Ireland's Classic Hits Radio

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Ireland's Classic Hits Radio
Programming

Broadcast area	Greater Dublin, County Cork, County Limerick, County Clare and Galway
Frequency	94.9 FM (Dublin) 94.8 FM (Cork) 94.6–97.4 MHz, 104.2–104.9 MHz
RDS	CLASSIC
Language(s)	English
Format	Adult contemporary/classic hits
Ownership
Owner	Choice Broadcasting Ltd
History
First air date	27 February 2009 (2009-02-27)
Former names	4FM, Classic Hits 4FM
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	classichits.ie

Ireland's Classic Hits Radio is an Irish independent multi-region radio station based in Dublin, and broadcasting to that city as well as Cork, Limerick, Galway, County Clare, County Wicklow, County Kildare, County Meath. It can also be picked up in parts of County Kerry, County Tipperary, County Waterford, County Wexford and County Mayo.

The station broadcasts under a sound broadcasting contract from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, aimed at Ireland's four main commuter belts, hence its original name of "4FM". It later went by "Classic Hits 4FM", dropping the "4FM" part in 2018 and becoming Ireland's Classic Hits Radio in 2021.

The station is part of Bay Broadcasting Limited, which also has interests in Radio Nova and Sunshine 106.8.

Programming

Ireland's Classic Hits's slogan is The Home of The 80s and 90s and it has mainly adult contemporary/classic hits focused driven format with music from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, with occasional songs from the 2010s and small amounts of classic country and hot adult contemporary titles.

The station's flagship breakfast show, The Colm & Lucy Breakfast Show, is presented by Colm Hayes and Lucy Kennedy with other presenters including Trina Mara, Niall Boylan, Damien Farrelly, Gareth O'Callaghan, Ruth Scott, Adrian Kennedy, Barry Lang, Enda Murphy, Lisa Gernon and Meghann Scully. Niall Boylan hosts two daily phone-in shows from 12:00-14:00 and 21:00-23:00. The show won the best talk show award at the New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards Gala in June 2017.

A four-hour drivetime show is hosted by former 2FM presenter Damian Farrelly.

The station has a commitment to regularly playing Irish music, which it promotes under the slogan Guaranteed Irish. A specialist Irish-language programme is hosted on Sunday nights by Meghann Scully.

Additional specialist programming includes the twice-daily segment Classic Song Investigation, Classic Love Songs and Club Classics

In 2021 the station announced that Kim Wilde would present a custom version of 'The Kim Wilde 80s Show' each weekday evening at 6pm. In addition, the station announced the return of broadcaster Gareth O'Callaghan to its schedule in January 2022.

Programming is broadcast from its digital studios located at Castleforbes House in Dublin's Docklands area.

Former Presenters

The breakfast show was previously presented by PJ and Damien Farrelly, before that Jim McCabe and originally Gareth O'Callaghan.

Awards

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
2012	Classic Hits 4FM	PPI Radio Awards Community/Social Action	Gold
2012	Classic Hits 4FM	PPI Radio Awards Station Imaging	Bronze
2015	The Niall Boylan Show	PPI Radio Awards Interactive Speech Programme	Gold
2012	The Niall Boylan Show	New York Radio Awards Human Interest	Silver
2013	Classic Hits 4FM	New York Radio Awards Community Service	Bronze
2013	The Niall Boylan Show	New York Radio Awards Best Scheduled Talk Show	Bronze
2014	Niall Boylan	New York Radio Awards Speech Broadcaster of the Year	Silver
2013	Classic Hits 4FM	The Love Radio Awards Best Radio Station Ad (National)	Silver
2013	Classic Hits 4FM	The Love Radio Awards Best Government/Public Sector	Silver
2013	Classic Hits 4FM	The Love Radio Awards Best Retail	Silver
2013	Classic Hits 4FM	The Love Radio Awards Best Radio Station Ad (National)	Gold
2014	Classic Hits 4FM	The Love Radio Awards Best Motor Trade	Gold
2014	Classic Hits 4FM	The Love Radio Awards Best Radio Station Ad (National)	Bronze
2014	Classic Hits 4FM	The Love Radio Awards Best Radio Station Ad (National)	Gold
2014	Classic Hits 4FM	The Love Radio Awards Best Radio Station Ad (National)	Silver
2016	Classic Hits 4FM	The Love Radio Awards Best Motor Trade	Silver

