• Music
  • 04 Jul 03

Sound!

Sound!
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The Hot Press Newsdesk

BCI confirms that they will be accepting bids for not one, not two, not three but four new Dublin-area radio stations

The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland has confirmed that they'll be seeking bids for new radio franchises in the Dublin area.

These are a city and county service – similar to Spin and Lite FM – on 105.2 Mhz; a city and part county service on 94.9 Mhz; and two city-wide services on 107.2 and 107.6 Mhz.

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Although yet to make an official comment, it's understood that the pirate Phantom FM will be among those seeking a licence. In the meantime, two of their alma mater, Cormac Battle and Jenny Huston, have started on air this week with 2FM. And very good they both sound!

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