This list of radio stations in the Republic of Ireland lists all licensed radio stations broadcast in the Republic of Ireland, sorted first by legal status, then by area. The abbreviations MW, FM, DAB and DTT indicate the broadcasting bands used by each station.

Public radio stations

National analogue and digital radio

RTÉ Radio 1 RTÉ Radio 1 ( ga, RTÉ Raidió 1) is an Irish national radio station owned and operated by RTÉ and is the direct descendant of Dublin radio station 2RN, which began broadcasting on a regular basis on 1 January 1926. The total budget for th ...

(87.8–90.2 FM, DTT) *

RTÉ 2FM (RTÉ) (; Irish for "Radio & Television of Ireland") is the national broadcaster of Ireland headquartered in Dublin. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, whil ...

(90.4–92.2 and 97.0 FM, DTT) *

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta (; "Radio of the Gaeltacht"), abbreviated RnaG, is an Irish language radio station owned and operated by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). The station is available on FM in Ireland and via satellite and on the Inter ...

(92.6–94.4 and 102.7 FM, DTT) *

RTÉ lyric fm RTÉ Lyric FM (stylised as RTÉ lyric fm) is an Irish classical-music and arts radio station, owned and operated by RTÉ. The station, which is based in Limerick, was launched in 1999 and is available on FM throughout Ireland (in some areas ...

(95.2, 96.7 and 97.8–99.6 FM, DTT)

National digital radio

RTÉ Radio 1 Extra RTÉ Radio 1 Extra is a digital radio station produced by the Irish public-service broadcasting service Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). History Initially launched on 1 December 2008 as RTÉ Choice alongside five other new digital channels ...

(DTT) * RTÉ Pulse (DTT) *

RTÉ 2XM RTÉ 2XM is a digital radio station of the Irish public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). RTÉ 2XM is a sister station to RTÉ 2fm and focuses on alternative and indie music. The station is available nationally on Saor ...

(DTT) * RTÉjr Radio (DTT) * RTÉ Chill (DTT) * RTÉ Gold (DTT)

Private radio stations

Independent national radio

Newstalk Newstalk (formerly NewsTalk 106) is a national independent radio station in Ireland. It is operated by News 106 Limited, a subsidiary of Bauer Media Audio Ireland, and broadcasts under a sound broadcasting contract with the Broadcasting Aut ...

(103.3, 105.8–107.9 FM) *

Today FM Today FM is an Irish national commercial FM radio station, owned and operated by Bauer Audio Ireland Limited. Broadcasting since 17 March 1997, it broadcasts mostly music, with a daily news and current affairs programme. Today FM holds a l ...

(97.3, 100.0–101.8, 105.5 FM)

Independent regional radio

Beat 102 103 Beat 102 103 is an independent regional radio station in the Republic of Ireland licensed by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland covering counties Waterford, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford and Tipperary in South East Ireland. It began broadcas ...

(102.0–103.1 FM) – Counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford and south Tipperary *

iRadio 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 challe ...

(96.9, 102.1–106.7 FM) – Counties Cavan, Donegal, Galway, Kildare, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Westmeath and north-east County Laois * SPIN South West (94.7, 102.3–103.9 FM) – Counties Clare, Limerick, Kerry, north Tipperary and south-west County Laois

Independent multi-city radio

* Ireland's Classic Hits Radio (94.6–95.4, 97.2–97.4 and 104.2–104.9 FM) – Counties Clare, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Limerick, Meath and Wicklow * Spirit Radio (87.7, 89.8-94.5 FM and 549 MW) – Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford cities and Athlone, Bray, Carlow, Clonmel, Drogheda, Dundalk, Ennis, Greystones, Kilkenny, Killarney, Letterkenny, Naas, Navan, Sligo, Tralee and Wexford on FM; nationwide on MW

Independent local radio

Dublin

98FM 98FM is a local radio station in Dublin, Ireland, operated by Bauer Media Audio Ireland, under a sound broadcasting contract from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The station broadcasts on the 98.1 MHz FM frequency. 98FM's broadca ...

(97.4 and 98.1 FM) *

FM104 FM104 is an independent local radio station broadcast across Dublin, Ireland, 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 subs ...

(103.1 and 104.4 FM) * Q102 (101.5 and 102.2 FM) * Radio Nova (95.7 and 100.1–100.5 FM) * SPIN 1038 (103.5 and 103.8 FM) * Sunshine 106.8 (106.6 and 106.8 FM)

Cork

C103 C103 is one of three local radio stations licensed by the Broadcasting Commission 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 stud ...

(102.6–103.9 FM) *

Cork's 96FM 96FM is one of three local radio stations licensed by the Broadcasting Commission 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 Broadc ...

(95.6–96.8 FM) * Red FM (104.2–106.1 FM)

Connacht

Galway Bay FM Galway Bay FM is an Irish independent local radio station and operates under a licence from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. Established in 1989, the station broadcasts from studios in Galway, serving the city and County Galway. Programm ...

(95.8–97.4 FM) – west County Galway * MidWest Radio (95.4–97.2 FM) – County Mayo * Ocean FM (94.7, 102.5, 103.0 and 105.0 FM) – County Sligo, north County Leitrim and south County Donegal * Shannonside FM (95.7, 97.2 and 104.1 FM) – County Roscommon, south County Leitrim, east County Galway and north-west County Longford

Leinster (excluding Dublin)

* East Coast FM (94.9, 96.2, 99.9, 102.9 and 104.4 FM) – County Wicklow * KCLR 96FM (94.6 and 96.0–96.9 FM) – Counties Carlow and Kilkenny * Kfm (97.3 and 97.6 FM) – County Kildare *

LMFM LMFM is an independent Local Radio station based in Drogheda, Ireland. In terms of listenership, It is the largest radio station in Ireland outside of Dublin and Cork broadcasting to a population in excess of 300,000 adults. Media group UTV Media ...

