Claremorris Community Radio is a locally-run

community radio Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial broadcasting, commercial and public broadcasting. Community broadcasting, Community stations serve geographic communities and communities o ...

station in

Claremorris Claremorris (; ) is a town in County Mayo in the west of Ireland, at the junction of the N17 and the N60 national routes. As of the 2017, it was the fastest growing town in the county, having seen a 31% increase in population between 2006 and ...

County Mayo County Mayo (; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, it is named after the village of Mayo, County Mayo, Mayo, now ge ...

, Ireland. It is a

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(BCI)-licensed, communally owned, not-for-profit community media project. The station aims to reflect the diversity of cultures within its catchment area. It promotes community development in all its aspects, with a combination of information, light programming, music and programmes of regional and local interest. Its intention is to cater for and reflect the new multicultural community of Claremorris and to develop programmes and training that encourage disadvantaged groups to express their beliefs, values and needs. The station begun broadcasting from the

Town Hall during 2004 on a temporary license. A full-time license to broadcast was granted in June 2006 and transmissions commenced on 2 September 2006. The station broadcasts on 94.6FM. In December 2012, Claremorris Community Radio began broadcasting 24 hours/day via its internet stream. Claremorris Community radio is a member of CRAOL, the Community Radio Forum of Ireland.

Broadcasting times

*Monday to Friday: 8am - 9pm *Saturday & Sunday: 9am - 9pm

References

External links

*http://ccr946.ie/ *http://www.craol.ie Mass media in County Mayo Community radio stations in Ireland Radio stations established in 2004 {{Europe-radio-station-stub