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Frank Harte: A Life in Song

Near FM have produced a three part documentary on Frank Harte, the Frank Harte Festival & An Góilín Traditional singing club. The series features interviews with friends & family of Frank Harte as well as capturing the intimate & unique Frank Harte Festival in September 2012. Frank Harte was a renowned singer and song[Read More…]

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Book Launch! Making Those Skeletons Dance

Jack Byrne, a founder of Near Media Co-operative, has written a novel in two volumes. ‘Making Those Skeletons Dance’ will be launched in: The Palace Bar: Fleet Street on Monday 30th September at 4pm. To be launched by Frank Mc Nally: An Irishman’s Diary. Irish Times. Jack will do a[Read More…]

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Radio Culture Night

Near FM will present live coverage from Culture Night 2013. The special broadcasts will take place from the Hugh Lane Gallery on Parnell Square on Friday Sept 20th 4-8pm. The broadcast will be supported by our colleagues in Dublin South FM, Phoenix FM, West Dublin Access Radio & Raidio Na[Read More…]

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Campaigners & Theatre Royal

Two new series this August on Near FM 90.3 Campaigners is a series of programs, which focuses on people who give of themselves for a cause in which they believe strongly. The campaigners interviewed include: Founder of Trace Missing Persons Ireland, Joe Blake. Chairperson of The Special Needs Parents Association, 
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Babel Átha Cliath

Babel Átha Cliath is a three part series funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Airing on Wednesday August 14th, 21st and 28th at 6pm. Dublin has been a city with a multilingual population for many years, medieval Dublin was already a city where several languages coexisted, the Vikings spoke[Read More…]

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Near FM wins sports broadcast award

The annual Kanter Media FAI Communications Awards were presented on Friday at the Arklow Bay Hotel. The awards, now in their third year, applaud those who use various communications tools to tell a particular story about, or promote an aspect of, all levels of Irish football. Near FM were  recognised[Read More…]

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The Critics Choice

The Critics Choice is a new 6 part comedy series beginning on July 22nd 2013. Every Monday at 6.30pm Near FM will be broadcasting 30 mins of Susan Collins hilarious new comedy series. Daniel is just your ordinary, run of the mill kinda guy. A food critic by trade, albeit[Read More…]

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