Frequencies

Cork

Frequency	Transmitter	Service area	Power
94.8 MHz	Farmer's Cross	Cork City and SE Cork	1.6 kW
94.8 MHz	Seskin (Bantry)	Bantry and SW Cork	N/A
95.2 MHz	Fermoy	Fermoy	0.1 kW
95.4 MHz	Nowen Hill	West Cork	5 kW
97.2 MHz	Youghal	Youghal	0.1 kW
97.4 MHz	Bweeng Mountain	North Cork, North East Cork and parts of South and East Limerick	2.5 kW
97.4 MHz	Carrigaline	Carrigaline, Crosshaven, Cobh and surrounding areas	0.1 kW

Limerick/Clare

Frequency	Transmitter	Service area	Power
104.2 MHz	Woodcock Hill	Limerick City and County	5 kW
104.6 MHz	Maghera	County Clare, parts of County Limerick, County Galway and some parts of County Kerry and parts of County Mayo	50 kW

Galway

Frequency	Transmitter	Service area	Power
104.2 MHz	Clifden	West Galway	1 kW
104.9 MHz	Tonabrocky	Galway city, parts of County Mayo and surrounding areas	10 kW
95.1 MHz	Redmount Hill	East Galway and surrounding areas. Commencement date: June 2024	1 kW

Greater Dublin

Frequency	Transmitter	Service area	Power
94.6 MHz	Saggart Hill	Commuter belt areas of north County Kildare and east County Meath	0.5 kW
94.9 MHz	Three Rock Mountain	Dublin city and county	1.5 kW
94.6 MHz	Bray Head	Bray, Greystones and North Wicklow	0.2 kW
94.1 MHz	Balbriggan	Balbriggan, Skerries, Laytown, Bettystown, Rush and North County Dublin	0.2 kW

References

^ "Press Releases 2009 - BCI SIGNS CONTRACT WITH 4FM FOR FIRST MULTI-CITY SERVICE". Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. 19 February 2009. Archived from the original on 2 April 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
"Former RTÉ radio & TV host Derek Davis has died". 13 May 2015.

External links

Official website

v t e National radio in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
National	Newstalk Today FM RTÉ Radio 1 RTÉ 2fm RTÉ lyric fm RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
Regional	Beat 102-103 iRadio SPIN South West
Multi-city	Classic Hits Spirit Radio
Digital only	All 80s Mocha Raidió Rí-Rá RTÉ 2XM RTÉ Chill RTÉ Gold RTÉ Junior RTÉ Pulse RTÉ Radio 1 Extra
Northern Ireland	BBC Radio Ulster BBC Radio Foyle Cool FM Downtown Radio Q Radio U105
See also List of radio stations in the Republic of Ireland Local radio in Ireland Notes 1. South-East 2. North-East, Midlands, North-West, West 3. Limerick, Clare, Kerry, Tipperary

v t e Media in County Clare
Print	Clare Courier The Clare Champion The Clare People
Radio	Clare FM Classic Hits Raidió Corca Baiscinn Spin South West

v t e Media in County Cork
Television	Cork Community TV
Print	The Cork News The Avondhu Cork Independent The Cork Weekly The Corkman The Echo The Imokilly People Irish Examiner The Mallow Star The Southern Star The Vale Star
Radio	C103 Classic Hits CRY 104.0FM Cork's 96FM Red FM

v t e Media in Dublin
Local radio	FM104 98FM Classic Hits Radio NOVA Q102 SPIN 1038 Sunshine 106.8 103.2 Dublin City FM Raidió Na Life
Local print	The Echo Herald AM Liffey Champion Northside People Southside People
Local television	Dublin Community Television

v t e Media in County Galway
Television	TG4
Print	Amárach Connacht Sentinel Connacht Tribune Galway Advertiser Galway First Galway Independent Galway Voice The Tuam Herald
Radio	Classic Hits Flirt FM Galway Bay FM iRadio Shannonside Northern Sound Spirit Radio

v t e Media in County Kildare
Print	Kildare Post Leinster Leader Liffey Champion
Radio	Classic Hits iRadio Kfm Radio NOVA Spirit Radio

v t e Media in County Limerick
Print	Limerick Leader Limerick Post
Radio	Pirate radio in Limerick Live 95FM Classic Hits RTÉ lyric fm Radio Limerick One West Limerick 102
Digital Media	I Love Limerick

v t e Media in County Meath
Print	Meath Chronicle The Meath Echo
Radio	LMFM Classic Hits iRadio Radio NOVA Spirit Radio

v t e Media in County Wicklow
Print	Wicklow People Wicklow Times
Radio	East Coast FM Classic Hits iRadio Radio NOVA Spirit Radio

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