All independent Irish re-broadcasts of UCB and Cross Rhythms are to end -possibly within months.
Irish Christian Broadcasters (ICB) who are responsible for retransmitting various UK Christian radio stations such as UCB and Cross Rhythms in Ireland, have decided to permanently cease such re-broadcasts. They are now in the process of building their own high-tech studios and hope to be able to put their own programmes on air 24 hours a day as soon as possible (-it is possible however that ICB may purchase some programming from UK broadcasters once licenced). The new station will be similar to the UCB network in it's format (but still independent) though based in Ireland and purely for and about Ireland. Two radio stations are planned: The first one will be a family Christian radio station similar to the old UCB Europe, consisting of Adult Contemporary Christian Music/Christian Inspirational music especially that originating from Irish artists, coverage of Irish Christian events and activities, plus Christian news, information, encouragement and teaching with a particular focus on that from the Irish churches. The second station will be Ireland's own answer to Cross Rhythms in the UK. ICB know the potential legal problems that these relays cause for the Christian radio stations in the UK that they re-broadcast and they are committed to replacing these re-broadcasts with their own programming as soon as it is financially and practically possible to do so. It is also now clear that they would need to do this in order to have any hope of obtaining any sort of terrestrial licence in Ireland. For more information about these broadcasts click this link to this BRAND NEW official website- as you will see it is NOT UCB who run it nor will UCB, Cross Rhythms or Transworld Radio continue to be re-broadcast via these frequencies for any longer than the short term: http://www.gracefellowship.ie/icb.htm The 50 kW 549kHz AM transmitter is situated in Northern Co. Monaghan, Ireland. When on full power, the daytime signal can reach the whole of Ireland and the western half of Britain with reasonable reception also across most of the English Midlands as far east as Leicester. A friend of Christian radio in Ireland. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2003 is out! Order it now! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059677/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www2.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt