East Coast FM (formerly known as BLB, Horizon FM, then East Coast Radio) is an Irish local radio station broadcasting from Bray, County Wicklow. Based in Bray's State of the Art Radio Centre, East Coast FM has been broadcasting since 1989 and has established itself as one of the leading independent radio stations in Ireland. The station operates an extensive transmission network throughout County Wicklow and into the adjoining counties of Dublin, Kildare, Carlow and Wexford, broadcasting on the following frequencies: 94. 9FM, 96. 2FM, 99. 9FM, 102. 9FM and 104. 4FM in Arklow. To achieve coverage of all of its franchise area, it requires six transmitters including stations at Bray Head, Wicklow Head, Avoca, Arklow, Baltinglass and a transmitter located at Slieve Thoul in SaggartCounty Dublin where the Wicklow, Kildare and Dublin borders meet.

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  • 1989-10-21 (xsd:date)
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  • 94.9 MHz, 96.2 MHz, 99.9 MHz, 102.9 MHz and 104.4 MHz (Arklow)
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  • The Perfect Music Mix
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  • East Coast FM (formerly known as BLB, Horizon FM, then East Coast Radio) is an Irish local radio station broadcasting from Bray, County Wicklow. Based in Bray's State of the Art Radio Centre, East Coast FM has been broadcasting since 1989 and has established itself as one of the leading independent radio stations in Ireland. The station operates an extensive transmission network throughout County Wicklow and into the adjoining counties of Dublin, Kildare, Carlow and Wexford, broadcasting on the following frequencies: 94. 9FM, 96. 2FM, 99. 9FM, 102. 9FM and 104. 4FM in Arklow. To achieve coverage of all of its franchise area, it requires six transmitters including stations at Bray Head, Wicklow Head, Avoca, Arklow, Baltinglass and a transmitter located at Slieve Thoul in SaggartCounty Dublin where the Wicklow, Kildare and Dublin borders meet. East Coast FM is owned by East Coast Radio Limited Denis O'Brien's Communicorp group, is a former shareholder in the station. The station shares its premises with Country Mix 106.8. It has the largest weekly reach of any station measured in County Wicklow. The station has recently won 2 industry awards - in October 2006 a PPI General Music Programming award was presented to Joe Harrington for his show "East Coast Lunch" (although this was not retained at the 2007 awards) and at the Radio Advertising Awards held in March 2007 the station won an award in the "Advertiser Promotion" category. (en)
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  • 1989-10-21 (xsd:date)
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  • Wicklow/Leinster (en)
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  • Commercial (en)
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  • 94.9 (xsd:double)
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  • East Coast FM (en)
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  • East Coast Radio Limited (en)
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  • The Perfect Music Mix (en)
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  • East Coast FM (formerly known as BLB, Horizon FM, then East Coast Radio) is an Irish local radio station broadcasting from Bray, County Wicklow. Based in Bray's State of the Art Radio Centre, East Coast FM has been broadcasting since 1989 and has established itself as one of the leading independent radio stations in Ireland. The station operates an extensive transmission network throughout County Wicklow and into the adjoining counties of Dublin, Kildare, Carlow and Wexford, broadcasting on the following frequencies: 94. 9FM, 96. 2FM, 99. 9FM, 102. 9FM and 104. 4FM in Arklow. To achieve coverage of all of its franchise area, it requires six transmitters including stations at Bray Head, Wicklow Head, Avoca, Arklow, Baltinglass and a transmitter located at Slieve Thoul in SaggartCounty Dublin where the Wicklow, Kildare and Dublin borders meet. (en)
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  • East Coast FM (en)
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  • East Coast FM
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