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About Downtown Radio
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Downtown Radio was the first commercial radio station of Northern Ireland in 1976. In 1990, Downtown Radio launched its sister station, Cool FM for the younger listeners with contemporary hot music, and in 2015, launched Downtown Country sister station for the lovers of country music.
Today, 278.000 weekly listeners choose Downtown Radio, partly for its especially Northern Ireland related news, and partly for its mature playlist, which lines up the best melodic music started from the time, when the station itself started, to the millennium, seasoned with some newer tuneful ones.
Downtown Radio vivifies the mornings of Northern Ireland from Monday to Saturday. On weekdays the "Downtown Breakfast with Gary & Kirstie" fills the air with the best melodies and playful chat with Gary Myles, Kirstie McMurray and Rachael Anderson from 6am to 10am, while on Saturday the "Saturday Breakfast with David Gordon" takes the mic and envigorates the morning with the greatest hits between 6am and 10am.
Downtown Radio is in the ownership of Bauer Radio Ltd., and member of the Planet Radio station fleet, and part of Bauer's Hits Radio Network.
Downtown Radio music genre: pop
Downtown Radio availability: You can tune in to Downtown radio on the traditional analoge way, for the detailed FM/AM allocation check the Frequencies section below and the Frequency Map! Downtown is also available by its online radio stream.
DAB Digital Radio: Downtown Radio (Northern Ireland)
Downtown Radio 's slogan: “The Home of Great Music”
Downtown Radio was the first commercial radio station of Northern Ireland in 1976. In 1990, Downtown Radio launched its sister station, Cool FM for the younger listeners with contemporary hot music, and in 2015, launched Downtown Country sister station for the lovers of country music.
Today, 278.000 weekly listeners choose Downtown Radio, partly for its especially Northern Ireland related news, and partly for its mature playlist, which lines up the best melodic music started from the time, when the station itself started, to the millennium, seasoned with some newer tuneful ones.
Downtown Radio vivifies the mornings of Northern Ireland from Monday to Saturday. On weekdays the "Downtown Breakfast with Gary & Kirstie" fills the air with the best melodies and playful chat with Gary Myles, Kirstie McMurray and Rachael Anderson from 6am to 10am, while on Saturday the "Saturday Breakfast with David Gordon" takes the mic and envigorates the morning with the greatest hits between 6am and 10am.
Downtown Radio is in the ownership of Bauer Radio Ltd., and member of the Planet Radio station fleet, and part of Bauer's Hits Radio Network.
Downtown Radio music genre: pop
Downtown Radio availability: You can tune in to Downtown radio on the traditional analoge way, for the detailed FM/AM allocation check the Frequencies section below and the Frequency Map! Downtown is also available by its online radio stream.
DAB Digital Radio: Downtown Radio (Northern Ireland)
Downtown Radio 's slogan: “The Home of Great Music”
Contacts
Postal address: Downtown Radio, Kiltonga Industrial Estate, Newtownards, Northern Ireland, BT23 4TJ
Phone: Station: +44 0289 181 5555 (Check your phone provider about actual call costs)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/downtownradio
Twitter: https://twitter.com/downtownradio
Website: https://planetradio.co.uk/downtown
Phone: Station: +44 0289 181 5555 (Check your phone provider about actual call costs)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/downtownradio
Twitter: https://twitter.com/downtownradio
Website: https://planetradio.co.uk/downtown
Downtown Radio frequencies
Antrim - 102.3 FMArmagh - 103.1 FMBallycastle - 96.4 FMBallymena - 102.3 FMBallymoney - 96.4 FMClough Mills - 102.3 FMColeraine - 96.4 FMDerry - 102.4 FMDungannon - 96.6 FMDungiven - 96.4 FMEnniskillen - 96.6 FMGreater Belfast - 1026 AMLarne (East Antrim) - 97.1 FMLimavady - 96.4 FMMagherafelt - 102.3 FMNewcastle (Mourne) - 103.4 FMNewry - 103.1 FMOmagh - 96.6 FMPortrush - 96.4 FMPortstewart - 96.4 FMRandalstown - 102.3 FMRasharkin - 102.3 FMStrabane - 102.4 FMTemplepatrick - 102.3 FMDowntown Radio Frequency map
