Downtown Radio

ONE of Northern Ireland's longest-running radio shows has ended after more than 40 years.

When did you think about a career in writing and what were your first steps into it? I remember being at school and listening to some of the pirate radio stations namely Kiss 103.

A MAJOR consolidation of local radio companies could reduce competition and hurt local stations, the government watchdog has found.

THE following is a right of reply to an article that appeared in the Irish News on August 2 in relation to the most recent official radio audience figures published by industry monitoring body Rajar.

COOL FM has added more than 100,000 weekly listeners in the last year and now has half a million people reaching for its dial every week, new research shows.

NEARLY a third of a million more listeners tuned into the north's main radio stations over the summer compared to the same period last year, figures from industry monitoring body Rajar have revealed.

THE north's main commercial radio stations attracted nearly 200,000 more listeners combined over the last quarter compared with the April-June period in 2016, according to figures from industry monitoring body Rajar.

SISTER radio stations Cool FM and Downtown have added nearly 130,000 new listeners over the last year - helped in part by keepin' it country.

ONE of Northern Ireland's veteran radio presenters has died in hospital following an illness.

FOLLOWING the recent article on this page about Lindsay Robinson and her struggle with antenatal and postnatal depression, I’ve had a very interesting letter from Una Leonard in Co Tyrone.