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Here Today FM, gone tomorrow
SUNDAY TRIBUNE - 21st Oct

New-look radio licences to reshape local industry
SUN BUS POST - 21st Oct

How Maguire became local radio's man of the moment
IR INDEPENDENT - 20th Oct

Ownership rules relaxed
IRISH TIMES - 19th Oct

Radio set for new tune on takeovers
IR INDEPENDENT - 19th Oct

Ownership rules open up the airwaves
IR INDEPENDENT - 19th Oct

Today FM backers hit the jackpot as owner curbs ease
IR INDEPENDENT - 19th Oct

Setting out new directions for broadcasters
IRISH TIMES - 19th Oct

Will the banned play on?
EVENING HERALD - 17th Oct

Bertie goes to Country
THE STAR - 16th Oct

Dublin Country to target RTE listeners
SUN BUS POST - 14th Oct

Country and Eastern
SUN TRIBUNE - 14th Oct

Radio pirate to close prior to licence bid
MUNSTER EXPRESS - 11th Oct

Setanta takes 20% of NewsTalk
SUN BUS POST - 7th Oct

Freedom of speech if you say the right things
THE IRISH TIMES - 6th Oct

Rigid radio rules likely to relax
IRISH TIMES - 10th Sept

Christmas release for Spin FM
SUNDAY TRIBUNE - 9th Sept

You Red it here first
SUNDAY TRIBUNE - 9th Sept

BCI called on to relax media ownership rules
THE IRISH TIMES - 1st Sept

Outcome of deliberations will not please all
THE IRISH TIMES - 1st Sept

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SUNDAY 21st OCTOBER 2001

LITE BIDS
Three different radio groups have made bids to buy a majority shareholding in Lite FM, the Dublin-based easy-listening station, according to today's Sunday Tribune. The station's Managing Director, Martin Block, confirmed that the approaches had been made but did not reveal the identity of the bidders nor the amounts offered. He did say that discussions are ongoing and that - although Lite FM would prefer to build it's own Irish radio group - if someone offered the shareholders a huge amount of money it would be hard for them not to accept.

DUTCH PIRATE RADIO NEWS FROM ETHERPIRATEN.COM
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FRIDAY 19th OCTOBER 2001

CRY 107.2
Community Radio Youghal (C.R.Y.) in Co. Cork has moved to its new frequency of 107.2MHz as required by the ODTR due to "re-planning of the FM band".
Transmissions will continue on the old CRY frequency of 105.1MHz for a few days, where nnouncements will urge listeners to retune to the new frequency. CRY had been on 105.1 since being licenced in 1995.

THURSDAY 18th OCTOBER 2001

BCI TO ALLOW FULL OWNERSHIP
In a policy document released today, the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has said that it would now consider allowing 100% ownership of radio stations, but only where all the other criteria set out in its policy were met. In addition, a single operator is now permitted to own up to 15% of the country's radio stations. Previously, no single company or individual was allowed own over 46% of a local radio station and no existing radio operator could own more than 27% of a station.
"It would be a matter for an applicant wishing to take 100 per cent to make a case to the Commission that all of the safeguards necessary to ensure pluralism and diversity, as envisaged in the Commission's policy, are in place and will b