Shannonside Northern Sound is a dual radio franchise which operates across counties

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(Northern Sound Radio), Leitrim,

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(Shannonside FM) in Ireland. It has a 46.9% market share.

History

Shannonside FM and Northern Sound Radio were established in 1989 as separate radio stations. In 1995 both licences and franchise areas were combined to create the first regional station in Ireland. In 2005, Shannonside Northern Sound was purchased by

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/ref> Several high-profile broadcasters started their careers at the station, including Damien O'Reilly, Ciaran Mullooly, Fran McNulty, Audrey Carville, Sinead Hussey, Justin Treacy, Niall Donnelly, Gareth O'Connor, Fintan Duffy and many others.

Shows

The two stations have their own different schedules 7am-7pm weekdays, with the exception of ''The Joe Finnegan Show'' (9am – 11am). Outside of these times, the same programmes are broadcast across both stations.

Premises

The franchise has 3 local bases: Longford – Headquarters Monaghan – studios, offices and broadcasting school, opened in October 2008 Cavan – studio and sales office, opened in July 2007

Frequencies

Northern Sound Radio is broadcast on 96.3 MHz from

, 94.8 MHz from

and 97.5 MHz from

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. Shannonside FM is broadcast on 104.1 MHz (Longford/Roscommon), 97.2 MHz (South Leitrim), 95.7 MHz ( Boyle), 104.6 MHz (West Roscommon).

Sister Station

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