Classic Rock radio, with guest presenter Leo Varadkar TD. Leo picks some of his favourites classic rock songs, and does a bit of presenting himself! Classic Rock Radio on Nearfm 90.3 with guest Leo Varadkar 6th March 2015 by Oconnear on Mixcloud
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If Ever You Go: A Northside Dublin Perspective
Nearfm have produced a ten part radio series reinterpreting the Dublin: One City One Book ‘If Ever You Go: a Map of Dublin in Poetry and Song’ edited by Pat Boran and Gerard Smyth.This series takes a unique look at the book from a northside Dublin perspective by[Read More…]
New Perspectives on Irish History
Broadcasting Friday Feb 20th @ 6.30pm for 8 weeks. New Perspectives on Irish History is a brand new 8 part radio series devised by John Haughton, which takes a unique look at how our ancestors viewed their natural environment and how different periods of history co-existed with the natural environment[Read More…]
New year wishes
Wish you all a very happy new year from all of us at the UNESCO Chair on Community Media, University of Hyderabad! Nearfm wishes you a very happy New year too http://uccommedia.in/news/tag/unesco-chair-on-community-media/
The Album show
The Album Show’s recommended albums of 2014. Albums of 2014
Minority and Migrant language audiences, approaches and policies, nearfm Dublin, and Antxeta Irratia, Basque Country,
This research was carried out by Alekzandra Zák and Inaki Irigoien with the CMFE (Community Media Forum of Europe) as partner in the Council of Europe’s Project Language Policies For Diverse Audiences
Language Jewels
Tuesday Jan 13th, 20th and 27th at 3pm “I’ve listened to the first Language Jewel and I’m not going to wait until this time next week to listen to the next one! It’s a really interesting documentary and you’ve arranged the interviews in a seamless manner.”- Dr Deirdre Kirwan, Principal[Read More…]
CAPTCHA EU Culture Initiative
What is CAPTCHA? In November 2013, community radio activists from Austria, Germany and Ireland met with academics from Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, to launch a project about how community media can best use and develop online archives. The necessity of sustainable archiving has been a subject of discussion[Read More…]
“Liam Brady to feature on Near FM football series” – Radio Today 27/11/2014
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[Read More…]
“Hats off to Near FM for their tilt at the EU monster” – Irish Independent 19/04/2014
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[Read More…]
