RTÉ lyric fm

RTÉ Lyric FM is an Irish radio program of public service broadcasting company Radio Telefís Éireann. RTÉ Lyric FM plays mainly classical music and jazz. The station was founded in 1999 and is based in Limerick, in Ireland on VHF ( 96-99 MHz ) are received, as well as the satellite Sky Digital TV in Ireland and the UK and on the Internet.

RTÉ Lyric FM originated from FM3 Classical Music, which began broadcast in the early 80s. FM3 broadcast classical music on the frequencies of RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta for breakfast, lunch and dinner time. The transmitter was barely advertised except through hints on RTÉ Radio 1, and had only a modest number of listeners. He had his greatest fame probably by the occasional transfers the stereo soundtrack of the TV channels RTÉ 1 and 2 transferred films before RTÉ installed the digital stereo NICAM system.

As Raidió na Gaeltachta expanded its transmission period, changed FM3 to the period from 19:30 h to 01:00 h and finally stayed until breakfast time on the air, if RnaG into operation again.

1999 RTÉ built an additional VHF transmitter power on, and it was decided to separate FM3 and Raidió na Gaeltachta and mitaufzunehmen other forms of minority music into the program. Was due in part to the British Classic FM model. The result was Lyric FM ( later renamed: RTÉ Lyric FM). , Launched in May 1999 as part of the regionalization policy was moved from Dublin to Limerick. At the time of commencement of broadcasting RTÉ Lyric FM's digital studios were in the Cornmarket Row Limerick in the modern in the country.

RTÉ Lyric FM 2004 won for the second time the price of PPI National Station of the Year.