Bunaíodh RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta le seirbhís iomlán raidió a chur ar fáil do phobal na Gaeltachta agus do lucht labhartha na Gaeilge ar fud na tíre. Tháinig an stáisiún ar an aer den chéad uair ag 3pm, Domhnach Cásca, 2 Aibreán 1972. Sna blianta tosaigh ní chraoltaí ach cúpla uair an chloig gach tráthnóna agus é sin féin sna ceantair Ghaeltachta amháin, ach de réir a chéile tháinig fás agus forbairt ar an gcraoladh agus ar réimse chláracha na seirbhíse.

Sna mórcheantair Ghaeltachta atá stiúideonna RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta lonnaithe - Casla, Conamara; Doirí Beaga, Tír Chonaill agus Baile na nGall, Corca Dhuibhne. Chomh maith leo sin tá stiúideo agus foireann ag an tseirbhís i mBaile Átha Cliath (RTÉ) agus i gCaisleán a' Bharraigh, Maigh Eo.

Forbairt eile atá déanta le gairid ná nasc ISDN a bhunú sna pobail Ghaeltachta i Ráth Cairn na Mí, i bParóiste na Dromad, Uíbh Ráthach agus sa Rinn, Co. Phort Láirge. Baintear úsáid rialta freisin as stiúideonna RTÉ i gcathracha agus i mbailte móra na tíre, go háirithe Gaillimh, Luimneach, Béal Feirste, Sligeach, Port Láirge agus Doire.

Idir bhaill foirne, oibrithe ar conradh agus oibrithe páirtaimseartha, tá breis agus ochtó duine ag obair don stáisiún agus tá a bhformhór lonnaithe sa cheanncheathrú i gCasla. Cuid de sheirbhís chraolta phoiblí RTÉ é Raidió na Gaeltachta agus is í an Ghaeilge teanga oibre agus teanga chraoltóireachta na seirbhíse.

Tuilleadh eolas ag www.rnag.ie.

Tá stáisiún raidió Gaeilge eile i mBaile Átha Cliath, Raidió na Life.

RTE Raidió na Gaeltachta is the Irish language radio service part of Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland and is available on 92-94FM in Ireland, and via the internet. It began broadcasts on 2nd April 1972, and was the second legal radio station in Ireland. Initally RnaG broadcast for only a handful of hours a day, but following the putting in place of a fourth RTE national radio transmitter network (used for Lyric FM), the station expanded to 24 hours from 1st October, 2001.

RnaG is based in Casla, Co. Galway. It also has studios at Ballydavid, Co. Kerry, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, and RTE Radio Centre in Dublin. The station is operated by RTE, but has a separate advisory council, Comhairle Radio na Gaeltachta, which is appointed by the RTE Authority. RTE also appoints the Ceannaire, or Controller of RnaG, who has day-to-day responsiblity for the service.

RnaG has been criticised for its "no English lyrics" policy, which has kept most popular music from being played on the station and hampered its appeal to young people. For many years it was however the only Irish language broadcaster in the country. Recently it has been joined by Telefis na Gaelige (TG4) and the Dublin independent local radio station, Raidió na Life.

External link

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