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Wired Fm - Limerick's student radio station

Wired Fm began broadcasting in September 1995 and is a partnership between the colleges of Mary Immmaculate College Limerick (MIC) and Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT).

The station operates a schedule from Monday to Thursdays during the Academic year and is open to any student in MIC and LIT to get involved. Training is provided for all volunteers at the station and once training is complete, volunteers present and produce their own shows. The station is licensed by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) and is licensed up until 2017 under the category of community of interest. The station is currently staffed by one full time employee who manages the station. The current manager is Martina O'Brien. Previous managers include - Nessa McGann, Rosemary Day. 3 co-op positions are also filled by students from MIC on their 3rd year Batchelor of Arts programme who take up the positions as work placement either for semeser 1, semester 2 or both semesters. Under the current license, some of the station's programme policy statement includes the following committments:

• 40% talk
• 60% music
• 20% Current affairs
• 20% music to be Irish
• 10% of talk to be in Irish

Past Managers

• 1995/96 Rosemary Day
• 1996/97 Sarah McDonald
• 1997/98 Duncan O'Toole
• 1998/99 Darren Connolly, Eoin Brady
• 1999/2007 Nessa McGann
• 2007 Ciaran Ryan
• 2007/present Martina O'Brien

Past Studio Executives

• 1996/97 Darren Connolly, Cian McCormack, Joanne McEvilly, John Roche, Cillian Foley
• 1997/98 Cormac Gleeson, Melissa Meehan, Mairead O'Shea
• 1998/99 Mark Dunphy, Katharina Healy, Suzanne Kelly, Deirdre Kirby
• 1999/2000 Trevor Connolly, Anna Marie Maguire, Eimear O'Mahony, Teresa Prendergast
• 2000/01 Rayna Connery, Priscilla Lynch, Paula O'Sullivan, Deirdre Flynn, Stephen Ryan
• 2001/02 Áine Lyne, Mary Burke, Ciaran Ryan
• 2002/03 Stephen Ryan, Jeffery Lambert, Caitriona Lehane, Mairéad O'Donnell, Bridget Ryan
• 2003/04 Eithne Guiney, Robert Hope, Martina O'Brien
• 2004/05 Craig Speer, Fiona Cahill, David Cuddihy
• 2005/06 Aidan McAuliffe, Chloe Liddy-Judge, Damian O'Brien, Orla Dermody
• 2006/07 Cian Hennigar, Miriam Walsh, Ruth Flood, Aidan Long
• 2007/08 Gavin Grace, Áine Staunton, Paul Jenkins, Aileen Marron
• 2008/09 Mairéad Collins, Michelle Ryan, Ciara McInerney, Lisa Lawlor, John Real
• 2009/10 Michelle Hanrahan, Rowan Moloney, Laura Hackett
• 2010/11 Rebekah Comerford, Emma Sisk, Carroll Purtill, Eimear Hassett,Rory Lewis

The station currently broadcasts in and around Limerick city on the FM frequency 99.9FM and online at www.wiredfm.ie

References

Day, Rosemary. (2007). (Ed) Bicycle Highway: Celebrating 10 Years of Licensed Community Radio in Ireland. Dublin: LIffey Press. A collection of reflections on the development of Irish Community Radio