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

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Ireland's free to air DTT service, cable TV, online and via RTÉ Radio Player.

History

Initially RTÉ placed the station on the

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trial service in late October 2007. Along with five other new digital stations, RTÉ 2XM was launched on 1 December 2008. The station plays a broad range of music from rock, indie,

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, alternative and

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, as well as a focus on playing music from homegrown artists in

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. The station has also been known to carry a selection of live music with content from festivals across Europe. It was the first RTÉ digital radio station to have carried live content, with music from the Oxegen festival during July 2007 and the

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and PlanetLove Summer Session festivals during September 2007. This continued in 2008 with the PlanetLove Winter Session in February. On 6 November 2019 RTÉ management announced that as part of a major cost-saving program all its digital radio stations would be closed. However on 2 March 2021 it was revealed by RTÉ that the broadcaster would close its

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radio network while retaining its digital radio services, including RTÉ 2XM.

RTÉ 2XM WebTV

2XM WebTV debuted online during the RTÉ coverage of the Oxegen 2008 music festival on weekend of 11–14 July 2008

Garageland

Garageland is a weekly radio show broadcast on RTE 2XM Mondays from 8pm. The show is hosted by Dermot Lambert of the band Blink. The radio show brings listeners closer to the Irish music scene, and features music and interviews with bands from around

Current presenters

* Dan Hegarty - The Alternative *John Kenny - The Jk Experience *John Connolly - ABC to XTC *Dermot Lambert - Garageland *Peter Curtin - Groovers Corner *Handsome Paddy - No Static *Ali Dowey - The Bunker *Simon Mulcahy *Painted Flowers with Mr Myth *Laura-Lee Conboy - Shadowplay *Gavin Morrison - Through The Looking Glass *Nessy - The London Ear *Dudley Colley - Click Clack *Pat McGrath - C60 *Chris Morrin - Robotnik's Random Rampage

References

External links

RTÉ 2XM — Official website
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