KCLR 96FM: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
No edit summary Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
| (36 intermediate revisions by 27 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{ |
{{primary sources|date=May 2008}} |
||
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=October 2020}} |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
image = | |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
slogan = The Heart of Carlow/Kilkenny| |
|||
| logo = |
|||
frequency = 96.0 96.6 (Kilkenny) & |
| airdate = May 2004 |
||
| frequency = 96.0 96.6 (Kilkenny) & 96.9 (Carlow) |
|||
| area = Counties [[Carlow]] & [[County Kilkenny|Kilkenny]] |
|||
| format = [[Adult contemporary]], [[News/talk]] |
|||
| owner = |
|||
| website = [http://www.kclr96fm.com/ www.kclr96fm.com] |
|||
}} |
|||
'''KCLR 96FM''' is an [[Ireland|Irish]] [[radio station]] which broadcasts to [[Carlow]] and [[Kilkenny]] in [[Ireland]]. It began broadcasting in May 2004. |
'''KCLR 96FM''' is an [[Ireland|Irish]] [[radio station]] which broadcasts to [[Carlow]] and [[Kilkenny]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It began broadcasting in May 2004. |
||
The station's slogan "The Heart of Carlow Kilkenny" is taken from the idea that the shape of the two counties, as they appear on maps, form the shape of a heart. |
|||
More recently KCLR96fm is adopting the additional " Your Life, Your Music, Your Station !". This as part of its revamped imaging. |
|||
www.kclr96fm.com |
|||
==Schedule== |
==Schedule== |
||
KCLR breakfast with John Walsh is a three-hour show from 7am to 10am and continues to be the most popular breakfast show broadcasting to this region. KCLR live is the news and current affairs show which airs from 10am daily covering all local and national issues. The daily lunchtime show is presented by John Keane from 12 to 4pm followed by The Way it is presented by Sue Nunn. |
|||
''On The Record'' airs between 10:00 and 12:00. It's presented by Sue Nunn, who joined the station from Radio Kilkenny and is KCLR's Head of News, Current Affairs and Community Programming. The news division also produce ''Afternoon Live'', presented by Tomm Dowling. This broadcatsts between 13:15 and 15:00. News is available on the hour, and is produced in-house during the daytime. Off-peak news bulletins are taken from [Independent Network News INN]. |
|||
==Ann Phelan incident== |
|||
The Community Diary is a service provided free-of-charge to groups who wish to advertise the service but might have no other means to do so. |
|||
Before the [[2016 Irish general election|2016 general election]], Labour TD [[Ann Phelan]] participated in a live radio debate on the station. While there she got into an argument, saying: "I am just going to give up here now. I came to this debate here tonight, I came in here, I've been completely ignored and I'll tell you now I'm fed up of the whole bloody lot of ye." Then she walked out of the studio. She admitted later that she had "absolutely" lost her temper.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/2016/0223/770113-election-ann-phelan/ | title=Ann Phelan: I 'absolutely' lost my temper | publisher=RTE | date=23 February 2016 | accessdate=23 October 2020 }}</ref> |
|||
==References== |
|||
The station has the ability to offer separate programming to each county when needed. At 6pm each evening, local news is available to each county- "Carlow Live" and "Kilkenny Live" The frequencies 96.0 96.6 [Kilkenny] and 96.9 [Carlow] are often "split" at the weekends to offer coverage of local sporting events. |
|||
{{Reflist}} |
|||
Between 20:00 and 22:00 on weekdays, the station has a varied schedule which aims to meet the needs of the different communities and special interests around the two counties. Between 21:00 and 22:00 on Tuesday evenings, Ade Oke and his son, Ayo Oke present The Rainbow, a multi-cultural programme. In 2005, the programme won the Broadcast Media Award at the MAMA Awards [http://www.unison.ie/carlow_people/stories.php3?ca=38&si=1708859&issue_id=14786]. |
|||
==External links== |
==External links== |
||
* |
*{{official website|http://www.kclr96fm.com/}} |
||
{{Media in County Carlow}} |
|||
*[http://www.txradica.net/tune.php?c=kclr96fm&.wvx= Listen Live] |
|||
{{Media in County Kilkenny}} |
|||
{{Local radio in Ireland}} |
{{Local radio in Ireland}} |
||
{{coord missing|Ireland}} |
|||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kclr 96fm}} |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kclr 96fm}} |
||
[[Category:Radio stations in Ireland]] |
[[Category:Radio stations in Ireland]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:Mass media in County Carlow]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:Mass media in County Kilkenny]] |
||
[[ga:KCLR 96FM]] |
|||
Latest revision as of 01:30, 24 December 2023
 |
| Broadcast area | Counties Carlow & Kilkenny |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 96.0 96.6 (Kilkenny) & 96.9 (Carlow) |
| Programming | |
| Format | Adult contemporary, News/talk |
| History | |
First air date | May 2004 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.kclr96fm.com |
KCLR 96FM is an Irish radio station which broadcasts to Carlow and Kilkenny in Ireland. It began broadcasting in May 2004.
Schedule[edit]
KCLR breakfast with John Walsh is a three-hour show from 7am to 10am and continues to be the most popular breakfast show broadcasting to this region. KCLR live is the news and current affairs show which airs from 10am daily covering all local and national issues. The daily lunchtime show is presented by John Keane from 12 to 4pm followed by The Way it is presented by Sue Nunn.
Ann Phelan incident[edit]
Before the 2016 general election, Labour TD Ann Phelan participated in a live radio debate on the station. While there she got into an argument, saying: "I am just going to give up here now. I came to this debate here tonight, I came in here, I've been completely ignored and I'll tell you now I'm fed up of the whole bloody lot of ye." Then she walked out of the studio. She admitted later that she had "absolutely" lost her temper.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ann Phelan: I 'absolutely' lost my temper". RTE. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
External links[edit]