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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