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News about Downtown Radio
Winners announced at Irish radio awards event
Five radio stations in Northern Ireland picked up awards at the All-Ireland radio awards, the IMROs, last Friday. BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Radio Foyle, Q Radio and Cool FM/Downtown were recognised in various categories. Broadcaster Stephen Nolan won Best Interactive Speech Programme whilst John Toal got the Specialist Music Broadcaster of the Year award. Q Radio’s Connor Brennan won Gold for Newcomer of the Year whilst Cool FM/Downtown Radio’s Sarah McKinley won Silver...More >>radiotoday.co.uk - 06.10.2020
RAJAR Q1 2020: Regional and local radio facts and figures
XS Manchester has doubled its listening hours year-on-year after the station was saved from closure. The Communicorp station now has 132,000 weekly reach (last year 94,000) and 1.28 million hours (last year 546k), giving it more total hours than Manchester’s heritage station Hits Radio. Also in the north west, Radio City Talk, which will close at the end of this month, leaves with 32,000 weekly listeners, down from 45,000 a year ago. Sticking with Bauer, local stations are mostly on the up. Of the 15 local services for Greatest Hits Radio in Scotland and England, eight are up and seven are down...More >>radiotoday.co.uk - 14.05.2020
New logo and transmitter for Downtown Radio
Downtown Radio is marking its 44th year on the air with the launch of a brand-new FM transmitter and new visual logo. The new frequency will broadcast from Carnmoney Hill on 103.4FM and will complement the stations existing FM network across Northern Ireland.
Downtown can now be heard on 96.4FM, 96.6FM, 102.3FM, 102.4FM, 103.1FM, 103.4FM and 1026AM plus DAB. Also, former Cool FM DJ Glen Pavis is joining Gary Myles on the Downtown Breakfast Show whilst Owen Larkin is crossing over from Q Radio for a new afternoon programme...More >>radiotoday.co.uk - 16.03.2020
Nominations for the 2020 IRN Awards revealed
The nominations for the 2020 IRN Awards have been announced by Sky News presenter Kay Burley. There are 12 categories including the Student Journalist of the Year prize which is supported by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council. The awards event itself will take place at Sky Cinema in west London on Thursday 26th March 2020, also hosted by Kay. IRN Editor and Chair of Judges, Dave Terris said: This is a stellar list of nominations representing the gold standard in commercial radio news and sport...More >>radiotoday.co.uk - 12.02.2020
Downtown Radio moves country music off FM
A new evening show is launching on Downtown Radio’s FM frequencies next month with Kirstie McMurray. At the moment, Big T hosts Classic Country on both Downtown Radio and Downtown Country. But starting in March, former Cool FM and Downtown Radio breakfast presenter Kirstie McMurray, who currently hosts breakfast on Downtown Country, will be on-air 7pm till 10pm on Downtown Radio’s FM service...More >>radiotoday.co.uk - 03.02.2020
Downtown Radio goes 100% Christmas for Northern Ireland
All mainstream shows across Downtown Radio will play a 100% Christmas playlist from Monday 2nd December. It’s a first for radio in Northern Ireland but follows fellow Bauer station Magic which flipped to 100% Christmas music earlier this week. Breakfast presenters Gary and Glen will be ‘pressing play’ in the studio at 8.30am this Monday as the Breakfast Show kickstarts the station-wide activity. Stuart Robinson, Programme Controller for Bauer Media Group – Northern Ireland, said: “We are big fans of Christmas here at Bauer Media Group – Northern Ireland, so we thought what better way to celebrate the season than by creating the"...More >>radiotoday.co.uk - 28.11.2019
Cool FM signs two year deal with Ulster Rugby
Cool FM has teamed up with Ulster Rugby in an exclusive two-year deal, extending to sister stations Downtown Radio and Downtown Country.
The partnership will see Cool FM deliver new match day initiatives at the home games across the year, with content online, on air, and across news programming.More >>radiotoday.co.uk - 27.07.2018
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