The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has signed an eighteen month sound broadcasting contract with Spirit Radio Limited (trading as Spirit Radio) for the provision of a quasi-national Christian and religious sound broadcasting service on the AM band with low-power FM transmitter stations.
The initial contract will allow the station broadcast to the cities of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford on FM for a period of 18 months on the understanding that the station will have a quasi-national AM transmission network in place by June 2012. At that time, the Authority will consider extending the contract.
Spirit Radio aims to broadcast a Christian and religious radio service that will appeal to a broad spectrum of the Irish population. The schedule will consist of a range of Christian and Mainstream Music complemented by News, Current Affairs and Special Interest speech programming.
The service will commence broadcasting under this contract on Thursday 27th January 2011.
(Source: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland)
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