Dublin South FM

Dublin South FM (DSFM)
Broadcast area South Dublin
Slogan Everything's fine on 93.9. This is Dublin South FM
Frequency 93.9 MHz
First air date 1995
Format Mixture of news/music/community programming
Owner Common Shareholders

'Dublin South FM' is a community-based radio service for South Dublin, which broadcasts seven days a week from 1100 - 2300 on the frequency 93.9 FM. The station features community arts programmes, music programmes and local news and current affairs programmes specifically for the region. Originally pirate, Dublin South FM is now licensed and regulated by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland.

History 1995-2010

Dublin South FM was the first local community radio station to go on air in 1995 on 104.9 FM and is the BAI licensed community radio for South Dublin. It was formed to solve the difficulty that local groups had in letting people know what was going on in the locality.

About 100 volunteers produce and broadcast 84 hours of quality programmes each week from the studios in Dundrum. 93.9 Dublin South FM broadcasts from 11am to 11pm every day with an array of programming including 93.9 DSFM produced documentaries to live shows on a broad range of topics. Their aim is to use local access radio to enhance the quality of life for their community.

Lots of people listen to local radio as the formula of local presenters and local interest programmes are seen as an ideal complement to national radio.

93.9 Dublin South FM's broadcast area covers approx 246,935 people according to the latest census, a service that is not replicated by either RTÉ or any other of Dublin radio stations.

24hr Broadcast

Starting at 11:00 on Sunday 5 June 2011, DSFM began a 24-hr broadcast in aid of Special Olympics Ireland. The successful broadcast concluded at 11:00 on Monday 6 June. Karl and Ciaran led the broadcast with Megan and Lauren acting as researchers and co-presenters.

Staff

The station is managed by the Dublin South FM board.

Advertising

Unlike most commercial stations Dublin South FM only plays up to 5 minutes of commercials per hour on about 20% of its programmes. Approximately 8% of the station's output is advertisements.

Current Shows

Name Broadcast times Genre Presenters Notes
The Business Eye Tuesday 12pm Business Padraic Marren
Back In The Day (Radio Show) Saturday 6-8pm Oldies Danny Hickey

Former Notable Presenters and Shows

At one time the station used to broadcast from a collection of converted schoolrooms in a premises just off Nutgrove Avenue. This was before their move to the Dundrum Shopping Centre. Wayne Madden, an Irish journalist based in the UK, who now presents his own programme 'The Graveyard Shift' on Y Radio in Newcastle, England, and is a former producer for Talk107 in Edinburgh presented with Dublin South FM at this time.

His original format for 'The Graveyard Shift' was launched on Dublin South FM in 2003 and he has since indicated DSFM as the first radio station he ever broadcast at and the place which first gave him the "bug" for wanting to present and produce radio shows.

Dublin South FM is station on which the show Back2Basics started. Presented by Simon Palmer and Padraic Marren, the all vinyl old school dance music show started in July 2012 and finished in December 2013 before moving to RTE Pulse in January 2014.


Coordinates: 53°18′28″N 6°24′47″W / 53.30778°N 6.41306°W / 53.30778; -6.41306

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