(95.5–96.5 FM) – Counties Louth and Meath *

Midlands 103 Midlands 103 (previously known as Midlands Radio 3) is an Irish local independent radio station broadcasting to counties Laois, Offaly, and Westmeath. The station's offices and main broadcast studios are in Tullamore, County Offaly. It also ...

(95.4–96.5 and 102.6–103.5 FM) – Counties Laois, Offaly, Westmeath and south-east County Longford *

South East Radio South East Radio is an Irish radio station based in County Wexford, broadcasting at 95.6; 96.2, and 96.4 MHz., The station also broadcasts on the same frequencies into adjoining counties - including Wicklow, Carlow, Kilkenny and Waterford. South ...

(95.6–96.4 FM) – County Wexford

Munster (excluding Cork)

Clare FM Clare FM is an Irish radio station which broadcasts to County Clare and the surrounding areas. The station has won many Irish radio awards. Clare FM broadcasts on frequencies 95 - 96FM including 95.2, 95.5, 95.9, 96.4 & 96.6. In the past, it al ...

(95.2–96.6 FM) – County Clare * Live 95 (95.0 and 95.3 FM) – County Limerick *

Radio Kerry Radio Kerry is a full-service, licensed radio station that operates from the franchise area of County Kerry in Southwest Ireland. Radio Kerry was established in 1989 and began broadcasting on 14 July 1990. The station headquarters are in Tral ...

(96.2–97.6 FM) – County Kerry *

Tipp FM Tipp FM (Tipperary Local Radio), licensed since 1989 by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, is the local radio station covering County Tipperary. In addition to the official franchise area, the station also enjoys a listenership in neighbo ...

(95.3, 97.1 and 103.3–103.9 FM) – County Tipperary *

WLR FM WLR FM, or more commonly WLR (Waterford Local Radio) is the local radio station covering Waterford City and County, Ireland. It is Ireland's Local Station of the Year 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022. In addition to the official franchise area, the stat ...

(94.8–95.5 and 97.5 FM) – County Waterford

Ulster

* Highland Radio (94.7–95.2 and 102.1–104.7 FM) – north County Donegal * Northern Sound (94.8, 96.3 and 97.5 FM) – Counties Cavan and Monaghan

Community radio

* Athlone Community Radio (88.4 FM) – Athlone, County Westmeath * Claremorris Community Radio (94.6 FM) – Claremorris, County Mayo * Community Radio Castlebar (102.9 FM) – Castlebar, County Mayo * Community Radio Kilkenny City (88.7 FM) – Kilkenny city * Community Radio Youghal (104.0 FM) – Youghal and east County Cork * Connemara Community Radio (87.8–88.4, 102.2 and 106.1 FM) – west County Galway * Dublin South FM (93.9 FM) – south County Dublin * Dundalk FM (97.7 FM) – Dundalk, County Louth *

Liffey Sound FM Liffey Sound FM is a not-for-profit community radio station broadcasting to the suburban town of Lucan, County Dublin and its environs, broadcasting on the frequency 96.4 MHz. The station is operated by Liffey Sound Communications Co-Oper ...

(96.4 FM) – Lucan, County Dublin *

Near FM Near FM (North East Access Radio) 90.3 FM is a BAI-licensed community media project operated by the not-for-profit media co-operative, Near Media Co-operative Society Limited. Membership in the co-operative is open to all organisations and ...

(90.3 FM) – north-east Dublin city *

Phoenix FM Phoenix FM is a community radio station serving the areas of Brentwood and Billericay, England on 98.0FM and online, covering an area of over 140,000 people. History The station was formed in 1996 and has been broadcasting full-time on FM since ...

(92.5 FM) – Dublin 15 * Raidió Corca Baiscinn (92.5, 94.8 and 106.4 FM) – south-west County Clare * Raidió na Life (106.4 FM) – Dublin city and County Dublin * Ros FM (94.6 FM) – County Roscommon * Tipperary Mid-West Radio (104.8 and 106.7 FM) – Tipperary town, Cashel and south County Tipperary *

West Limerick 102 West Limerick 102 is a community radio station broadcasting to the western parts of County Limerick in Ireland. The station operates on a non-commercial basis and has a five year licence issued by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. The stat ...

(101.4, 101.6 and 102.2 FM) – west County Limerick

Community interest radio

* Flirt FM (101.3 FM) – National University of Ireland, Galway *

Juice FM Capital Liverpool is an Independent Local Radio station serving Liverpool, England. It is owned and operated by Global

(88.7 FM) – Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa, Cork (30 days on FM temporary licence per college year) * UCC 98.3FM (98.3 FM) – University College Cork * Wired FM (99.9 FM) – Limerick city

Institutional radio

* CUH FM (102.0 FM) – Cork University Hospital * Dreamtime Radio (90.9 FM) – SOS Kilkenny * Limerick Regional Hospital Radio (94.2 FM) – University Hospital Limerick * South Tipperary General Hospital Radio (93.7 FM) – South Tipperary General Hospital, Clonmel * St. Ita's Hospital Radio (89.5 FM) – St Ita's Hospital, Portrane

Special interest radio

* Dublin City FM (103.2 FM) – Dublin city

Religious radio

* Life FM (93.1 FM) – Christian radio, Cork city * Radio Maria Ireland (DTT) – Catholic radio * UCB Ireland (DTT) - United Christian Broadcasters.

Digital radio

* Dublin Digital Radio – Experimental and community radio, Dublin City/ online

References

External links

Radiowaves.FM
a long-running Irish radio tribute and resource website
A comprehensive list of Irish radio stations
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