iRadio is a music-driven youth radio station broadcast in the Border, West, Mid-East and Midland regions of Ireland. The station is one of four music-driven youth stations that were licensed by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to challenge the current duopoly in the 15-34 age bracket for those outside Dublin by national stations RTÉ 2FM and Today FM.

iRadio
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Broadcast areaBorder Region

Mid-East Region
Midland Region

West Region
Frequency96.9 MHz (East County Donegal, Derry)
102.1-104.4 MHz (North-West)
104.7-106.7 MHz (North-East)
RDSiRadio
Programming
Language(s)English, Irish
FormatMusic-driven youth
Ownership
Owner
Newstalk
Today FM
Dublin's 98FM
Spin 1038
Spin South West
Cork's Red FM
History
First air date
4 July 2011
Links
Websiteiradio.ie

The station, based in Athlone and broadcasting to an average listenership of 227,000, was created by the merger of i102-104FM and i105-107FM on 4 July 2011.[1][2] The combined 15-county franchise was awarded a new ten-year license in 2019.[3]

In August 2023, it was announced that iRadio would be acquired by Bauer Media Audio Ireland.[4] On December 4, the purchase was completed.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "iRadio sets its sights on the future". iRadio. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Irish Radio Frequency Finder" (PDF). Frequency Finder. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Ten-year BAI licence renewal for iRadio". RadioToday. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  4. ^ Healy, Alan (16 August 2023). "Midlands broadcaster iRadio is acquired by Newstalk owner Bauer". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Bauer Media Audio completes acquisition of iRadio". Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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