South East Radio

South East Radio
Broadcast area Wexford / Leinster
Slogan Wexford's Best Music
Frequency 95.6, 96.2, 96.4 MHz
First air date 20 October 1989
Format A Variety Mix
Owner Shareholders
Website www.southeastradio.ie

South East Radio is an Irish radio station, broadcasting at: 95.6; 96.2, and 96.4 MHz.[1] Its broadcasts across County Wexford from studios in a 19th Century Georgian-Styled former bank branch, located on Wexford's quay.

The station successfully bid against Community Radio Wexford, another pirate radio station for the single available licence.. The Station also broadcasts into adjoining counties on the same frequencies such as Wicklow,Carlow,Kilkenny and Waterford.The winning consortium had won the licence based on an application and an oral presentation given in Waterford on 27 April 1989. The station launched at 3pm on 20 October 1989. The first two pieces of music aired by the station were 'Boolavogue' by Paddy Reilly and 'Gone Forever' by Cry Before Dawn. The station was initially assigned 99.2FM by the IRTC, as this frequency was assigned to Mount Leinster. South East Radio moved to 95.6 MHz before the launch of RTÉ Lyric FM.

The initial name to be used by the station was Slaneyside. The name change to South East Radio came into effect in summer 1989 prior to the launch. RTÉ broadcaster Noel Andrews was recruited to head up the programming side of the station in the first year. he worked with then general manager Clive Roylance in recruiting on air presenters.

The initial line up was as follows:

7am – Breakfast with John Keogh 10am – Alan McGuire 2pm – Talk programme with Marian Egan 3pm – jarlath Judge 7pm – Specialist Programming 8pm – Various Presenters including Stephen Dee, Joe Howlin, Noel Quaid 10pm – Late Night Affair with Jimmy Ryan 2am – Close

The station started broadcasting on a 24-hour-a-day basis on 2 December 1989. Neil Butler presented the Nightflight programme.

The station's current managing director is Eamonn Buttle. South East Radio is owned by a group of Co. Wexford based shareholders.

Programming

The station broadcasts mainly adult contemporary music, pop & middle of the road music. These genres of music programming are designed to appeal to South East Radio's 25–55-year-old target audience.

At the weekend "South East Radio Sport" features heavily with dedicated "Sports Hours" at 6pm on both Saturday and Sunday evenings.

"South East Radio's Power FM Party Nights" feature non-stop music from 9pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.

The station regularly conducts Outside Broadcasts, they usually take place at the weekends.

Schedule

Monday to Friday[2]

Tony Scott on Outside Broadcast, Christmas 2006

Management

South East Radio shareholders entrust the management of the station to a group of seven managers:[3]

Presenters[3]

News presenters[3]

Sports presenters

Former presenters

There have been many presenters on South East Radio since 1989.

  • Alan McGuire
  • John Keogh
  • Ross Allen
  • Frank Flanagan
  • Steve K
  • Rick O'Shea
  • Kerry Gray
  • Marian Egan
  • Tracey Lee
  • Stephen Dee
  • Jarlath Judge
  • Paul Kennedy
  • Kiefer Shannon
  • Philip Cawley
  • Barry Dunne
  • Bryan Lambert
  • Dave Redmond
  • Darragh Roberts
  • Lorraine Byrne
  • Brian Cleary
  • John Dier
  • Joe Howlin
  • Marty Miller
  • Paul Rowley
  • Noel Quaid
  • David Fallon
  • Laura Way
  • Donal Howlin (sport)
  • Paul Duffy
  • Ellen Lynch
  • Alison Nulty (news)
  • Enda Caldwell
  • Paul Kelly
  • Tony Breen

Competitions

The station provides a variety of programmes, music, and local news and information. The station also features a number of promotions and competitions including:

References

  1. ↑ ,"Frequency Finder".
  2. ↑ ,"Weekly Schedule".
  3. 1 2 3 ,"Staff List SER".

External links

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