BCI Advertise two new Dublin FM band licences

BrianD

Press release from the BCI ...

BCI INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR FURTHER SOUND BROADCASTING SERVICES IN DUBLIN

The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has today (5th May 2004) placed an advertisement in the national press seeking applications from interested persons / parties for the provision of the following sound broadcasting services in the Dublin area:


Franchise Area/Type of Service
Dublin City and County/Alternative Rock Music Service on the FM Band
Dublin City and Part-County/Multi-Cultural Broad Format Service on the FM Band


In order to assist prospective applicants in the drafting of their applications, the BCI’s Guides to Submissions will be available at its headquarters at 2 – 5 Warrington Place, Dublin 2 and on its website, www.bci.ie from Monday 10th May.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 5 p.m. on 9th July 2004. All applications submitted will be made available for inspection by members of the public and the press from 20th July 2004. Applications can be viewed from this date at the BCI’s headquarters, on its website and in the public library in the ILAC Centre.


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I would presume Brian and hope that phantom would apply/get that first licence?
Given their experience/track record and following/audience.
I'm down the country ( ) so don't get to listen, but it does already have a weekend licence? or was that extended further?

BrianD

Phantom FM have a temporary licence from the BCI that enables it to broadcast on 92.1FM on weekends 'till the 27th of June. You can also listen online at www.phantomfm.com

DMC

Hope this goes really well for you and the Phantom FM team, Brian. The way you have broadcasted over the last 6 months on temp licences has been excellent.

Fingers crossed for ye.

Mossy Monk

more radio for us culchies please Dublin has too many already. i'm just a little bit jealous :rolleyes:

Originally posted by BrianD
Phantom FM have a temporary licence from the BCI that enables it to broadcast on 92.1FM on weekends 'till the 27th of June. You can also listen online at www.phantomfm.com

Any chance you could hotwire the 98fm transmitter to output phantom instead ?
We can pick it up down here but no phantom.
Alternatively ,What you need is a minimum of ten kilowatts and perch the tx on top of Howth hill so it beams down the coast to us as well as covering Dublin:D
Online connections with an xda in the car are tricky and expensive:/

byte

Best of luck Brian with the application!

Maybe one day, Phantom will get a national license (It'd be better than the few meagre national channels we have to choose from)

Charles Slane

I'd REALLY love for Phantom to get this license, and if there's any justice in the world, they will !!

mickeyboymel

Phantom reaches us here just inside the Westmeath border on FM, loud and clear.