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Sunshine 106.8 (Previously: Dublin's Country Mix) Broadcast area Dublin Slogan Better Music, Less Talk Frequency 106.8 MHz,Online, UPC Channel 933 First air date October 2001 Format Commercial Owner Star Broadcasting Limited Website www.sunshineradio.ie/ Dublin's Sunshine 106.8 (Formerly Dublin's Country Mix 106.8) is a radio station, based in Bray and serving Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It is licenced by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), as a commercial FM broadcaster.
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History
The radio station has offices on Baggot Street in Dublin 2 and studios in Radio Centre, on Killarney Road, Bray. It shares facilities with East Coast FM. The station launched in October 2001 and was originally identified on-air as 'Dublin's Country 106.8FM' The "Mix" element was added on 5 September 2005 after negotiation with the BCI. The transition to Sunshine 106.8 took place during October 2010.
The company, which is headed by former East Coast FM CEO Seán Ashmore, broadcasts 24 hours a day and programmes a 'Better Music | Less Talk' format with an emphasis on the easy listening/ballad end of Country & Crossover music. The music output is a mix of country, crossover and Irish music. The station primarily appeals to a 35+ audience.
On 24 September 2010 the station was awarded a Silver World Medal for station format in the New York Festivals radio programming Awards - the first Irish station to receive an award for format in the awards. On the same day the station announced that they would be changing its name to Sunshine 106.8 from 1 October 2010. [1].
Programming
- Sean Ashmore - Sunshine Breakfast
- Lynsey Dolan - Sunshine Breakfast / Dublin's Talking
- David Dennehy - Sunshine Workday
- Tommy Greene - More Music Drive
- Alan Corcoran - Easy Evening
- Stevie Bolger - Mellow Moments / Weekend Cafe
- Andrea Hayes - Sunshine @ The Weekend
- Paddy Cole - The Paddy Cole Show
- Paschal Mooney - The Paschal Mooney Show
- Joe Harrington - Elvis Extra
- Bill McLoughlin - Sunshine Country
- David O'Reilly - Tarot Show
Names formerly associated with Sunshine 106.8
- Dave Harvey - 4FM
- Bob Conway - East Coast FM & Today FM (and former 2FM deejay)
- Stephen Keogh - KFM
- Jim McCabe - 4FM (and former 98FM & FM104 presenter)
- Noel McCaul - 4FM
- Bob Gallico - retired
- Les Vickers - former RTÉ Radio 1 presenter
- Mike Maloney - semi-retired from radio and former 2FM presenter
- Gerry Wilson - former 2FM deejay
- Ian McKeever - PR and a talented mountaineer
- Keith Shanley - CKR,KFM & PD Country Mix May'07 - Nov'08
- Robert Walshe - former PD of Country Mix and former General Manager of Ocean FM
JNLR
The station's Paddy Cole Show, broadcast on a Sunday morning at 10am (for two hours), is the top rated music radio programme in the Dublin Market on a Sunday (based on average quarter hour ratings in the JNLR published February 2010).
The station recorded a 5% daily reach of all adults in the JNLR radio ratings in February 2010 (for the period July–December 2009) - this is an all-time high for the service. The station had a 3.0% share in the January–December 2009 JNLR figures.
The station currently has a weekly reach of 69,000 listeners.
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Sales
The station's national agency sales are handled by IRS (Independent Radio Sales).
References
External links
Media in Dublin Local Radio FM104 · 98FM · 4fm · Phantom 105.2 · Q102 · Spin 1038 · Sunshine 106.8 · 103.2 Dublin City FM · Raidió Na LifeLocal Print Local Television (Italics indicates soon to be defunct, bold indicates soon to be created.)National Radio In Ireland National Regional Multi-city 4fmDigital Only All 80s · Mocha · Raidió Rí-Rá · RTÉ 2XM · RTÉ Chill · RTÉ Choice · RTÉ Gold · RTÉ Junior · RTÉ Pulse · RTÉ Radio 1 ExtraSee also: Local radio in IrelandLocal radio in Ireland Dublin Connacht/Ulster Leinster Munster See also: National radio in IrelandCategories:- Radio stations in the Republic of Ireland
- Media in Dublin (city)
- Country radio stations in Ireland
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