Broadcast area |
Laois Offaly Westmeath Longford |
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Frequency | 95.7FM (Tullamore) 96.4FM (Athlone) 96.5FM (Mullingar) 103.5FM |
Format | Music from last 5 decades, talk |
Owner | Tindle Radio Group |
Midlands 103 is an Irish local radio station broadcasting to Laois, Offaly, Westmeath and Longford.
The station's headquarters is in Tullamore, and it also has studios in Athlone, Mullingar, and Portlaoise.
The newsroom is staffed by head of news Ruaidhri Kelly, two full-time journalists and a sports correspondent with a part-time journalist covering weekends news shifts. Midlands 103 also uses freelancers to cover events across the broadcast area. A full-time sports reporter provides regular updates on Gaelic games, soccer and a variety of other sports.
Midlands 103's Commercial Production Department is run by production manager Robbie Donnelly. All of the local commercials broadcast on the station are produced in-house. Céilí Lár Tíre promotes Irish musical artists and the country in general. Its name comes from the Irish Céilí (party) and Lár Tíre (middle of the land, or midlands); therefore, it means "Midlands Party".