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Connemara Community Radio

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Connemara Community Radio
Broadcast areaNorth West Connemara
FrequencyFM: 87.8 & 106.1 MHz
Programming
LanguagesEnglish, Irish
FormatCommunity
AffiliationsCRAOL
Ownership
OwnerConnemara Community Radio
History
First air date
1995; 30 years ago (1995)
Technical information
ERP300w
Links
Websitehttps://www.connemarafm.com/

Connemara Community Radio is a community-based radio station broadcasting for 10 hours per day throughout the north-west Connemara region of Ireland.

It's the smallest radio station operating in Ireland with a possible audience within a franchise area of 13,000 people.[citation needed] The station has studios located in Letterfrack and Inisboffin.

The management and operation of the station is undertaken on a voluntary basis assisted by a small core staff. Involved with the station are a core of 90 volunteers who contribute each week to the station as presenters, technicians, correspondents etc. It also has a Walkers Group who have a fund-raising walk each year.

The Station broadcasts on 87.8 and 106.1 MHz from two 300 watt transmitters, due to the mountainous terrain of the Connemara area.[citation needed]


Broadcasting times

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The Station broadcasts six hours of live radio between 11.00 AM – 12.00 PM and 4.00 PM – 9.00 PM and 4 hours of the previous evenings program from 12.00 AM – 4.00 PM.

History

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It initially began broadcasting in September 1988 until New Year's Eve 1988 as a pirate radio station. In 1995 Community Radio licences were issued[citation needed] and the station began broadcasting on 1 July 1995 .[citation needed]

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