The northside Dublin community station Near 90.3 FM has begun a new documentary series entitled Living Archives which features fascinating oral histories on the development of the capital, exploring how it was transformed from fields to concrete with remarkable speed in the 1960s and 1970s…. http://www.independent.ie/life/radio-the-gaeilgeoir-utopia-built-on-unsound-foundations-31327638.html
Ten women leading the charge in our clubs and on our airwaves Week in and week out, the clubs, venues and DJs change little as new and old names swapped places – one thing that remains constant is the low number of women DJs Near FM’s Aoife Nic Cana is leading the charge of women DJ’s in clubs and on air. Find her at number 9 http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/ten-women-leading-the-charge-in-our-clubs-and-on-our-airwaves-1.2127870 listen to Aoife’s series on dance music http://nearfm.ie/podcast/?s=folklore
“Putting different faces on Ireland’s first residents” http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/radio/putting-different-faces-on-irelands-first-residents-31077783.html
Irish soccer legend Liam Brady is to feature in a local football history series on Dublin community station Near FM. Brady – who was once assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland football team, during Giovanni Trapattoni’s reign as manager, and who is a frequent contributor to RTÉ Televisions football coverage – hails Whitehall in Dublin. In the Near FM programme, he tells the story of the beginning of his football career with St.Kevins Boys. St.Kevins feature along with Raheny United […]
In a column like this, you tend to fixate on the big stations – understandably, I suppose, as those are nationwide, have the broadest reach and the deepest impact on the radio landscape. Still, it’s nice to focus on smaller stations from time to time, so hats off this week to Near FM. A community station based in North Dublin, it makes a very refreshing change from the usual local radio, which is mostly computer-programmed pop music with little content […]
DCU student, Jack O’Dea, carried out some research to analyse the impact NEAR FM has on the Northside of Dublin. In his dissertation, the fundamentals of community radio were outlined, the objectives and foundations of the practice and the possible future of the concept. This research was qualitative in order to gain an insight into the workings of the people who have liaised with NEAR FM. Two groups of interviewees were questioned, to ensure a broad understanding of the organisation. […]
The Independent 07/06/2014 http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/standing-out-from-the-homogeneous-radio-crowd-30334423.html
April – May issue of Village. Gerard Cunningham has contributed to local and national radio stations as a reporter and researcher and is one of the contributors to Scibernia, a science podcast also broadcast here on NEAR FM. Here is a link to Gerards website; http://faduda.net/
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