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Why does Midlands 103 not cover Longford?

  • 19-08-2024 8:56pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,755 ✭✭✭


    Unlike the rest of the Midlands Region.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 radioman279


    You could also ask why Highland Radio doesn't cover the whole of Co Donegal. Basically some of the franchise areas in the 1989 plan never made a lot of sense but very unlikely anything will ever change now



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,301 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    Longford has Shannonside Northern Sound.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,258 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    Some of the regional franchises loosely followed the broadcasting areas of the pirates of the 80's that preceded them; they in turn stuck to what the mountains and hills allowed them to. More of the stations in Donegal covered the northern areas of the county, with some capitalising on the Tyrone and Derry listeners and businesses for ad revenue.

    In the lower part of the county, broadcast coverage was always easier from the Mayo/Sligo side. MWR has a very strong and loyal listener base in the area, a throwback to the NWR days.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,755 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    I listen to Q Radio and Cool FM sometimes on my digital radio, and have heard local ads for Cavan and Monaghan on the former, despite those counties not being in its broadcast area.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,755 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    But Laois, Offaly and Westmeath don't, I suppose. I have always thought Longford and Westmeath went together like Laois does with Offaly.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,691 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    MWR (Mayo) also very popular in north county Galway (as well as Sligo, Roscommon and South Donegal)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,258 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    Yeah, there is a bit of cross border sales on the stations in that region.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,540 ✭✭✭Jack Daw


    When I was younger I always surprised to see Longford was in Leinster and not connacht, it always seemed to line up much more with Roscommon than Westmeath.

    I always felt Offaly, Laois and Westmeath kind of go together because the county towns are all a similar distance from each other and essentially in a straight line in a South/North direction.Also Laois and Westmeath are Offalys 2 biggest GAA rivals.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,644 ✭✭✭cml387


    But if I may make an anoraky point here: Mullingar Hospital serves Longford and Wesmeath. And they used to have a joint library service.And the same Dail constituency.

    Sorry, 😊quiet Sunday



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 744 ✭✭✭TheBMG




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 981 ✭✭✭medoc


    The traditional midlands grouping are Laois/Offaly and Longford/Westmeath. A lot of services are set up along those lines. Getting back to the Radio question. Laois and Offaly were probably too small for a station for them together. As were Westmeath and Longford. A four county service would be rather large and would be hard to cover from a local perspective. The original name for Midlands 103 was Radio 3 (still called that by lots of people)to refer the 3 counties. Maybe also as a nod to Radio West in a way aswell. In fact a lot of the early presenter and programming was a bit of a continuation of West.



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