
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  49. The station broadcasts local news bulletins on the hour from 7am-7pm on weekdays and between 10am-2pm at weekends, with headlines on the half hour during breakfast and drivetime on weekdays, along with sports, traffic and weather updates. National bulletins from INN are broadcast on the hour at all other times. On weekdays, there are three extended bulletins at 7am, 1pm and 5pm which run for 10 minutes.
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  52. Independent Network News (INN) is the agency that supplies national and international news to independent local radio stations in Ireland. The organisation was set up in July 1997 to replace two rival networks, FM104's Network Radio News, and Ireland Radio News (IRN), which was operated by 98fm.
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  54. As of 2009, INN's editorial services are provided by The Wireless Group. As the market leaders, with 55% of the population tuning in each day, INN offers unrivalled access to an audience of over 1.7 million adults daily.
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  56. INN supplies a copy and audio service from its Dublin studios via satellite, in addition to hourly news and sport bulletins that are broadcast during off-peak periods. INN also provides news content to a range of non-radio customers.
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  58. INN's bulletins are produced and originated from The Wireless Group's newsroom in Dublin.
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