Liffey Sound FM
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Liffey Sound FM is a not-for-profit community radio
Community radio
Community radio is a type of radio service, that offers a third model of radio broadcasting beyond commercial broadcasting and public broadcasting. Community stations can serve geographic communities and communities of interest...

 station broadcasting to the suburban town of Lucan
Lucan
Lucan is the common English name of the Roman poet Marcus Annaeus Lucanus.Lucan may also refer to:-People:*Arthur Lucan , English actor*Sir Lucan the Butler, Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend...

, County Dublin
County Dublin
County Dublin is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Dublin Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Dublin which is the capital of Ireland. County Dublin was one of the first of the parts of Ireland to be shired by King John of England following the...

 and its environs, broadcasting on the frequency 96.4 MHz
Liffey Sound FM is a not-for-profit community radio
Community radio
Community radio is a type of radio service, that offers a third model of radio broadcasting beyond commercial broadcasting and public broadcasting. Community stations can serve geographic communities and communities of interest...

 station broadcasting to the suburban town of Lucan
Lucan
Lucan is the common English name of the Roman poet Marcus Annaeus Lucanus.Lucan may also refer to:-People:*Arthur Lucan , English actor*Sir Lucan the Butler, Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend...

, County Dublin
County Dublin
County Dublin is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Dublin Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Dublin which is the capital of Ireland. County Dublin was one of the first of the parts of Ireland to be shired by King John of England following the...

 and its environs, broadcasting on the frequency 96.4 MHz
Liffey Sound FM is a not-for-profit community radio
Community radio
Community radio is a type of radio service, that offers a third model of radio broadcasting beyond commercial broadcasting and public broadcasting. Community stations can serve geographic communities and communities of interest...

 station broadcasting to the suburban town of Lucan
Lucan
Lucan is the common English name of the Roman poet Marcus Annaeus Lucanus.Lucan may also refer to:-People:*Arthur Lucan , English actor*Sir Lucan the Butler, Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend...

, County Dublin
County Dublin
County Dublin is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Dublin Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Dublin which is the capital of Ireland. County Dublin was one of the first of the parts of Ireland to be shired by King John of England following the...

 and its environs, broadcasting on the frequency 96.4 MHz Broadcasting Authority of Ireland: Liffey Sound FM - Contact Details - Retrieved 05 December 2009. The station is operated by Liffey Sound Communications Co-Operative Society Limited. The station broadcasts under a sound broadcasting contract from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland was established on 1 October 2009 effectively replacing the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland ....

. Liffey Sound FM is a member of CRAOL
CRAOL
CRAOL, also called the Community Radio Forum of Ireland, is the representative, co-ordinating, lobbying, training and support group for Irish Community Radio. Every week, across Ireland, 2000 Community radio volunteers broadcasts to 170,000 people in 20 fully licensed stations and 42 aspirant...

, the Community Radio Forum of IrelandCRAOL: List Of Member Stations - Retrieved 05 December 2009 .

History

In 2002 Liffey Sound Communications Co-Operative Society Limited was registered with the Irish Office of the Registrar of Friendly Societies
Companies Registration Office (Ireland)
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. On the 11th July 2006 the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland signed a five year community radio
Community radio
Community radio is a type of radio service, that offers a third model of radio broadcasting beyond commercial broadcasting and public broadcasting. Community stations can serve geographic communities and communities of interest...

 contract with Liffey Sound Communications Co-Operative Society Limited BCI Press Release: BCI SIGNS FIVE-YEAR COMMUNITY RADIO CONTRACT WITH LIFFEY SOUND FM - Retrieved 05 December 2009 with the radio station commencing broadcasting that month. The station was officially opened on the 6th October by the then Italian Ambassador to Ireland, His Excellency Doctor Lugio Albertio Savoria. Liffey Sound FM first broadcast over the weekends with a schedule of 23 hours per weekRTÉ: BCI gives 5yr contract to Lucan radio station - Retrieved 1 June 2010. Since then the station has increased broadcasting hours and now broadcast for a total of 58 hours weekly.

Broadcasting Hours

Weekdays: 16:00 (IST) to 22:00 (IST)

Weekends: 08:00 (IST) to 22:00 (IST)

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