FM104
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FM104 is an Independent Local Radio station broadcast across Dublin, Ireland, on the frequency FM104.4. It is operated by Capital Radio Productions Limited (unconnected with, and not to be confused with, Capital Radio plc), and is a subsidiary of EMAP. The station broadcasts under a sound broadcasting contract from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland.
Programming
FM104 is aimed mainly at 18-35 year olds, broadcasting mainly popular music and rock music. The station's flagship programme is the award-winning The Strawberry Alarm Clock, presented by Jim "Jim Jim" Nugent & Colm Hayes and airing from 06:00-10:00 each weekday morning. The station offers a full news service, airing on the hour between 06:00 and 19:00, with half-hour bulletins at prime time. During the early 1990s, FM104 operated a network news service for ILR stations known as Network Radio News, however this was closed upon the inauguration of the current common network news service, Independent Network News.
History
Capital Radio, as the station was originally called, was the first Independent Local Radio contractor to take to the air in 20 July 1989. Although initially moderately successful, following the launch of rival 98FM, the station consistently trailed in the ratings. In the early 1990s, the station relaunched as Rock 104FM, however this was unsuccessful and the station re-branded again in 1994 to Dublin's FM104, using the tag-line "Superstars of the 80s and 90s". It was this format which saw it finally overtake 98FM, though 98FM would itself undergo a (less radical) relaunch, dropping the "Classic Hits" moniker, and poaching Chris Barry for a time. Since then, FM104 and 98FM have been keen rivals, generally keeping rather even.
List of FM104 presenters
- Colm Hayes (The Strawberry Alarm Clock)
- Jim Nugent ('Jim-Jim') (The Strawberry Alarm Clock)
- Andy Preston ()
- Joan Lea (The Jam)
- Jenny Greene (The Fridge)
- Adrian Kennedy (FM104_Phone_Show)
- Jeremy Dixon (FM104_Phone_Show)
- Mike Hogan (The Open Mic)
- Al Gibbes (Freaks On Friday)
- Mark Noble (The Weekend Show)
- Louise Jordan (The Night Time Network)
- Jessica De Burgha (The Deireadh Seachtaine Show)
- Taragh Loughrey-Grant (The Juice)
- Declan Pierce (The Jam)
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