Northside Community Media platforms Near FM & Near TV will present live coverage from Culture Night 2012. These special broadcasts will take place from the Project Arts Centre and the Community Media shopfront studio in Temple Bar.

The programmes will feature artists, musicians, actors, writers and museum and gallery curators to showcase the best of what Culture Night has to offer. As well as studio content there will be roving reporters and cameras in Temple Bar where the general public can get involved.

The Radio broadcast will go live between 4 & 8pm and will be available on Near FM 90.3, Dublin South FM 93.9, West Dublin Access Radio 96fm, Phoenix 92.5fm and Raidio Na Life 106.4fm. You can also listen online @ www.near.ie  www.dublinsouthfm.ie , www.wdar.ie, www.phoenixfm.ie  and www.raidionalife.ie

 The TV broadcast will go live between 5 & 8pm and you can watch on DCTV at UPC channel 802.

 Radio Culture Night & Culture Night TV are supported by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland’s Sound and Vision Fund www.bai.ie

 For more on Radio Culture Night & Culture Night TV visit www.near.ie

 For more information on Culture Night please visit www.culturenight.ie

Paul Loughran talks to Noel McGuinness about the NEARfm and NEARtv outside broadcasts from Temple Bar for Culture Night 2012: