RTÉ Radio 1 dates back to January 1st 1926, when the Dublin radio station 2RN began broadcasting on a regular basis.

A relay of 2RN in Cork, known as 6CK, opened in 1927. A high power transmitter at Athlone in County Westmeath, opened in 1932. From then onwards the three stations became known as Radio Athlone. Radio Athlone became known as Radio Éireann in 1937.

Radio Éireann tried to be all things to all, and broadcast a mix of heavy and light entertainment, Irish language programming and talks. Sponsored programming tended to be lighter and more popular than the programming made directly by Radio Éireann itself.

Radio Éireann began FM transmission in 1966, and was renamed RTÉ Radio later that year. RTÉ Radio became known as RTÉ Radio 1 in 1979 upon the establishment of the rock and pop station RTÉ Radio 2 (now 2FM).

RTÉ Radio 1 broadcasts a mixture of talk, sport and light music.

Today RTÉ Radio 1 is available in Ireland on FM and 252 kHz LW. It is also available on the web and from the Astra 2 and Hotbird satellites in Europe. Listeners outside Europe can hear a selection of RTÉ Radio 1 programmes on the WRN service.

External link

• Official site (http://www.radio1.ie)

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