RTÉ Gold
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RTÉ Gold is an Irish radio station
broadcasting on DAB and Saorview
Ireland's free to air DTT
service. It can also be accessed on the internet via the RTÉ website. The station plays classic hits from top-selling artists spanning the decades from the 1950s to the 1980s. A particular feature of the current scheduling on RTÉ Gold is the inclusion, next to hits, of album tracks not normally available in a competitive classic hits format.
Although essentially a playlist service, it does produce one presenter-led programme called Through The Looking Glass
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Radio in Ireland
Licensed radio in the Republic of Ireland is one element of the wider media in Ireland, with 85% of the population listening to a licenced service on any given day. This article deals with the legal radio stations of Ireland...
broadcasting on DAB and Saorview
Saorview
Saorview is the national free-to-air digital terrestrial television service in Republic of Ireland.The service began operation on 29 October 2010 on a trial basis with full launch on 26 May 2011. By legislation it was required to be available to approximately 90% of the population by end of...
Ireland's free to air DTT
Digital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television is the technological evolution of broadcast television and advance from analog television, which broadcasts land-based signals...
service. It can also be accessed on the internet via the RTÉ website. The station plays classic hits from top-selling artists spanning the decades from the 1950s to the 1980s. A particular feature of the current scheduling on RTÉ Gold is the inclusion, next to hits, of album tracks not normally available in a competitive classic hits format.
Although essentially a playlist service, it does produce one presenter-led programme called Through The Looking Glass
Through The Looking Glass (radio show)
Through The Looking Glass is a weekly radio show that began broadcasting on RTE Gold in March 2008. The programme specialises in playing music from the 1960s, with an average show consisting of a mixture of the fairly well known and the relatively obscure...
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