RTÉ 2XM is a digital radio station of the Irish

Republic of Ireland

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 public-service broadcaster

Public broadcasting

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 Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Raidió Teilifís Éireann is a semi-state company and the public service broadcaster of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts them on television, radio and the Internet. The radio service began on January 1, 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on December 31, 1961, making...

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History

Initially the broadcaster placed the station on the digital terrestrial television trial service in late October 2007. Along with 5 other new digital stations, RTÉ Choice was launched on 1 December 2008. The station plays a broad range of music from rock

Rock music

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, indie

Indie (music)

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, metal, electronica

Electronica

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, alternative

Alternative rock

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 and nu metal

Nu metal

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 and also selection of live music with a particular focus on music content from festivals across Europe. It was the first RTÉ digital radio station to have carried live content, with music from the Oxegen

Oxegen

Oxegen is an annual music festival in Ireland held since 2004, sponsored by Heineken. As of 2007, 2008, 2009, the festival has been cited as Ireland's biggest music festival. And by 2009, the festival is cited as the greenest festival, being a 100% carbon neutral event in Ireland. It was previously...

 festival during July 2007 and the Electric Picnic

Electric Picnic

The 2005 festival took place on Saturday 3 September and Sunday 4 September. It is best remembered for Arcade Fire's performance which came before their subsequent mainstream success...

 and PlanetLove

PlanetLove

PlanetLove is an annual Northern Irish electronic music festival which has been held since 1998 - with a skipped year in 2004. Currently held at Shane's Castle near Randalstown in County Antrim, it was previously held at Nutts Corner , Kings Hall in Belfast and near Cookstown in County...

 Summer Session festivals during September 2007. This continued in 2008 with the PlanetLove Winter Session in February. The station is available on Saorview

Saorview

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 Ireland's free to air DTT

Digital terrestrial television

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 service.

RTÉ 2XM WebTV

2XM WebTV debuted online during the RTÉ coverage of the Oxegen 2008

Oxegen 2008

Oxegen '08 was the fifth Oxegen festival to take place, following the dissolution of its predecessor Witnness in 2004. It took place on the weekend of Friday 11 July, Saturday 12 July and Sunday 13 July at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas in County Kildare, Ireland. For the first time the festival...

 music festival on weekend of 11–14 July 2008

DJs

• John Kenny
• Chris Morrin
• Paula Flynn
• Jan Ní Fhlanagáin
• Barry Bracken
• Lauren Murphy
• Jack Fox
• Ciarán McCarthy
• Cathal Murphy
• Rachel Jordan
• David Browne
• Dave Fanning
  Dave Fanning
  Dave Fanning is an Irish rock journalist, DJ, retired film critic and veteran broadcaster. He currently hosts The 11th Hour on RTÉ Two and two radio shows: Drivetime with Dave on RTÉ Radio 1 and The Dave Fanning Show on RTÉ 2fm. He also fills in for other presenters on RTÉ Radio, including acting...
  
  
• Dudley Colley
• Edel Coffey

• Aoife Mc
• Phil Grier
• John Kelly
• Gavin Morrison
• Steven Battle
• Ewan Gibson
• Aoife Barry
• Ciarán Ryan
• Cian McCarthy
• Phil McCarthy
• Brendan McGuirk
• Karl McDonald
• Keiron Black

External links

• RTÉ 2XM — Official Website