Raidió Fáilte

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Raidió Fáilte
Raidió na Life
History
First air date
15 September 2006
Links
Websitewww.raidiofailte.com

Raidió Fáilte (Irish pronunciation:

pirate radio
station for some time prior to that.

The station can be heard on 107.1 FM in the Belfast area, and online through a live stream on the station's website. It is broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week and was broadcast from the cultural centre Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich on the Falls Road for several years and subsequently from The Twin Spires Centre on Northumberland Street off the Falls Road, Belfast. In October 2018 the station moved to a state-of-the-art new building on the junction of the Falls Road and the Westlink motorway.[1][2]

History

Raidió Fáilte began airing on a part-time basis from Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich in the 1990s.

Raidió Fáilte was re-launched in

Fergus Ó hÍr introduced guest speakers Ferdia Mac an Fhailigh, Chief Executive of Foras na Gaeilge, and Bob Collins, Commissioner of the Equality Commission. A recorded message from the President of Ireland Mary McAleese
welcoming the launch of Raidió Fáilte was played at the start of broadcasting.

Programming

Programmes are aimed at the Irish-speaking community in Belfast. A mixture of

church services through the medium of Irish have also been broadcast.

See also

References

  1. ^ "'NÍL FOIRGNEAMH RAIDIÓ NÍOS FEARR IN ÉIRINN' Raidió Fáilte ag craoladh ó stiúideo úrnua- NÓS". Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Raidió Fáilte in 2018- Raidió na Life & Near FM podcast". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

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