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Waterford@8 - this was a sister local TV service of WLR FM in Waterford. It was available on cable in Waterford city and Dungarvan and on MMDS in east Waterford and south Kilkenny. The service launched in 2000, and ceased in 2005. Sky News Ireland - this was an Irish version of Sky News, carried to Ireland on Sky Digital, and by most cable ...
Muireann O'Connell (born 1983) [1] is an Irish radio and television broadcaster and podcaster from Dooradoyle, County Limerick, [2] known for her work on Virgin Media Ireland and Today FM. [3] [2] [4] [5] She has presented Ireland AM and The 6 O'Clock Show on Virgin Media One. [6] She co-hosts a podcast, And Another Thing with comedian Emma ...
The five main Cities (Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, and Waterford), along with towns like Longford, Dungarvan, Clonmel, Thurles, Kilkenny etc. now enjoy state of the art Hybrid fibre-coaxial networks which are used to deliver a myriad of services, including digital TV, broadband DOCSIS 3.0, and cable telephony services.
"Dreams", by Limerick band The Cranberries, was the first song to be aired on the station. In the 1990s, the station began to increase in listeners. In the year 2000, the radio station moved to a new base in Radio House on the Dock Road in Limerick and changed its name from "New 95fm" to "Limerick's Live 95fm". [1]
Limerick's literature scene is supported by projects like the Limerick Writers' Centre, which was established in 2008 and runs a range of writing activities in the city. Limerick natives include Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt, and novelists Kate O'Brien, Michael Curtin, Kevin Barry and Donal Ryan.
General news bulletins on TV and radio are usually branded as RTÉ News. RTÉ News faces competition from within Ireland and abroad. For local news Virgin Media News provides competition in the television sector; as do Newstalk, Today FM and 4fm in the radio sector.
Radio Limerick One, also called Limerick 95FM and RLO at times, was a licensed radio station serving Limerick city and county. Licensed by the Independent Radio and Television Commission in 1989, its licence was removed in 1996 for misbehaviour, although the station did not leave the airwaves.
Limerick has had a number of pirate radio stations over the years; however, not many of these have had sufficient longevity to make a significant impact.. The biggest radio stations in the region from the late 70s to mid-80s were Raidio Luimni [1] (8 years), www.BigLradiolimerick.com (7 years), Hits 954.