''Sunshine 106.8'' is an
easy listening radio station, based in Dublin,
Ireland. It is licensed by the
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) as a commercial
FM broadcaster in the Dublin area.
The station broadcasts on 106.8 MHz from Three Rock Mountain to County Dublin. It is included on the rebroadcast system operated within the
Dublin Port Tunnel, and took part in trial
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broadcasts in Dublin and Cork between 2012 and 2017.
History
The station launched in October 2001 and was originally identified on-air as 'Dublin's Country 106.8FM'
and later (from 2005) as 'Country Mix 106.8'. The station was completely re-branded as Sunshine 106.8 in October 2010.
Originally based from studios in
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, it subsequently moved to studios on North Wall Quay in Dublin 1. The station later moved to studios and offices at Castleforbes House in Dublin 1.
The studios at Castleforbes House went live in December 2015.
Sunshine 106.8 broadcasts 24 hours a day and features an easy listening format, including genres such as
soul,
Country Crossover
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, Easy Listening and
Irish music.
The station signed a ten-year contract with the
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) on 12 September 2014 to continue broadcasting until 2024. From 2014, the station adopted the slogan 'Dublin's New Place to Relax', modifying this (in 2017) to 'Dublin's Easy Place to Relax'.
Listenership
The Joint National Listenership Research (JNLR) survey, published on 24 October 2019, recorded 84,000 daily listeners for the station. Sunshine 106.8 recorded an 8.3% market share in the "All Adults" section of the JNLR report published in November 2022.
References
External links
Official Web Site
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Radio stations in the Republic of Ireland
Mass media in Dublin (city)