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Listening to Irish radio stations from abroad

  • 26-05-2008 4:34pm
    #1
    anyjoesoap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭


    Hi all,

    Apart from using a PC/Laptop and the Internet, does anyone know of a method to listen to Irish radio stations from abroad?

    Many thanks,
    anyjoesoap


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  • #2
    Bard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    Depends on where you mean by 'abroad'. In the UK, I'd imagine you could use an Irish SKY card in a Sky Digital box to listen to the (few) stations available on the service, or you can hear RTÉ Radio One on LW252.

    I believe some stations (RTÉ anyway) are still available via Astra satellite transmissions also.

    Apart form that, the Internet is probably your 'only man'. Listening on a PC is not the only option there as there are also WiFi capable radios available these days.


  • #3
    Fuzzy Clam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,293 ✭✭✭Fuzzy Clam


    Phone home and get whoever answers to hold the phone up to a radio??

    Its one method.


  • #4
    yiddo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 724 ✭✭✭yiddo


    Bard wrote: »
    Depends on where you mean by 'abroad'. In the UK, I'd imagine you could use an Irish SKY card in a Sky Digital box to listen to the (few) stations available on the service, or you can hear RTÉ Radio One on LW252.

    I believe some stations (RTÉ anyway) are still available via Astra satellite transmissions also.

    Apart form that, the Internet is probably your 'only man'. Listening on a PC is not the only option there as there are also WiFi capable radios available these days.

    You can listen to RTE and Newstalk on the astra satellite. No need for a Sky card or anything. Frequencies here http://www.lyngsat.com/freeradio/Ireland.html


  • #5
    anyjoesoap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭anyjoesoap


    Thanks for your help. Parents would be in Spain but aren't that technically minded and LW won't reach.

    Will look into the Satellite/TV option as holding phone to radio back home might be a little impractical.

    I heard of Digital Radio and thought this might work but when I ready up it won't. Are there such things as Satellite Radios yet?


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