Broadcasting on Tuesday July 8th at 2pm – Near FM presents episode 35 in our Hugh Lane Concert series with Susannah de Wrixon on vocals and Conor Linehan on piano, with a diverse programme of song and piano music including works by Shakespeare, Bucchino, Weill, Joyce, Gershwin, Sondheim and original[Read More…]
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Charmers and Chancers, Chaucer’s Cheerleaders
Broadcasting every Friday afternoon at 3.30 from June 27th to July 25th Devised and produced by Berni Dwan, and funded by Coimisiún na Meán, Charmers and Chancers: Chaucer’s Cheerleaders, is a five-part series that attempts to link five key medieval professions – military, religious, legal, medical, trading – as depicted[Read More…]
A Wild Year on the Northside
Broadcasting in June – Thursday 5th, 12th, 19th & 26th at 7pm Listen to episode 1 now This new series will take a lyrical look at a year in nature on the Northside of Dublin City. Each of the four episodes will focus on a different season and give listeners[Read More…]
Trinity Talks: Dublin’s Hidden Histories
Broadcasting Thursdays at 6pm – April 24th, May 1st, May 8th, May 15th, May 29th and June 5th Listen back to previously broadcast programmes here Dublin’s Hidden Histories is the latest series of ‘Trinity Talks’ from the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute and Near FM. In[Read More…]
The Hugh Lane Concert series – The Art of the Fugue
Broadcasting on Tuesday March 11th at 2pm. In this special episode, Harpsichordists Rachel Factor and Yonit Kosovske present a duo performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue) BWV 1080. Composed in Bach’s final decade of life, this monumental masterpiece was scored for unspecified[Read More…]
11% of Dubliners Listen to Near FM
Amarach Research 2025 11% of people living in Dublin city and county listen to Near FM. Other Key Findings: Craol, with matched CBSS funding from Coimisiún na Meán has conducted an extensive audience survey in the Community Radio sector. The aim of the Amárach survey is to report audience feedback and[Read More…]
The Hugh Lane Concert series – Mayah Kadish & Tim Cape
Broadcasting on Tuesday 11th February at 2pm on Near FM Near FM is delighted to present the latest in our Hugh Lane Concert series, featuring renowned violinist Mayah Kadish accompanied by Tim Cape on electronics. The concert was recorded on Jan 12th 2025 in Dublin’s Hugh Lane gallery as part[Read More…]
Become a Radio Broadcaster with Near FM
Near FM is looking for new voices on air! Near FM is running its next interactive media training for future radio presenters who want to learn skills in broadcasting. This course is limited to 12 places and open to people predominantly living in our catchment area Dublin North. No previous[Read More…]
Growing Up in the Big Smoke, Unrhymed and Acapella
Gets its premier broadcast on Near FM, Friday afternoon, January 10th at 3.30pm Growing Up in the Big Smoke, Unrhymed and Acapella, is a memoir of growing up in Dublin as a child of the nineteen-sixties, a teenager of the nineteen-seventies, and a young woman of the nineteen-eighties, a memoir[Read More…]
Get Your Message Across
Interactive and practical Media Skills Training for Radio Interviewing. This half day workshop will take place on Friday December 13th from 1pm – 4.30pm Get a chance to go on radio in a safe and supportive environment. Near FM is running the workshop ‘Get your message across – Interactive and practical media skills[Read More…]
