Broadcast area | Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Clare and Galway |
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Slogan | No. 1 for Classic Hits |
Frequency | 94.9FM in Dublin, 94.8FM in Cork, 94.6 - 97.4 Mhz, 104.2 - 104.9 MHz and Virgin Media Ch936 |
First air date | 27 February 2009 |
Format | Commercial |
Owner | Bay Broadcasting Ltd |
Website | www.classichits.ie |
Classic Hits 4FM is an Irish radio station. It is an independent multi-region radio station broadcasting to Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Clare, Wicklow, Kildare and Meath. Reception is also possible in parts of several other neighbouring counties. The station broadcasts under a sound broadcasting contract from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.
The station is part of Bay Broadcasting Limited, which also has interests in Radio Nova 100FM (Ireland) and Sunshine 106.8.
Classic Hits 4FM is an Adult contemporary music / Classic Hits driven format with music from the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s with a small amount of more recent music, a specialist programme featuring Irish music, and also two phone-in shows on weekdays from 13:00-15:00 and 21:00-00:00. Most presenters on the station have previously worked on local and national radio stations across Ireland.
Specialist Programmes on Classic Hits 4FM include: Classic Song Investigation (Solve The Clues, Guess The Year), Classic Love Songs and Club Classics and Guaranteed Irish which are broadcast across the week on the Radio Station.
In November 2014, PJ Gallagher joined the station's flagship breakfast show with former RTÉ 2fm presenter Damian Farrelly.
The station broadcasts from state-of-the-art digital studios located at Castleforbes House, Castleforbes Road, Dublin 1 adjacent to the 3Arena.
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